Length 31:59 | Release date 31 July 2007 | |
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Released July 31, 2007April 16, 2013 (reissue) Demo 2(2006) The Somatic Defilement(2007) Similar Whitechapel albums, Deathcore albums, Other albums | ||
Whitechapel necrotizing intro remastered
The Somatic Defilement is the first album by the American deathcore band Whitechapel. The album was released on July 31, 2007, through Candlelight Records and is their only release through this label before their move to Metal Blade the following year. It is the only album to feature guitarist Brandon Cagle.
Contents
- Whitechapel necrotizing intro remastered
- Whitechapel the somatic defilement remastered
- Overview
- Reissue
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Whitechapel the somatic defilement remastered
Overview
The Somatic Defilement is a concept album based on Jack the Ripper, in which all of the songs are first-person narratives of the slaughter and rape of prostitutes.
The album is the only one by Whitechapel to include Brandon Cagle as guitarist. He later left the band, because the injuries he received from a motorcycle accident left him unable to play his instrument. He was replaced by Zach Householder. The intro track, "Necrotizing" contains excerpts from a Stone Phillips interview with Jeffrey Dahmer.
Reissue
A remixed and remastered edition of the album was released on April 16, 2013 through Metal Blade Records. Re-mixing and re-mastering duties were given to Mark Lewis, whom the band worked with on their self-titled release and their fifth album, Our Endless War.
Personnel
Songs
1Necrotizing0:35
2The Somatic Defilement5:19
3Devirgination Studies3:12