Whitechapel launch new website
Metal Blade Records has just launched the new website dedicated to the forthcoming album, A New Era of Corruption, from Knoxville, Tennessee's WHITECHAPEL. On ANewEraOfCorruption.com fans will be able to view studio videos from the recording process of A New Era of Corruption, a live video of the band in Australia performing at Soundwave Festival 2010, production videos from This Is Exile, and a teaser clip for the brand new video for the song 'The Darkest Day of Man' filmed earlier this month by famed metal video director David Brodsky of MyGoodEye. Also up on ANewEraOfCorruption.com are all of the band's current tour dates and pre-order deals for the new album. Fans can purchase just the CD at a low pre-street date price, which comes with an autographed booklet, or chose from two different t-shirt packages also listed at a low pre-street date package price. The track 'The Darkest Day of Man' is currently streaming on the site and be sure to keep an eye on ANewEraOfCorruption.com as fans will get the chance to stream the album in its entirety before it is released. On a side note, drummer Kevin Lane has irritated an injury in his ankle and will have to miss the Job for a Cowboy tour with Cattle Decapitation while he rests his foot. Kevin will be back out on the road with the guys for Warped Tour Twenty Ten this summer. Be sure to stop by the band's merch tent on Warped Tour as they will be doing signings at every stop; times will be announced on the stage day of show
About Whitechapel:
Having sold 6000 copies of This Is Exile in its first week, the band once again toured relentlessly, playing shows in the US, Canada, and Europe, and sharing the stage with such luminaries as Cannibal Corpse, Slayer, Killswitch Engage, Unearth, Behemoth, and Chimaira, in the process shifting more than 55,000 units. Not a bad feat for a band that most likely cause rock radio programmers to hide quaking beneath their desks.
Following up such a punishing album would be an unenviable task for most, but Whitechapel are just getting started, and A New Era of Corruption, which was produced by Jason Suecof (The Black Dahlia Murder, Job For A Cowboy) and features guest appearances by Deftones' Chino Moreno and Vincent of The Acacia Strain, showcases a group who are imposingly focused and determined to write the heaviest, most intense and dynamic music possible. "We didn't want to put out 'This Is Exile: Part Two', and this is definitely a real progression from that record - but, at the same time we wanted it to sound like Whitechapel," Wade asserts. "Having played with bands like Slayer and Cannibal Corpse, you realize that one of the reasons they've been around so long is because they've created a certain sound and they've stuck to that. Fans want to hear their favorite band sounding like their favorite band, and while we'll always grow, that's something I think we'll strive for on every record from now on."
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