Our Endless War

Our Endless War
Studio album by Whitechapel
Released	April 29, 2014 (2014-04-29)
Genre	Deathcore
Length	38:51
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Whitechapel, Mark Lewis
Whitechapel chronology
Whitechapel (2012) Our Endless War (2014) Mark of the Blade (2016)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	67/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
AllMusic	[3]
Alternative Press	[4]
Exclaim!	8/10 [5]
Metal Hammer	positive [6]

Our Endless War is the fifth studio album by American deathcore band Whitechapel. It was released on April 29, 2014, via Metal Blade.

The song "The Saw Is the Law" was released on February 26, 2014, as the first single off the album. On April 15, 2014, a lyric video for the song "Our Endless War" was released. ^[7]

Reception

The album received generally positive reviews from critics. It debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 10, ^[8] No. 2 on Top Rock Albums, ^[9] and No. 1 on the Hard Rock Albums chart, ^[10] selling 16,270 copies in its first week. ^[11] The album has sold 45,000 copies in the United States as of June 2016. ^[12] It remains the band's highest-charting album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rise" (instrumental)	1:20
2.	"Our Endless War"	3:56
3.	"The Saw Is the Law"	4:27
4.	"Mono"	3:39
5.	"Let Me Burn"	4:23
6.	"Worship the Digital Age"	4:12
7.	"How Times Have Changed"	3:32
8.	"Psychopathy"	3:51
9.	"Blacked Out"	3:32
10.	"Diggs Road"	5:59
Total length:		38:51

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"A Process So Familiar"	2:52
12.	"Fall of the Hypocrites"	3:00
Total length:		44:43

Credits

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Personnel

Whitechapel

• Phil Bozeman – vocals
• Ben Savage – lead guitar
• Alex Wade – rhythm guitar
• Zach Householder – third guitar
• Gabe Crisp – bass
• Ben Harclerode – drums

Additional musicians

• Ben Eller – guitar solo on "The Saw Is the Law", "Psychopathy", "Blacked Out", "Diggs Road", "A Process So Familiar"

Production

• Mark Lewis – production, engineering, mixing
• Whitechapel – production
• Eyal Levi – drum assistant, digital editing
• Matt Brown – drum tech
• Ted Jensen – mastering

Artwork and design

• Aaron Marsh – artwork
• Whitechapel – art direction

Studios

• Audiohammer, Sanford, Florida – recording (drums), mixing
• Wade Studios, Louisville, Tennessee – recording (guitars, bass, vocals)
• Sterling Sound, New York City – mastering

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [13]	72
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [14]	23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15]	50
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [16]	31
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [17]	9
US Billboard 200 [18]	10
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [19]	21
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [20]	2
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [21]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [22]	2
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [23]	14

References

1. Our Endless War at Metacritic
2. Banchs, Edward. "Whitechapel - Our Endless War Review". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
3. Heaney, Gregory. "Our Endless War - Whitechapel". AllMusic .
4. Pratt, Greg (April 24, 2014). "Whitechapel - Our Endless War - Alternative Press". www.altpress.com. Alternative Press . Retrieved January 27, 2015.
5. Zorgdrager, Bradley (April 25, 2014). "Whitechapel Our Endless War" . Retrieved January 27, 2015.
6. Hill, Stephen (April 29, 2014). "Whitechapel: Our Endless War - Metal Hammer". metalhammer.teamrock.com. Team Rock Limited. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
7. Rosenberg, Axl (April 14, 2014). "Whitechapel Put the "Core" in Deathcore with "Our Endless War"". MetalSucks . Retrieved March 29, 2015.
8. "The Billboard 200". Billboard. May 17, 2014.
9. "Rock Albums". Billboard. May 17, 2014.
10. "Hard Rock Albums". Billboard. May 17, 2014.
11. "Whitechapel "Our Endless War" - Metal Blade Records". metalblade.com. April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
12. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016.
13. "Austriancharts.at – Whitechapel – Our Endless War" (in German). Hung Medien.
14. "Sun Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
15. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
16. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
17. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
18. "Sun Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
19. "Sun Chart History (Digital Albums)".^{[ dead link ]} Billboard.
20. "Sun Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
21. "Sun Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard.
22. "Sun Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
23. "Sun Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.

External links

• Our Endless War at AllMusic
• Our Endless War at Metal Blade
• Our Endless War at Whitechapel's official website