[Cover photo credit to Alex Morgan]
Whitechapel has released the single and video for “Hate Cult Ritual.” The track comes fro, the band’s new full-length album, Hymns In Dissonance, out now from Metal Blade Records.
Hymns in Dissonance sees the band “reinventing themselves, going darker, deeper, and heavier than ever before.”
Guitarist Alex Wade says:
We attempted to write our heaviest album to date. We wanted to put out something that was shockingly menacing and brutal.
“Hate Cult Ritual” is actually the only song on the album with Drop A tuning, the tuning the first three Whitechapel albums used.
Additionally, Hymns In Dissonance finds vocalist Phil Bozeman living through his “past times,” or as he states:
…the music that brought me here. Brutal, dark, aggressive, heavy music. Death metal, black metal, speed metal, etc. I truly believe that your roots call you back at some point in your life and this is that point in my life.
Of “Hate Cult Ritual,” Bozeman notes:
The sin of wrath: this song portrays the overwhelming rage of the cult. Planting the seed of evil within the core of the earth to be birthed from soil. All the rivers and oceans are diseased which nourishes their unborn lord, roaming the earth and murdering all opposers.
Adds Wade:
I was inspired a lot by Bloodbath when writing this one and felt like Phil nailed the vibe vocally contributing to that. There is a ferocity and evilness to this track that I think really sets it apart from the rest. No breakdowns, just pummeling riffs with evil chanting over the choruses.
WHITECHAPEL w/ Brand Of Sacrifice, 200 Stab Wounds, Alluvial:
3/18/2025 The Ritz – Raleigh, NC
3/19/2025 Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
3/20/2025 Theatre Of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
3/21/2025 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
3/22/2025 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
3/24/2025 L’Olympia – Montreal, QC
3/25/2025 Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON
3/26/2025 Saint Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI
3/28/2025 House Of Blues – Chicago, IL
3/29/2025 Varsity Theater – Minneapolis, MN
3/30/2025 Bourbon Theatre – Lincoln, NE
4/01/2025 Summit – Denver, CO
4/02/2025 The Grand @ The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
4/04/2025 The Palace Theatre – Calgary, AB
4/05/2025 Union Hall – Edmonton, AB
4/07/2025 The Pearl – Vancouver, BC
4/08/2025 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
4/09/2025 The Showbox – Seattle, WA
4/11/2025 Ace Of Spades – Sacramento, CA
4/12/2025 The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
4/13/2025 The Rialto – Tucson, AZ
4/15/2025 The Studio @ The Factory – Dallas, TX
4/16/2025 Aztec Theatre – San Antonio, TX
4/18/2025 The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
4/19/2025 The Masquerade (Heaven) – Atlanta, GA
