WHITECHAPEL : Exploring The MySpace Era

[@BurnChurch]

The somatic defilement is still an absolute banger, still in my top 10 albums to go back to.

[@xtheyan]

100% 🤘🏻🔥💜

[@TanMann23]

same here, i also got A New Era of Corruption in my top 10.

[@macstacks2451]

One of the greatest albums of all time of all genres.

[@24p0]

same here, my buddy lent me the original CD and for me the disc was like the holy grail

[@kevinkerekes]

So glad you took the time to honor my favorite deathcore band. Phil and the boys are absolute legends. Great video man

[@Jmack7861]

Whitechapel is the band that got me into deathcore, I remember the somatic defilement album release being so fucking hype

[@tshred666]

For me, it’s whitechapel alongside despised icon and thy art is murder

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

Same, no one else had ever interested me that much until Whitechapel.

[@evanwiger]

Fun fact, when they came up to Alaska in 2010 they played about 4-5 songs till they broke the entire stage on a breakdown. That was it! Didn't see them again till a couple months ago in Sacramento.

[@aavalos7760]

They were at the hard rock hotel near marysville last month with in flames and meshuggah

[@Dysomniah]

Phil's performance at the Mitch Memorial show punches me in the guts every time 🤯

[@jakeleach5661]

I’ve been having a rough time lately, and I stumbled across these videos today. Really helped lift my spirits! Thank you. All the love from here in Nebraska.

[@xtheyan]

That’s the best thing you could ever tell me .. I’m so glad I could make you feel a little better !! Feel free to join our discord and hang out with us too🤘🏻🔥

[@IzakMason]

These guys are the hometown heroes where I live in the Knoxville area, and I remember finding them in 2012 after I found Suicide Silence and from then on I was obsessed with with Chapel and anything they did. Then, finding out they were from the area I grew up just blew my mind, and ended up supporting everything they did! I have seen like 6 or 7 times now, and one of my best friends was at target in Knoxville seen Phil and he played some of Our Endless War early for him because he had time to kill! I genuinely don’t give a single fuck what anyone says about these guys they are legends, and make me damn proud to be where I’m from!!

[@ianhastings951]

PhillyBo has ALWAYS been on some next level shit. Definitely one of the deathcore goats 🐐 thanks for this video brother!!🤘🏻

[@xtheyan]

🤘🏻💜🔥

[@BaneBurden]

I have always loved Whitechapel, they're definitely a nostalgic band to me now. Memories of hanging out with my goofy friends as a teenager and driving around listening to Whitechapel together flood my mind when I hear them. I actually ran into Phil on Diablo 3 in 2019, he invited my friends and I to a party in game and added us to his discord server, then proceeded to carry us through GR 110s for about 4 hours and it was one of the coolest things that has ever happened to me. Who wouldn't be stoked to game with their favorite vocalist? 🤘

[@xtheyan]

That's one of the best story I've heard for sure !

[@coltonspaulding3376]

I was at the venue when they recorded the music video for possession. Single handedly, one of the greatest shows I caught there

[@xtheyan]

that's awesome !

[@jeffdrizkill]

I remember the 1st time i saw them they had just released their 1st album. It was crazy 3 guitarist plus a bass player, also the deepest bass drops ive ever heard. I was hooked immediately.

[@calebbliss8626]

This Is Exile will always be the best deathcore album ever to me. Perfect balance of technicality, groove, caveman riffs and epic atmosphere. The Cleansing is really close but nothing matches the epic feel this is exile to me.

[@justinbowen1183]

The cleansing was recorded for free in a friend's garage so yah by default the sound quality by itself would be better and SS didn't have a producer to help them with it they pretty much had him JUST record it.

