Knotfest

• Inter Arma Strap On Their Rocket Packs and Enter 'New Heaven' | Knotfest
Photo by Jonah Livingston Over the course of more than a decade, Virginia’s Inter Arma have risen to become one of contemporary extreme music’s most earth-shattering, forward-thinking, and uniquely punishing bands. Ostensibly a sludge or post-metal band, they are really one of the elite to understand that does not mean

• High On Fire Ride the Wave on 'Cometh the Storm' | Knotfest
Photo by James Rexroad Maybe the band that stand for unrelenting riff power in the 21st century, High On Fire - led by the usually shirtless guitar icon Matt Pike - capped off a chapter of their career with an unexpected Grammy win for such an uncompromising, anti-mainstream band for their last album Electric Messiah.

• High On Fire Ride the Wave on 'Cometh the Storm' | Knotfest
Photo by James Rexroad Maybe the band that stand for unrelenting riff power in the 21st century, High On Fire - led by the usually shirtless guitar icon Matt Pike - capped off a chapter of their career with an unexpected Grammy win for such an uncompromising, anti-mainstream band for their last album Electric Messiah.

• The Ghost Inside Explore Their Full Potential On 'Searching for Solace | Knotfest
Words by Kevin Diers / Photo by Markus Hauschild The Ghost Inside is going for it. Set to surpass a major milestone, this Southern California-born melodic metalcore group will mark the 20th anniversary of the band – originally named A Dying Dream - with their most ambitious album to date, Searching for Solace. Don’t be