Suffocation

Suffocation is a death metal band from the USA that was founded in 1990. They were the first band in the genre to mix death metal with New York hardcore and grindcore. Suffocation are considered the founders of brutal death metal. Nu-metal bands such as Slipknot cite Suffocation as an important inspiration for their music. After the first demos, Suffocation released their debut album Effigy of the Forgotten in 1991. However, the 1990s were not a good time for death metal music. As a result, the first episode of Suffication ended after three studio albums and two EPs in 1998. Five years later, the band attempted a new start. The first new material, Souls to Deny, was released in 2004. After the self-titled album Suffocation (2006), the first major successes came with the follow-up Blood Oath in 2009. The album made it into the Billboard charts in the USA. Pinnacle of Bedlam also made a chart entry in the USA in 2013. In Germany, the album climbed to number 58, followed four years later by ...Of the Dark Light. The longplayer made it to number 80 in Germany. After that, it takes a while until the next release. Hymns from the Apocrypha is released in fall 2023. The album climbs to number 53 in the German charts.