[@terriblecertainity]

@@justinbowen1183 the production of the Cleansing, to me, is the best in all of Deathcore. You can hear that it was recorded live, all musicians in the room. it has an intensity that most Deathcore, especially nowadays, simply lacks imho

[@justinbowen1183]

@@terriblecertainity I myself also prefer to live record but not all projects work out with it. I feel that if you primarily want people to come see you oige that you should record it live in 1 take as is but that's just me. Sitting there in a studio and getting it to sound as good as it can I feel in a way kind of lies to people about your sound quality because your primary emphasis is your live shows so record it all live exactly how it would sound at your show. My old band we took a pretty decent pocket recorder and stacked up a bunch of milk crates and just played everything with it at eye level because that's how the audience is going to hear it. We played each song live but we recorded them 1 at a time

[@terriblecertainity]

@@justinbowen1183 agree on that! I have no issue with recording seperately, double tracking etc. I do that myself. But there comes a point where you punch in too much, edit too much, and all humanity ( and to me) and emotional impact is lost. Distant's productions are my prime example of this. I doesn't even sound like humans anymore. Everything is on grit , you don't even get the slightest hints of fret noise or other imperfections. Which bores me.

[@justinbowen1183]

@@terriblecertainity if that's how the artist wanted it to sound you just have to respect that, that's all😕

[@The_JustJoshing]

Those 2006 demos are absolute FILTH! So good

[@xtheyan]

😤🤘🏻💜

[@keircampbell443]

Thanks for repping the Bound in Fear merch man, we all appreciate it and love your videos 🤘

[@xtheyan]

Hey you're welcome !! I love Bound In Fear and I appreciate the support 🤘🏻🔥💜

[@harrispng]

YEEESSSSS been waiting for this for a while! Thanks dude

[@xtheyan]

🤘🏻🔥💜

[@WHOREHOUSEFR]

I saw them a few weeks ago in Paris with Thy Art, Fit For An Autopsy and Spite. They ended the show with "This Is Exile". It was brutal, but I wanted to hear more "old school" songs on stage !

[@direwolfgaming4905]

I was at the Glagow show on this tour and it was fuckin filthy

[@raulromero9744]

Sound like a killer lineup damn

[@cravingmetal]

16:22 remember having them the tour with Suffocation with never ending tour dates. Good times.

[@FatherDeath76]

🤘🏻 Bro I'm from Knoxville Tennessee I'm 48 and Iv have seen a lot of death metal here but Whitechapel back in the day was brutal especially the hometown shows keep up the awesome content 🤘🏻🖤

[@SanFranPsycho650]

This Is Exile was the first album I ever listened to by Whitechapel back in high school. Possession was the song that opened the gates for me, so it'll always hold a special place sentimentally for me. I still listen to all albums to this day because Whitechapel is top of the chain for me 🤘🏻 Phil Bozeman is hands down the best vocalist in my book 🔥

[@flobbergassy]

Man, I literally love your channel. I was in my teens during the MySpace band explosion. Norma Jean, Whitechapel, Number 12, Thursday, Sky Eats Airplane, Sawtooth Grin...just so many amazing bands during that time.

[@flobbergassy]

I super relate to this. I did the exact same thing, fell into stuff like The Faceless, found Protest the Hero and so many bands that I still listen to now. I'm actually seeing Protest next week for the first time. I saw Norma Jean a few times, but the best was the tour with the Chariot and Scogin came out to perform Memphis with them. I would sit for hours and just find new music to listen to on MySpace and show my friends. Such good memories from that time.@@CheapSushi

[@flobbergassy]

I also strangely started my heavier music path with Slipknot. And if I'm being completely honest Tool.@@CheapSushi

[@xtheyan]

Thanks man ! 🤘🏻🔥💜

[@flobbergassy]

Absolutely. Stoked to follow along and see what you do next. Keep it up! Have you seen many of these bands live? I've seen most of them, I think my favorite shows were All Shall Perish, See You Next Tuesday, and I got to see Necrophagist play with Beneath the Massacre and Dying fetus in '08-'09. So many awesome memories seeing these bands. @@xtheyan

[@dave6564]

I love that this channel is exactly the kind of content I've been wanting to watch, now if you start doing things on death metal bands and related genres too that would be nuts.

[@xtheyan]

thanks man ! Its in my plans.. I'd love making videos about death metal bands too

[@e_riffs]

Brandon cagle is their front of house engineer. Has been their main guy for many years and always makes them sound insane live. Still a very big part of Whitechapel.

