Slaughter To Prevail

The band formed in 2006 by Knoxville residents Phil Bozeman on vocals, guitarists Ben Savage, Alex Wade and Ben Savage, bassist Gabe Crisp and drummer Kevin Lane. In 2007 after the release of a self-produced EP the band signed to the UK label Siege of Amida Records and Candlelight Records in the U.S., through which the band released their full-length debut “The Somatic Defilement”.

Before long Savage and Martin were replaced by guitarist Zach Householder and drummer Kevin Lane and signed with label Metal Blade. In 2008 arrived Whitechapel’s sophomore release “This Is Exile” after which they embarked on The Summer Slaughter Tour and their first headlining tour with Impending Doom and A Different Breed of Killer. Whitechapel’s fan base swelled with tour dates alongside popular acts such as Parkway Drive, Unearth and Trivium.

Produced by Jason Suecof, the band released their third album “A New Era of Corruption" in June 2010 debuting at No. 43 on the Billboard 200. The release led to featured spots at the California Metal Fest IV, 2010’s Warped Tour, a second stage show at the UK’s Download Festival and another U.S. headlining tour. Kevin Lane departed the group to return to college and was replaced by former Knights of the Abyss drummer Benjamin Harclerode.

In 2011 Whitechapel release the single “Section 8” ahead of a limited edition EP titled “Recorrupted”. The band embarked on another U.S. headlining tour named “The Recorruptour” before heading back to the studio with producer Mark Lewis to record their self-titled fourth LP. The album got its release in June 2012, debuted at No. 47 on the Billboard 200 and was led by the first single “Hate Creation”.

Whitechape’s fourth full-length album “Our Endless War” proved to be the band’s highest charting album reaching No. 10 on the Billboard 200 and topping the U.S. Hard Rock chart.

Their name comes from Attila the Hun, a name that Fronzak stumbled across in a book. Though their original formation was in 2005 this band did not start touring full-time until around 2010. Chris Fronzak, Sean Heenan, Sam Halcomb, Matt Booth and Kris Wilson formed Attila in their hometown of Atlanta in 2005. They later became the fourth band on the roster of the Artery Foundation/Razor & Tie joint Venture. A fun fact is that the frontman Fronzak, starred on MTV’s television show Made where he was made into a model.

They released two albums with Statik Factory prior to signing to Artery Recordings, “Fallacy” and “Soundtrack to a Party.” It was when they signed to Artery Recordings in 2010 that they would soon release what was in fact their third album; entitled “Rage” which was released on May 11th 2010. It charted on the #Billboard 200 US Heatseekers Chart at number 15. Later that year they toured with HED PE and Threat Signal, and then announced that they were the support for Drop Dead Gorgeous’ headlining tour, along with From First to Last, Sleeping With Sirens, Abandon All Ships and For All Those Sleeping.

They followed this album with “Outlawed” released on August 16th 2011, which is the fourth album by the band. Upon it’s release it charted in the Billboard 200, at number 87, selling 4,700 in it’s first week. The album is the first band to be produced by Joey Sturgis, who has previously worked with such bands as The Devil Wears Prada, We Came as Romans and Asking Alexandria.

“About That Life” is so far, their most successful album yet, released on June 25th, 2013. Joey Sturgis produced it again and despite the awful critical acclaim that it received; it debuted at #22 on Billboard 200 and #5 on Billboard’s Rock chart, with 14,271 albums sold.