The Somatic Defilement

The Somatic Defilement
Studio album by Whitechapel
Released July 31, 2007
Recorded 2007 at The Sound Lair in Knoxville, Tennessee
Genre Deathcore
Length 31:59
Label Candlelight, Siege of Amida
Producer Miah Lajeunesse and Whitechapel
Whitechapel chronology
The Somatic Defilement
(2007)
This Is Exile
(2008)
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The Somatic Defilement is the first album by the American deathcore band Whitechapel. The album was released on July 31, 2007, through Candlelight Records.

Contents

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.[1] The intro track, "Necrotizing" contains excerpts from a Stone Phillips interview with Jeffrey Dahmer.[2]

Track listing

Tracks
No. Title Length
1. "Necrotizing"   0:35
2. "The Somatic Defilement"   5:19
3. "Devirgination Studies"   3:12
4. "Prostatic Fluid Asphyxiation"   3:33
5. "Fairy Fay"   3:33
6. "Ear to Ear"   3:30
7. "Alone in the Morgue"   2:53
8. "Festering Fiesta"   2:29
9. "Vicer Exciser"   2:52
10. "Articulo Mortis"   4:03
Total length:
31:59

Personnel

Whitechapel
Production

References

  1. ^ www.metalunderground.com Whitechapel part ways with guitarist Brandon Cagle
  2. ^ Jeffrey Dahmer Interview - Extended Footage shown at YouTube.