[@xClaydogzx]

I have the chance to catch Whitechapel from their debut Australian tour back in 2009, Phil is definitely a really chilled dude to chat with after the show

[@EricJaramilloDoom]

I just found this channel, and it's awesome!! 🔥 Whitechapel introduced me into deathcore, favorite band since

[@mkfoxtrot8822]

I'm sure someone has mentioned it already but Brandon Cagle is their sound guy for most if not all their shows. He's still a pivotal member of the band

[@Whywhohow347]

Phil is such a fucking good vocalist, it's crazy. Whitechapel overall brings the perfect balance of deathmetal and hardcore. As a die hard DF fan and how great they are at blending brutal deathmetal and hardcore, whitechapel reminds me of that but for deathcore.

[@RiggedandReady]

I really appreciate your content. It takes me back. I think you'll blow up in this niche along with your peers ala cozy representative & the punk rock mba. Keep it up and I will keep tuning in! I hope to see one on early parkway drive !

[@xtheyan]

Thank you so much man ! Appreciate that .. I love doin what I do and Parkway Drive is on the list for sure, it's one of my favorite bands

[@RiggedandReady]

@@xtheyan Looking forward to it, man !

[@tonys.6143]

White chapel is definitely a top favorite. Looking forward towards your next video man! I’m sure you’ve heard of the band “Animosity” hope to see a MySpace era video on them soon🤘

[@EarthsEdgeAD]

I haven’t thought of that band in years. I remember when they toured with BTBAM in 2007

[@Tommygotbeats]

Whitechapel are the goats hearing Vicer Exciser when I was 13 changed my whole concept of reality lol. Months later my friend would get his massive gauge ripped out of his ear at there Orlando Fl show lolol I miss these days

[@michaelsalamanca5127]

I see that Bound In Fear Hoodie 👀🔥🔥 but This Is Exile Album was a HUGE game changer in the game also when OCEANO came out also

[@JDaWg527]

I saw them at warped tour, I don’t think any other band that day had the same crowd or performance. They absolutely killed it! Also valley and kin aren’t deathcore per se but as far as metal albums those might be some of the greatest music to have come out imo.

[@Dankdaddytyty]

Phil bozeman is so damn great, he has multiple generations of people doing low gutterals. The beginning to the somatic defilement is the birth place to deathcore vocalists doing low gutterals. Such a great album. Let's be honest, we all tried to do the beginning gutteral to the somatic defilement LOL. This is exile is amazing too. The iconic "This world is ours" line still gives me goosebumps to this day. People in the deathcore community should be giving this man props for popularizing and shaping deathcore today vocal wise.

[@MN_METAL_VOX]

Fastest SUB in my life. You put out great content! Where's that part 2 though? :P

[@murraybox2165]

This is so perfect I literally saw them two nights ago

[@tommoconstantly]

Saw This band live for the 2nd time last Sunday! They are still really amazing live, arguably even better than they’ve ever been, Phil’s screams are insane!

[@reubenk7331]

Great video! I really hope if they make another record, it's heavier than their latest stuff. Who knows, I guess time will tell.

[@davidthesky]

I don’t know, if someone already mentioned that, but a fun fact about their original guitar player Brandon - he got involved in tour managing/sound providing on tour, I believe mainly for Whitechapel, so he still got to go on tour and live that lifestyle and be around music every single day. Alex Wade talked about it on an interview they did some years back. So happy for him!

[@michaeldavids7914]

great video, would you be interesting in doing despised icon?

[@ghxsteehh4903]

I knew this was gunna be a Banger video!! ❤

[@xtheyan]

🤘🏻🔥💜

[@imatreeguy1143]

Whitechapel is my reason for the love of deathcore. I discovered them in middle school when they released the somatic defilement. I have followed them since. In my part of nc shows were hard to find. In 2016 I drove 4 hours to see them play this is exile in full. My first time getting in a pit. I will forever cherish that memory.

