Serpents Unleashed

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Serpents Unleashed
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)
Recorded2013 [1]
Genre
Length31:41
Label Prosthetic [2]
Producer Kurt Ballou
Skeletonwitch chronology
Forever Abomination
(2011)
Serpents Unleashed
(2013)
Devouring Radiant Light
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B+ [5]
Pitchfork Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Serpents Unleashed is the fifth [7] [8] studio album by American extreme metal band Skeletonwitch. [9] [10] The album was released on October 29, 2013. [11] This album was the last album released with original vocalist Chance Garnette, before he was fired from the band in early 2015 due to his problems with alcohol. [12]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Serpents Unleashed"2:11
2."Beneath Dead Leaves"3:07
3."I Am of Death (Hell Has Arrived)"2:47
4."From a Cloudless Sky"2:48
5."Burned From Bone"2:39
6."Unending, Everliving"3:03
7."Blade on the Flesh, Blood on My Hands"2:26
8."This Evil Embrace"3:39
9."Unwept"2:25
10."Born of the Light That Does Not Shine"2:18
11."More Cruel Than Weak"4:18
Total length:31:41

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [13] 62
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [14] 10
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [15] 7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [16] 20

Personnel

Skeletonwitch

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