According to a cached Ticketmaster listing, Slipknot have confirmed their own summer festival in Pacific Junction, Iowa at Mid America Motorplex on August 17th dubbed “Knotfest.”
The event will feature Deftones, Lamb of God, Serj Tankian, Prong, and Dethklok.
An official announcement is expected on Monday.
Deftones frontman Chino Moreno and former Isis members Aaron Harris, Clifford Meyer, and Jeff Caxide have formed a new band called Palms.
The group’s debut album is expected out later in the year through Ipecac.
Deftones announced that they have been tracking their new album in L.A. with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who handled production duties on the band’s 2010 record Diamond Eyes.
The group entered the studio last week to begin tracking the effort, expected out this summer by way of Reprise.
System of a Down and Deftones will tour in August. Dates confirmed thus far include:
Following System of a Down’s tease of a big announcement on Monday with a picture of Shavo Odadjian holding a Deftones laminate, Deftones have posted a picture with frontman Chino Moreno holding a System of a Down laminate, suggesting a System of a Down/Deftones tour could be in the works.