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| Name = Place of Skulls

|colspan="2"|[[Image:IJN Akitsushima.jpg|300px]]<br>The Japanese cruiser ''Akitsushima''

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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career

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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of Japan.svg|50px|Japanese Navy Ensign]]

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|[[Yokosuka]] Naval Yards, [[Japan]]

| Genre = [[Stoner metal]], [[Doom metal]]

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| Years_active = [[200]] - present

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| Label = [[Exile on Mainstream Records]]<br/>[[Southern Lord Records]]<br/>[[Outlaw Recordings]]

|1889 Fiscal Year

| Associated_acts = [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]]<br/>[[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]]<br/>[[Spirit Caravan]]<br/>[[The Obsessed]]<br/>[[The Hidden Hand (band)|The Hidden Hand]]<br/>[[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]]<br/>[[Trouble (band)|Trouble]]

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|Laid down

| Current_members = [[Victor Griffin (guitarist)|Victor Griffin]]<br/>[[Dennis Cornelius]]<br/>[[Tim Tomaselli]]

|March 1890

| Past_members = [[Scott Weinrich|Scott "Wino" Weinrich]]<br/>[[Lee Abney]]<br/>[[Greg Turley]]<br/>[[Ron Holzner]]<br/>[[Pete Campbell]]

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'''Place of Skulls''' is a doom metal band from [[Knoxville, Tennessee]].

|July 6 1892

==Biograpy==

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Place of Skulls was formed in 2000 by ex-[[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] guitarist [[Victor Griffin (guitarist)|Victor Griffin]]. The name is a biblical reference to [[Golgotha]]. The band put out their debut album, ''Nailed'', on [[Southern Lord Records]] in 2002. Four songs were recorded during the ''Nailed'' session that did not appear on the album. These songs all dealt with Griffin's new found faith in [[Christianity]]. These were released as the ''Love Through Blood'' EP in 2005. [[Scott Weinrich|Scott "Wino" Weinrich]] joined the band for their second album, ''With Vision''. This album was released by [[Southern Lord Records]] in 2003. The band signed to Germany's [[Exile on Mainstream Records]] and released their most recent album, ''The Black Is Never Far''.

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==Discography==

|March 31 1894

===Albums===

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*''Nailed'' ([[Southern Lord Records]] 2002)

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*''With Vision'' ([[Southern Lord Records]] 2003)

|Scrapped January 10 1927

*''The Black Is Never Far'' ([[Exile on Mainstream Records]] 2006)

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===EPs===

!colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics

*''Place of Skulls'' ([[Southern Lord Records]] 2002)

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*''Love Through Blood'' ([[Outlaw Recordings]] 2005)

|Displacement:

|3,100 tons

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|Length:

|91.7 meters at waterline

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|Beam:

|13.14 meters

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|Draught:

|5.32 meters

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|Propulsion:

|2-shaft, 6 boilers, 8400 HP

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|Speed:

|19 [[knots]]

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|Fuel:

|800 tons coal

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|Complement:

|330

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|Armament:

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*4 × 152 mm guns

*6 × 120 mm guns

*8 x 47 mm guns

*4 x 360 mm [[torpedo]]s

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|Armor:

|75 mm deck; 115 mm gunshield

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==External Links==

The IJN '''Akitsushima''' (秋津州) was a 2nd class [[protected cruiser]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], designed and built by the [[Yokosuka]] shipyards in [[Japan]]. The name ''Akitsushima'' comes from an ancient name for Japan, as used in the ''[[Kojiki]]''. The ''Akitsushima'' was the first [[cruiser]] designed and produced solely by Japan, and was intended to be a high speed scout cruiser to complement the more heavily armed Naniwa-class.It should not be confused with the later [[Pacific War]] era [[seaplane]] [[aircraft carrier|carrier]] of the same name.

*[http://www.placeofskulls.com Official Site]

*[http://www.myspace.com/placeofskullsdoom Official MySpace page]

*[http://www.southernlord.com/band_PSK.php Southern Lord Place of Skulls page]

[[Category:Doom metal musical groups]]

After the outbreak of the [[Sino-Japanese War]], [[Hikonojo Kamimura|Kamimura Hikonojo]] was assigned command of the new cruiser IJN ''Akitsushima'' and won distinction at the [[Battle of the Yalu]] on [[17 September]] [[1894]].

On [[21 March]] [[1898]], the ''Akitsushima'' was re-designated as a 3rd class protected cruiser.

Considered underpowered, poorly armored, and outgunned by the time of the [[Russo-Japanese War]], the ''Akitsushima'' was largely assigned to rearline duties. It was re-classified as a “Second Class Coastal Defense Vessel” on [[28 August]] [[1912]], and a Training Ship on [[30 April]] [[1921]]. It was scrapped on [[10 January]] [[1927]].

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