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

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

Prosthetic Records’ Skeletonwitch will be touring Europe in November and December of this year, alongside Goatwhore and Toxic Holocaust.  The tour is a co-headlining run with bands rotating slots each night.
Here is some fan footage shot at the Starland in Sayerville, New Jersey on Sept 19, 2009:
The dates are:
11.27.09 Netherlands Nijmegen @ Doornroosje
11.2809 Belgium Gent @ Minus One
12.1.09 UK Sheffield @ Corporation
12.2.09 UK London @ Underworld
12.3.09 UK Glasgow @ Ivory Blacks
12.5.09 UK Prestatyn Sands @ Hard Rock Hell
12.9.09 Germany Hamburg @ Hafenklang
12.1109 Germany Berlin @ Cassiopeia
12.12.09 Germany Bischofswerda @ Eastclub
12.14.09 Czech Rep Prague @ 007
12.15.09 Germany München Feierwerk
12.16.09 Italy …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

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

Skeletonwitch will be performing at SXSW this month on the 20th. The day before they will be playing Full Metal Texas at SXSW at Emos Annex. Go to Full Metal TX to RSVP. It says there will be free beer! Free Beer and Skeletonwitch? I wish I lived much closer. Here is their video for Sacrifice For The Slaughtergod.
 
Sacrifice for the Slaughtergod

I misunderstood last week that this was coming out last Friday. Either I read the information I was given wrong or they just pushed it back a week. Whatever, it doesn’t matter because it’s here now. Enjoy Sacrifice For The Slaughtergod from Skeletonwitch. If you like the video and song, pick up the album Beyond The Permafrost.
 
Sacrifice for the Slaughtergod

I’m kind of catching up on some Prosthetic Records news from the last few days.
First up, Withered will be playing Scion Rock Fest a week from this coming Saturday. They’ll also be playing at the New England HC and Metal Fest this year as well as Blackened Fest. You can find tour dates after the fold.
Skeletonwhich will premiere the first video ever, Sacrifice For The Slaughter God this Friday on Myspace. This is their debut video and the song comes off of Beyond The Permafrost. Look for that tomorrow.
Lastly, Century has changed their line-up a bit. Recently rejoined by …read more