[@terriblecertainity]

This Is Exile is still so special. I remeber the first time hearing it, thinking " they finally combined the heaviness of the genre with well structured, catchy songs"

[@Andres-ep7tb]

great video, I think u just missed talking about the collaborations in a new era of corruption, because they are just absolutely great and some have interesting backgrounds

[@Crompy91]

theres 2 demos my dude! you missed the first demo! both released the same year. great work on the video

[@terriblecertainity]

fun fact: according to an interview with Rock Hard magazine, Whitechapel tried to emulated the Black Metal classic " in the nightside eclipse" on This Is Exile

[@1willLive]

YEEES I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS💜

[@xtheyan]

🤘🏻🔥💜

[@aaronpeterson7521]

Love your videos man! Really good job covering every band from this era. Only piece of advice I’d say for future videos is less of the word “amazing”. Kind of a dumb critique 😂 but it’s just something I feel like would help your videos.

[@xtheyan]

That's awesome man, thanks !

[@aaronkatschke5642]

17:01 from an elder deathcore head lol. I loved/hated seeing Whitechapel or suicidesilence play with Canibal corpse or Aborted and any Death Metal bands. I absolutely loved them separately but the fans of each are drastically different. WC would take the stage and the younger ones like me would want to hardcore dance. and the Old ass gatekeepers that were there to see Aborted or Cannibal would start fights or throw people outta the pit. Even make fun blockades so you couldn’t have fun. You can totally see it in the 2008 live sections of your videos. Look at all the dudes dead still, arms crossed looking absolutely miserable. It was so frustrating until WC started headlining or Summer Slaughter tour would come through.

[@xtheyan]

never thought about it this way ! Thanks for sharing your story 🤘🏻

[@MarryMeSenpai]

Praise the sun a new upload i love your shit actually a highpoint in my day ❤

[@xtheyan]

thank you for the kind words !

[@MetalThrashingMan13]

Starting to get more and more into them, can’t wait for the new album 🤘

[@abowla7187]

I started listening to them as a joke. A friend showed them to me because he misheard lyrics. A couple of lines into the song "The Darkest Day of Man" he says "with the time and preparation" and it sounds like "with the Dr Pepper retard". You can't unhear it hahahaha. That was in 2010 and I've been listening ever since.

[@ronaldpricer7499]

I grew up in Knoxville whitechapel has always been well respected in the community

[@jayray9845]

Definitely part 2, please 🙏

[@32Dollarman]

Everyone is talking about the two best vocalists of death core is Alex and will I’m sorry by Phil and Mitch are the two OG’s that can’t be beat

[@beetleborg4171]

Love the Bound in Fear hoodie

[@feliperockman]

Nice video man, please one video of Disfigured Elegance

[@M4sterT3ch]

28:03 Fuck yes, Emo's in Austin, Tx. I was there. Sick fucking show.

[@armandpaypay5475]

I listen to black metal in my younger years still do today but white chapel opened me wide open for deathcore with that fairy fay song also about to download discord!

[@sgtbucksauce9129]

your super likeable man! A true fan of anything Core. Are you from Quebec?

[@dirtbagxbrrrt9198]

Popped my pit cherry at a Whitechapel show (Exile tour). Oceano also was the opening band, definitely a show I’ll never forget.

[@KeenPotato]

Fuck yes dude! Love the early era of whitechapel. The absolute best days dude. Somatic defilement still gives me the chills when I listen to it. Keep bringing the bangers dude!

[@xtheyan]

thanks man I will ! 🤘🏻💜

[@viniciusrosarodrigues7899]

nice video man, you can need a make about attack attack or confide

[@PrimordialBoi68]

That studio footage of them tracking a new era was on repeat for me as a kid 😂

[@chiefbrownfart]

Whitechapel is my favorite deathcore band of all time, with Suicide Silence being just a hair behind them. It all comes down to Phil for me personally, Mitch without a doubt has the best highs in deathcore history. But Phil is just so well rounded, solid highs, great mids and in my opinion the best lows in the genre. I know we're talking about the MySpace era here, but I still have to mention that the dude can actually sing pretty damn good too. Being able to make cleans fit in so well on a deathcore album probably isn't the easiest thing in the world. Anyway... I love the videos my friend, I always look forward to seeing a new upload from you. 🤘

[@mokeyde]

I heard Whitechapel for the first time when I was 13 in 2008, back when Headbangers Ball was still a thing on MTV

[@kstaurowsky98]

My favorite band, thanks for the dope video. What about doing The Black Dahlia murder in a video?

