Ohio’s SKELETONWITCH have just wrapped up their North American fall touring, which had them on the road since September, supporting CHILDREN OF BODOM and then THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. The band has a few down days before they head over to Europe to co-headline with TOXIC HOLOCAUST and GOATWHORE. They’re  supporting their second full length for PROSTHETIC RECORDS, “Breathing the Fire,” which came out on October 13 and landed at number 151 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, number 2 on the Heat Seekers Chart and number 21 on the Hard Music Chart.

Guitarist Scott Hedrick checked in from home:
“After more …read more

Ohio’s SKELETONWITCH will bring their brand of “blackened thrash” to NYC’s acclaimed “BLACKENED MUSIC SERIES” on November 14. The show will take place at Brooklyn’s Union Pool and will also feature Relapse’s BLACK ANVIL and is part of “THE BLACKENED WEEKEND,” which will also feature appearances from RWAKE, KRALLICE, SHRINEBUILDER and more. Previous installments in the series have featured the likes of REPULSION, PIG DESTROYER, BRUTAL TRUTH, SUNN, EARTH and PELICAN.

‘WITCH guitarist Scott Hedrick commented;
“We’re very pleased to be a part of the Blackened Music Series. Blackened is relatively new and has already put together some great shows. And we’re …read more

Wisconsin’s Lazarus A.D. recently returned from their first ever trip overseas to Japan’s Loud Park festival in Tokyo. Needless to say, the band had an amazing experience. They were the third band to play on the Big Rock stage on October 18th. The stage was headlined by Slayer and also featured Children Of Bodom, Hatebreed and Papa Roach among others. Lazarus A.D. sampled some foreign cuisine, was surprised by eager fans waiting at their hotel room door to sign autographs and take photos, and played to over 10,000 people. Multiple circle pits tore through the crowd as Jeff Paulick, Dan …read more

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 …read more

SKELETONWITCH is almost ready to unleash their metal masterpiece Breathing the Fire on October 13th via Prosthetic Records.  Breathing the Fire is the follow up to the band’s critically acclaimed album, Beyond the Permafrost (Prosthetic Records, 2007). The Athens, OH based band traveled to Seattle, WA to record with producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, High On Fire). The album was mastered by Scott Hull of Pig Destroyer.
SKELETONWITCH have been documenting the making of the album with the posting of webisodes shot during the recording of the album. The band has just posted the fourth studio webisode from the Breathing the …read more

Skeletonwitch have launched the first in a series of webisodes documenting the recording of their upcoming full length Breathing the Fire (October 13, Prosthetic Records) with producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, High On Fire, Toxic Holocaust). It can be viewed at prostheticrecords.com.

The band has also announced iTunes pre-order is now available for Breathing the Fire. The iTunes version includes an exclusive bonus track called, “Only No Rest for the Dead.” It can be ordered here.
Physical preorder packages for both CD and LP are still available at Prosthetic Records.
The band is currently on tour with Children of Bodom and The Black Dahlia …read more

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s brand new album Deflorate streaming in full exclusively through Revolver Magazine!

Head over to Revolver Magazine to check out the exclusive premier of THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s brand new album Deflorate, streaming in its entirety starting today. Still riding high on waves of acclaim for their rabidly-received DVD spectacle Majesty, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER triumphantly brings you their fourth thrashing opus Deflorate. An epic expansion of the stunning pitch-black cacophony that was 2007’s Nocturnal, Deflorate boasts Black Dahlia’s brand of seamlessly-mixed Swedish influenced blackened thrash and pounding American death metal muscle, and sees one of metal’s most …read more

Via Metal Blade:
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s first video from the forthcoming album ‘Deflorate’ now available exclusively through Revolver Magazine!
Los Angeles, CA – September 4, 2009 – Head over to Revolver Magazine to check out the exclusive premier of THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s first video from Deflorate for the track Necropolis, which was filmed by Robbie Tassaro (director of the band’s DVD Majesty). Deflorate, the follow up to the band’s 2007 release Nocturnal, will be released on September 15th 2009 (pre-orders still available HERE).
Vocalist Trevor Strnad comments; “We are excited to bring you the debut of our new video Necropolis by way of the kind folks …read more

The Black Dahlia Murder was all set to tour with Slipknot in the coming months. As many of you know, Slipknot had to cancel the remainder of their tour, due to an unnamed illness or accident involving drummer extraordinaire Joey Jordison. Because of this, The Black Dahlia Murder has also had to cancel these dates, and made the following statement regarding the cancellation:
“We are sorry to those who were looking to see us in the next few weeks with Slipknot. Unfortunately Slipknot has canceled the tour. This has forced us to cancel our headlining shows in Pocatello, ID and Sioux …read more

Wednesday (April 15th 2009)  marks the one year Anniversary of Children Of Bodom’s latest release Bloodrunk. Bravewords.com reports :
“Amazon.com, ESP Guitars and Spinefarm Records are offering up CHILDREN OF BODOM’s latest album, Bloodrunk, for $1.99.”.

That’s a pretty damn good offer if you don’t already own this CD. It’s in 256 kbps mp3 quality and you’ll have to sign up to Amazon.com and download their MP3 downloader if you want it. This is a limited time offer and will end today, so get it while you can.
Click here to go to Amazon.com
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