This Is Exile
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{{Infobox album
| name = This Is Exile
| type = studio
| artist = Whitechapel
| cover = Whitechapel - This Is Exile.jpg
| alt = Cover art by Colin Marks
| released = {{Start date|2008|7|8}}
| recorded = March 2008
| venue =
| studio = Backyard Studios, Milford, NH, US
| genre = Deathcore
| length = {{Duration|m=43 |s=04}}
| label = Metal Blade
| producer = Whitechapel, Jonny Fay
| prev_title = The Somatic Defilement
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = A New Era of Corruption
| next_year = 2010
}}
{{Music ratings
| MC =
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000790566 |label=This Is Exile – Whitechapel |last=Monger |first=Christopher}}
| rev2 = Rock Hard
| rev2Score = 8/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/whitechapel-this-is-exile_297489.html|title=WHITECHAPEL - This is Exile}}
| noprose = yes
}}
This Is Exile is the second studio album by 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.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=100980|title=Whitechapel's This Is Exile Lands on Billboard Chart|date=2008-07-16|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=2008-07-23|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803031857/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=100980|archivedate=2008-08-03}} Three music videos for songs from the album were released. The video for "This Is Exile" was released on June 18, 2008. 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.[http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149485 DLC Week of 7/7 Green Day & MAYHEM Fest Pack]. Rock Band official website. Retrieved 2009-7-20 The song is also used in the iPod Touch game, Tap Tap Revenge 3.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 43:04
| all_lyrics = Phil Bozeman
| all_music = Whitechapel
| title1 = Father of Lies
| length1 = 4:04
| title2 = This Is Exile
| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = Possession
| length3 = 5:04
| title4 = To All That Are Dead
| length4 = 3:38
| title5 = Exalt
| note5 = featuring Guy Kozowyk
| length5 = 3:06
| title6 = Somatically Incorrect
| length6 = 3:11
| title7 = Death Becomes Him
| note7 = instrumental
| length7 = 3:19
| title8 = Daemon (The Procreated)
| length8 = 3:13
| title9 = Eternal Refuge
| length9 = 3:42
| title10 = Of Legions
| note10 = instrumental
| length10 = 2:44
| title11 = Messiahbolical
| length11 = 7:23
}}
Credits
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
= Personnel =
;Whitechapel
- Phil Bozeman – vocals
- Ben Savage – lead guitar
- Alex Wade – rhythm guitar
- Zach Householder – third guitar
- Gabe Crisp – bass
- Kevin Lane – drums
;Guest musicians
- Guy Kozowyk (The Red Chord) – vocals on "Exalt"
;Production
- Jonny Fay – engineering, editing, tracking, production
- Whitechapel – production
- "Zeuss" – mixing, mastering
;Artwork and design
- Colin Marks – artwork
- Whitechapel – artwork concept
= Studios =
- Backyard Studios in Milford, NH, US – tracking
- Planet Z, Hadley, MA, US – mixing, mastering
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (2008)
! Peak |
|---|
| {{Album chart|Billboard200|118|artist=Whitechapel|artistid=}} |
| {{Album chart|BillboardHardRock|13|artist=Whitechapel|artistid=}} |
| {{Album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|2|artist=Whitechapel|artistid=}} |
| {{Album chart|BillboardIndependent|14|artist=Whitechapel|artistid=}} |
References
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External links
- {{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000790566 |label=This Is Exile}}
- [http://www.metalblade.com/us/releases/whitechapel-this-is-exile/ This Is Exile] at Metal Blade
- [http://www.thediseased.com/releases/this_is_exile This Is Exile] at Whitechapel's official website
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