Ohio metal heathens SKELETONWITCH have announced plans to demolish North America this summer on a headlining tour, which will also feature classic rockers Barnburner (Metal Blade Records). The tour, which includes two weeks’ worth of dates in Canada, will commence July 17 in York, Pennsylvania soon after the band return from a European tour during which they will play festivals alongside the likes of Slayer, Megadeth, and Behemoth. Complete dates are listed below.
SKELETONWITCH, who recently toured North America alongside The Black Dahlia Murder, will be out in support of their latest album Forever Abomination, as well as the recent vinyl reissues of their popular releases Breathing The Fire and Beyond The Permafrost. Each LP is available in three different options – splatter, half-and-half and 180-gram black wax — and features gatefold Stoughton “tip-on” record jackets.
SKELETONWITCH European Tour Dates:
6/15/2012 Copenhell Festival – Copenhagen, Denmark
6/16/2012 Metal Town – Gothenburg, Sweden
6/18/2012 Comet Club – Berlin, Germany
6/19/2012 Gruenspan – Hamburg, Germany
6/20/2012 Luxor – Köln, Germany
6/22/2012 Graspop – Hasselt, Belgium
6/23/2012 Earshakerdays – Basel, Switzerland
6/25/2012 Durer Kert Small Hall – Budapest, Hungary
6/26/2012 Chelsea – Vienna, Austria
6/28/2012 Rock Café – Prague, Czech Republic
6/29/2012 With Full Force – Leipzig, Germany
6/30/2012 Sputnikhalle – Munster, Germany
7/01/2012 Open Air Metal – Tuska, Finland
SKELETONWITCH North American Tour Dates:
w/ Barnburner
7/13/2012 The Depot – York, PA
7/14/2012 The Loft at the Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY
7/15/2012 Webster Underground – Hartford, CT
7/16/2012 Genos – Portland, ME
7/17/2012 Rock Café Le Stage – Trois Rivieres, QC
7/18/2012 Agitee – Quebec City, QC
7/19/2012 Il Motore – Montreal, QC
7/20/2012 Mavericks – Ottawa, ON
7/21/2012 Hardluck – Toronto, ON
7/22/2012 Frankies – Toledo, OH
7/23/2012 High Noon – Madison, WI
7/24/2012 Crocks – Thunder Bay, ON
7/25/2012 The Zoo – Winnipeg, MB
7/26/2012 Amigos – Saskatoon, SK
7/27/2012 Broken City – Calgary, AB
7/28/2012 The Pawn Shop – Edmonton, AB
7/30/2012 Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC
7/31/2012 The Hop – Spokane, WA
8/01/2012 Manny’s – Billings, MT
8/02/2012 Nestor Tavern – Fargo, ND
8/03/2012 The Warehouse – La Crosse, WI
8/04/2012 Mojoes – Joliet, IL
Like Satan himself set loose in the hallowed halls of heavy metal, SKELETONWITCH careen wildly through the music’s history, gleefully destroying and setting flame to every genre along the way, only stopping at the forefront of today’s metal scene to look back and watch that fucker burn — and then piss on the flames. No other band has tapped into the fire, fury, and frost of all things metal. Worship the ‘WITCH!