Album review: Skeletonwitch "Breathing the Fire"

In this journey to and through the malicious fires of hell, Breathing the Fire does not leave listeners frostbitten - which sophomore release Beyond the Permafrost managed to do. Instead, it does exactly what the album title implies. Right when the needle drops into the first track, "Submit to the Suffering," a surge of melodic thrash riffs leaves no room for parched speed demons to warm up. Singer Chance Garnette's black metal croons draw the listener closer into the fret cataclysm, and has full intentions to do so, according to the lyrics: "Submit to the suffering/I am taking your life."

Click here to read the rest of the review. This was published on ACRN.com on October 13, 2009.
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