The Cleansing (album)

The Cleansing
Studio album by Suicide Silence
Released	September 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)
Genre	Deathcore
Length	41:19
Label	Century Media
Producer	John Travis
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Suicide Silence chronology
Suicide Silence (2005) The Cleansing (2007)

The Cleansing is Suicide Silence's first full-length album. It was released on September 18, 2007 through Century Media Records.

[edit] Overview

On June 22, the track listing was released online. The songs "Bludgeoned to Death" and "Unanswered" were released by the band on their MySpace page. The hidden track "Destruction of a Statue" has guest vocals by Nate Johnson, vocalist of Deadwater Drowning and Through the Eyes of the Dead. Music videos have been released for the songs "The Price of Beauty" (of which was blacklisted from MTV for being "too visually and lyrically explicit") and "Bludgeoned to Death".

The opening track, "Revelations (Intro)" includes a clip from Freddy vs. Jason. The album debuted at #94 on the Billboard Top 200, selling 7,250 copies the first week, and became the highest selling artist debut in Century Media history.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Revelations (intro)" − 0:33
2. "Unanswered" − 2:15
3. "Hands of a Killer" − 4:14
4. "The Price of Beauty" − 2:45
5. "The Fallen" − 4:07
6. "No Pity for a Coward" − 3:14
7. "The Disease" − 4:22
8. "Bludgeoned to Death" − 2:34
9. "Girl of Glass" − 2:52
10. "In a Photograph" − 4:32
11. "Eyes Sewn Shut" − 2:58
12. "Green Monster" − 5:49
13. "Destruction of a Statue" is a hidden track
14. "A Dead Current" - Hot Topic edition Bonus Track