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Skeletonwitch welcomes new bass player; update from DANZIG Tour

Scott — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:03:54 +0000

Ohio’s sons of Midwestern darkness, SKELETONWITCH, are happy to announce the addition of bassist Evan Linger to the band. Linger, a long-time friend of the band entered the fold after the departure of Eric Harris. Evan has been out with THE WITCH since Oct. 2 when the pre-Danzig / Blackest of the Black dates kicked off.

"I’m stoked to be a part of SKELETONWITCH,” Linger says about joining the band. “I’ve been friends with these assholes for quite a long time so I have a pretty good idea of what I’m in for…a hangover!"
"We we would like to officially welcome our new bass player, Evan Linger, to SKELETONWITCH,” guitarist Nate Garnette states. “He’s a bad-ass friend, a bad-ass player, and an all around bad-ass dude. Bad-ass!!”

THE WITCH has been tearing it up on the Blackest of The Black Tour with Danzig and Dimmu Borgir since early October, a tour that will take the package all the way to culmination in San Francisco on Nov. 10. Guitarist Scott Hedrick comments: “BLACKEST OF THE BLACK has been an amazing tour so far. All of the bands, crew, and Glenn himself, have been unbelievably killer! The atmosphere is great and everyone involved works together whether it’s helping a band get on stage (i.e. we’re sharing a lot of gear) or to party their ass off (i.e. we make Moonspell drink shitty American beer). It’s a hell of a lot of fun. And on top of everything…we get to watch DANZIG devastate the stage every night. Truly fucking amazing!”

Continuing to support the band’s Prosthetic Records debut, ‘Beyond The Permafrost,’ SKELETONWITCH is already hard at work on music for the follow-up record. A video for “Sacrifice For The Slaughtergod” was recently completed with director Brian Wiebe earlier this fall and should be available at video outlets and online shortly.

SKELETONWITCH on tour

(Blackest of the Black, featuring Danzig, Dimmu Borgir, Moonspell, Winds of Plague, Skeletonwitch)

10/20 Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection (no Danzig)
10/21 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
10/22 Minneapolis, MN – Myth
10/24 Detroit, MI – Fillmore Theater
10/25 Chicago, IL – Congress Theater
10/26 St. Louis, MO – Pageant
10/28 Houston, TX – House of Blues
10/29 San Antonio, TX – Scout Bar (no Danzig)
10/30 Dallas, TX – Palladium
10/31 Kansas City, KS – Uptown
11/01 Denver, CO – Fillmore Theater
11/02 Farmington, NM – Gator’s (no Danzig)
11/03 Las Vegas, NV – The Joint
11/05 Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheater
11/07 Portland, OR – Roseland
11/08 Seattle, WA – Showbox At Market
11/10 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield

Image used with permission from Prosthetic Records

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Blackest Of The Blac Tour Dates

Scott — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:29:44 +0000

Glenn Danzig’s tour The Blackest Of The Black Tour will kick off in on October 9th. The Line up will include Danzig, Dimmu Borgir, Moonspell, Winds Of plague, And Skeletonwitch. A pretty damn cool line up if you ask me. I might try to make my way to Richmond, VA to cover the show. Here are the confirmed dates.

Oct. 09 – Ft. Laudersale, FL @ Revolution
Oct. 10 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
Oct. 11 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Oct. 13 – Richmond, VA @ Toads Place
Oct. 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
Oct. 15 – New York, NY @ Roseland
Oct. 17 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Oct. 18 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
Oct. 19 – Toronto, ONT @ Sound Academy
Oct. 21 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
Oct. 22 – Minneapolis, MN @ Myth
Oct. 24 – Detroit, MI @ Fillmore Theater
Oct. 25 – Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
Oct. 26 – St. Louis, MO @ Pageant
Oct. 28 – Houston, TX @ House Of Blues
Oct. 30 – Dallas, TX @ Palladium
Oct. 31 – Kansas City, KS @ Uptown
Nov. 01 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Theater
Nov. 03 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
Nov. 04 – [to be announced]
Nov. 05 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheater
Nov. 07 – Portland, OR @ Roseland
Nov. 08 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox At Market
Nov. 10 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

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Blackest Of The Black Tour Rides Once More

Scott — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:25:15 +0000

Glenn Danzig’s Blackest Of The Black tour will be this October and November and will feature Danzig headlining, of course along with Dimmu Borgir, Winds Of Plague, Moonspell and Skeletonwitch. Pretty cool line up if you ask me. Tour dates have yet to be announced. You can learn more at the link below and I’ll be trying to keep things updated as time passes.

The mastermind of the Blackest Of The Black tour, Glenn Danzig was quoted as follows.

“It will be nice to get back to many of these cities that I have not been to in some time and do the live show for all the people who’ve followed my music all these years. I’m also very happy to have DIMMU BORGIR sharing the stage this time as they are one of my favorite bands and always wanted them on Blackest of The Black. Should be an incredible 20th anniversary tour.”

http://www.blackestoftheblack.com/

Image Source : Blackest Of the Black Tour Website (Linked above)

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