SKELETONWITCH: New Video To Debut This Friday

February 18, 2009

Ohio's sons of Midwestern darkness SKELETONWITCH will premiere their debut music video, "Sacrifice For The Slaughtergod", on Friday (February 20),exclusively on MySpace Metal. Combining live footage from Stuart's Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio and additional narrative footage from various locales in southern Ohio from last summer, the b-roll footage was wrapped in September. Director Brian Wiebe is a friend of the band and successful graduate of Ohio University's School of Film in Athens, the unholy birthplace of "The Witch."

The track comes from the group's acclaimed Prosthetic Records debut, "Beyond The Permafrost". "It's killer that the video is finally going to see the light of day," says guitarist Scott Hedrick. "It's also good to know that Mullet Chad, our drummer, and I didn't spend an entire day covered in guts all for naught! We shot that thing months ago and just finally got rid of the gut-stink! I hope everyone enjoys the video. We had a great time shooting it and are proud of the final product."

Even after playing more than 250 shows over the past two years — highlighted by a slot on DANZIG's Blackest of the Black North American tour last fall — SKELETONWITCH won't take time off any time soon. Soon after playing the inaugural Scion Rock Fest in Atlanta on February 28, the group will team with labelmates KYLESA for the two-week "Southern Discomfort" tour, which includes a stop at South By Southwest (SXSW). From there, the group will team with Swedish viking cult heroes AMON AMARTH for a month-long tour.

"We're fucking excited, as we've wanted to tour with AMON AMARTH for a long time," says guitarist Nate Garnette. "Now that it's happening, we've taken to drinking our beer from horns and are concentrating on beard growth!"

SKELETONWITCH was interviewed by Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com at the October 29, 2008 San Antonio, Texas stop of the Blackest Of The Black tour, which also featured headliners DANZIG alongside DIMMU BORGIR, WINDS OF PLAGUE and MOONSPELL. Watch the chat below.

"Beyond The Permafrost" is SKELETONWITCH's second full-length and third release overall after 2006's "Worship The Witch" EP and 2004's "At One With The Shadows", both independent, self-financed releases.

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