Suffocation Albums Ranked!

Jammin' Jon, Shredlord, Miller and Necrotic Nick go through and rank the albums from death metal legends Suffocation!

[@rafaelrodriguez4350]

"Effigy of the Forgotten" was the best album.

[@SewNegative]

I strongly agree people hype up pierced too much because it’s faster and the production EFFIGY will always be IT

[@jasoncalvin7053]

I love "Effigy," but "Pierced" is far from overhyped. The riffs on "Pierced" are absolutely filthy, and it went a long way toward solidifying the death metal blueprint. Some of us have been chasing that same guitar tone since. Again, nothing against "Effigy," which also defined a lot for us in the 90s. I still imagine necks cracking when I hear the main break on "Habitual Infamy." Either way, when these albums came in the mail, each provided an experience of religious proportions.

[@The_JustJoshing]

Pierced is better IMO but not by much. They’re pretty much tied

[@Admiral_Bongo]

@@SewNegative IMO, Pierced deserves the first place. Not because of production or speed (hell, Liege and Crypts are faster than any song on Pierced, saying that as a guitar player), but because of how much more varied and innovative it was in terms of songwriting, they really stepped up their game with all the time changes and weird ass harmonies and polyphony.

[@michaelfishman6711]

That album Slammed

[@benng4376]

"Pierced From Within" is my favorite Suffocation album.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- It's one of the best 90's death metal albums ever for me.

[@antitheziz717]

Vote seconded. also my first taste of suffo period

[@shapeshifter-theamorphousg3264]

Same!🤘

[@thedddemon]

Pierced from Within is not only the best Suffo LP imo but also the most impressive Scott Burns mix.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I agree 100% agree as far as Suffocation goes. I think the best Burns mix for me overall is Sepultura's Arise.

[@tatonghudas]

Doug Bohn is such an underrated drummer

[@caljerm]

Man it's so hard to pick. There are quite a few contenders - Pierced, Arise, Cause of Death, Once Upon The Cross, The Bleeding, etc. and I really dig the production on Retribution (Malevolent Creation) - it just might be my favorite by a hair.

[@SewNegative]

Nope nope no effigy is way better always will be I don’t know why everyone hypes up that album clearly effigy was the pinnacle of all suffocation

[@redinthesky1]

Yes... Pierced From Within is the Best. The most requested from my album trading days

[@Lilmacmcmo]

My top 5 albums of ALL TIME 1. Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten 2. Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding 3. Deicide - Legion 4. Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh 5. Brutal Truth - Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses Keep the rankings coming! 🤘🏽

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- You've got a lot of my old favorites right there. Nice list

[@niffingig5143]

If I'm picking a top 5 (I should throw out a disclaimer and mention I have eclectic taste), I'm going to go with: 1) GORGUTS - Obscura 2) EMPEROR - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk 3) DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - Calculating Infinity 4) PIG DESTROYER - Prowler In The Yard 5) CRADLE OF FILTH - Cruelty And The Beast Weird, huh? If it's a top 10, I would add: 6) CONVERGE - Jane Doe 7) DIMMU BORGIR - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia 8) ORIGIN - Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas 9) SUFFOCATION - Effigy Of The Forgotten 10) 1349 - Hellfire I also really, REALLY love: • NAPALM DEATH - Harmony Corruption • DEATH - Human • ARTIFICIAL BRAIN - Labyrinth Constellation • MALEVOLENT CREATION - Retribution • AOSOTH - V: The Inside Scriptures • IMMOLATION - Close To A World Below • ABORTED - The Necrotic Manifesto • CANNIBAL CORPSE - Tomb Of The Mutilated • DEICIDE - Legion • MORBID ANGEL - Blessed Are the Sick • GOD DETHRONED - Bloody Blasphemy • NIDINGR - Greatest Of Deceivers • OBITUARY - Cause of Death • PESTILENCE - Testimony of The Ancients • ENSLAVED - Blodhemn • BURNT BY THE SUN - Soundtrack To The Personal Revolution Fuck... There are so many bands!

