Having announced they will be joining Volumes, Varials and UnityTX on a US run in October, Kingsmen have teamed up with Producer Mark Lewis and recorded a cover of “Sad But True” in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of “The Black Album” from Metallica. They spoke to Alicia Atout and Ryan Downey from Knotfest about
Fresh from playing the Download Festival pilot event, Gloom Metal pioneers Lotus Eater sat down with Knotfest in not one but two separate interviews to discuss the bands upcoming new album “Where The Body Goes“, working with Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes and the tour that they have set to take the United
Or more specifically former Killswitch Engage vocalist Howard Jones talks about the sophomore album from his new band Light The Torch with Alicia Atout, an album which they have been sitting on for a very long time by all accounts. The album will be out this weekend via Nuclear Blast, while Jones also talks about
After our exclusive interview with Progressive Deathcore quartet Vexed last week, frontwoman Megan Targett has turned her attentions state side and become the latest to sit opposite to Talk Toomey in a Knotfest Twitch stream. The pair discuss what it’s like being a woman in a male dominated industry as well as going behind the
Having re-recorded their 2011 album “Leveler” with a trio of guests in Trivium vocalist and guitarist Matt Heafy, Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King and Periphery guitarist Misha Mansoor in time for its 10th Anniversary, August Burns Red guitarist Brent Rambler chats to Alicia Atout from KnotFest about the challenges of quarantine while coming out stronger, the
One half of Spanish Alternative Metal duo BALA in drummer and vocalist Violeta Mosquera spoke to KnotFest about the bands new album and major label debut for Century Media in “Maleza“. Topics of discussion include how the duo have developed their sound, the way in which music is consumed in the digital age and how
Megan Targett explains how her band Vexed are currently suffering from imposter syndrome as their now week old album “Culling Culture” was released via major label Napalm Records to critical acclaim in this new interview. It’s totally understandable because everything is so compartmentalised at the moment that it’s not really going to sink in until
The second episode of the Throwback Throwdown series hosted by Joshua “Talk” Toomey from KnotFest.com sees Nonpoint drummer Robb Rivera discuss some really interesting points about the way the Fort Lauderdale Florida Nu-Metallers are going to be working their business model going forward as they have gone independent. A 20-plus year career in Metal with
The first episode of the Throwback Throwdown series hosted by Joshua “Talk” Toomey from KnotFest.com sees one half of Butcher Babies dual vocal attack Heidi Shepherd discussing the whole “female fronted” tag and how they don’t hate it but instead see it as a sisterhood and movement. The band themselves have been dropping singles from
Accompanying the music video for “This Summer’s Sorrow II: Growing Old In The Waiting Place“, WristMeetRazor frontman Justin Fornof spoke to Alicia Atout at Knotfest about the Easter Eggs that it contains for the bands upcoming Summer Blockbuster of a record “Replica of a Strange Love“. Said to be a nihilistic plunge headfirst into an
