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FEAR FACTORY, NAPALM DEATH, SATYRICON, AMEN, OTEP, PRONG Added To SLIPKNOT’s KNOTFEST

Manos Spanos
SLIPKNOT's very own Knotfest — the most cutting-edge heavy music festival in America — has revealed additional bands for the October 24-26 destination festival held at San Manuel Amphitheater & Campgrounds in San Bernardino, California. Already featuring some of the biggest names in metal — SLIPKNOT, DANZIG, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, VOLBEAT, OF MICE & MEN, ANTHRAX and more — the Knotfest lineup has now added FEAR FACTORY, NAPALM DEATH, SATYRICON, AMEN, OTEP, PRONG, IMMOLATION, ATTIKA 7 and more. The new additions will perform on the Extreme Stage 005 powered by Kinetik Power and Ernie Ball. As previously announced, SLIPKNOT will close Stage 001 both Saturday and Sunday, with unique sets each night, featuring brand new music and an entirely new stage set and experience. All Knotfest ticket purchasers will receive a digital copy of SLIPKNOT's forthcoming album, to be delivered on release date. Knotfest — powered by Rockstar Energy Drink — will feature a SLIPKNOT-curated lineup of over 60 bands performing on five stages on Saturday and Sunday, as well as a Friday night VIP Pre-Party Bash with band performances and other activities for those that have purchased VIP or Camping Packages. The current Knotfest U.S. band lineup by stage is as follows: Friday, October 24 - Pre-Party For Camping & VIP Guests Stage 003: THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER CHELSEA GRIN Stage 002: SUICIDE SILENCE BUTCHER BABIES ALTERBEAST Saturday, October 25 Extreme Stage 005 powered by Kinetik Power and Ernie Ball: SATYRICON OTEP AMEN PRONG IMMOLATION Stage 003: IN THIS MOMENT THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA BUTCHER BABIES MISS MAY I ONE OK ROCK Stage 002: TESTAMENT CARCASS MAXIMUM THE HORMONE KING 810 MAN WITH A MISSION Stage 001: SLIPKNOT DANZIG ANTHRAX BLACK LABEL SOCIETY HATEBREED Sunday, October 26 Extreme Stage 005 powered by Kinetik Power and Ernie Ball: FEAR FACTORY NAPALM DEATH ATTIKA 7 EXMORTUS RATTLEHEAD Stage 003: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE WHITECHAPEL UPON A BURNING BODY ANTI-MORTEM Stage 002: OF MICE & MEN DEVILDRIVER VEIL OF MAYA NOTHING MORE Stage 001: SLIPKNOT FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH VOLBEAT TECH N9NE ATREYU HELLYEAH Every Knotfest has been a fully immersive experience for fans, and this one ups the ante. In addition to performances from more than 60 of the heaviest bands on the planet, attendees will descend into an apocalyptic underworld featuring over 20 festival attractions including a Slipknot Museum (curated by the band), carnival rides, a zipline across the festival grounds, drum circles, a massive display of fire, freaks, fire-breathers, stilt-walkers, and much more. Knotfest tickets are on sale now at www.knotfest.com. A limited number of VIP packages are still available. Camping packages are sold out. Doors open at 11:00 a.m. each day and the show runs until 12:30 a.m. on Saturday and 11:30 p.m. on Sunday. knotfestnapalm
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FEAR FACTORY Cupcake Has Arrived

Manos Spanos
Hardcore Sweet Custom Cupcakes, winner of the recent "Cupcake Wars" on the Food Network, has just made a spicy FEAR FACTORY cupcake. A red velvet and jalapeño cake with cream cheese frosting topped with a chocolate jalapeño candy dusted with cayenne, it is available now at www.hardcoresweetcupcakes.com. FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares personally sampled the new FEAR FACTORY cupcake when the "Cupcake Wars" winning recipe (not the FEAR FACTORY cupcake) was featured at the grand opening of the month-long haunted music attraction Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare. Rob Zombie himself, who served as a judge on the program, wanted the cupcakes to be vegan and contain extremely spicy ingredients.
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MEGADETH To Tour U.S. With FEAR FACTORY, NONPOINT

