New York death metal legends Suffocation unleash their ninth full-length album, Hymns from the Apocrypha, via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to ...of
the Dark Light (2017) pushes founder Terrance Hobbs (guitars), Derek Boyer (bass), Charles Errigo (guitars), Eric Morotti (drums), and newcomer Ricky Myers (vocals) to the very edges of extremity. 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 throat-man Frank Mullen, are brutal alms to death metal’s heaving masses.

New album Hymns from the Apocrypha isn’t merely another album from the New Yorkers but a statement of intent. Suffocation always have been and are here to slay. Superbly co-produced by Christian Donaldson (Beneath the Massacre, Ingested) and featuring stunning cover art by Greek illustrator Giannis Nakos (Vomitory, The Crown), Hymns from the Apocrypha demonstrates Suffocation leveling up as they head into their 35th Anniversary. Suffocation are as uncompromis-ingly brutal, artistically gutsy, and aurally heavy as ever. Death metal or die!

CD/ LP:

Hymns From The Apocrypha
2 Perpetual Deception
3 Dim Veil Of Obscurity
4 Immortal Execration

5 Seraphim Enslavement
6 Descendants
7 Embrace The Suffering
8 Delusions Of Mortality
9 Ignorant Deprivation

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Terrence Hobbs| Guitar
Derrek Boyer | Bass
Eric Morotti | Drums
Charlie Errigo | Guitar
Ricky Myers | Vocals