whitechapel has always been one of my favourite death metal bands. i love their complex riffing, the sick drumming and phil bozeman's signature voice. i loved their first record "the somatic defilement" that probably misses the musical ingenuity of more recent records, but was so rich with energy, darkness and aggression. it made me fell in love with this kind of modern death metal immediately. so of course i followed their musical path.
in my eyes the second record called "this is exile" paled in comparison to "the somatic defilement". one could feel that they wanted to choose a more complex and technical approach but it didn't work to one hundert percent for me. a couple of weak songs affected the overall impression. besides, "this is exile" only came on shitty picture disc. especially with "a new era of corruption" and with the self-titled record from 2012 whitechapel definitely found its very own style. and here we are with "our endless war" in 2014.
and boy, what should i say, this thing is fucking convincing. a monster coming your way. they became a tiny bit more catchy, if that term is proper in a whitechapel context, so it is easier to comprehend. but don't worry, whitechapel still isn't what your mom would sing along to after one listen. but enough talk. check out the title song, revolt and throw some stones! need to catch them live again.
i pre-ordered this along with the carnifex record of the last post and another pre-order that will be featured in the upcoming post. as this was a metal blade release that i ordered through nuclear blast, nb didn't get the most limited colour. indeed, you might say but such wasn't the case with the self-titled record two years ago. i came across an to 100 copies limited version at metal blade's ebay shop but at that point i already payed my stuff. ah well, that black w/ white splatter looks bad ass and i have a pretty low number. so i'm okay with that. 200 made. metal blade. 2014.
