Whitechapel – ‘Kin’ [Album Review]

When Knoxville, Tennessee sextet Whitechapel dropped their concept album, The Valley, in 2017, the band shed themselves of that deathcore tag once and for all. A chilling, emotional album, the record saw the group steer their sound into more melodic waters and it was a shift greeted with critical acclaim from both fans and the media. Speaking to V13 recently, guitarist Ben Savage explained how its follow-up, Kin picked up directly from where The Valley left off. (Interview coming soon, so keep your eyes peeled to the site!) Opening with the gentle strum of an acoustic guitar, “I Will Find You” picks up where “Doom Woods” left off lyrically with the band hitting their pummelling groove almost instantaneously. Unmistakeably Whitechapel, the recording picks up pace through the recent single “...

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