SKELETONWITCH Announce Headline Dates, Post Studio Video

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.

Forever Abomination will be issued in three formats: digital download; a six-panel, plastic-free digipak; and a triple-gatefold LP (which in turn will be available in several color variants). More details and pre-order are available at ForeverAbomination.com. The album features artwork by Andrei Bouzikov (Municipal Waste, Holy Grail, Cannabis Corpse), who also contributed the cover art for the band's 2009 release, Breathing The Fire. The track "The Infernal Resurrection," which can be heard on that page, has also been added to Siriux/XM's Liquid Metal rotation, so request it now on their Facebook page.

The band, who last weekend completed a European tour that included stops at the Wacken, Bloodstock, Summer Breeze and Party.San festivals, also contributed an exclusive song recorded during the Forever Abomination sessions to DECIBEL's subscription flexi-disc series.

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.