Suffocation

Artist: Suffocation
Country of origin: United States
Location: Long Island, New York
Status: Active
Formed in: 1988
Years active: 1988-1998, 2002-present
Genre: Brutal/Technical Death Metal
Lyrical themes: Death, Religion, Mankind, Society
Current label: Nuclear Blast

Members:
Frank Mullen: Vocals (1988-1998, 2002-present)
Terrance Hobbs: Guitars (1990-1998, 2002-present)
Derek Boyer: Bass (2004-present)
Eric Morotti: Drums (2016-present)
Charlie Errigo: Guitars (2016-present)

Suffocation are widely recognized major innovators of death metal. They had a massive influence on the genre and pioneered the balance between brutal and technical sounds commonly heard in modern death metal. Frank Mullen is considered as one of the most emblematic death metal vocalists as well as one of the first to use a very deep "death growl" vocal style.

 

 There was an earlier "incarnation" of Suffocation existing from 1988 to around 1990 which featured vocalist Frank Mullen, bassist Josh Barohn, guitarists Guy Marchais and Todd German and Barohn's friend on drums. By 1990, the band had hired guitarists Terrance Hobbs and Doug Cerrito along with drummer Mike Smith, members of the local band Mortuary which had already disbanded.

 

 The band split-up after Despise the Sun and reformed in 2002 with some line-up changes. Doug Cerrito was asked to join when the band reformed, but apparently he wasn't interested. Mike Smith left the band again in 2012 due to personal differences with other members and was replaced by Dave Culross (who had previously played with the band on Despise The Sun). Culross was later replaced by Kevin Talley.

 

Human Waste was the first CD ever released on Relapse Records, though they aren't the first band released on the label (they first released a bunch of 7" singles). It is the first printed and distributed CD by Relapse.

 

Compilation Appearances
 - "Infecting the Crypts" on Breaking Barriers Vol. 5 (Roadrunner, 1991)
 - "Prelude to Repulsion" on At Death's Door II (Roadrunner, 1993)

Discography:

  Human Waste EP (1991)

Album: Human Waste
Type: EP
Release date: May 1st, 1991
Catalog ID: RR 6015-2
Label: Relapse Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 320Kbps | 23:15 | 53,2Mb

Tracklist:
1. Infecting the Crypts  04:37
2. Synthetically Revived  03:38
3. Mass Obliteration  04:28
4. Catatonia  03:55
5. Jesus Wept  03:38
6. Human Waste (Demo)  02:58

*Written, produced and arranged by Suffocation.
*The intro of "Human Waste" was taken from the 1988 film "Hellbound: Hellraiser II"
*Considered Suffocation's second demo.
*A music video was made for the song "Synthetically Revived".
*Recorded and mixed at Recardamatt Studio, West Islip, N.Y., Sep. 1990.

  Effigy of the Forgotten (1991)

Album: Effigy of the Forgotten
Type: Full-length
Release date: October 8th, 1991
Catalog ID: RC 9275-1
Label: R/C Records
Format: 12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM)
MP3 | 256Kbps | 36:12 | 69,6Mb

Tracklist:
1. Liege of Inveracity  04:28
2. Effigy of the Forgotten  03:47
3. Infecting the Crypts  04:45
4. Seeds of the Suffering  05:51
5. Habitual Infamy  04:15
6. Reincremation  02:52
7. Mass Obliteration  04:30
8. Involuntary Slaughter  03:00
9. Jesus Wept  03:38

*Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, FL.
*Mastered at Future Disc, Hollywood, CA.
*Produced by Scott Burns and Suffocation.

  Breeding the Spawn (1993)

Album: Breeding the Spawn
Type: Full-length
Release date: May 18th, 1993
Catalog ID: RR 9113-1
Label: Roadrunner Records
Format: 12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM)
MP3 | 320Kbps | 35:58 | 84,6Mb

Tracklist:
1. Beginning of Sorrow  04:16
2. Breeding the Spawn  04:47
3. Epitaph of the Credulous  03:45
4. Marital Decimation  04:06
5. Prelude to Repulsion  04:49
6. Anomalistic Offerings  04:41
7. Ornaments of Decrepancy  04:42
8. Ignorant Deprivation  04:50

*Recorded and mixed at Noise Lab, West Islip, NY.
*Mastered at The Hit Factory DMS, New York, NY.
*Produced by Paul Bagin and Suffocation.

  Pierced from Within (1995)

Album: Pierced from Within
Type: Full-length
Release date: May 1st, 1995
Catalog ID: RR 8948-2
Label: Roadrunner Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 192Kbps | 45:22 | 62,3Mb

Tracklist:
1. Pierced from Within  04:26
2. Thrones of Blood  05:15
3. Depths of Depravity  05:33
4. Suspended in Tribulation  06:31
5. Torn into Enthrallment  05:26
6. The Invoking  04:37
7. Synthetically Revived  03:53
8. Brood of Hatred  04:36
9. Breeding the Spawn  05:09

"Synthetically Revived" is a re-recorded song from the Human Waste EP.
"Breeding the Spawn" is a re-recorded song from the Breeding the Spawn album.
*Produced by Scott Burns and Suffocation.
*Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, FL.
*Mastered at Fullersound, Miami, FL.

