Iconic deathcore legends WHITECHAPEL recently returned to Australia alongside The Acacia Strain, supporting Lorna Shore on an epic national tour that saw the bands deliver five incredible shows to an overwhelming response from fans.
The Everblack Podcast caught up with Whitechapel guitarist Ben Savage backstage in Brisbane during the tour. Ben chats about the success of Hymns in Dissonance, crafting the album’s crushing guitar tone, Whitechapel’s 20-year journey, life on the road, and early ideas for the band’s next album.
Watch/listen to the interview here:
Forming in 2006 in Knoxville, Tennessee, deathcore icons WHITECHAPEL have been obliterating speakers and live crowds for two decades, continually sharpening their eclectic take on the heavy subgenres along the way. Starting life with intense brutality and morbid themes, WHITECHAPEL have gone on to, at times, expand their sonic palette to include grooves, melody and more personal lyricism; but their reputation as one of the pioneers of early deathcore remains, powerfully festering at the core of their sonic DNA. With nine studio albums in their wake, spanning their 2007 debut The Somatic Defilement through to 2025’s Hymns in Dissonance, WHITECHAPEL have ticked off chart success, appearances on several Album Of The Year lists and tours with some of the giants of the scene, including Cannibal Corpse, Lorna Shore and Trivium amongst many others. A band who delivers a merciless live show fit for their royal status in the deathcore realms, WHITECHAPEL most recently performed down under in 2023 supporting Thy Art Is Murder.
