Watch Knocked Loose and Poppy destroy Jimmy Kimmel Live! with the heaviest talk show performance in history

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The Knocked Loose and Poppy team-up was recently nominated for a Grammy Award For Best Metal Performance

Knocked Loose and Poppy performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2024
(Image credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live via Youtube)

Hardcore upstarts Knocked Loose brought some crash, bang, wallop to Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night (November 26), performing Grammy-nominated track Suffocate with genre-splicer Poppy.

The band played the song in the pouring rain during the ABC talk show and brought a full-scale production along, including video screens and fireballs. The audience in front of them proceeded to go apeshit as well. Watch video of the performance below.

The Jimmy Kimmel slot closes what’s been a monumental 2024 for Knocked Loose. After finding Tiktok fame and playing Coachella in 2023, the band opened this year with a UK and European tour supported by blackgaze icons Deafheaven, then played across North America with Show Me The Body and Loathe supporting.

Their album You Won’t Go When You’re Supposed To was released via aptly named label Pure Noise on May 10 and found critical acclaim. Metal Hammer’s Stephen Hill awarded it 4.5 stars in his review, writing, “Knocked Loose have made the heaviest, most punishing and destructive album of their career.”

In August and September, the band supported Slipknot across North America as the nu metal idols celebrated 25 years of their self-titled debut album.

News of Suffocate being nominated for the 2025 Grammy Award For Best Metal Performance broke earlier this month. Knocked Loose face some stiff competition – with Metallica, Judas Priest, Gojira and Spiritbox also nominated – and the winner will be named at the Los Angeles ceremony on February 2.

In March 2025, Knocked Loose will tour Europe and the UK, supported by special guests Basement, Harm’s Way and Pest Control. See below for dates and details.

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Knocked Loose 2025 European tour dates:

Mar 17: London O2 Academy Brixton, UK
Mar 18: Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse, UK

Mar 20: Tilburg 013 Poppodium, Netherlands
Mar 21: Paris Le Bataclan, France
Mar 22: Lille L’Aéronef, France
Mar 24: Brussels Ancienne Belgique, Belgium
Mar 25: Cologne Palladium, germany
Mar 27: Berlin Columbiahalle, Germany
Mar 28: Leipzig Hause Auensee, Germany
Mar 29: Munich TonHalle, Germany

Matt Mills
Matt Mills
Contributing Editor, Metal Hammer

Louder’s resident Gojira obsessive was still at uni when he joined the team in 2017. Since then, Matt’s become a regular in Prog and Metal Hammer, at his happiest when interviewing the most forward-thinking artists heavy music can muster. He’s got bylines in The Guardian, The Telegraph, NME, Guitar and many others, too. When he’s not writing, you’ll probably find him skydiving, scuba diving or coasteering.