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New York, United States (1990 – present)

Suffocation are one of the earliest American death metal bands, arranged heavy, uniquely rhythmic riffs into complex, Jazz-influenced song structures to create a sub-genre of the form often termed “brutal” death metal, also known by many as “New York Death Metal,” or “nydm” for short. Others in this form include Immolation, Incantation, Skinless, and Morpheus (Descends).

The band formed in 1990 and has since released many highly-regarded recordings on several labels, including the former powerhouse of death metal, RoadRunner. Their debut, Effigy of the Forgotten, is considered a classic by most, topping the charts of many fans’ “all-time favorites” lists. Also worth noting is their debut EP, Human Waste, which was the first official release on Relapse Records in 1991.

The band went through a few member changes and then briefly disbanded after their release, Despise the Sun, only to re-emerge in 2004 with the album, Souls to Deny. A video for the song, Surgery of Impalement, has been featured on such outlets as Headbanger’s Ball and Uranium.

In 2006, They released the self-entitled, Suffocation, on Relapse Records. A videoclip was made for the song, Abomination Reborn. The song and (most of) the band was also featured in a commercial for, appropriately enough, The History Channel’s series, Dark Ages.

1	Infecting the Crypts full track	381
2	Jesus Wept full track	311
3	Mass Obliteration full track	270
4	Abomination Reborn full track	247
5	Catatonia full track	245
6	Liege of Inveracity	230
7	Effigy of the Forgotten	228
8	Synthetically Revived full track	213
9	Pierced from Within	192
10	Thrones of Blood	189
11	Seeds of the Suffering	185
12	Prelude to Repulsion full track	183
13	Breeding the Spawn	152
13	Habitual Infamy	152
15	Redemption	148

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suffersystem wrote:
yesterday afternoon

BTS is musically great but production sucks among others...

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-S4m- wrote:
Monday afternoon

i'm hating myself for not getting their EPs until some weeks ago... they are both even nearly better than their albums.

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ingurgitate wrote:
Monday morning

same.. i dont see a problem with the production on bts

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ingurgitate wrote:
Monday morning

fail troll is fail

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KarlSanders wrote:
Sunday evening

Bass drum is powerful.

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Therion668 wrote:
Friday morning

Pierced From Within!!!!!!!!!!! Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh!!! \m/

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SdCloud69 wrote:
7 days ago

Garbage can like production qualities leave much to be desired.

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Colonel_Mole wrote:
8 days ago

The album is just as good musically, but bad production DOES detract from the album. Breeding the Spawn With Effigy production would be godlike.

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Colonel_Mole wrote:
8 days ago

Lol props on insulting me about a band I like to listen to :p But I would expect it from a first or second demo but the production of Effigy and even Human Waste is far superior. If i didn't say before, I apologize for liking production decent.

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ErosionOfSanity wrote:
8 days ago

Hey! Someone should tell Cut Slit Death Wish to stop stealing riffs from Suffocation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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masscows wrote:
8 days ago

I posted a review for it on metal archives a few days ago

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_Emperor_ wrote:
8 days ago

I agree wid masscows, infact it was one of them reviews on metal archives that actually forced me to listen to Breeding more closely, that album is gonna mess you up, in a good way of course, the riffs are insanely technical

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masscows wrote:
8 days ago

I'm really not, but there's nothing wrong with the production on Breeding the Spawn. You can still hear everything fine and it doesn't detract, and even actually adds to the music. TBH that album is just as good as Effigy and Pierced.

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SdCloud69 wrote:
8 days ago

demo-like production .............................. NIGGA U GR1M!

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ReverendDoom wrote:
8 days ago

These guys are great - Can't wait to see them live with Carcass

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masscows wrote:
9 days ago

It has real nice demo-like production, there's really nothing wrong with it. Then again you like Chimaira so I'd expect that sort of stupid complaint from you.

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Colonel_Mole wrote:
9 days ago

Lol wut?

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masscows wrote:
10 days ago

production on breeding the spawn is fine

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Colonel_Mole wrote:
11 days ago

Yeah You can hear that it is a great album fucked by awful production.

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suffersystem wrote:
12 days ago

I hope they record "breeding the spawn" again with a good production....

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