SKELETONWITCH Announce Headline Dates

American metal monsters SKELETONWITCH have announced a string of Midwestern headline dates around the release of their new album, Forever Abomination, due out in North America on October 11. These dates will immediately follow their run supporting Arch Enemy and Devildriver. See their full list of dates below.

In addition, the band has posted the first in a series of "behind-the-scenes" videos documenting the recording of Forever Abomination in Los Angeles with producer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Hatebreed, Children of Bodom). Check out this first vignette, which introduces new drummer Dustin Boltjes (Demiricous), now below.

Forever Abomination will be released internationally on the following dates:

Mainland Europe: October 7
United Kingdom: October 10
North America: October 11
Japan: October 19

SKELETONWITCH on tour:
8/30 Tucson, AZ - The Rock ^
8/31 Farmington, NM - Top Deck ^
9/1 Lubbock, TX - Jake's Sports Café ^
9/2 Austin, TX - Emo's ^
9/3 Houston, TX - Scoutbar ^
9/4 Little Rock, AR - Juanita's ^
9/6 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade ^
9/7 Norfolk, VA - Norva ^
9/8 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live #
9/9 New York, NY - Best Buy Theater #
9/10 Worcester, MA - Palladium #
9/11 Rochester, NY - Montage Music Hall #
9/12 Quebec, QC, Canada - Theatre Imperial #
9/13 Montreal, QC, Canada - Metropolis #
9/14 Toronto, ON, Canada - Phoenix Concert Theatre #
9/15 Flint, MI - The Machine Shop ^
9/17 Winnipeg, MN, Canada - The Garrick Centre #
9/18 Saskatoon, SK, Canada - Louis' Pub ^
9/19 Calgary, AB, Canada - MacEwan Conference & Event Centre, University of Calgary #
9/20 Edmonton, AB, Canada - Edmonton Event Centre #
9/21 Prince George, BC, Canada - The Generator ^
9/22 Vancouver, BC, Canada - Commodore Ballroom #
9/23 Seattle, WA - Showbox Sodo #
9/24 Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory Concert House #
9/26 San Fransisco, CA - Regency Center #
9/27 Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia #
9/29 Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theater #
9/30 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater #
10/1 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre #
10/2 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground ^
10/3 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
10/4 Chicago, IL - House of Blues #
10/5 Sauget, IL - Pop's ^
10/8 Lawrence, KS- Jackpot Music Hall
10/9 Wichita, KS- The Sceneary
10/10 Fayetteville, AR- Rogue on Dickson
10/11 Memphis, TN- Hi Tone Café
10/13 Newport, KY- The Historic Southgate House
10/14 Columbus, OH- Ravari Room
^ w/ DevilDriver
# w/ Arch Enemy, Devildriver

Over the last four years, SKELETONWITCH has performed alongside a who's who of modern heavy metal, including Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Mastodon, High On Fire and many more, in addition to participating in high-profile festival tours (Ozzfest, Danzig's Blackest of the Black). The group's last album, Breathing The Fire, cracked the Billboard Top 200 and peaked at #2 on the magazine's Heatseekers Chart.

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Tags:  Skeletonwitch, Prosthetic Records   

Jason Fisher    August 25, 2011