This band was a fucking wrecking machine when they were young. The black dude from the cannibal corpse documentary wasn't lying when he said suffocation wrecked every band on that line up.
@@deathdrummer7025 Kevin Talley for me, closely followed by Mike and Doug. Too bad Kevin never made an album with them. Dave Culross is tight as fuck, but he's not as creative as Mike Smith and Doug Bohn (Doug really did a tremendous work on Pierced, some of the most unpredictable drumming I've heard), same goes for Eric.
Hands down, I very near cried seeing Mike Smith where he belongs, Hobbs undreaded like antenna man and Frank with fucking hair. Effigy is one fucking epic album.
I was 18 years old and served finnish army in those days. Fuck I was so possessed into this band and still nowadays I love these glorious early days tunes.
15 years old at the time didn't ever realize how close we all were in age they were all only 5-7 years older. They were and sill are one of the most brutal live acts. Frank and the guys were still practically kids on this one never noticed back in the day how scrawny Frank the tank was in the beginning.
@@jimit.4220 I don't know dude. Don't get me wrong, I love suffocation, and all the lineups through the years, killer live band on top of great music. I saw them at bb kings in Manhattan, I saw them at crazy donkeys at their home base in Long Island, plus few more times in the NY/NJ era. But having said that, they did loose something once Cerrito left. For me pierced from within is THE greatest death metal album ever recoded so maybe I just hold everything after it to too much of a standard.
@@hellbach6268 eh agree to disagree I guess. I do suggest you give the self titled another chance tho, I used to think it was just ok, but after a few listens I grew to absolutely adore the album, especially the production, it's so chunky and powerful.
Ryan Lano This was my first metal fest. It was in a place called The Mecca Arena. The years following it were in the rave, but the years before this one we’re also at the rave. I only lasted two songs in the pit because it was a circle pit and was fucking exhausting! I was in pretty good shape at the time too!
The braids didn't start really coming in till the mid-later 90s. He usually wore a baseball cap backwards so it might have been hard to tell back then.
They are definitely top 5 when it comes to brutal traditional death metal. My personal list 1.Atheist 2. death 3. Morbid Angel 4. Cannibal corpse 5. suffocation
Frank Mullen was so ahead of his time. Even today there are very few vocalists that can get even remotely close to as low as him. Insane band, even though the lineup is wildly different I’ll need to see them eventually.
Incredible lineup. Absolute all stars around the board. Doug Cerrito and Frank Mullen are total influences of mine however we all know Suffo wouldn’t be shit without HOBBS.
Imagine going to their show, and not knowing what to expect. Must've been mind blowing. These guys literally sound as if they had a time machine to the future. I also bet they were every sound engineers nightmare back when this kind of music was unheard of haha
This was also before drum triggers became mandatory for death metal as well--Mike is beating that snare like it owes him money, if you look closely. Drums that sounded like, you know, DRUMS back then was the norm.
I saw suffo and there was no gay karate, just brutal chaotic bone breaking fukn old school slam moshing. No way any of those core pussies could handle it, they don’t like actually getting hit they just like hitting air and occasionally sucker punching someone who isn’t in the pit. Total pussies they dodge anyone who’s actually getting rowdy and rough in there, I would know lol
