This Is Exile

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This Is Exile
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 8, 2008 (2008-07-08)
RecordedMarch 2008
StudioBackyard Studios, Milford, NH, US
Genre Deathcore
Length43:04
Label Metal Blade
Producer Whitechapel, Jonny Fay
Whitechapel chronology
The Somatic Defilement
(2007)
This Is Exile
(2008)
A New Era of Corruption
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Rock Hard 8/10 [2]

This Is Exile is the second studio album by the American deathcore band Whitechapel. It was produced by Jonny Fay and the band itself and was released on July 8, 2008 through Metal Blade Records. This is the band's first album to feature guitarist Zach Householder.

Contents

Release and background

Upon the release of the record, its sales reached 5,900 in copies, which had it enter the Billboard Top 200 chart at position 118. [3] Three music videos for songs from the album were released. The video for "This Is Exile" was released on June 18, 2008. [3] The music video for "Possession" was released on November 18, 2008 and shown on MTV2's Headbangers Ball . The music video for "Eternal Refuge" was released on June 8, 2009.

This album marked a change in the group's thematic material; while the two demos and the previous album The Somatic Defilement dealt with the Whitechapel murders, "This is Exile" moved past that and into anti-religious and corruption themes, the latter of which would be expanded up further in the next album.

The song "This Is Exile" is available as downloadable content for Rock Band , Rock Band 2 and Rock Band 3 . [4] The song is also used in the iPod Touch game, Tap Tap Revenge 3 .


Track listing

All lyrics are written by Phil Bozeman; all music is composed by Whitechapel.

No.TitleLength
1."Father of Lies"4:04
2."This Is Exile"3:40
3."Possession"5:04
4."To All That Are Dead"3:38
5."Exalt" (featuring Guy Kozowyk)3:06
6."Somatically Incorrect"3:11
7."Death Becomes Him" (instrumental)3:19
8."Daemon (The Procreated)"3:13
9."Eternal Refuge"3:42
10."Of Legions" (instrumental)2:44
11."Messiahbolical"7:23
Total length:43:04

Credits

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

Personnel

Whitechapel
Guest musicians
Production
Artwork and design

Studios

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 118
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [6] 13
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [7] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [8] 14

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