★★★★★
Whitechapel is often unfairly lumped together with other black sheep of the deathcore scene; bands like Oceano, Suicide Silence, and Emmure, that have essentially taken the idea of death metal, wiped their ass with it and released their excrement-stained toilet paper to the public in the form of 40-minute LPs. And of course, people bought it...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-04-27
★★★★★
Whitechapel's new logo proved controversial amongst fans when the band added a simple block letter take on the name to their echelon. Though the band's clarification that they weren't getting rid of their "deathcore" logo should have appeased sullen supporters, the decision's importance is in the underlying meaning; their choice to utilize a cleaner, more mature-looking logo is indicative of a deeper shift in the band: a breaking free from any stylistic chains to a specific subgenre...
- exclaim.ca
2014-04-26
★★★★★
Tennessee's Whitechapel have always had the ambition to stand above the deathcore pack, and they've long been one of the genre's leaders. While the band are still struggling to really emerge with an identity on their fifth album, they are moving in the right direction. Take "The Saw Is The Law," a tune so filled with staccato blasts of groove and haunting slow-burn lead work over repetitive grooves that it threatens to just be a Meshuggah clone, but the scatting nü-metal vocals (work with me...
- www.altpress.com
2014-04-25
★★★★★
Whitechapel have always been one of those bands that sits on a fine line of 'sorta-like' and 'f*ck-off' for me. In one hand, they've released some consistently groove-ridden tunes over the years and have proven themselves as more than just a splash in the pan with their regular releases and aggressive tour schedules. In the other hand, I detest deathcore and what the genre is trying to accomplish. That being said, their new album caught me off guard...
- www.musicreview.co.za
2014-04-22
★★★★★
Tennessee's Whitechapel have become a prominent feature in the death metal community in the last few years. Four albums in, and their status has changed drastically, for the best, since the release of their debut, The Somatic Defilement. Originally released via Candlelight Records in 2007, the album's 2013 re-release through Metal Blade helped Whitechapel introduce the record to a new set of eardrums, pleasing longtime fans with a re-mastered, re-mixed version of their debut...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-05-18
★★★★★
Goto commentsLeave a commentShare Deathcore to the Core Hey kids, you like death metal? How about hardcore? Well you haven't heard nothin' till you've heard some good ol' American deathcore. It's equal parts grind, core, death, thrash, and un-showered teenager. Yeah, yeah, we all hate the term, but this is a review for a metal album, so go f*** yourself...
- www.mxdwn.com
2013-04-21
★★★★★
Sound: Evolve - a word that can be used correctly or incorrectly in reference to music. Metallica tried to evolve, but just moved on to a different sound. John Mayer evolved for one album, but has otherwise remained in blues-tinged pop rock neutral. As I Lay Dying evolves by the album. Here we have Whitechapel's self-titled fourth album, and the evolution shown with "A New Era Of Corruption" comes full circle to bring us what is easily Whitechapel's best album...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-06-25
★★★★★
Release Date: June 19, 2012 Deathcore is not exactly a friendly genre for casual audiences. Whitechapel knows this. Why wouldn't they? Through the growth of a rabid fanbase with a love for tracks like "Visor Excisor" and "Breeding Violence", the band has steadily risen to the peak of an often challenged genre...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-06-21
★★★★★
There really needs to be a name for bands that sidestep the sophomore slump only to stumble on their subsequent album. Whitechapel would fit this description perfectly. After a simple, brutal debut that hinted at greater things to come, the group capitalized on their promise and made one of deathcore's finest albums with This is Exile. However, the follow-up, A New Era of Corruption, sounded tired and uninspired...
- exclaim.ca
2012-06-21
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