[@Papifrancisco0]

Talk about spite please 🙏🏼 thats my favorite band now

[@andydeepocean]

I have seen Whitechapel live 2 weeks ago in munich. It was an absolute blast to see them ripping like theres no tomorrow haha :)

[@YouTookTheRedPill]

Ive seen Whitechapel like 5-6 times live and every time has been insanely brutal

[@jhall1980]

Love the channel

[@xtheyan]

thank you 🤘🏻💜

[@tracenewbolds2573]

Danggggg brings back memories for sure. Miss those days.

[@justinholewinski8622]

This is exile is freaking 🔥 all day!!!

[@KingKardashianKingKardashian]

Vocals unmatched period.

[@kilo3975]

My favorite deathcore band of all time. Somatic, this is exile and a new era of corruption are classics

[@thewiddler1746]

Just found your channel, great vids

[@xtheyan]

hey thanks ! Glad you enjoyed

[@Saylesser]

Phil Bozeman and my vocalist idol,him and Scott Lewis are my vocal goals

[@LOWxPOINT]

Phillybo wearing a Philly shirt lol 2:56

[@WaaaltyItaaachi2626]

Seen them at vans warped tour in Texas when I was visiting family my first warped tour and the first band I seen live ❤

[@KingKardashianKingKardashian]

Whitechapel is the Metallica of their genre

[@mgw5377]

I remember getting a virus on my pc while trying to download somatic defilement off of limewire lol

[@justinbowen1183]

I discovered whitechapel from the mitch lucker memorial show. I also discovered danny worsnap which lead me to Asking Alexandria as eell as Austin carell from of mice and men

[@nikhtzatzi]

unforgetable moment when as a teen i stumpled upon the demo version of articulo mortis and heard those pig squeals :')

[@thomasnietzschmann5261]

Have you seen his video with suicide silence at warped? Phil looked so smaller but he DWARFED Mitch’s vocals.

[@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer]

This is Exile came out my freshman year of high school and The Somatic Defilement ,The Cleansing and Doom were my trifecta. One of my prized positions is a towel that PhillyBo wiped his sweaty face with that I caught in the crowd.

[@Richardleerodriguez]

I’ve seen them live a few times before this is exile. Even after that album. The crowd was never there for them. I always wondered why. You’d think with that kind of music it would be nuts but it was very calm in my opinion.

[@graveya4012]

Thanks! I'm waiting for a video about rose funeral)

[@moneybaggjo6234]

Hell yess i love their story

[@TrealFOET]

One of my favorite live videos is of whitechapel when they were still hella small the only problem is i could only find it on myspace way back in the day 😩

[@orlandolopez2565]

Please do a video of animosity

[@DiMiTri-ys7ei]

Saw them with my best friend and ex girlfriend back in 2008 or 09 at the Karma. Super tiny venue with fire sound system it was sick

[@EarthsEdgeAD]

If you saw them at The Muse Nashville in 2007 or 2008 you know the definition of what an actual violent show is

[@ryanholloway5576]

This is a hometown band for me 🔥

[@KSXx127]

BRING ON ALBUM #9 🔥🖤

[@fryinryan01]

shaved head phil with his big tunnels and flannel shirt was the peak of deathcore vocalists

[@sa11nov19]

I remember seeing them open up for the devil wears Prada in toledo ohio no one knew who they were and ever since then they have been mu all time favorite band 🤘🤘

[@jxcobaniki6709]

I'm Getting into this band now because I'm going to see them open for meshuggah and now I'm scared.

[@slxxpyhollow]

No video on Carnifex yet?

[@donbaker5707]

Fuck yea loved the early whitechapel and still fuck with em but seriously bro we need that The acacia strain video im from western mass and u have no idea how nutty early t.a.s. shows were fucking brutal saw them so.many fucking times they were legends around Springfield mass

[@YaBoyJRock42069]

Imo the song Messiahbolical from This Is Exile is an absolute masterpiece. The best song they have to this day 🤘

[@Kingston.screams]

They still play every year in Knoxville and play a lot of the old stuff.

[@frayedendsofsanity1733]

You commented on an Indonesian slam video that it's the best thing you've ever heard lol. Good video though.👍