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The Cleansing is the debut studio album by American deathcore band Suicide Silence. The album was released on September 18, 2007 through Century Media Records. Upon its release it debuted at #94 on the Billboard Top 200, selling 7,250 copies within the first week, and became one of the best-selling debut albums in Century Media's history.

The Cleansing
Studio album by Suicide Silence
Released	September 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)
Recorded	2007
Studio	Recorded at King Size Soundlabs, Los Angeles; Produced and mixed at Antfarm Studio, Denmark
Genre	Deathcore
Length	43:58
Label	Century Media
Producer	Tue Madsen
Suicide Silence chronology
Suicide Silence (2005) The Cleansing (2007) No Time to Bleed (2009)
Singles from The Cleansing
"Green Monster" Released: December 2008

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	[3]

The album is noted for its unique engineered style, as it was tracked live in-studio as opposed to being recorded track-by-track. The Cleansing was recorded at King Size Soundlabs in Los Angeles with engineer John Travis and was produced and mixed by Danish producer Tue Madsen.

Background

Suicide Silence began recording The Cleansing during the first half of 2007 with engineer John Travis. On June 22, 2007 the complete track listing was confirmed online and the songs "Bludgeoned to Death" and "Unanswered" were released by the band via streaming media for promotion prior to the album's release. The entire album was recorded live.[4]

The Cleansing was released on September 18, 2007 and debuted at #94 on the Billboard Top 200, selling 7,250 copies in the first week, and became one of the best-selling debut albums in Century Media history.[5][6] The record was also released on vinyl format, with a limited pressing of 2,000 copies.[7] Music videos have been released for the songs "Unanswered", "The Price of Beauty" and "Bludgeoned to Death". The music video for "The Price of Beauty" was banned from the MTV playlist for being deemed too "visually and lyrically explicit", as the theme of the video depicted graphic gore imagery revolving around a woman undergoing a facelift surgery, but having her face instead horribly dismembered and mutilated in the process.[8]

The album cover artwork was designed by graphic artist Dave McKean.[9] The opening track, "Revelations (Intro)" includes a sound sample from the film Freddy vs. Jason. The hidden track, "Destruction of a Statue" features guest vocals by Nate Johnson, former vocalist of the bands Through the Eyes of the Dead, Deadwater Drowning and Fit for an Autopsy.[10]

Music videos

The videos were released for the songs "Unanswered",[11] "The Price of Beauty",[12] and "Bludgeoned to Death".[13]

Track listing

• Note: Except for "Swarm" and "The Fallen", all live tracks were later released in 2009 on the Hot Topic Exclusive Edition of No Time to Bleed.

Personnel

Charts

Charts	Peak position
US Billboard 200[14]	94
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[15]	13

References

На других языках

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- [en] The Cleansing (album)

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[es] The Cleansing

The Cleansing es el disco debut de la banda de deathcore norteamericana Suicide Silence. El álbum fue lanzado el 18 de septiembre de 2007 a través de Century Media Records. Su lanzamiento debutó en el #94 de la lista Billboard Top 200, vendiendo 7.250 copias en la primera semana y se convirtió en el disco debut más vendido de la historia de Century Media.[4][5]

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[it] The Cleansing

The Cleansing è il primo album dei Suicide Silence, pubblicato dalla Century Media nel Settembre del 2007.

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[ru] The Cleansing

The Cleansing — дебютный полноформатный студийный альбом Suicide Silence, выпущен 18 сентября 2007 года Century Media Records. За первую неделю после выхода было продано более 7 тыс. копий альбома, что сделало его самым успешным дебютным альбомом в истории Century Media Records и позволило занять 94-ю строчку чарта at Billboard Top 200.[4][5] Было также распродано около 2 тыс. копий альбома на грампластинках[6].

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