WHITECHAPEL To Release 'Mark Of The Blade' Album In June

On June 24, Knoxville, Tennessee death metallers WHITECHAPEL will release their sixth full-length album, “Mark Of The Blade”, via Metal Blade Records. According to a press release, the new record “remains true to the band’s roots while venturing into previously unexplored territory, both sonically and lyrically.”

The lyric video for the first single from “Mark Of The Blade” — the album’s title track — can be seen below.

Reunited with producer Mark Lewis (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, CANNIBAL CORPSE), WHITECHAPEL has redefined who they are and what they are capable of with “Mark Of The Blade”. Kicking off with “The Void” — which has a SLAYER-esque ferocity that is perfectly suited to the band’s three-guitar attack — the songs that follow all leave a distinct impression, and by the time the rich, dark melodies on “Decennium” bring the record to a close, it’s impossible to deny the emotional weight brought to bear. “It’s the most dynamic record we’ve done, in the sense that one song can be very aggressive while the next one will be softer and sentimental,” WHITECHAPEL guitarist Alex Wade asserts. “At this point in our career and as we grow older, we are taking a more open-minded approach to creating our music, allowing what we think sounds good to evolve naturally, rather than to just write what is expected of us.”

“Mark Of The Blade” track listing:

01. The Void
02. Mark of the Blade
03. Elitist Ones
04. Bring Me Home
05. Tremors
06. A Killing Industry
07. Tormented
08. Brotherhood
09. Dwell in the Shadows
10. Venomous
11. Decennium

Prior to “Mark Of The Blade”‘s release, WHITECHAPEL will headline a U.S. tour with FIT FOR A KING, THE PLOT IN YOU and ENTERPRISE EARTH as support — thus concluding the campaign for 2014’s “Our Endless War” (which debuted at No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart). Following that trek, WHITECHAPEL will join ATREYU, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, EVERY TIME I DIE, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, and many more on this year’s Vans Warped Tour.