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

​@@niffingig5143glad to see some love for Emperor's second album. A masterpiece, way better than the debut

[@paulphoenix1669]

Your favourite albums of ALL time are all 90s death metal? Come on mannnn

[@cdsmetalhead99]

Idk what you guys are thinking with Despise the Sun, it’s pretty much the best death metal EP of all time imo

[@SquibbeyJenkins]

My #1 for this band changes every month. What an amazing discography!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- It's always been a toss up between Pierced from Within and Effigy of the Forgotten for me. Those two albums are practically ingrained in my DNA at this point.

[@tatonghudas]

IKR? I had to throw in Effigy and Pierced but even Breeding The Spawn can sucker punch me along with the other albums in a tight battle on what album will blow my eardrums off at any given day till I can't just choose anymore.

[@robertsparling917]

You should do a video ranking Cannibal Corpse's albums.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- We’re going to wait for their new album to drop before we do a ranking.

[@robertsparling917]

@@thrallsofmetal We'll have to wait at least one month for an update regarding a release date for Cannibal Corpse's new album along with the first single release.

[@superunknown2812]

Im gonna throw in there too do Napalm Death,Fear Factory,Deicide,and Entombed in the future.

[@robertsparling917]

@@superunknown2812 Napalm Death just released an album last year. As for Fear Factory, they are aiming to release their last album with Burton C. Bell on vocals in March!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Napalm Death will more than likely be in the poll just because I really want to do that one.

[@Grim_reviews]

I personally can't get enough of these guys.

[@loganc1158]

I love Suffocation 10. Despise the Sun 9. Breeding the Spawn 8. Human Waste 7. Souls to Deny 6. Blood Oath 5. …Of the Dark Light 4. Pinnacle of Bedlam 3. Suffocation 2. Pierced From Within 1. Effigy of the Forgotten

[@american800asspounds8]

My top 5 albums : 1. Cannibal Corpse: Eaten back to life 2. Cannibal Corpse: Tomb of the mutilated 3. Death: Sound of the perseverance 4. Morbid Angel: Altars of madness 5. Suffocation: Blood oath

[@IdiocyShow]

This is pretty much my comfort food Thralls vid! Whenever I’m doing anything & wanna listen to a a music ranking, I go to this vid 90/95% of the time!

[@dandimit8463]

I was just going through this list trying to figure out the best albums. Thanks for putting this out there.

[@johnwilliams4658]

Great channel. Love the informed and detailed opinions in your rankings. Suffocation is a band I haven't explored yet intend to rectify after this. Thanks!

[@williamkoscielniak820]

Hmmm.... I love Despise the Sun. I think it's a fantastic EP from both a songwriting perspective and a production perspective. It's the closest sounding album to Pierced imo, which is my favorite Suffocation album.

[@cbeckwith172]

It’s actually my favorite suffocation projevt

[@agatopipa]

Yes, the guys said here in this ranking, that production is "nothing special". If some alien come to Earth and asked me "what is death metal", I will play to him "Funeral inception". So amazangly heavy, it sounds like there are 4 guitars. And this song itself - one of the BEST death metal songs ever. This CRUSHING beginning before blast explodes !!! I really love this EP.

[@KOSTAS84]

Again solid video guys. Nick I'm almost there with your ranking with the exception of "Despise the sun" which I love to death. I almost died in a moshpit here in Athens Greece when they played Funeral Inception back in 07'.

[@TheMetalGaia]

Awesome video guys! Definitely agree with the top 2!! Effigy and Pierced changed my life as a young metalhead.

[@dylanshoemaker2994]

The thing I love most most about you guys is that I can see myself hanging out with you guys shooting the shit and nerding out on death metal or metal in general. Great content!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Yeah, we're just giant fanboys at heart and we love talking shop. If you ever see us at a show come up and say hi, man!

[@docvader82]

Thanks for this one. I was late on this band(and death metal in general), and i didn't really know how their records were generally viewed. You're rankings were pretty similar, so it definitely gives me a better sense.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks for watching, man! It's all subjective but we ended up agreeing on a fair amount on this one. Naturally, we all strongly recommend Pierced From Within. That is a killer album to start with for Suffocation in general. It's where I started.

[@docvader82]

@@thrallsofmetal See, that was great info to learn, cuz i didn't have one. I had Effigy, Breeding and the last two. So I pre-ordered a release of Pierced that will be released soon. The existing ones are sooo much money. But for real, I really value your guys' input. You're clearly metal through and through, no bullshit. I'm almost 50 years old, I appreciate knowlegable opinions.

