Whitechapel‘s latest album, Hymns in Dissonance, has already stormed international charts, securing major positions in key markets and further cementing the band’s reputation as one of the most powerful forces in modern metal.
Since its release, Hymns in Dissonance has seen remarkable success:
● United Kingdom: #6 on the Rock & Metal Albums Chart
● Germany: #28 on the Official Albums Chart
● United States: #2 on the Current Hard Rock Albums chart, #3 on Independent Label Current Albums, and #4 on Current Rock Albums
With their signature blend of punishing riffs, dynamic compositions, and visceral lyricism, Whitechapel continues to push the boundaries of heavy music. Hymns in Dissonance sees the band reinventing themselves, going darker, deeper, and heavier than ever before. “We attempted to write our heaviest album to date,” says guitarist Alex Wade. “We wanted to put out something that was shockingly menacing and brutal.”
WHITECHAPEL, who formed in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2006, has seen the core lineup — vocalist Phil Bozeman, guitarists Ben Savage, Zach Householder, and Alex Wade, and bassist Gabe Crisp — intact since 2007, with the exception of drummer Brandon Zackey, who has been playing with the band since 2022. While Hymns In Dissonance follows 2021‘s Kin chronologically, the new album is actually somewhat of a sequel to This Is Exile thematically, the three-word title Hymns In Dissonance representing that correlation.
The band started composing the new album at Householder‘s studio in June of 2023, following their headlining tour for The Valley. The collective stuck to a strict weekday schedule, the structure allowing for maximum creativity and minimum burnout. Householder produced Hymns In Dissonance, which allowed the musicians to seamlessly switch gears from preproduction to recording the full album without skipping a beat. The guitarist shadowed producer Mark Lewis a lot over the last five WHITECHAPEL albums and bringing that influence inside the band is a full circle moment for Householder and WHITECHAPEL.
Hymns In Dissonance features cover art by European tattoo artist Rob Borbas (Grind Design) and is available now on CD and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:
Eviscerate – Orange/Yellow Marbled (US)
Eternal Eclipse – Black + White Marbled (US)
Mangled Innards – Red Smoke (US)
Visceral Retch – Iridescent Green (US)
Infested Soul – Neon Green Yellow Marble (US Band Exclusive)
Red w/ Black Smoke (Tour Exclusive)
180g Black (EU)
Crimson Red w/ Black Swirls (EU)
Beige Brown Marbled (EU – Ltd. 500)
Golden Dawn Marbled (EU – Ltd. 500)
Bone White Splatter (EU – Ltd. 500)
Clear With Black, Red + Gold Splatter (EU – Ltd. 300)
Scarlet Red w/ Cloudy Black Splatter (EU – Ltd. 200)
Scarlet Red + Bone White “Melt” (UK – Ltd. 300)
For orders, visit https://eyesoremerch.com/bands/w/whitechapel/