  Despise the Sun EP (1998)

Album: Despise the Sun
Type: EP
Release date: 1998
Catalog ID: 0002-2
Label: Vulture
Format: CD
MP3 | 320Kbps | 16:41 | 38,2Mb

Tracklist:
1. Funeral Inception  03:57
2. Devoid of Truth  02:31
3. Despise the Sun  03:20
4. Bloodchurn  02:43
5. Catatonia  04:02

"Catatonia" is a re-recording of a song from "Human Waste" and "Funeral Inception" was re-recorded during the "Souls to Deny" era and appears on the "Surgery of Impalement" single.
*Produced by Suffocation.
*Recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, N.Y.
*Mixed and Mastered at Morrisound Studios, FL

  Split Demos (2002)

Artist: Suffocation | Pyrexia | Crucifix
Album: Split Demos
Type: 3 Way Split
Release date: 2002
Catalog ID: N/A
Label: Mastercult Records
Format: CDr, Unofficial Release
MP3 | 320Kbps | 01:00:00 | 137Mb

Tracklist:
Suffocation:
1. Human Waste   
2. Involuntary Slaughter   
3. Reincremation   
4. Jesus Wept   
5. Infecting The Crypts   
Pyrexia:
6. Abominal   
7. Demigod   
8. Liturgy Of Impurity   
9. Infernal Ascencion   
Crucifix:
10. Barriers   
11. Vaporized   
12. Anatomy Catastrophe   
13. Left To Rot   
14. Devious Conceptions

*Tracks 1-3 taken from the Suffocation's demo "Reincremated" (1990).
*Tracks 4 & 5 performed by Suffocation taken from the "Live Death" LP/CD, recorded live at the '94 Milwaukee Metalfest.
*Tracks 6-9 taken from the Pyrexia's demo "Liturgy Of Impurity" (1992).
*Tracks 10-14 taken from the Crucifix' demo "Barriers" (1992).

  Souls to Deny (2004)

Album: Souls to Deny
Type: Full-length
Release date: April 27th, 2004
Catalog ID: RR 6586-2
Label: Relapse Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 320Kbps | 38:19 | 87,7Mb

Tracklist:
1. Deceit  04:40
2. To Weep Once More  04:31
3. Souls to Deny  05:45
4. Surgery of Impalement  03:51
5. Demise of the Clone  04:36
6. Subconsciously Enslaved  04:24
7. Immortally Condemned  06:03
8. Tomes of Acrimony  04:30

*Recorded Jan 2004-Feb 2004 at FullForce Studio, Port Jefferson N.Y.
*Mastered at Visceral Sound.
*Engineered and mixed by Joe Cincotta and Suffocation.
*Produced by Suffocation.
*Arranged by Suffocation.
*Music and lyrics by Suffocation.

  Suffocation (2006)

Album: Suffocation
Type: Full-length
Release date: September 19th, 2006
Catalog ID: RR 6584-2
Label: Relapse Records
Format: CD
MP3 | 256Kbps | 44:14 | 75,7Mb

Tracklist:
1. Oblivion  00:40  instrumental
2. Abomination Reborn  03:32
3. Redemption  05:24
4. Bind, Torture, Kill  05:42
5. Misconceived  03:34
6. Translucent Patterns of Delirium  03:30
7. Creed of the Infidel  04:21
8. Regret  03:49
9. Entrails of You  04:20
10. The End of Ends  04:12
11. Prelude to Repulsion  04:56

"Prelude to Repulsion" is a re-recorded song from the Breeding the Spawn album.
*All music written, arranged and produced by Suffocation.
*Recorded during May/June 2006 at FullForce Studios, Port Jefferson, NY.

  Blood Oath (2009)

Album: Blood Oath
Type: Full-length
Release date: July 3rd, 2009
Catalog ID: NB 2302-2 / 27361 23022
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD
MP3 | 256Kbps | 48:06 | 79,4Mb

Tracklist:
1. Blood Oath  03:56
2. Dismal Dream  03:18
3. Pray for Forgiveness  03:41
4. Images of Purgatory  03:28
5. Cataclysmic Purification  04:52
6. Mental Hemorrhage  03:56
7. Come Hell or High Priest  04:08
8. Undeserving  04:11
9. Provoking the Disturbed  05:19
10. Marital Decimation  04:02
11. Pray for Forgiveness (Rough Mix Un-Mastered)* 03:40
12. Dismal Dream (Instrumental Version)* 03:16  instrumental

Recorded at FullForce Recording Studios.
Co-produced by Suffocation and Joe Cincotta.

  Pinnacle of Bedlam (2013)

Album: Pinnacle of Bedlam
Type: Full-length
Release date: February 15th, 2013
Catalog ID: NB 3004-2 / 27361 30042
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD
MP3 | 320Kbps | 38:23 | 101Mb

Tracklist:
1. Cycles of Suffering  03:56
2. Purgatorial Punishment  02:45
3. Eminent Wrath  03:40
4. As Grace Descends  03:05
5. Sullen Days  04:57
6. Pinnacle of Bedlam  03:43
7. My Demise  04:04
8. Inversion  03:50
9. Rapture of Revocation  03:49
10. Beginning of Sorrow  04:33

Produced by Joe Cincotta and Suffocation at Full Force Studios in New York.
This is not a full concept album but is inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead and the cycles of life and death.

  ...of the Dark Light (2017)

Album: ...of the Dark Light
Type: Full-length
Release date: June 9th, 2017
Catalog ID: NB 3728-2 / 27361 37282
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD
MP3 | 320Kbps | 35:22 | 84,5Mb

Tracklist:
1. Clarity Through Deprivation  04:04
2. The Warmth Within the Dark  03:39
3. Your Last Breaths  04:36
4. Return to the Abyss  03:56
5. The Violation  03:41
6. Of the Dark Light  03:41
7. Some Things Should Be Left Alone  03:23
8. Caught Between Two Worlds  04:19
9. Epitaph of the Credulous  03:58

Recorded at Full Force Studios.
Mixed and mastered at Planet-Z.

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