[@gordonwiegers9104]

I love Suffocation too and Pierced From Within is my favorite album by them ! Hell Yeah! Happy Metal New Year Thralls!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Happy Metal New Year to you as well. Long live Suffocation!

[@costanicholas]

Great video. Would love to see you guys do an Obituary or Exodus ranking! Thanks for the content 🤘

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Both have new albums due out this year so probably after that we'll throw them in a poll. Glad you dig the content, man! Thanks again!

[@ademcanvaner2567]

Great video! I never listened to them as much, so I found this video informative. Hopefully we get a Dismember ranking video. 😉🤘🤘

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I'd love to do a Dismember ranking but I keep hearing rumors of them making a new album so I want to see if there's anything to it before we throw them in.

[@ademcanvaner2567]

@@thrallsofmetal I pray that that's true. Lol Either way, the video will be great because they have released phenomenal albums. I missed their concert in 2009 because I was still under age. Until this day, I still get annoyed remembering that. 😡

[@EmrahUncu]

Here is my ranking of Suffocation's albums; kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqXUiIRodrZ-e7c

[@mattw4461]

Breeding the Spawn was my first Suffo album I bought and it unfortunately gave me a bad impression of the band. That didn't last long because I gave them a chance again with Pierced and was completely blown away. Its really too bad because the songs on Spawn are some of their best.

[@ScreaminT81]

I haven’t fully delved into Suffo really past Effigy, or Souls to Deny. Not that I don’t or haven’t wanted to, but both of the mentioned records I absolutely love. Souls was the first ever of these dudes I bought. I should have prefaced this with I am getting into a lot of death metal over the last few years. Cannibal was the only band I gave a shit about. I still have to to my Top list of death metal bands and or records hahaha. My new fav channel

[@jboogedy]

PIERCED FROM WITHIN #1 ACROSS THE BOARDS!!!! YESSSSSS!!!!! The album that took my soul at 14! Made me a lifelong fan of this band and Death Metal in general!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- It was love at first chug when I heard that album. Thrones of Blood changed my musical perspective as to what it was to be brutal.

[@jboogedy]

@@thrallsofmetal exactly, it shaped me into the musician I am today, I don't know where I would be without it!

[@illbeback9441]

Dope video. Souls to deny is a damn solid album

[@mikepenny8940]

I've not really listened to Suffocation a lot and I've gone back and checked them out and I'm interested to check them out. Just like kind of how you all got me hooked on immolation, that last immolation album is a fucking master piece. Hails!

[@mikepenny8940]

I'm re rewatching this after their new album just dropped and you guys just reviewed that one!!👍👍

[@user-er2xl6rh5p]

Great reviews guys

[@IndependentVictor]

Wow! I LOVE "Blood Oath". This is the amazing thing about music: it's as personal as you can get. It's still not Pierced from Within though. Suffocation is amazing

[@rastislavzrelak9238]

So goooooooooooooooooooooooooooood great band, great reviews and ranking, STAY BRUTAL

[@narayankpai]

Great video of ranking all the suffocation albums.. I love all 90's Suffocation albums and EPs . Even the live in quebec album (2005).. Haven't listened much of their albums from last 15 years. Will start of with pinnacle and the self titled as recommended by you guys. Is there any plans on ranking immolation albums?

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Pinnacle is a great place to start for the more recent album by Suffocation. Immolation is definitely a possibility but I'm not sure if they're recording something new which is why we haven't put them in one of our polls yet.

[@papichulobr]

Damn! I was waiting for that! Good list, guys! For me Blod Oath is at the top!!

[@Rob78169]

Love suffocation!! Seeing them live is the best. Even got to go have beers with them in their dressing room!!

[@Jawshmetalpunk]

Doug Bohn didn't disappear. He did an album with a band called Iron Lung as well as a Pyrexia album. He actually was in Pyrexia when they toured with Suffo on the Pinnacle tour...

[@caljerm]

yeah but after his performance on Pierced you would have thought he would be everywhere

[@Jawshmetalpunk]

@@caljerm I don't know that's really what he wanted. I've talked to Doug a bunch of times over the years and he's kind of low key.

