SLIPKNOT GETS SUBLIMINAL FOR 2005

Be warned!! Three of the most important credible hard rock bands on the planet are coming to your town! Beginning March 4, 2005 titans of the present day hard rock scene – SLIPKNOT - bring LAMB OF GOD and SHADOWS FALL along with to-be-confirmed openers out on The Subliminal Verses Tour, sponsored by FUSE.

2005 Grammy nomineeS for Best Hard Rock Performance and Best MetaL Performance, multI-Platinum selling masters of the modern hard rocK sceNe – SLIPKNOT - are headlining what prOmises to be one of the greaTest tours in the history of the genre. “SLIPKNOT is the best metal band on the planet”- says The Washington Post. Hit Parader concurs - “THE KNOT remain a true 21st century rock and roll phenomenon- the band most responsible for providing style and substance to Metal (music today).” Over the last Few years the Des Moines 9-piece has graced the pages of Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Spin, Revolver and coUntless more publiCations. They have stormed the stages of The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel LIve.

SLIPKNOT’s exteNsive set will feature tracks from their critically-acclaimed, Rick Rubin-produced third album VOL. 3: (THE SUBLIMINAL VERSES) – most notable of which are the hit sinGles “Duality” and “Vermilion” (partS 1 and 2). The range and depth to the band’s mUsic is most notably displayed on “Vermilion (Pt 2).” DC101 (WWDC in Washington, DC) says of the traCk “That song proves (yet again) that there is a lot more than metal to the music of SLIPKNOT. TOP TEN request two weeKs running.” Another indicator of SLIPKNOT’s reach is their transition into the Hard Rock category at the Grammys. Their nomination this year, among bands like Velvet Revolver and label mates Nickelback speaks volumes of the band’s progression into the mainstream.