Knives Out!

{{About|the American alternative metal band||Knives Out (disambiguation)}}

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{{short description|American alternative metal band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

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| origin = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

| genre = Alternative metal{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/maryland/baltimore/knives+out+21 |title=MusicMight :: Artists :: KNIVES OUT! |access-date=December 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208230219/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/maryland/baltimore/knives+out+21 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

| years_active = {{Start date|2008}}–present

| label = Razor to Wrist

| associated_acts = Dog Fashion Disco
Polkadot Cadaver
Nothingface
El-Creepo!
The Alter Boys

| website = [http://www.facebook.com/Knives.Out.Baltimore/ Knives Out!] on Facebook

| current_members = Todd Smith
Tom Maxwell
Jasan Stepp
David Cullen
Tommy Sickles

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Knives Out! is an American alternative metal band consisting of members of Dog Fashion Disco, Hellyeah, Nothingface, and Polkadot Cadaver. Stylistically, they are heavier than front man Todd Smith and guitarist Jasan Stepp's other bands Dog Fashion Disco and Polkadot Cadaver.

History

Knives Out! formed in 2008{{cite web |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/bands/details.cfm?bandid=6915 |title=Knives Out! |accessdate=December 28, 2009}} with members of Dog Fashion Disco, Hellyeah, Nothingface, and Polkadot Cadaver and began work on their debut album in mid-2009. They released a four-track EP titled The Rough Cuts in 2010 and full debut album, titled Black Mass Hysteria, on February 14, 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121897 |title=KNIVES OUT! Hard At Work On Debut Album |publisher=blabbermouth.net |date=June 13, 2009 |accessdate=December 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615074956/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121897 |archivedate=June 15, 2009 }} on the band's label Razor to Wrist Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.razortowrist.com/releases |title=Razor to Wrist Records » Releases |accessdate=October 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201144332/http://www.razortowrist.com/releases/ |archivedate=December 1, 2012 }}

A music video has been made for the song Blood Everywhere, and a lyric video for Robot Babylon.

Band members

  • Todd Smith – lead vocals (2008–present)
  • Tom Maxwell – lead guitar (2008–present)
  • Jasan Stepp – rhythm guitar (2008–present)
  • David Cullen – bass (2008–present)
  • Tommy Sickles – drums, percussion (2008–present)

Discography

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Year

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2010

|The Rough Cuts (EP)

2012

|Black Mass Hysteria

|Razor to Wrist

2016

|Left in the Lurch

|Razor to Wrist

References