[@dionisioramirez6706]

Doug B, and Dave C are my favorite drummers for suffo.

[@8ChillinSun8]

Awesome vid! I too first heard Suffocation when they released Pierced from Within, to me one of the best Death Metal albums of the 90s and jam it more than At The Gate's Slaughter album (also great). I actually rank Breeding the Spawn #2, the reissued copy of it on vinyl sounds much better compared to original release, thus sounding less muddy and brings out the riffage better. Also, to me, Despised the Sun shreds, the rerecorded version of Catatonia alone is worth it. Hope 2021 brings more Suffocation. I miss Doug Cerrito, he was a major influence on my guitar playing.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I just have the CD version of Breeding the Spawn so it still sounds pretty rough. I've been jamming Pierced From Within since I was in high school and I didn't get into At the Gates until I was in my 20's so Pierced has gotten a lot more spins for me. I think Funeral Inception is pretty damn good on Despise the Sun but I prefer the original version of Catatonia. I like the grittier mix for that one. It fits the song more for me. I'm pretty sure Suffocation plans on releasing something this year because I think I saw something about them being in the studio. It's going to be odd without Frank though.

[@8ChillinSun8]

@@thrallsofmetal Frank will be missed and I compared this to ATG's Slaughter of the Soul because I remember a couple of magazine's, such as Metal Maniacs, declaring Slaughter of the Soul as Death Metal album of the 90s when I thought differently.

[@user-xk9ep1io1x]

I really like your channel.

[@bobilly]

My first death metal records were Suffocation's Souls to Deny and Nile's In Their Darkened Shrines. Not long after, I picked up Human Waste based on the gnarly cover and loved the thrashiness and raw atmosphere of it, especially Jesus Wept. But Pierced From Within has always had it all for this band, from the songs to the crushing production. 🤟

[@fergalholmes]

Might only be an EP but ‘Despise The Sun’ is their absolute pinnacle. Wish they’d just re-recorded the whole ‘Breeding The Spawn’ album instead of the odd track.

[@quochuynguyen764]

I just wish Breeding the Spawn got remixed, I heard the re-recorded version of BtS songs in their later albums and didn't think the production fits the songs at all, and they don't have the feeling of the original version, if that make sense

[@WqpW-WqpW]

I've known about suffocation in 1992 my pusher gave me effigy of the forgotten on tape. Those blastbeats?we where wtf!?🤘 Been sampling alot to find breakdowns like that afterwards... they are unquestionable OG's🤟

[@nr655321]

Suffo have zero duds. Incredibly solid discography.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Even their weaker offerings are still pretty solid.

[@rodneybarr5735]

I enjoy Pinnacle of Bedlam too. Only part of it that disappointed me was the absence of the breakdown parts. That was a big part of their sound. I'm going to miss Frank up there on stage doing his famous hand chops during certain song parts.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- There were some on Pinnacle but it was mostly about the speed on that one. That does kinda set it apart though. I'm going to miss Frank as well. He was a killer frontman and just a solid dude.

[@spencergrady5501]

Great work guys. Effigy, naturally.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Effigy was close to being my number one, but Pierced edged it out as by just a bit.

[@user-er2xl6rh5p]

Great infos guys!

[@zacharyashmore1830]

I love that Spiritual Healing is playing in the background.

[@nickjones2340]

Fairly new to suffocation. I listened to the whole Pierce from within album and it is now my favorite mainly for its brutal breakdowns

[@mattirealm]

Top 3 for me: 1. Pierced from Within 2. Effigy of the Forgotten 3. Songs From The Apocrypha (yes) I really didn't get into this band until the last couple years. I still need to listen to more of their stuff, but I have heard enough to rank at least a top 3. Great band and pretty brutal. Pierced from Within starts so "dirty" and doesn't let up until the last track ends. It is just great Death Metal to me! The latest album also kicks ass. I was very surprised by how much I liked it, but I really like it. 2023 was AWESOME for heavy music! As for following when records/CD's were released, well, I am older than all you guys, and I completely remember those days. I don't think I skipped school over it, but I remember those days. The one thing I will miss from having physical media is the fact you own it! Physical media is in steep decline thus, it won't be around forever to buy new. With all the shit concerning DRM and all that, I could see a world where songs get restricted, and I don't want that. I use Tidal for my music mostly; though I have all my music ripped to my PC and backed up as well. I don't even have a CD in my vehicle, a 2019 Ford SUV..lol. Great video \m/ \m/

