NEWS: SKELETONWITCH: 'SERPENTS UNLEASHED' DEBUTS AT #62 ON BILLBOARD TOP 200

November 06, 2013 • Leave a Comment

The critically acclaimed new SKELETONWITCH album "Serpents Unleashed" debuted on this week's Billboard 200 at #62, the highest chart position of the band's career. The record's first-week sales marked a 68% jump from those of its 2011 predecessor, "Forever Abomination."

In addition, "Serpents Unleashed" debuted at #5 on this week's Vinyl Albums chart, #7 on the Hard Rock Albums chart, #10 on the Independent Albums chart, #17 on the Internet Albums chart and #20 on the Rock Albums chart. "Serpents Unleashed" also debuted on the Top Current Albums chart at #87 in Canada, where the album reached #11 on the Hard Music chart as well.

Formed in Ohio a decade ago, SKELETONWITCH has received considerable acclaim for its trademark "blackened metal," which Metal Hammer calls "a potent brew of everything that makes metal so brilliant, vital and special." The group's relentless work ethic -- personified by a 63-concerts-in-65-days test of endurance last year -- is second to none in the genre, and true to form, the band is currently in the midst of an extensive North American tour with The Black Dahlia Murder. That tour will be followed by a U.S. tour in early 2014 alongside Amon Amarth and Enslaved. International tour dates will be announced shortly.

Recorded earlier this year in Salem, Mass. with Kurt Ballou (Converge, Isis, High On Fire), "Serpents Unleashed" features artwork by John Baizley (Baroness, Kylesa, Kvelertak), who also designed the memorable cover of the group's 2007 breakthrough "Beyond The Permafrost." Subsequent releases "Breathing The Fire" (2009) and "Forever Abomination" (2011) -- both of which cracked the Billboard Top 200 -- cemented the group's reputation as one of metal's most important acts, and tours with the likes of Danzig, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, Cannibal Corpse and Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzfest helped to cultivate one of the genre's most passionate fanbases.

SKELETONWITCH ON TOUR:

11/6 Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Centre ^

11/7 Saskatoon, SK - Louis’ Pub ^

11/8 Edmonton, AB - Avenue Theatre ^

11/9 Calgary, AB - The Den ^

11/11 Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore Cabaret ^

11/12 Spokane, WA - The Center ^

11/13 Eugene, OR -WOW Hall ^

11/14 South Lake Tahoe, CA - Whiskey Dick’s Saloon ^

11/15 Fresno, CA - Strummer’s ^

11/16 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse ^

11/17 Tucson, AZ - The Rock ^

11/18 El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls

11/19 Odessa, TX - Club Patron ^

11/20 Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory &

11/21 Springfield, MO - Outland Ballroom &

11/22 St. Louis, MO - Firebird &

11/23 Iowa City, IA - Blue Moose &

11/24 Bloomington, IL - The Castle Theatre &

11/25 Joliet, IL - Mojoes of Joliet ^ &

11/26 Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection &

11/27 Flint, MI - The Machine Shop &

1/17/14 Las vegas, NV - House of Blues *

1/18/14 Phoenix, AZ - Club Red *

1/20/14 San Antonio, TX - Backstage Live *

1/21/14 Dallas, TX - House of Blues *

1/22/14 Houston, TX - House of Blues *

1/23/14 New Orleans, LA - Siberia

1/24/14 Atlanta, GA - Center Stage *

1/25/14 Tampa, FL - The Ritz *

1/26/14 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution *

1/27/14 Savannah, GA - The Jinx

1/29/14 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore *

1/30/14 Norflok, VA - The NorVA *

1/31/14 Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore

2/01/14 Boston, MA - House of Blues *

2/03/14 Philladelphia, PA - TLA *

2/04/14 New York, NY - Irving Plaza *

2/07/14 Chicago, IL - House of Blues *

2/08/14 Minneapolis, MN - Mill City Nights *

2/09/14 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater *

2/11/14 Denver, Co - Summit Tree *

2/12/14 Salt Lake City, UT - Murray Theater *

2/14/14 San Francisco, CA - The Regency *

2/15/14 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern *

2/16/14 San Diego, CA - House of Blues #

^ with The Black Dahlia Murder, Fallujah, Noisem

& with The Black Dahlia Murder, Fallujah, Wolvhammer

* with Amon Amarth & Enslaved

# with Amon Amarth

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