Our Endless War

Our Endless War
Studio album by Whitechapel
Released	April 29, 2014
Studio	(see Studios)
Genre	Deathcore[1]
Length	44:43
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[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[3]
AllMusic	[1]
Alternative Press	[4]
Exclaim!	8/10[5]
Metal Hammer	positive[6]

Our Endless War is the fifth studio album by the American deathcore band Whitechapel. The album was released on April 29, 2014 via Metal Blade. It sold 16,270 copies in its first week.^[7]

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. Axl Rosenberg of MetalSucks described the latter as "barely a deathcore song ... it's basically a straight-up hardcore [punk] song".^[8]

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:		44:43

Deluxe Edition

No.	Title	Length
11.	"A Process So Familiar"	2:52
12.	"Fall of the Hypocrites"	3:00
Total length:		49:22

Credits

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

Personnel

Whitechapel

• Phil Bozeman – vocals
• Ben Savage – guitars
• Alex Wade – guitars
• Zach Householder – guitars
• 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, FL, US – recording (drums), mixing
• Wade Studios, Louisville, TN, US – recording (guitars, bass, vocals)
• Sterling Sound, New York City, NY, US – mastering

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9]	72
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10]	23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	50
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[12]	31
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[13]	9
US Billboard 200[14]	10
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[15]	21
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[16]	2
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[17]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18]	2
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[19]	14

References

1. Heaney, Gregory. "Our Endless War - Whitechapel".
2. Our Endless War at Metacritic
3. Banchs, Edward. "Whitechapel - Our Endless War Review". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
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. "Whitechapel "Our Endless War" - Metal Blade Records". metalblade.com. 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
8. Rosenberg, Axl. "Whitechapel Put the "Core" in Deathcore with "Our Endless War"". MetalSucks. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
9. "Austriancharts.at – Whitechapel – Our Endless War" (in German). Hung Medien.
10. "Sun – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Sun.
11. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
12. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
13. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
14. "Sun – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Sun.
15. "Sun – Chart history" Billboard Digital Albums for Sun.
16. "Sun – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Sun.
17. "Sun – Chart history" Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums for Sun.
18. "Sun – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Sun.
19. "Sun – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Sun.

External links

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