Hardcore upstarts Knocked Free introduced some crash, bang, wallop to Jimmy Kimmel Reside! final evening (November 26), performing Grammy-nominated observe Suffocate with genre-splicer Poppy.
The band performed the tune within the pouring rain in the course of the ABC speak present and introduced a full-scale manufacturing alongside, together with video screens and fireballs. The viewers in entrance of them proceeded to go apeshit as properly. Watch video of the efficiency under.
The Jimmy Kimmel slot closes what’s been a monumental 2024 for Knocked Free. After discovering Tiktok fame and taking part in Coachella in 2023, the band opened this 12 months with a UK and European tour supported by blackgaze icons Deafheaven, then performed throughout North America with Present Me The Physique and Detest supporting.
Their album You Gained’t Go When You’re Supposed To was launched by way of aptly named label Pure Noise on Might 10 and located important acclaim. Metallic Hammer’s Stephen Hill awarded it 4.5 stars in his evaluation, writing, “Knocked Free have made the heaviest, most punishing and damaging album of their profession.”
In August and September, the band supported Slipknot throughout North America because the nu steel idols celebrated 25 years of their self-titled debut album.
Information of Suffocate being nominated for the 2025 Grammy Award For Finest Metallic Efficiency broke earlier this month. Knocked Free face some stiff competitors – with Metallica, Judas Priest, Gojira and Spiritbox additionally nominated – and the winner will likely be named on the Los Angeles ceremony on February 2.
In March 2025, Knocked Free will tour Europe and the UK, supported by particular visitors Basement, Hurt’s Manner and Pest Management. See under for dates and particulars.
Knocked Free 2025 European tour dates:
Mar 17: London O2 Academy Brixton, UK
Mar 18: Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse, UK
Mar 20: Tilburg 013 Poppodium, Netherlands
Mar 21: Paris Le Bataclan, France
Mar 22: Lille L’Aéronef, France
Mar 24: Brussels Ancienne Belgique, Belgium
Mar 25: Cologne Palladium, germany
Mar 27: Berlin Columbiahalle, Germany
Mar 28: Leipzig Hause Auensee, Germany
Mar 29: Munich TonHalle, Germany