Artist: SUFFOCATION
Album: EFFIGY OF THE FORGOTTEN (CD)

Release date: 1991
EAN/UPS: 16861927523
Media type: CD

Effigy of the Forgotten is the debut full-length album by New York-based death metal band Suffocation, released in 1991. The cover artwork was created by Dan Seagrave. Several of the tracks had appeared on earlier releases: "Reincremation" and "Involuntary Slaughter" were re-recorded from the Reincremation demo, while "Infecting the Crypts", "Mass Obliteration", and "Jesus Wept" appeared originally on the Human Waste EP.

The album was dedicated to the memory of Atheist bassist Roger Patterson, who had been killed in a car crash earlier in 1991.

This album is known as one of the first in the "brutal death metal" sub-genre. The breakdown about 3 minutes into the first track, Liege of Inveracity is considered to be responsible for the entire sub genre of deathcore.

Produced, engineered & mixed by Scott Burns
Mastered by Eddy Schreyer

TRACKLIST:

1. "Liege of Inveracity"   Josh Barohn, Doug Cerrito, Terrance Hobbs 4:30
2. "Effigy of the Forgotten"   Barohn, Cerrito, Hobbs 3:50
3. "Infecting the Crypts"   Barohn, Cerrito, Hobbs 4:49
4. "Seeds of the Suffering"   Cerrito, Hobbs, Frank Mullen 5:52
5. "Habitual Infamy"   Cerrito, Hobbs 4:16
6. "Reincremation"   Barohn, Cerrito, Hobbs, Mike Smith 2:54
7. "Mass Obliteration"   Barohn, Cerrito, Hobbs, Smith 4:32
8. "Involuntary Slaughter"   Hobbs, Mullen 3:02
9. "Jesus Wept"   Barohn, Cerrito, Hobbs 3:42

Total length: 37:27 

LINE-UP:

Frank Mullen: All vocals
Doug Cerrito: Lead & rhythm guitars
Terrance Hobbs: Lead & rhythm guitars
Josh Barohn: Bass
Mike Smith: Drums

Guest Musicians:
George Fisher - Guest vocals on "Reincremation" and "Mass Obliteration".