WHITECHAPEL has unleashed their sixth full-length, Mark of the Blade, today worldwide via Metal Blade Records. In conjunction with album's release, band has launched a new video for the album track 'Elitist Ones'.

Video director and producer Jim Foster comments: "As fans of Whitechapel, my entire team and I were stoked when Mike Faley (Metal Blade Records) asked me to write a treatment and direct for the band. As a director, my job is always easier when the band is rippin'...and holy shit are these guys RIPPIN'!"

Whitechapel - Mark Of The Blade
	1. The Void 2. Mark Of The Blade 3. Elitist Ones 4. Bring Me Home 5. Tremors 6. A Killing Industry 7. Tormented 8. Brotherhood 9. Dwell In The Shadows 10. Venomous 11. Decennium

Today, in cooperation with STERVELING, we are excited to present their first single "Verstoten" from the upcoming self-titled album "Sterveling".

STERVELING is a one-man band founded in 2022 by M.vdW (Weltschmerz, Prospectors, ex-Wesenwille) from the Netherlands. Following its debut demo 'In De Schoot Der Aarde' released in late 2022, STERVELING played several shows with a live line-up. With a debut full-length being released on September 26th, 2025, STERVELING is ready for the next chapter in its existence.

The music can be described as atmospheric black metal, its feel and essence best summarized by the artwork of the new album. A figure frozen with streams of moving lights rolling over him amidst a desert of overwhelming black. A bright shining porthole mesmerizing, tempting the protagonist, but at the same time unreachable for now. The same holds for the music, which takes the listener on a journey moving closer to a final climactic conclusion, yet dark, minimalist and building only very slowly. If you like bands like Wiegedood, Leviathan, Xasthur or Wekling this may be the right stuff for you

The debut album will be self-released on September 26th and will be available on CD, tape and digitally.

STERVELING is:

B.K: vocals
M.R: synths on 'Met Kalmte in het Hart'
R.S & W.vK: additional vocals

Everything else performed by M.vdW

Artwork and design by Passivist
Engineering and production by M.vdW
Mastering by James Plotkin

All music and lyrics written by Sterveling

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Sterveling
https://sterveling.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/stervelingbm/