''Our Endless War'' is the fifth studio album by American

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. The album was released on April 29, 2014, via

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. 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.

Reception

The album debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 10, No. 2 on Top Rock Albums, and No. 1 on the Hard Rock Albums chart, selling 16,270 copies in its first week. The album has sold 45,000 copies in the United States as of June 2016. It remains the band's highest-charting album.

Track listing

Deluxe Edition

Credits

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

Personnel

;Whitechapel * Phil Bozeman –

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* Ben Savage (Eller) –

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* Alex Wade –

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* Zach Householder – third guitar * Gabe Crisp – bass * Ben Harclerode –

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;Additional musicians * Ben Eller – guitar solo on "The Saw Is the Law", "Psychopathy", "Blacked Out", "Diggs Road", "A Process So Familiar" ;Production * Mark Lewis –

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, mixing * Whitechapel – production *

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– mastering ;Artwork and design * Aaron Marsh –

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– art direction

Studios

* Audiohammer,

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, US – recording (drums), mixing * Wade Studios, Louisville, TN, US – recording (guitars, bass, vocals) * Sterling Sound,

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, US – mastering

Charts

References

External links

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