(Which is what I believe Whitechapel have always aspired to but are only now actualizing.) It’s still groovy, but the grooves are much more in service to what are actually strongly written epic metal passages. As a Whitechapel album, it’s their strongest … BY FAR. But that shouldn’t dissuade listeners from trying out this album. Those who will likely feel most disappointed are the casual fans that have hoped for more angular, Meshuggah-esque “Possession” sort of riffs that lifted This is Exile beyond its more generic “prog” deathcore aspirations. A New Era of Corruption is very much that album. An album that pleases as many as it annoys. ![]() Simply put, Whitechapel is one of the *few* staunchly deathcore oriented bands that (for better and/or worse) refuse to drop their love affair with epic death metal that is distinctly well … European.Īt the end of the day, any album that is worth it’s weight within your iPod rotation is more than likely an album that divides its target audience. The conclusion I came to while listening to Whitechapel’s latest offering is that their musical identity lies directly in their English namsake.
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