Skeletonwitch

Skeletonwitch's music may be dark, brutal and extreme, but offstage their members have a soft spot for animals. As pet owners themselves, they are showing support for a couple of animal related charities with a limited edition, hand-screened 180-gram vinyl edition of their 2013 album 'Serpents Unleashed.'

- In what should be one heavy pairing, the Black Dahlia Murder and Skeletonwitch will unite for a fall 2013 trek.

Blackened (and largely bearded) extreme metallers Skelentonwitch have shared the track listing, serpentine cover and Oct. 29 release date for their new album 'Serpents Unleashed,' along with offering a free download of 'Burned From Bone.' Ohio's Skeletonwitch were clearly in a generous mood to unveil all this information about the new record.

Job for a Cowboy premiered the face-ripping new song "Imperium Wolves" from Demonocracy, which drops April 10. If you want to terrify the little kids in the neighborhood with a slab of br00tal death metal, then you might want to crank this as loud as you can ...

Skeletonwitch aren't letting any grass grow under their feet after wrapping up this summer's truncated Ozzfest. The band, which admits that it lives for the road, is headed out on the North American Skullsplitter 2010 trek this fall, doling out their blackened blend of thrash to anyone smart enough to listen and/or head out to the venues...

Holy Grail, the Los Angeles metal scene's latest screamers for vengeance, are repressing their debut seven-inch, 'Improper Burial,' on white vinyl. The repressing is extremely limited to only 500 copies, which are bound to go faster than illegal substances in prison...

Ozzy Osbourne told a roomful of reporters and contest winners at Toronto's gothic-styled castle Casa Loma yesterday that his wife is responsible for choosing the acts on this year's Ozzfest. He had been talking about his forthcoming album, 'Scream,' but Sharon soon emerged to answer any deflected questions...

For a limited time only, Ozzy Osbourne is offering free digital copies of his upcoming 10th studio album, 'Scream,' to anyone who purchases a ticket to this summer's Ozzfest. The tickets must be bought from LiveNation and the offer explres June 18, but it's still a pretty sweet deal...

Kataklysm may be from Montreal, but that's not stopping vocalist Maurizio Iacono from opening a pizzeria in Chicago. "I've decided to open with a very good friend of mine, Saverio Donancricchia," Iacono said. "His family has been in the pizza business for over 20 years in Chicago with Albano's Pizzeria in Cicero...

Black Tusk have just announced another round of late spring and summer tour dates that extend their already never-ending itinerary. After touring with Skeletonwitch back in late January, the Savannah, Ga. band found time to finish recording its debut LP for Relapse Records, 'Taste the Sin,' with Jay Matheson and Steve Slavich in Columbia, S...