Slipknot Unleash ‘All Hope Is Gone’ Deep Cut Live at Tour Kickoff in Melbourne

Slipknot launched their 2025 touring cycle last night (02/26) with the opening date of Knotfest Australia in Melbourne. As a surprise for fans, the masked metal juggernauts delivered the live debut of “Gematria (The Killing Name)”, a deep cut from their platinum-certified 2008 album, All Hope Is Gone.

Fan-filmed footage of the performance has surfaced online (see below). Notably, percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan was absent from the show, reportedly due to a family emergency.

The night’s setlist was as follows:

“(sic)”
“People = Shit”
“Gematria (The Killing Name)”
“Wait And Bleed”
“No Life”
“Yen”
“Tattered & Torn” (Sid remix)
“The Devil in I”
“The Heretic Anthem”
“Psychosocial”
“Unsainted”
“Duality”

Encore:
“Spit It Out”
“Surfacing”
“Scissors”

The 2025 line-up for ‘Knofest Australia‘ includes:

• Slipknot
• A Day To Remember
• BABYMETAL
• Slaughter To Prevail
• Polaris
• Within Temptation
• Enter Shikari
• Hatebreed (“Perseverance” 23rd anniversary performance)
• In Hearts Wake
• HEALTH
• Miss May I
• Vended
• Sunami

Additional tour dates:

‘Knotfest Australia‘:

03/02 Brisbane, AUS – Brisbane Showground
03/08 Sydney, AUS – Centennial Park

Slipknot:

03/04 Adelaide, AUS – AEC Arena
03/11 Auckland, NZ – Spark Arena

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