[@Suffocation03]

Hey guys I watched your video pretty cool just wanted to give you a heads up Guy Marchais last name is pronounced mar-shay lol also I didn’t play on Reincremated but I was in the band writing catatonia with them before the demo. 👍🏻

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Holy shit! What's up, Guy! Sorry, we do tend to butcher pronunciations when in comes down to names. It's awesome to hear you're doing well and beat cancer. That is incredible news. Pierced winds it by a hair but I do have a more nostalgic connection with it outside of it being a killer album.

[@jamminjon8074]

Holy shit! Guy! If it didn't come off in the video, I'm a giant fan! Thank you so much for all the wonderful contributions to metal! We're glad to hear you're cancer free! I try not to "fan-boy" out when bands comment, but seeing as Suffocation is one of my all- time favorites and this is my channel, I think I get a pass. Cheers, brother! 🤘

[@79Phobia]

As much as i love ''pierced'', the selftitled is my absolute favorite. Songs as abomination Reborn, blind torture kill and entrails of you are fantastic.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- That’s a killer album as well. I think it’s more of the comeback that Souls to Deny should have been.

[@Northertba]

Trump reference even though I love the dude, your fired 😂 great review got me to deep dive on the band. Been in my melodeath bands for so many years. Hard to break into the raw when the latter offers so much melody and diversity but suffocation and malevolent have really got me interested in old school death metal. Would love a discography ranking of MC no one on KZbin has one!

[@danjometaldread4497]

New live album on pre-order from Nuclear Blast now! The Close of a Chapter live album was crushing!!!

[@quantisz4416]

Super Band! Effigy of The Forgotten helped to start Brutal DM, Tech Death and Slam. That's insane! This album started three musical styles! Frank Mullen's vocals are very influential as well. Furthermore, the aesthetics of the album covers (alien beasts, dystopian landscapes, cybernetic chaos mixed with demonic features etc) has been emulated by many, many bands... My favorite albums are Pierced, Despise, Effigy and Blood Oath. I love Suffo!

[@jamesthemetalhead21]

I usually don’t put EP in my rankings. They are shorter albums. I sometimes grade albums by how constant an album is. Reason I rank breeding the spawn so low. I like re- recordings of the songs better in future albums. 1. Pierced from within 2. Of the dark light 3. Suffocation 4. Effigy of the forgotten 5. Pinnacle of Bedlam 6. Blood oath 7. Souls to deny 8. Breeding the spawn

[@The_JustJoshing]

Here's my ranking now that I've had a while to sit with all of these albums with some short thoughts on the hot takes. 1. Effigy Of The Forgotten (absolute classic, the first 3 songs are untouchable) 2. Souls To Deny (really underrated) 3. Pierced From Within (awesome album but the rest of the album isn't as amazing as the first 2 songs) 4. Of The Dark Light (super underrated, the guest vocals by Kevin Muller don't bother me) 5. Suffocation 6. Pinnacle Of Bedlam 7. Blood Oath 8. Breeding The Spawn (the songs are great but the production is so bad, would rather listen to the re-recorded versions)

[@DeadOmega]

Appreciate the lineup change notation with each album.

[@devildozer]

I went out and bought "Breeding the Spawn" not too long after it's initial release and I don't remember the production being so horrible but then again, I was 18 and I didn't pay no attention to production back then. I'll have to give it another listen and really pay attention. Side note; a first pressing of this album is rather spendy on ebay and discogs both, I know this because I've been replacing ALL of my metal albums that I owned in the 90's that I unfortunately lost in a storage unit that they were in. Nocturnus "The Key" is another that is just stupid expensive, probably the most expensive death metal album that's on my list of albums to replace. Sure, I could get Russian bootlegs on ebay of all the stuff I owned for a fraction of the price and they sound good still but it just wouldn't be the same.

[@UnholyCult666]

When listening to "Despise the sun" in 1998 it let my hair stand up! Still love it and "Funeral Inception" is one of my favorite songs from them. So here I very much disagree.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I used to love this EP but it hasn’t aged as well for me. There are still some killer tracks on it, but it didn’t stand much of a chance against other releases.

