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Created in 2006 by Phil Bozeman, Brandon Cagle, and Ben Savage, tech-heavy Knoxville, Tennessee-based death steel outfit Whitechapel (called for the London neighborhood where in fact the notorious Jack port the Ripper removed the majority of his victims) mix grindcore, hardcore, and black color steel into an unholy trinity of …

Derek Martin was created in Detroit in 1938, and like many early R&B and spirit performers, he got his begin in gospel. His professional break arrived early when he was employed at age 17 to sing with Duke Ellington. In the first ’50s Martin became a member of the performing …