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." Bozeman expands on this, stating that "The first two records are just riff after riff after riff, but this time we have more of a verse-chorus approach, and I think that makes the songs more memorable. Everything is still just as brutal and just as intense, it's just a little more structured, and that makes for better songs." And as the band has progressed sonically, so have Bozeman's lyrics, who this time has jettisoned a concept-based approach but remains just as focused, unleashing a surge of apocalyptic wrath as he covers issues such as the devolution of society into violent, hateful human beings ("Devolver"), the increasing corruption and violence of the post 9/11 world ("Breeding Violence"), and the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of his own mother ("Murder Sermon"). Primed to take A New Era of Corruption to hungry audiences around the globe, Whitechapel are continually proving themselves an indomitable force, and their fan base is primed to grow and grow as more people are exposed to their unique brand of sonic violence. Prepare to be corrupted. Artwork for A New Era of Corruption was handled by Brent Elliot White who has also worked with bands such as Job for a Cowboy and Carnifex and features 11 new tracks with a bonus track available to those purchasing the album through iTunes or on vinyl. Track listing: 1. Devolver 2. Breeding Violence 3. The Darkest Day of Man 4. Reprogrammed to Hate 5. End of Flesh 6. Unnerving 7. A Future Corrupt 8. Prayer of Mockery 9. Murder Sermon 10. Nercomechanical 11. Single File to Dehumanization Bonus Track 'Animus' Catch Whitechapel live as they tour across the US in support of A New Era of Corruption: Tour w/ Job For A Cowboy, Cattle Decapitation, Gaza 04/27 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar 04/28 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock 04/29 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre 04/30 Montréal, QC La Tulipe 05/01 Toronto, ON Opera House 05/02 Detroit, MI Magic Stick 05/03 Madison, WI Orpheum Stage Door 05/04 Elgin, IL Mad Maggie's 05/05 Sauget, IL Pop's End Tour 05/07 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre w/Earth Crisis, First Blood, Thick As Blood Tour w/ Son Of Aurelius 05/09 Reno, NV The Underground 05/10 Roseburg, OR Riversdale Grange 05/12 Modesto, CA Modesto Virtual 05/13 San Francisco, CA The Parkside 05/14 Fresno, CA Club Retro End Tour 05/15 Pomona, CA California Metal Festival w/Fear Factory, and more Tour w/ Job For A Cowboy, Cattle Decapitation, Revocation 05/16 Orangevale, CA The Boardwalk 05/17 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre 05/18 Seattle, WA El Corazon 05/19 Pocatello, ID ICON 05/20 Salt Lake City, UT In the Venue 05/21 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep 05/22 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck 05/23 Wichita Falls, TX The Hanger 05/24 Austin, TX Emo's Inside 05/25 Odessa, TX Dos Amigos 05/26 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad 05/27 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse Music Venue End Tour Van's Warped Tour 2010 06/25 Carson, CA Home Depot Center 06/26 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre 06/27 Ventura, CA Ventura County Fairground At Seaside Park 06/29 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion 06/30 Las Cruces, NM N.M.S.U. Practice Field 07/01 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center 07/02 Houston, TX The Showgrounds At Sam Houston Race Park 07/03 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center 07/05 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 07/06 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 07/07 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion 07/08 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre 07/09 Toronto, ON Arrow Hall 07/10 Montreal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau 07/11 Hartford, CT Comcast Theater 07/13 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center 07/14 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake P.A.C. 07/15 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion 07/16 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center 07/17 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 07/18 Oceanport, NJ Monmouth Park Racetrack 07/20 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion 07/21 Virginia Beach, VA Virginia Beach Amphitheatre 07/22 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Charlotte 07/23 St. Petersburg, FL Vinoy Park 07/24 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater 07/25 Orlando, FL Firestone Amphitheatre @ The Lot 07/26 Atlanta, GA Aaron's Amphitheater at Lakewood 07/28 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center 07/29 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater 07/30 Detroit, MI Comerica Park 07/31 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre 08/01 Shakopee, MN Canterbury Park 08/02 Bonner Springs, KS Sandstone Amphitheatre 08/05 Edmonton, AB Northlands Grounds 08/07 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairgrounds 08/08 Denver, CO Invesco Field 08/10 San Diego, CA Cricket Amphitheatre 08/11 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex 08/12 Marysville, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre 08/13 Nampa, ID Idaho Center Amphitheatre 08/14 George, WA Gorge Amphitheater 08/15 Hillsboro, OR Washington County Fairgrounds