WHITECHAPEL

Whitechapel biography
French group Whitechapel was formed in 2004 in Choisy-le-Roi, a suburb of the Paris district with a five-piece line-up. Drummer Thierry Thuane, guitarist Laurent Isola and keyboardist Gregory Iung have been all playing together previously in a band called Amethyste, while bassist Raphael Rigaud was a member of the underground Heavy Metal band Episode, which produced two demos in mid-80's. Fabrice Altairac completed the line-up as the one responsible for the lead vocals. Whitechapel debuted in 2006 with the album ''Le Masque D'Arlequin'' on Musea Parallele. A couple of years later the first clouds appeared between the members with Iung parting ways in 2009 and Altairac following him the next year. They were replaced by Raphael Rigaud and Arnaud Goupil respectively, but these line-up changes seem to have slowed down the group's second work.

Whitechapel's music draws influences from the melodic side of Neo Prog, the energy of Heavy Prog and the theatrical side of compatriots ANGE and will appeal to all fans of the aforementioned musical tastes.