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Whitechapel New Album Our Endless War 2014
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Looking to shake listeners out of the safety
and comfort of complacency, Whitechapel declare war on what they see as a
doomed civilization on their fifth album, Our Endless War. Armed with an
arsenal of punishing riffs and guttural screams, the bandmembers lash out
against modern society with a visceral tirade of seething, unfiltered hate, and
no one is safe from their terrible anger. On the forward-looking "Worship
the Digital Age," the band go on the warpath against the media and their constant
intrusion into our lives. Their criticism quickly turns to religion on
"How Times Have Changed," a song that takes society to task for
living by "ancient folklore." While Whitechapel's capacity for hatred
and discontent is nothing new (especially in the world of death
metal/deathcore), the relentlessness of the album's execution is impressive.
From Our Endless War's opening moments, Whitechapel don't give the listener a
moment of respite as they launch one sonic assault after another until they've
made their point perfectly clear. While this kind of non-stop aural violence
might be fatiguing for some, Whitechapel's sound feels so visceral and vital
that it's hard to ignore, and that's kind of the point. Although Our Endless
War may be about society, Whitechapel make it abundantly clear that the time
for discussion has long since passed. This gives listeners the crucial task of
deciding whether they want to ride the wave of catharsis with the band, or
simply be crushed by its enormity. The CD release has two more tracks than the
LP, "Process So Familiar" and "Fall of the Hypocrites."
01. Rise
02. Our
Endless War
03. The Saw
Is the Law
04. Mono
05. Let Me
Burn
06. Worship
the Digital Age
07. How
Times Have Changed
08.
Psychopathy
09. Blacked
Out
10. Diggs
Road
11. A
Process so Familiar (Bonus Track)
12. Fall of
the Hypocrites (Bonus Track)
available in : itunes
By : GuilleDark