[@UnholyCult666]

@@thrallsofmetal For me "Pinnacle of Bedlam" is the album I just don´t like at all. Too modern, too polished and songs that get me nowhere. But we all have different opinions and maybe that one is just too modern sounding for an old fart like me.;-)

[@iangray7904]

Despise the Sun is amazing. Crushing. Tough as nails. The song writing in it is more refined & isn’t as chaotic as their other releases ,

[@caljerm]

Here's a question for you guys. Love all your videos but one thing I find very puzzling, so far in watching a bunch of your videos there's one band I've not seen mentioned once - Sinister. Cross The Styx, Diabolical Summoning, and Hate are all legit candidates for top 20 Death Metal albums of all time - thoughts on those? Maybe a discography ranking would be interesting for them because it gets pretty divisive after those 3 albums. I put Cross the Styx in my top 5 death metal albums so would be very interesting to see your opinions on the Sinister stuff.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Actually, I'm a huge fan of Sinister I just never think to bring them up unfortunately. I'd 100% be down for a Sinister ranking in the future though.

[@caljerm]

@@thrallsofmetal Awesome. I know everyone always has that one band that they dig but for some reason never pops up in your head. For me that's Testament LOL

[@MySpaceDxC_Suffo_AtTheGates]

Breeding The Spawn is honestly their best album IMO and I am crushed internally every time I listen to it that Scott Burns didn’t produce it. 😭 So I have to say that Effigy is their best. It just screams “Hey. We’re Suffocation. We’re young as fuck and we’re here to bash in your skull with a fucking hammer for 37 plus minutes straight!!”

[@totalslothforever]

How about doing album ranking vids for: Nile, King Diamond/Mercyful Fate, Benediction or Mastodon.

[@biorythmicshifter]

As far as I’m concerned Breeding The Spawn is the top. Songwriting wise they never paralleled that one. I’m sure many will disagree. Technically they never topped it in terms of riffing. They rarely repeat a part and yet there is flow there that I find very cohesive. Sure the production may lack compared to the other albums but there is a nice bass presence that I really love. Frank sounds fierce and Mike is pure thunder...by the way that will make 296 ball tazes.

[@deadliestassassin3092]

Effigy Of The Forgotten is my favorite. I remember bringing the cd in to art class in high school and my teacher saw the booklet and was like lets hear it. I think he was into country and classic rock so he and the rest of the class were in for a hell of a surprise lol. He loved it and was actually headbanging to it. He really enjoyed it which was surprising. I always brought in cds to listen to after that like King Diamond, Deicide for the 2 Christian students, and tee hee...Regurgitate Carnivorous Erection lol. I was never looked at the same again. Ruptured Remains In A Doggybag and Parade Of The Decapitated Midgets.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I never had a teacher that cool. lol. Regurgitate is amazing. I still need a copy of Carnivorous Erection though. I do have Parade of the Decapitated Midgets on a Relapse comp and I love that song.

[@deadliestassassin3092]

@@thrallsofmetal Another disturbing 1 for class i just remembered was Libido Airbag's intro to Hepatitis Appetizer from the Miss Melanoma ep lol.

[@dangjohnson_]

Scott Burns definitely added the burn to Suffocation's earlier discography 😉🔥

[@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA]

Lol I used to buy everything from Roadrunner Records too. I miss going to the Record Store and buying a cd because the artwork was cool.

[@bassman1353]

There were so many bassists in the live stream today!!! 🤘💀🤘

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- It was the Pinnacle of Bass-lam. 😂

[@bassman1353]

@@thrallsofmetal dude, that is funny as shit. And the Bassocation comment you had in the live stream

[@danielgagnon4490]

I enjoy Despise The Sun more than Human Waste IMO. Also, Funeral Inception is a Live staple. Kind of surprised they didn't mention that.

[@coffeman3575]

Definatly my favourite band and close to being my favourite band.

