Reactivated New York death metal unit, SKINLESS, will level stages this Fall on a medley of live takeovers. The onstage debauchery includes performances in Montreal, Clifton Park, Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia as well as a co-headlining stint with Pig Destroyer on this year’s edition of Denver Black Sky in December. Additional onstage infiltrations are currently in their plotting stages.  

Comments the band: “We’re stoked to have the opportunity to shred in some of our favorite cities! Time is tight for the good ol’ boys in SKINLESS but when the stars align, you can expect and old school night of extreme brutality. Very much looking forward to it; see ya soon.”

9/25/2015 Les Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC
9/26/2015 Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY
11/20/2015 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
11/21/2015 Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY
11/22/2015 TBA – Philadelphia, PA
12/05/2015 Denver Black Sky – Denver, CO w/ Pig Destroyer

SKINLESS will be performing in support of their long-anticipated and critically-lauded Only The Ruthless Remain full-length, released via Relapse Records last month. Bedecked in the sadistic grooves and flawless musicianship for which the band has become notorious, Only The Ruthless Remain features SKINLESS‘ now-classic, late ’90s lineup of founding guitarist Noah Carpenter, vocalist Sherwood Webber, bassist Joe Keyser and drummer Bob Beaulac, with the addition of second guitarist, Dave Matthews, and marks the band’s first proper full-length offering in nearly a decade.

In related SKINLESS bulletins, the band is currently offering a free download of “Satan Is Living.” The song rears its menacing head during the credits of their ominous video for namesake track, “Skinless.” “Satan Is Living” is an original tune by the Sunshine Family Ministry and serves as an unofficial Only The Ruthless Remain bonus track. The Sunshine Family Ministry was a fanatical religious cult from the ’80s that committed mass suicide by skinning themselves alive… (fast forward thirty years to the gruesome “Skinless” video). The song “Satan Is Living” was recovered from an old reel-to reel recorder recovered at the scene. The first fifty orders made at the newly-launched SKINLESS webstore will receive a free download of the track as well as an Only The Ruthless Remain poster. Visit the store at THIS LOCATION.  

And if you managed to miss the “Skinless” video, featuring a visual smorgasbord of lethal injections, human flaying and general group-inflicted suffering, it’s playing below:

Only The Ruthless Remain was tracked by Tom Case at Edie Road Studio and Doomsday Bunker Studio, both in upstate New York, with vocals tracked by Dave Otero (Cephalic Carnage, Primitive Man etc.) at Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado, with the entire slab of audio violence mastered by Brad Boatright (Obituary, Nails, Integrity etc.) at Audiosiege in Portland, Oregon.

Only The Ruthless Remain is currently available on CD, LP and digitally via Relapse Records. Limited Relapse 25 Year Anniversary editions of the CD and LP are also be available. For order bundles, visit THIS LOCATION. Desirers of the digitals, go HERE.

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New York’s most brutal death metal maniacs SKINLESS have entered the studio to record their long awaited new album, planned for a Spring 2015 release via Relapse Records with tentative song titles including “Serpenticide”, “Skinless”, and “The Beast Smells Blood”. Artwork will be handled by Ken Sarafin.

After reforming in the Summer of 2013, SKINLESS are recording their first new album in over eight years. The group is preparing seven new destructive anthems at Edie Road Studios in Argyle, NY with engineer Tom Case and will then send it off for mixing to Dave Otero (Cephalic Carnage, Primitive Man) and then mastering at Audio Siege Studios in Portland (Obituary, Nails).

Guitarist Noah Carpenter commented on the upcoming material:

“Finally, for the first time since 2006, Skinless is in the studio hammering out a new album. We can’t wait to get this out to the fans and hear some feedback. These songs have the Skinless heavy groove but we added guitar solos and some different elements to bring it to the next level. The album cover has just been finished and it’s easily our best one yet. Lots more info coming in the next few months.”

Listen to Skinless via Bandcamp Here

About SKINLESS:

Formed in 1992, in Albany, New York, SKINLESS play true, unadulterated death metal.  The group has released four full-length albums and numerous EPs throughout their 20+ year career.  After disbanding in 2011, the group is now back together with the classic Progression Towards Evil line-up (Sherwood Webber – Vocals, Noah Carpenter – Guitar, Joe Keyser – Bass, Bob Beaulac – Drums) plus the recent addition of Dave Matthews on second guitar.

More information at https://www.facebook.com/Skinless

According to Blabbermouth.net,  Reunited death metal assassins SKINLESS have announced the addition of guitarist Dave Matthews to the group’s ranks. Matthews will join founding guitarist Noah Carpenter in full-on axe combat yet to be experienced by mere mortals.

Comments Carpenter: “Yeah, yeah….his name is Dave Matthews, but I assure you he’s much more metal than that crappy acoustic guy.