{"id":642,"date":"2011-11-28T12:10:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T20:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=642"},"modified":"2012-05-04T22:34:12","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T05:34:12","slug":"skeletonwitch-announce-norwegian-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2011\/11\/28\/skeletonwitch-announce-norwegian-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"SKELETONWITCH Announce Norwegian Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/swnorway.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[642]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-643\" title=\"swnorway\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/swnorway.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/swnorway.jpg 500w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/swnorway-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>American metal juggernauts, SKELETONWITCH, whose new album, &#8220;Forever Abomination,&#8221;\u00a0debuted at #153 on the Billboard Top 200 and #3 on the magazine&#8217;s Heatseekers Chart, last month, have announced they&#8217;ll be taking part in the second Norwegian &#8220;Fire Walk With Me Tour,&#8221; in February, alongside Aura Noir and Nekromantheon. <!--more-->The Ohio based road warriors are currently out on the Jagermeister Music Tour and spent the fall out with Arch Enemy and Devildriver, as well as headlining a run of dates along with Kvelertak. Before heading to Norway, SKELETONWITCH will do an extensive run of the UK and France with their old friends, The Black Dahlia Murder.<\/p>\n<p>SKELETONWITCH on tour:<br \/>\n11\/29\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Austin, TX &#8211; Emo&#8217;s *<br \/>\n11\/30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oklahoma City, OK &#8211; Diamond Ballroom *<br \/>\n12\/01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Albuquerque, NM &#8211; Sunshine Theater*<br \/>\n12\/02\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grand Junction, CO &#8211; Mesa Theater &amp; Club *<br \/>\n12\/03\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Colorado Springs, CO &#8211; The Black Sheep*<br \/>\n12\/04\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Farmington, NM \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Top Deck *<br \/>\n12\/05\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tempe, AZ &#8211; The Marquee Theatre*<br \/>\n12\/06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 San Diego, CA- The Ruby Room<br \/>\n12\/07\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pomona, CA &#8211; Glass House*<br \/>\n12\/08\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reno, NV &#8211; Knitting Factory *<br \/>\n12\/09\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boise, ID &#8211; Knitting Factory *<br \/>\n12\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spokane, WA &#8211; Knitting Factory*<br \/>\n12\/11 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Republik &#8211; Calgary, AB<br \/>\n12\/12 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Starlite &#8211; Edmonton, AB<br \/>\n12\/14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pyramid Cabaret &#8211; Winnipeg, MB<br \/>\n12\/16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Iowa City, IA &#8211; Blue Moose Tap House<br \/>\n12\/17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Madison, WI &#8211; The Barrymore Theater *<br \/>\n12\/18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grand Rapids, MI &#8211; The Intersection *<br \/>\n12\/19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chicago, IL- The Empty Bottle<br \/>\n12\/30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cleveland, OH &#8211; House of Blues<br \/>\n1\/11 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 London, UK &#8211; Underworld &amp;<br \/>\n1\/12 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 London, UK &#8211; Underworld &amp;<br \/>\n1\/13 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Colchester, UK &#8211; Arts Centre &amp;<br \/>\n1\/14 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Norwich, UK &#8211; Waterfront &amp;<br \/>\n1\/15 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Northampton, UK &#8211; Roadmender &amp;<br \/>\n1\/16 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Birmingham, UK &#8211; Academy 2 &amp;<br \/>\n1\/17 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nottingham, UK &#8211; Rescue Rooms &amp;<br \/>\n1\/18 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Manchester, UK &#8211; Moho Live &amp;<br \/>\n1\/19 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sheffield, UK &#8211; Corporation &amp;<br \/>\n1\/20 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Newcastle, UK &#8211; Academy 2 &amp;<br \/>\n1\/21 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Aberdeen, UK &#8211; Tunnels &amp;<br \/>\n1\/22 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Glasgow, UK &#8211; Cathouse &amp;<br \/>\n1\/23 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dundee, UK &#8211; Beat Generator &amp;<br \/>\n1\/24 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leeds, UK &#8211; Cockpit &amp;<br \/>\n1\/25 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wrexham, UK &#8211; Central Station &amp;<br \/>\n1\/26 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stoke, UK &#8211; Sugarmill &amp;<br \/>\n1\/27 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plymouth, UK &#8211; White Rabbit &amp;<br \/>\n1\/28 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bristol, UK &#8211; Fleece &amp;<br \/>\n1\/29 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Southampton, UK &#8211; Joiners &amp;<br \/>\n1\/30 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reading, UK &#8211; Sub 89 &amp;<br \/>\n1\/31 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Margate, UK &#8211; West Coast Bar &amp;<br \/>\n2\/1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lille, France &#8211; St. Sauveur &amp;<br \/>\n2\/2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Strasbourg, France &#8211; La Laiterie &amp;<br \/>\n2\/3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lyon, France &#8211; Ninkasi Kao &amp;<br \/>\n2\/4 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nantes, France &#8211; Ferrailleur &amp;<br \/>\n2\/5 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paris, France &#8211; Nouveau Casino &amp;<br \/>\n2\/8 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oslo, Norway &#8211; Johne Dee #<br \/>\n2\/9 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bergen, Norway- Hulen #<br \/>\n2\/10 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sandes, Norway- Tribute #<br \/>\n2\/11 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Byscenen, Norway- Haugesund #<br \/>\n6\/15-16 Copenhagen, Denmark- Copenhell Festival<br \/>\n6\/29-7\/1 Helsinki, Switzerland &#8211; Suvilahti\/Tuska Open Air<br \/>\n* w\/ Chimaira, Unearth, Molotov Solution<br \/>\n&amp; w\/ Black Dahlia Murder<br \/>\n# w\/ Aura Noir and Nekromantheon<\/p>\n<p><em>Forever Abomination<\/em>\u00a0was recorded in Los Angeles over the summer with producer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Hatebreed, Children of Bodom). The album features artwork by Andrei Bouzikov (Municipal Waste, Holy Grail, Cannabis Corpse), who also contributed the cover art for the band&#8217;s 2009 release,<em>Breathing The Fire<\/em>. The track &#8220;Reduced to the Failure of Prayer&#8221; is now in rotation at Sirius\/XM&#8217;s Liquid Metal and can be requested at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=mcmqnycab&amp;et=1108850040964&amp;s=12393&amp;e=001YOmXsD3qkS1RNK5GPtWh-jTOPu56iFvyezO5kXL2oqibVcwx7--8ZZcjrlQUZjV2nXKOOS_ROXvkLZ7O-yrAlSF-06tR68LpliRCXaph8uijSN3n0hOznyo3ag1HfoFgaQR9r4JrqGU=\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\">their Facebook page<\/a>. \u00a0The band was also recently featured on the cover of Decibel and took part in the magazines limited flexi-disc series.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last four years, SKELETONWITCH has performed alongside a who&#8217;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&#8217;s Blackest of the Black).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American metal juggernauts, SKELETONWITCH, whose new album, &#8220;Forever Abomination,&#8221;\u00a0debuted at #153 on the Billboard Top 200 and #3 on the magazine&#8217;s Heatseekers Chart, last month, have announced they&#8217;ll be taking part in the second Norwegian &#8220;Fire Walk With Me Tour,&#8221; in February, alongside Aura Noir and Nekromantheon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":645,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642\/revisions\/645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}