[@absolution1501]

I was amazed that some fans don't like "...Of The Dark Light album". For me it's top 3 record after Effigy and Breeding. Many say that it's too catchy and production is too clean for them and that's not fitting for their style. As guitar player it was cool to see that of the dark light have so many catchy and technically challenging riffs and this was huge surprise for me cause not many old bands can evolve like Suffocation still does. It's fast, agressive and very brutal, like death metal should be.

[@paulcoffey7413]

Spot on you could pretty much by album late 80s early 90s based on the record label roadrunner or earache and would 9 times out of 10 be killer

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- It was rarely even a gamble if you bought something just because it said Roadrunner on it back then. There was a really good chance you'd find something amazing like Suffocation.

[@agsid209]

This was awesome, thanks guys! I agree with most of the opinions here, except for Souls to Deny. That album starts with my all time favorite song of theirs, "Deceit", and the rest of the album is just so fkn chunky! As Joe Biden would say, "Caman man!" My ranking: 1. Souls to Deny 2. Pierced From Within 3. Suffocation 4. Effigy of the Forgotten 5. Pinnacle of Bedlam 6. Breeding the Spawn 7. Of the Dark Light 8. Blood Oath 9. Human Waste 10. Despise the Sun Deicide next!!! 🤞

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I still dig it but it doesn't hold up to the ones I had before it in my opinion. The title track is a favorite of mine though as well as Surgery of Impalement and Subconsciously Enslaved.

[@Never_Compromise]

You guys were completeley wrong about Of The Dark Light, Frank was the primary vocalist for that album , with Kevin Mullen doing some back vocals , Rocky Hoover was absent from that album. Saw Suffocation in Moscow years ago, and I've followem them closely ever since

[@mickz1829]

You should do a video ranking of Dying Fetus albums.

[@fullauto86]

Im 36 now, and i remember going to the metal section and looking for the coolest cover on a good label and that's all I would need, i found opeth and countless others that way

[@Suffocation03]

Also we nicknamed Charlie guy 2.0 because both him and myself were in Pyrexia internal bleeding and Suffocation LOL except I’m old enough to be his dad. And the cancer is gone and I’m doing pretty good.

[@niffingig5143]

That's really good to hear! I'm late finding out, but I've gone through a lot of hard times the last 3 years. I haven't kept up with any music news at all. I have a lot of albums you are on. I did your work.

[@JT_Grogan]

I know this video is a couple years old but are you guys ever going to tackle a Deicide ranking?

[@plmdiberville8795]

22:59 In fact, Bohn was kicked out of the band in late 1995 to get replace by Culross who was the new drumming death metal hero back in that time.

[@MrFatgoblin]

I just had to get this out of my system but Nick sounds like a chirpier version of Joe Swanson from Family Guy. Tell me you don't hear it when he says "not the prettiest girl at the prom" :D Killer episode dudes. Cheers

[@Suffocation03]

And my favorite Suffocation albums are effigy and pierced it’s a tossup between the two my next favorite is the newest one of the dark light

[@vietnamd0820]

I had been going to metal concerts since 1989…I slept on Suffocation because the first time I saw them live was 2009…Suffocation blew me away for how brutal their live show is…amazing 👍👍

[@Sergio-nb4hj]

Oh shtttt you're into brutal death metal too????? Nice seeing you here!!

[@vietnamd0820]

@@Sergio-nb4hj Always great to see another vegan metalhead ❤️

[@ostojicnikola81]

Together with Immolations Close to a world... and Meshuggahs Destroys Erase Improve, Pierce from within is my TOP 3 album, but I just can't understand that you guys rated Despise the sun so low! Yes, it's a short EP but the few original songs are great and the productions is heavy. Dave Culross is great. For some reason I never enjoyed Mike Smiths albums.

[@MySpaceDxC_Suffo_AtTheGates]

I said they were all 17 to 18 when Effigy was recorded but they were older than that actually. However they were 17 and 18 when they wrote the songs and that in itself is an incredible feat!

[@JCridford]

Not sure how I missed this (though given my tardiness with Exodus today, is that surprising?), but I'm ashamed to say I've not delved into Suffocation other than Effigy and Pierced. Brutal death is still on the edges of what I like listening to, but I love those two albums - any thoughts on where I can go next?

[@samuelkidwell6728]

I really enjoy Pinnacle of Bedlam. It was my introduction to them, and the production is solid and intrumentation feels very layered. Once you're 3 albums in you can just skip around lol.

