Slipknot has announced the first edition of Knotfest in Italy. The festival will take place in Bologna on June 25, 2023, and its first acts have already been confirmed .

As is tradition, Slipknot will headline the event and will share the stage with Architects, Amon Amarth, Lorna Shore, I Prevail, Nothing More, and Destrage . The festival is part of the band's European tour, which also includes a performance at Download Festival on June 11th.

2023 will also mark the debut of Knotfest in Australia, which will host the event for three days in March. Some names already confirmed are Megadeth, Trivium, Knocked Loose, Spiritbox and Parkway Drive.

Slipknot, currently promoting their recent album The End So Far , released in September of this year, will debut Knotfest in Brazil on December 18th in São Paulo. The event will also feature Judas Priest, Pantera, Bring Me The Horizon , and more.

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A music journalist since 2016, she was an editor at Wikimetal, where she combined her two great passions: music and writing. She believes that heavy music deserves to be everywhere and strives to make that a reality. Slipknot, Evanescence, and Bring Me The Horizon are essential to her playlist.