15 gorgeous GIFs from Knotfest 2012

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Knotfest at Somerset Amphitheater, 8/18/12
Slideshow: Knotfest 2012 Music Performances
Slideshow: Knotfest's People & Scenes

Knotfest 2012 was nothing if not a vigorous experience. Take it from these three Gojira fans above. For the thousands who gathered in Somerset, Wisconsin, this was one of the few festival experiences of the year that actually put metal front-and-center, and it was Iowa natives Slipknot who made it a reality. As for these eye-popping GIFs, the work of Gimme Noise's teammate Erik Hess is on display here.

Follow along for 15 neck-snapping scenes from Knotfest.
Deftones' Chino Moreno plays snake-charmer with his microphone cord.


This is not George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher's first head-banging rodeo. The Cannibal Corpse frontman did this for about two minutes straight.


Just another decapitating day at the office for Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman.


One of about 12,380 pyro bursts from a full day of Knotfest.