Deathcore, anyone?

Forget Suicide Silence, Job For a Cowboy and all the other bands that don't want to be associated with the genre, and welcome the hailstorm fury and sepulchral darkness of Whitechapel instead. The group's debut album, This is Exile, is a combination of ripping blast beats, throat-shredding screams and seismic breakdowns that could crack open the floor of most any moshpit. Whitechapel's second video from the album, "Possession," was shot by Dave Brodsky, who also shot the firsts clip, "This is Exile," and is no stranger to making groups look mean.

"We shot it at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts at one of our shows on our headlining tour in September, and we couldn't be happier with it," says guitarist Alex Wade. "The video features a live setting, filmed on location during the show, so it's very intense and fast-paced. We can't wait until the video makes its debut and all of our fans who were at the show can see themselves going off."

Wade's wish is out command. Click "more" to watch the clip, and catch it again on "Headbangers Ball," which runs Saturday from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. on MTV2. Read more...

It's pretty hard to find a good live video of Whitechapel. And if you can't figure out why, you go try holding a video camera still while a whirlpool of moshers converge all around you. And that's not to mention the challenge of capturing such loud music without having it overdistort so badly it sounds like a hailstorm on an aluminum roof.

Fortunately, the dudes at MetalInjection.net were able to shoot Whitechapel playing "Eternal Refuge" at the Summer Slaughter tour without having the footage look like a camcorder of an earthquake registering 6.5 on the Richter Scale. And the sound is excellent. Since it's a one-camera shoot there's no zooming or anything, but the shoot was wisely done on a tripod and you can the entire stage without obstruction. Click "more" to watch the live vid. Read more...

For a minute, Municipal Waste fans put up a bit of a struggle, but in the end, Whitechapel's "This is Exile" video smoked the competition's dust off the floor to win the band a return trip to next week's "Headbangers Ball."

the deathcore band's "Your Vote Counts" victory coincides with its strong Billboard chart debuts. In its first week out, This is Exile sold 6,000 copies to rank at number 117 on the Hot 200 album chart. In addition, the record hit number 2 on the Heatseeker's Chart, number 13 on the Hard Music Chart, number 14 on the Independent Albums Chart, number 43 on the Rock Chart and number 51 on the Tastemaker's Chart. Read more...