The Somatic Defilement

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The Somatic Defilement
Whitechapel - The Somatic Defilement.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 31, 2007
April 16, 2013 (reissue)
Recorded2007 at The Sound Lair in Knoxville, Tennessee
Genre Deathcore [1]
Length31:59
Label Candlelight, Metal Blade (reissue)
Producer Whitechapel, Miah Lajeunesse
Whitechapel chronology
Demo 2
(2006)
The Somatic Defilement
(2007)
This Is Exile
(2008)
Reissue cover
Whitechapel The Somatic Defilement Remastered.jpg
The cover for the 2013 re-release of The Somatic Defilement.
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rock Hard 8/10 [4]

The Somatic Defilement is the debut studio album by 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

Overview

The Somatic Defilement is mostly a concept album based on Jack the Ripper, in which the majority of the songs are first-person narratives of the slaughter and rape of prostitutes. Only two songs are exceptions to this theme: vocalist Phil Bozeman specified that "Alone in the Morgue" is about "a coroner who is a demented necrophiliac" and "Festering Fiesta" is about Jeffrey Dahmer. [5] The intro track, "Necrotizing" also contains excerpts from a Stone Phillips interview with Dahmer. [6]

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. [7]

Reissue

A remixed and remastered edition of the album was released on April 16, 2013 through Metal Blade Records. [8] Re-mixing and re-mastering duties were given to Mark Lewis, whom the band worked with since their self-titled release. [9]

Track listing

Tracks
No.TitleLength
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

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