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| | This Is Exile | | | Music Artist : | | Whitechapel | | Music Style : | | Hardcore | | Record Label : | | Metal Blade | | Release Date : | | 2008-07-08 | | Store Price : | | $13.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Father of Lies
2. This Is Exile
3. Possession
4. To All That Are Dead
5. Exalt
6. Somatically Incorrect
7. Death Becomes Him
8. Daemon (The Procreated)
9. Eternal Refuge
10. Of Legions
11. Messiahbolical
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 This World...Is...Ours....!
Submitted on: 2009-11-07 |
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| Deathcore is quickly growing stale, though it's thankfully not as whiny and pretentious as metalcore, but the fact is that monstrous palm-muted chords and death-barked vocals will only be fun for a time. But there's something about this album that keeps me coming back time and again. Haters be darned, deathcore is a brief but welcome breath of fresh air to the metal/hardcore scene, and if you don't take it too seriously, it can be a lot of fun. All Shall Perish still reign supreme in my opinion, but Whitechapel brings a unique style that combines everything fun, nasty, and brutal about metal and hardcore and wraps it all in a pretty, Hot Topic friendly package. Behemoth breakdowns, ultra-low gutteral vocals, staccato riffs, earthquake grooves, it's all here. The songs sound a bit similar but this is heaviness the likes of which the mall rats have never seen. Deathcore is the metal du jour but don't let that keep you from trying this highly un-nutritious but very sweet metal dish. I swear there are moments when this album possesses you and bangs your head no matter how hard you fight it. |
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This is Ex...cellent!
Submitted on: 2009-05-12 |
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It's not metalcore. It's not death metal. It's DEATHCORE!!! In a genre that is usually overrated, one band breaks the mold and delivers something incredibly unique and intense and that is WHITECHAPEL!
Phil's vocals have more range than a bass pro's fishing rod.
Breakdowns don't even feel like traditional breakdowns in that they feel so much more evil (a word that is used quite often to describe the feeling of Whitechapel's music). In fact, this is the most evil-sounding metal album I own that is not black metal.
I'd say the general theme of the album (lyrically) is taking over the world, something that this band will likely do if they keep sounding as good as they do!
I've seen them live and that is quite an experience also! The pit goes insane for Whitechapel (especially since I saw them in their hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee)!
Even if you don't like most of the deathcore bands, you should give Whitechapel a chance! They might surprise you as they have surprised me!
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Brutally, Bone Crushing Deathcore from Tennessee
Submitted on: 2009-04-21 |
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I first heard Whitechapel when I heard the song "This Is Exile" on Music Choice Metal last year, and it really caught me by surprise, and afterwards I ended up going out and buying their 2008 release "This Is Exile" (which is their second overall release and their first with the mighty Metal Blade), and I was very impressed, as it really grew on me. I really enjoy this album alot, it's just that good, no questions asked. Hailing from Knoxville, Tennessee, Whitechapel is a six-piece deathcore unit that are more death metal sounding than metalcore, heck I wouldn't even consider them as a metalcore band. I find them to be one of the better bands to emerge from today's deathcore scene (which has really become popular as of late). I also enjoy some other few deathcore bands such as The Red Chord, Despised Icon and All Shall Perish as well. Now I'll get right to the album. This album definately caught me by surprise, it's just brutal, vicious, and bone crushing, with a sound that is ruthless, unforgiving and downright evil. Phil Bozeman has an extremely awesome vocal range with a great mix of sick, evil low gutteral shouts/growls and wicked high pitched shrieks, he really sounds like he's out to get you. The guitars are a huge standout on here, and yes, there are three guitarists in this band: Zach Householder, Ben Savage, and Alex Wade. I know it's kinda unecessary for a band to have three guitarists, but these three guys work together very well with some surprising results. The riffs are awesome along with some nice tremelo picking, and the breakdowns are just brutal and massively crushing throughout. And yes, there's even some solos on here as well, and very good solos at that especially on the brutally vicious opener "Father of Lies" which has a great solo around 1:41 which is followed by some cool melodic tremelo riffage. Bassist Gabe Crisp and drummer Kevin Lane both provide an excellent rhythm section. Gabe's bass rhythms flow very well with the triple guitar onsluaght, and Kevin shows his great talents behind the drums with ferocious blasting beats, and he also does well with the double bass as well. The title cut is easily my favorite song on here which features brutally crushing riffs, pounding drums and some massive crushing breakdowns especially one around 3:04. Phil's vocals are just excellent on this track as well. "Exalt" is another highlight that features guest vocals from Guy Kozowyk of The Red Chord, as well as some great double bass kicking, more crushing riffs/breakdowns and a nice melodic solo. "Possession" is another song I like that features evil, vicious vocals from Phil especially during a crushing breakdown at 2:44 where he goes "WE ARE THE DISEASE!!". "To All That Are Dead" is highighted by another awesome vocal performance by Mr. Bozeman, as well as more ferocious blasting by Kevin, and another fantastic guitar solo to boot. Other worthy mentionable song on here include "Eternal Refuge", "Somatically Incorrect", and "Messiahbolical".
Overall, I thought "This Is Exile" was a great worthy listenable deathcore release that really caught me by surprise and blew my mind away. I definately recommend this album to any fan of deathcore, death metal, or just bone crushing extreme metal period. THIS is indeed proof that there is good deathcore out there. Enjoy!! |
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 There Just ok..
Submitted on: 2008-12-24 |
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| A buddy of mine would die for this band..he had two copy's of this album so he gave one to me cause i wanted to check them out....they sound like every other band that's in this Black Metal Death core Genre...Half the time it sounds like a bunch of Repetitive noise and just Guttural sounds For Vocals..Gave it two stars cause the Opening song was pretty rad..but then the whole album is just like it..Hopefully a band will bring some Very needed uniqueness To this genre..and not trying to hurt anyone's feelings by the way its just my Opinion..You like what you like.. |
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Great album
Submitted on: 2008-12-16 |
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| Picked this up recently and was very pleasantly surprised super heavy with "cookie monster" vocals (in a good way) make an album you can get into! |
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