Whitechapel Release First Single, Cover Artwork for Their Next Album (LISTEN)

Whitechapel have just announced the details for their forthcoming self-titled fourth album. The record is slated for a June 19 release date via Metal Blade Records. Check out the album's first single, tracklisting and album art below.

Having spent several years lauded as one of the frontrunners in their genre, in 2012 Whitechapel stand as a defining force in contemporary heavy music. Building dramatically on the trademarked bludgeon of their first three releases, with Whitechapel the Tennessean sextet have inarguably delivered their most intense, dynamic, and downright hostile record to date. Drenched in atmospheric darkness, the record is also rife with gripping melodies that drag the listener in to the tumult, willing or otherwise, and across its ten tracks it is infused with an emotional depth that pointedly separates the band from the plethora of two-dimensional mosh-starters that have sprung up in their wake.

Whitechapel tracklisting:

1) Make it Bleed

2) Hate Creation

3) (Cult)uralist

4) I, Dementia

5) Section 8

6) Faces

7) Dead Silence

8) The Night Remains

9) Devoid

10) Possibilities of an Impossible Existence

The album was engineered and mixed by Mark Lewis (Black Dahlia Murder, DevilDriver), who also handled production duties alongside the band. The album artwork was created by Aaron Marsh of Forefathers Group with art direction provided by Whitechapel.

The first single from Whitechapel, entitled "Hate Creation," is available for streaming below. Check it out and be sure to pre-order your copy of the album at this link.

Whitechapel are set to tour with Miss May I, After the Burial, Within the Ruins and The Plot in You as part of the "Recorruptor" kicking off May 3 in Louisville, KY and running through May 17 in Portland, Maine. Immediately following the tour, the band is set to play at this year's Bamboozle Festival is Asbury Park, N.J. on May 18. Whitechapel will also be a part of this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival which starts June 30. A complete list of all tour dates can be found below.

w/ Miss May I, After the Burial, Within the Ruins, The Plot In You:

5/3: Louisville, KY @ Expo Five

5/4: Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel

5/5: Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco

5/8: Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues

5/9: Jacksonville, FL @ Freebird Live

5/10: Charleston, SC @ The Music Farm

5/12: Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall Indoor Stage

5/13: Huntington, WV @ Big Sandy Supercenter Grand

5/15: Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights

5/16: S. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground

5/17: Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall

Bamboozle:

5/18: Asbury Park, NJ @ North Beach

Headlining dates:

6/26: Little Rock, AR @ Downtown Music

6/27: Austin, TX @ Emo's East

Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival w/ Slipknot, Slayer, As I Lay Dying:

6/30: San Bernadino, CA @ San Manuel Theater

7/1: Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheater

7/3: Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheater

7/4: Nampa, ID @ Idaho Center Amphitheater

7/5: Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound**

7/6: Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Wireless Pavilion

7/7: Albuquerque, NM @ Hard Rock Casino Presents The Pavilion

7/8: Englewood, CO @ Comfort Dental Amphitheater

7/9: Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion**(w/ The Devil Wears Prada)

7/10: Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center

7/11: Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

7/13: Tampa, FL @ 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheater

7/14: Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheater

7/15: Indianapolis, IN @ Klipsch Music Center

7/18: Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheater

7/20: Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

7/21: Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheater

7/22: Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Center

7/24: Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center

7/25: Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center

7/26: Syracuse, NY @ The Lost Horizon**(w/ Upon a Burning Body, I the Breather)

7/27: Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center

7/28: Burgettstown, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion

7/29: Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live

7/31: Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center

8/1: Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe**

8/3: Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center

8/4: Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain

8/5: Hartford, CT @ The Comcast Theater

**Headline shows. Not a part of Mayhem Fest