SUFFOCATION 2023 HD Ancient Unholy Uprising headlining tour live show full set San Diego California

00:00 Catatonia
04:44 Seraphim Enslavement
09:34 Breeding the Spawn
15:07 Dim Veil of Obscurity
19:47 Pierced from Within
25:05 Funeral Inception
29:30 Perpetual Deception
34:08 Bind Torture Kill
40:28 Hymns from the Apocrypha
46:40 Liege of Inveracity
51:50 Infecting the Crypts
Nuclear Blast Records recording artists SUFFOCATION 2023 HD live headlining concert full set San Diego California
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Earlier this month New York based brutal technical slam death metal legends SUFFOCATION unleashed album of the year Hymns From The Apocrypha which somehow sounds much more like SUFFOCATION than their previous studio record yet sounds very fresh at the same time. New songs sound absolutely phenomenal live. Equally enjoyable to hear the new songs as it is to hear classics from their debut Human Waste and Effigy of the Forgotten genre defining landmark records.
Terrance Hobbs - Guitars
Derek Boyer - Bass
Eric Morotti - Drums
Ricky Myers - Vocals
Charles Errigo - Guitars
Standout tracks ‘Seraphim Enslavement,‘ ‘Perpetual Deception,‘ and ‘Delusions of Mortality’ are emphatically SUFFOCATION but are enhanced with what Hobbs calls "progressive melodies." The crushing title track, ‘Immortal Execration,’ and the re-recording of ‘Ignorant Deprivation,’ featuring former vocalist Frank Mullen, are brutal alms to death metal's heaving masses.
“Hymns from the Apocrypha has a more natural/organic feel," says Boyer. "We recorded this album ourselves and intentionally took an old-school approach. This was the first time SUFFOCATION captured the essence of the band ourselves. Musically, our goal is to evolve as musicians and songwriters. Our intention has always been to create aggressive, well-composed, well-made, and well-produced music. We put a lot of time and thought into every aspect of our work. Whether performing live or producing ourselves in the studio, we push ourselves to perform to the best of our ability."
"We will always be pushing for an extreme edge," Boyer says. "With each album, there is a new maturity. Whether it's a new vision of how we'll structure a song or if our approach to capturing our performances is going down a new path, no matter what, when we put something out, it will always be SUFFOCATION. Even if we're experimenting in production with our tones or how we approach our compositions, it will always be SUFFOCATION. After decades of this, we're not just going to add a violin or feature a spoon man or some other bs. SUFFOCATION's raw, aggressive, fast, heavy, brutal death metal. Just as it has always been and will always be."
"We have a little more progressive riffage in the new stuff," says Hobbs. "We still keep the older elements, though-if the machine isn't broken, don't fix it. I think the band's direction is great, and we feel we have grown in maturity, writing, and playing live. We're on a good path for the future while we bring a few new elements to the table for our fans and friends alike. That said, SUFFOCATION writes for SUFFOCATION."
SUFFOCATION took about a month and a half to record Hymns from the Apocrypha. They holed up at Hobbs and Boyer's InLine Studio in Long Island. The duo engineered and co-produced with Christian Donaldson (BENEATH THE MASSACRE, INGESTED), who was also re-enlisted to mix and master, with Dominic Grimard (CRYPTOPSY, SHADOW OF INTENT) assisting. If Breeding the Spawn was SUFFOCATION's production nadir, then Hymns from the Apocrypha is arguably the group's strongest-sounding, most sonically punishing album yet. From the growling bass and inhuman vocals on ‘Perpetual Deception’ to the merciless guitar crunch of Hobbs/Errigo and rapid-fire drumming on ‘Embrace the Suffering,’ SUFFOCATION have achieved death metal perfection.
"Perseverance isn't easy," says Hobbs. "Playing aggressive music is in our blood. Being a live band with actual recordings that are back-to-the-roots of being a real band-not a digital representation of over-edited stuff in today's overwhelmed music industry-shows who we are. SUFFOCATION, as a live band, is key to us all."
01/26 Dortmund, DE @ Junkyard
01/27 Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
01/28 Toulouse, FR @ Le Rex
01/29 Bilbao, ES @ Stage Live
01/30 Madrid, ES @ Mon Live
01/31 Barcelona, ES @ Salamandra
02/01 Lyon, FR @ MIC O Totem
02/02 Aarau, CH @ KIFF
02/03 Milan, IT @ Legend Club
02/04 Salzburg, AT @ Rockhouse
02/05 Budapest, HU @ Dürer Kert
02/06 Vienna, AT @ Viper Room
02/07 Munich, DE @ Backstage
02/08 Karlsruhe, DE @ Stadtmitte
02/09 Frankfurt, DE @ Das Bett
02/10 Drachten, NL @ Deathfest
02/11 Hannover, DE @ Faust
02/12 Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
Hamburg, DE @ Logo
Poznan, PL @ 2PROGI
Prague, CZ @ Futurum
Chemnitz, DE @ AJZ
Berlin, DE @ Hole44
Tilburg, NL @ Poppodium 013
Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
Birmingham, UK @ Asylum
Glasgow, UK @ Slay
Manchester, UK @ Club Academy
London, UK @ O2 Academy Islington
Southampton, UK @ The Loft
Antwerp, BE @ Zappa
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[@obychnyichelovek6757]

Suffo killed it! Thank you!

[@Jeffmetal42]

Man, they always sound killer live.

[@user-bt1rv7jv7r]

Suffocation have been absolute brutality since the beginning in the 90s!! Unfortunately I was never able to see Suffocation live with Frank on the microphone. But hey, I firmly believe that what I experienced with Ricky in Front in Frankfurt in early February 2024 was what I call a loving mosh pit massacre. There was absolutely no disruption to the whole thing. If the boys had played 10-15 minutes longer, it would have been necessary to scrape the crowd off the ceiling \\m//🤘 🤜🖤🤛

[@tsconn23]

These guys are Top 5 best active death metal bands right now. I've seen them live so many times and they just always kill it.

[@MURZBO]

For sure. Every time I've seen them I'm craving more. So tight. They're the best.