Whitechapel

In the organizer's words:

Since their formation in 2006, the band from Knoxville, Tennessee around singer Phil Bozeman has stood for a perfectly seasoned mixture of heaviness, musical adventurousness, a good feel for anthems and a punch that is best thrown in the mosh pit. If you want to check out this deservedly eloquent introduction, you can either watch Whitechapel's latest live video for the track "This Is Exile" on YouTube or listen to the album "Live In The Valley" from the same concert. Released at the end of January 2024, it brings together 13 songs, all of which were recorded at Whitechapel's home show at The Mill & Mine club in Knoxville. Songs like "Forgiveness Is Weakness" from the style-defining 2019 album "The Valley" show very well how Whitechapel have mastered the keyboard of heaviness: It begins with a scream, an urgent, sawing guitar, until the drums kick in and Bozeman first roars, then sings, then screeches. "A Bloadsoaked Symphony" from the last album "Kin" in turn shows that Whitechapel can also lower the tempo and raise the level of darkness. Here they are perhaps a little closer to death metal than the deathcore they have been celebrating again in recent years.

Phil Bozeman (vocals), Ben Savage (lead guitar), Alex Wade (rhythm guitar), Zach Householder (third guitar) and Gabe Crisp (bass) can now draw on an astonishing oeuvre for their concerts. Their latest studio album "Kin" (2021) was celebrated by fans and critics alike. The British Metal Hammer attested to them: "While people bemoan the generic nature of deathcore, Whitechapel are the exception to the rule." This is mainly due to the fact that the band dares to ignore genre boundaries. Bozemann said about the stylistic adventurousness of "Kin": "It's still a metal album. I don't think you'd hear any of the songs on mainstream radio, but there are elements on the record that have more of a rock and open vibe. We really wanted these songs to breathe and have life and sound bigger than anything we've done before. We also experimented more with my vocals on 'Kin'. The majority of the fanbase has shown that they like this development. Why should we shy away from that?"

A band history dating back to 2006, eight studio albums, genre hits such as "The Saw Is The Law", "Hickory Creek", "Elitist Ones" and "When A Demon Defiles A Witch", a live energy that has grown over the years and a fanbase that is also constantly growing:
the omens for Whitechapel's three German concerts in Bochum, Leipzig and Aschaffenburg in August couldn't be better. A new album is perhaps the only thing missing for absolute fan happiness, but Whitechapel are well on course for that too. Back in June last year, they posted a studio photo on their Instagram channel and succinctly announced: "Album 9". Not much else is known yet, but perhaps a live show like this would be a good opportunity to test out one or two new songs.

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