WHITECHAPEL has released a new video for ‘Bedlam,’ a track from Hymns In Dissonance. Vocalist Phil Bozeman's accompanying statement connects the song's narrative to a character introduced on This Is Exile.
Bozeman identifies that character as Daemon, also known as Craig, the cult leader's brother. ‘Bedlam’ follows Craig's jealousy and his desecration of his brother's corpse, while the dead brother remains conscious inside his body.
Bozeman explains: “In the album This Is Exile, there was a character 'Daemon' [AKA Craig] who is the brother of the cult leader. This song is him admitting his jealousy towards him and defiling his rotting corpse. This is the point of view of him and his dead brother, who is eternally trapped in his own dead body and can still feel and hear everything but cannot move or escape. Craig is basically slowly defiling his body because of his envy towards his older brother being the one who was chosen instead of him to be the seed of evil. 'Bedlam' is chaos, confusion, and turmoil which describes this scene.”
Hymns In Dissonance, released in 2025 through Metal Blade Records, is WHITECHAPEL's most recent studio album and is available now on CD, vinyl and digital formats. The band's website also offers merchandise bundles and band-exclusive vinyl.
During its first week, the album reached No. 2 on Billboard's Current Hard Rock Albums chart, No. 3 on the Independent Label Current Albums chart, No. 4 on the Current Rock Albums chart and No. 7 on the Digital Albums chart.
‘Bedlam’ follows previously released videos for ‘Prisoner 666,’ the distinct ‘Hymns In Dissonance’ title track, ‘A Visceral Retch,’ ‘Hate Cult Ritual’ and ‘Nothing Is Coming For Any Of Us.’
WHITECHAPEL's North American headlining tour begins November 11, 2026, at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia, and ends December 19 at The Mill & Mine in Knoxville, Tennessee. Presented by Live Nation, the 20th anniversary run will feature songs from across the band's entire discography, with Chelsea Grin, The Acacia Strain and Netherwalker supporting. Carcosa appears on the Montreal and Toronto dates, where Netherwalker will not perform.
The band returns to Europe from January 22 through March 2, 2027, with Sylosis, 200 Stab Wounds and Tribal Gaze. The Dublin, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham dates are coheadlining shows with Sylosis. Tickets for both runs are on sale now.
- November 11 — Tabernacle — Atlanta, GA
- November 13 — House Of Blues — Buena Vista, FL
- November 14 — House Of Blues — North Myrtle Beach, SC
- November 16 — The Fillmore Charlotte — Charlotte, NC
- November 17 — Roxian Theatre Presented By Citizens — McKees Rocks, PA
- November 19 — Nevermore Hall — Baltimore, MD
- November 20 — Starland Ballroom — Sayreville, NJ
- November 21 — The Palladium — Worcester, MA
- November 22 — MTELUS — Montreal, QC; with Carcosa, no Netherwalker
- November 24 — HISTORY — Toronto, ON; with Carcosa, no Netherwalker
- November 25 — Royal Oak Music Theatre — Royal Oak, OH
- November 28 — Riviera Theatre — Chicago, IL
- November 29 — The Fillmore — Minneapolis, MN
- December 1 — Ogden Theatre — Denver, CO
- December 3 — The Union Event Center — Salt Lake City, UT
- December 4 — Treefort Music Hall — Boise, ID
- December 5 — Showbox SoDo — Seattle, WA
- December 7 — Channel24 — Sacramento, CA
- December 8 — House Of Blues — Anaheim, CA
- December 9 — The Van Buren — Phoenix, AZ
- December 11 — The Aztec Theatre — San Antonio, TX
- December 12 — Diamond Ballroom — Oklahoma City, OK
- December 13 — House Of Blues — Houston, TX
- December 14 — House Of Blues — Dallas, TX
- December 16 — The Andrew J. Brady Music Center — Cincinnati, OH
- December 18 — The Caverns — Pelham, TN
- December 19 — The Mill & Mine — Knoxville, TN
- January 22 — Hellraiser — Leipzig, DE
- January 23 — Batschkapp — Frankfurt am Main, DE
- January 24 — Trix — Antwerp, BE
- January 26 — 3Olympia Theatre — Dublin, IE; coheadlining with Sylosis
- January 28 — SWG3 Galvanizers — Glasgow, UK; coheadlining with Sylosis
- January 29 — Electric Ballroom — London, UK; coheadlining with Sylosis
- January 30 — Manchester Academy2 — Manchester, UK; coheadlining with Sylosis
- January 31 — O2 Academy — Bristol, UK; coheadlining with Sylosis
- February 1 — XOYO — Birmingham, UK; coheadlining with Sylosis
- February 3 — Trabendo — Paris, FR
- February 5 — Sala Lab/Wagon — Madrid, ES
- February 6 — Razzmatazz2 — Barcelona, ES
- February 7 — Rayonne — Lyon, FR
- February 9 — Magazzini Generali — Milan, IT
- February 10 — Z7 Konzertfabrik — Pratteln, CH
- February 12 — Live Music Hall — Cologne, DE
- February 13 — Große Freiheit36 — Hamburg, DE
- February 14 — Tivoli Vredenburg – Ronda — Utrecht, NL
- February 16 — Roxy — Prague, CZ
- February 17 — Arena — Vienna, AT
- February 19 — Backstage — Munich, DE
- February 20 — Metropol — Berlin, DE
- February 21 — Amager Bio — Copenhagen, DK
- February 23 — Rockefeller — Oslo, NO
- February 24 — Fallan — Stockholm, SE
- February 26 — Tavara-asema — Tampere, FI
- February 27 — Aeeniwalli — Helsinki, FI
- February 28 — Helitehas — Tallinn, EE
- March 1 — Spelet — Riga, LV
- March 2 — Progresja — Warsaw, PL
The announcement includes reviews of the album and its songs. Revolver described the ‘Hymns In Dissonance’ title track as “a blistering attack of ground-fissuring blasts, terror-thrashed guitar melodies and guts-hucking mosh sections.” Metal Injection called ‘A Visceral Retch’ “heavy as shit” and “unrelenting.” MetalSucks compared the band's approach with the historical works The Somatic Defilement and This Is Exile, citing their “raw energy and mouth-frothing rage” alongside a modern approach informed by nearly twenty years of experience.
Blabbermouth described the music as “white-knuckle, weaponized deathcore,” while Decibel Magazine called it “dynamic, multi-dimensional.” Rock Hard Germany characterized the album as “a surprising statement from a band that is constantly reinventing itself.” No Clean Singing's review compared its heaviness with the earlier works referred to in the announcement as A New Era… and WHITECHAPEL…. Nine Circles described Hymns In Dissonance as “a ridiculously, almost obnoxiously, heavy album,” suggesting it could be the group's densest and darkest recording.
WHITECHAPEL's lineup comprises Phil Bozeman on vocals, Ben Savage on lead guitar, Alex Wade on rhythm guitar, Zach Householder on guitar, Gabe Crisp on bass and Brandon Zackey on drums. The supplied artist photograph is credited to Alex Morgan.
