Whitechapel are one of the powerhouses of the Deathcore genre; with a strong vocalist who has an awesome range and a plethora of other talented band members to back up, including three guitarists. They’ve just released their third album, “ A New Era of Corruption” which has reached 43rd place on the US Billboard 200 Chart, quite a success for a band from an fairly underground genre.
With this album, Whitechapel’s sound has been much more refined and the band itself has progressed a lot musically, the vocals are much cleaner, instead of being really guttural and Phil Bozeman has shown his ability to do some amazing highs. The guitars sound a lot better compared to those in previous albums, where the recording has not been up to the highest standard, and they’ve been heavily distorted, which can sometimes work in the wrong way. You can actually hear when there is a solo now, but they also retain the chunky sound which listeners of Whitechapel’s earlier albums will recognise, this is a good change because it allows the guitarists to shine through.
There are also some fairly big names recruited for guest vocals on the album, Chino Mereno of Deftones and Vincent Bennett of The Acacia Strain. Both of these vocalists work well together with Whitechapel’s sound, unlike with some bands, due to Phil Bozeman’s unique and powerfull voice, the alternation between vocalists really works, where neither are drowning each other out.
Definately an album to get, check out Whitechapel’s myspace: http://www.myspace.com/whitechapel
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