Whitechapel was formed in February 2006 by Phil Bozeman, Brandon Cagle, and Ben Savage. They were soon joined by Alex Wade (formerly of Redwinterdying, like later Whitechapel guitarist Zach Householder), Gabe Crisp, and Derek Martin, and recorded their first demos in March of that year. They named themselves after the area of London known as Whitechapel, the location of the Jack the Ripper murders.In 2007 the band signed to Siege of Amida Records in the U.