Whitechapel

What do I have for you next week? I ask, knowing and stalling until I find the email.

Oh, Whitechapel, our metal show, Two Hours to Midnight, which is kind of on forced hiatus right now because of a lot of those late Cavs games.

Two Hours to Midnight presents Whitechapel.

Again, another great, great band that we got to see at Sonic Temple this year.

They are on the 20th anniversary tour.

Duh-ee.

Friday, November 27th at the Agora.

I will have Whitechapel tickets for you next week.

Yes.

Yeah, you had your first deathcore experience at the River Stage when Lorna Shaw headlined with deathcore OGs, deathcore pioneers, Whitechapel.

And we are joined very shortly by Ben, their guitarist, and their show, Fuck Me.

Fuck Me.

Incredible vocalist, so powerful.

I think he's genuinely one of the best vocalists in the metal game.

And it was interesting to talk to Ben about – and the fact that Whitechapel's been around for 20 plus years, how they've seen the progression of heavy music from when they started to now, and I guess the resurgence of alternative music in general, particularly in America with bands like Turnstile, Knock The Loose, Spiritboxx, lorna shore just dominating and playing to the biggest crowds i've ever played so it was interesting chat um yeah i feel like we got him just before the shows he was a little bit he had his game face on but uh yeah still some

still some good things in there well sam i think uh having dragged me into my first deathcore show i think uh it's time to drag listeners to their first uh chat between you and wine chapel

That's cool.

The way you're describing that, Naveen tracked drums on the Valley, Whitechapel's album, and they did it that way.

So we toyed...

With doing drums last and vocals first and everything, unfortunately, I'm so slow at writing lyrics.

After a

while.

when I have to change something or whatever after it's done I actually learned this on the Whitechapel record and that was my first time working with Mark like I'm not in the band so I didn't have when they were like hey you need to like play this part different or I'd be like yeah I came up with this really cool part you know and it'd be like this crazy like jazz hands thing and Mark would be like yeah that's pretty cool what if you just like played it like just on the crash and let's hear what that sounds like you know and every time I'd be like you know what he's right And if I had have been the drummer of the band, I would have put up a

fight.

all the time and that's not really my songwriting style, but it is what's inspired a lot of my vocal choices and vocal deliveries, just being really extreme with the vocal delivery.

So very inspired by like bands like Periphery and Veil of Maya and Whitechapel and Corellia is one of my biggest, that band is like all over the place vocally and that's really what I love.

I appreciate you mentioning that.

You mentioned periphery.

Duh.

um he says texting Devin right now I can tell I'm texting Jenna to like pick up my Papa Murphy's pizza pick up my pizza um okay so I'm just gonna say I fucking love this record um I like deathcore I think um We've covered, what, Molotov Solution, Whitechapel, and this in that deathcore, deathcore realm.

Chelsea Grin.

Yeah, I didn't love Chelsea Grin as much.

Sorry, Pops.

But I think Molotov Solution is really good.

Whitechapel fucking rules.

And this record is a mess.

You guys remember that band? Got their track Breathe In, Bleed Out.

And we're going to follow it with a ripper from Whitechapel.

These guys are known for making the noise.

We got Possession from Whitechapel.

Then after this, we got The Bored One.

Make sure you guys stick around for that.

Actually, I'm seeing you in, what, a month? A month and a week? One month, one week, we're going to go see our boy Chelsea Green.

Tom with Chelsea Green and Whitechapel and what is it? It's not Sinastia.

It's Netherwalker.

Is it Sides of the Swarm again? No.

I should just look this up.

Great podcasting once again.

Whitechapel Tour.

We're learning.

Yep.

Now, if I went for, like, music and music video, dude, I'd go with fucking Whitechapel.

Mm-hmm.

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