Skeletonwitch

A punishing extreme metal outfit based out of Athens, Ohio, Skeletonwitch employs an uncompromising blend of no-frills thrash and melodic death metal. Drawing the bulk of their inspiration from artists and musical styles born all of two decades earlier: namely the undying flame of classic Bay Area thrash; its creative bedrock in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal; and, to a lesser degree, death, black, and Viking metal, the band emerged in 2004 with the taut At One with the Shadows. A move to Prosthetic Records in 2007 signaled a shift from straight-up thrash to a less unhing...