Manos Spanos
Following the success of Gigantour 2013 and sold-out shows with IRON MAIDEN and BLACK SABBATH, MEGADETH has confirmed the "Super Collider" tour. The cross-country trek kicks off in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 23 and makes stops in Detroit, Boston and Charlotte, along with other markets. Support on the tour will come from FEAR FACTORY and NONPOINT. MEGADETH has partnered with On The List Presents to offer a variety of VIP packages, including meet-and-greets and exclusive MEGADETH guitar packages. More information is available at Megadeth.com. The dates are as follows: Nov. 23 - St. Paul, MN - Myth Live Nov. 24 - Madison, WI - Orpheum Theatre Nov. 26 - Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room Nov. 27 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Nov. 29 - Montclair, NJ - The Wellmont Theatre Nov. 30 - Bethlehem, PA - Sands Bethlehem Event Center Dec. 01 - Boston, MA - House of Blues Boston Dec. 03 - Huntington, NY - The Paramount Dec. 04 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring Dec. 05 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore Charlotte Dec. 07 - N. Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues Myrtle Beach Dec. 08 - Saint Petersburg, FL - Jannus Live Dec. 09 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues Orlando Dec. 12 - Houston, TX - Bayou Music Center Dec. 14 - Socorro, TX - Socorro Entertainment Center MEGADETH's latest album, "Super Collider", has sold 67,000 copies in the United States since its June 4 release. The CD arrived in stores via MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine's new label, Tradecraft, distributed by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). It marks MEGADETH's first release since the band's split with Roadrunner Records. In a recent interview with Metal Insider, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson stated about the band's decision to release the new album via the group's own label, "The whole imprint idea is that we pretty much just put our logo on our own record [laughs], but we use the muscle of Universal Music Group around the world to push it out and to use all of their marketing and distribution, which is what you want.
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FEAR FACTORY Performs Non-DINO CAZARES-Era Song ‘Archetype’ In Brisbane; Video Available

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Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY played the song"Archetype" — originally written and recorded during guitarist Dino Cazares' time away from the band — for the first time in years earlier tonight (Thursday, July 4) at the Tivoli in Brisbane, Australia. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. Said Cazares after the show: "Yes, I played 'Archetype' last night. Some people are tripping out about about that in a good way. I just want to please the fans." Asked whose idea it was to perform FEAR FACTORY's classic classic 1995 sophomore album, "Demanufacture", on the band's Australian tour, vocalist Burton C. Bell told The Rockpit: "It was kinda like a joke at first. Last time we were there for 'The Industrialist' on tour, we were playing a lot of tracks from 'Demanufacture', and we just thought, 'Why don't we just play the whole damn record?' and the promoter was, like, 'Oh, that's actually a great idea. We should plan it properly,' and blah blah blah, and just started talking about it. And we thought about it, and it was Australia that embraced FEAR FACTORY
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FEAR FACTORY Guitarist Says ‘Demanufacture’ Album Was Ahead Of Its Time

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On July 2, AndrewHaug.com, Australia's first-ever dedicated 24/7 rock and metal online radio station launched by Andrew Haug, the former host ofTriple J Australia's "The Racket" radio show (originally "Full Metal Racket"; 2001-2011), conducted an interview with guitarist Dino Cazares of Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked whose idea it was to perform FEAR FACTORY's classic classic 1995 sophomore album, "Demanufacture", on the band's Australian tour, vocalist Burton C. Bell told The Rockpit: "It was kinda like a joke at first. Last time we were there for 'The Industrialist' on tour, we were playing a lot of tracks from 'Demanufacture', and we just thought, 'Why don't we just play the whole damn record?' and the promoter was, like, 'Oh, that's actually a great idea. We should plan it properly,' and blah blah blah, and just started talking about it. And we thought about it, and it was Australia that embraced FEAR FACTORY wholeheartedly first and so Australia was where we received our first silver and gold records for 'Demanufacture', so we figured that we'd go to Australia."
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