Whitechapel - Hymns In Dissonance [Orange & Red Marble]

Whitechapel went straight back to the abyss for Hymns In Dissonance, and this orange and red marble pressing looks like something pulled from a furnace.

After the Knoxville band spent the Kin era exploring clean vocals and introspection, their ninth studio album, released in 2025 on Metal Blade, swings hard the other way. It is also their first self-produced record, with guitarist Zach Householder behind the desk, and the result sounds lean, punishing and very sure of itself.

It is a concept album, too. The story follows a cult leader who rallies his followers through a string of rituals meant to tear open a portal, with the songs loosely mapped to the seven deadly sins. Phil Bozeman has described the title as a mockery of hymns, and he sells every line of it with a roar that seems to come from the floor.

Prisoner 666 opens with a slamming announcement of intent, the title track pairs grinding breakdowns with a crawling, ritualistic menace, and A Visceral Retch lives up to its name. Nothing Is Coming For Any Of Us closes the record on a long, bleak descent.

For deathcore fans who missed the band at their most savage, this is the sound of Whitechapel baring their teeth again.