[@shapeshifter-theamorphousg3264]

Despise the Sun EP!

[@justgaming4fun82]

I just started going through Suffocations discography and you guys weren’t lying about the production on “Breeding the Spawn”. It’s horrible. And that sucks because I like a lot of the songs on there. Luckily most of the songs have been re-recorded on later albums. They really should have remastered that album.

[@JoltinJoe26]

Great show....I will say, however, Despise The Sun is fookin' sensational

[@antitheziz717]

Not sure about chris but doug Cerrito did 2nd guitar on hate eternals debut "conquering the throne" after PFW...then disappeared. Also Bohn has his own band now and yt channel covering a few suffo songs

[@rodneybarr5735]

I have the 2 from the vaults Of Effigy and Pierced together in 1 set. Only album I still need is the most recent one.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- The most recent one is OK... ish. I like it a bit more than Blood Oath but it's too polished and sounds the least like Suffocation out of their discography in my opinion.

[@carlosarce1416]

Yo vi a suffocation en el año 92 y fue lo más mamolon que he visto junto con caníbal corsé en esos años..saludos desde México

[@user-er2xl6rh5p]

I hope they gather all the remaster Breeding the spawn stuff in an individual album!

[@CrustaceanCraigory]

Getting back into old school death metal Personally, I like more current albums from old bands. Pinnacle is my favorite suffocation album by far and Kill is my favorite CC album ever Getting into Left Hand Path. Love the buzz saw guitar tone, but in my humble opinion, bloodbath does it better on resurrection through carnage. Classic album tho

[@anthemmakersmusic]

Big up Doug Gonzalez, hope well!

[@erikmathis4541]

Souls to deny is deff a solid album

[@MySpaceDxC_Suffo_AtTheGates]

Breeding The Spawn is the best well produced demo ever made. At least it got a mix for a DEMO style sound. Most demos don’t I believe and I appreciate the old mic recordings just because you get to hear the band raw. Breeding is their best I swear the production was good! A lot of production snobs out there, but as long as I can hear all of the instruments it’s golden. Try it again!

[@synystersanta1017]

Also. What do you guys think of skinless. Never really heard ya speak of them? They have a decent catalogue. :).

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I own all their album and I think they're underrate as fuck. Killer band.

[@shawnbrucker1697]

Skinless ranking would be dope! Progression Towards Evil is my favorite bdm of all time. Stupid consistent band

[@spencergrady5501]

We all need a Cynic ranking - maybe when the new album comes out (I think there is one recorded)

[@jamminjon8074]

When and if that happens, we'll all take a shot together on camera for Sean Malone and Sean Reinhert.

[@spencergrady5501]

@@jamminjon8074 definitely - I will join you from London - salut

[@obychnyichelovek6757]

My top 5 : 1. Blood Oath 2. Pierced From Within 3. ...Off The Dark Light 4. Effigy Of The Forgotten 5. Suffocation

[@godetonter4764]

Arguably the invention of Slam Brutal Death Metal begins with Suffocation

[@MRSludgedude]

Use to be pierced but I like effigy better now because the guitars crunch a bit more and lower vocals.

[@papichulobr]

Malevolent Creation albums ranked, please!!

[@terrywalker8446]

You guys focussed on the studio albums but said that none of them really capture their live sound so what do you think of the live album, Close Of A Chapter : Live In Quebec? Does that capture their live sound?

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I own that one and I absolutely love it. I'd say that captures their live sound really well. I especially love the live versions of Breeding the Spawn and Catatonia on there. Nothing beats seeing them live, but this is a solid substitute.

[@terrywalker8446]

@@thrallsofmetal , I just checked it out and its fucking excellent. I've always liked them but didn't love them so I never caught them live. How stupid am I? Why didn't I check them out when Frank was still with them?😭

[@rodneybarr5735]

Wow! No Rin for this one? I guess he wasn't available. My favorite Suffocation albums include Effigy, Pierced From Within, Despise the Sun, Souls to Deny and the Self titled.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Miller wanted in on this one so we gave it to him this time.

[@Jawshmetalpunk]

Also Frank was lead vocals on every song on of the dark light. Kevin only did back ups on a couple tracks and Ricky was on none of it.