"We're pretty simple and streamlined as far as our recording techniques go," Human Furnace tells us in an exclusive chat about the new record. "Just like everything else, if it's not broke, why try to ...

A snake-handling church was the target of a bizarre police raid 76 years ago in North Carolina, historians said. On Nov. 1, 1947, a venomous copperhead snake was seized from Zion Tabernacle Church in ...

Pentecostal congregants who take the Gospel of Mark literally and “pick up snakes with their hands” believe God will protect them, but does the United States Constitution? Earlier this month, ...

Even if you have found yourself in the hollers of the Appalachian Mountains, you still may not have come across one of America’s snake-handling churches. While it’s estimated that there are about 125 ...

JACKSON COUNTY, AL (WAFF) - While definitely in the minority, snake handling churches have dwindled over the years as states have passed laws making it illegal to possess poisonous snakes. But a few ...

Cleveland hardcore heavyweights Ringworm have announced a new album called Snake Church and shared a song of the same name. The album is set to drop July 29 via Relapse, their first since 2014’s ...

Cody Coots is following in his father’s footsteps, serving as a pastor in a church. Like his father, Coots is a snake handler. And like his father, he was bitten by a rattlesnake while leading a ...

LONDON, Ky. – A southeastern Kentucky woman was bitten by a snake during a church service and later died, a law enforcement officer said. Linda Long, 48, of London died Sunday at University of ...

JOLO, W.Va. — “When I die, I wanna snake-bit die.” Dewey Chafin’s voice is soft as gauze, but the sentiment is hammered iron. You can’t doubt a man’s sincerity when he’s standing at a pulpit in shirt ...

JENSON, KY (WATE) – The Bell County Sheriff’s Office confirms a man was bitten on the arm by a snake at a Sunday church service at Mossy Simpson Pentecostal Church in Jenson, Kentucky. Deputies said ...