Slipknot This article is more than 9 years oldSlipknot's music festival will have an official aroma of burning camel dungThis article is more than 9 years oldAccording to a press release, the ensuing memory-triggering aroma at Knotfest ‘will infest your brain, body and clothes for days after the festival is over’
According to Slipknot, their forthcoming music festival is to have an official smell: camel dung. Danzig, Anthrax and Five Finger Death Punch are among the acts who will perform on stage in California, amid wafting clouds of undulated burnt faeces. Read More...
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