Skeletonwitch’s “Breathing the Fire” Scorches The Billboard Charts

October 21, 2009 by Eric J

SKELETONWITCH’s new effort, “Breathing The Fire,” sold 3,500 copies in its first week of release, landing at number #151 on the Billboard Top 200 and #2 on the magazine’s Heatseekers Chart. The album was recorded in Seattle with acclaimed producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, High on Fire). The band spent the last month on the road with Children of Bodom and are now supporting The Black Dahlia Murder alongside Toxic Holocaust and labelmates Trap Them. They will then head to Europe for a co-headline tour with Toxic Holocaust and Goatwhore.

Guitarist Scott Hedrick said,

“We’re completely fucking stoked! It’s always nice to see hard work come to fruition. I never thought Skeletonwitch would end up on the Billboard charts! We knocked Uncle Kracker out of his spot from last week! Ha! In all honesty, though, it’s still just a number, and we do this shit because we love it and couldn’t do any of this without the support of metal fans. That means the most to us! That support is truly appreciated! See you out on the road!”

The band’s new video for the track “Repulsive Salvation” is up now on Prosthetic’s site. SKELETONWITCH filmed the video in Brooklyn, N.Y. at the Lucky 13 Saloon with director David Brodsky (Suicide Silence, The Black Dahlia Murder, Unearth).

SKELETONWITCH on tour:
10/22 Picador – Iowa City, IA**
10/24 The Annex – Madison, WI**
10/25 The Basement – Columbus, OH**
10/26 Boney June’s – Evansville, IN**
10/27 Rocketown – Nashville, TN**
10/28 Hitone Café- Memphis, TN (No BDM)
10/29 The High Ground – Metairie, LA**
10/30 Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL**
10/31 Sector 7G – Augusta, GA**
11/1 The Soapbox – Wilmington, NC**
11/2 Ottobar – Baltimore, MD**
11/3 The Crazy Donkey – Farmingdale, NY**
11/4 Webster Underground – Hartford, CT**
11/5 Chapion Ship- Lemoyne, PA (No BDM)
11/6 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH**
11/7 The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI**
11/8 Uncle Pleasants – Louisville, KY**
11/10 Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY**
11/11 Mohawk Place – Buffalo, NY**
11/12 The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY**
11/13 The Kave – Bucksport, ME**
11/14 Union Pool- Brooklyn, NY (Blackened Music Series)
11/27 Doornroosje- Nijmegen , Netherlands#
11/28 Minus One- Gent , Belgium#
11/29 White Rabbit- Plymouth UK#
11/30 Ivory Blacks- Glasgow UK#
12/1 Coporation- Sheffield, UK#
12/2 Underworld- London, UK3
12/3 Eddies- Birmingham, UK##
12/5 Hard Rock Hell- Prestatyn Sands, UK#
12/8 Exhaus- Trier, Germany#
12/9 Hafenklang- Hamburg, Germany#
12/11 Cassiopeia- Berlin, Germany#
12/12 Eastclub- Bischofswerda, Germany#
12/13 Wagon- Wrcoclaw, Poland#
12/14 007- Prague, Czech Rep #
12/15 Feierwerk- München, Germany#
12/16 Soundcheck- Arcene (Bergamo), Italy#
12/17 Abart- Zürich, Switzerland#
12/18 Steinbruch Theatre- Darmstadt , Germany#
12/19 Turock- Essen, Germany#
**w/The Black Dahlia Murder, Toxic Holocaust, Trap Them
# w/ Goatwhore, Toxic Holocaust