Effigy of the Forgotten

Suffocation | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• ASIN: B000000H7I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,709 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Full length debut release from American (Centereach, NY) Death Metal band Suffocation CD issued in 1991 through Roadrunner Records.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I like Pierced from Within slightly more . . ., March 21, 2002

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Muddy Moe (Plano, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Effigy of the Forgotten (Audio CD)

But this is still about as good as brutal death metal gets. "Pierced" sounds a little more polished to me, not only in production, but in songwriting. And "Pierced" has a little more variation in songs. But "Effigy" is still more or less essential if you're serious about Death Metal.

Mike Smith's drumming is creative and excellent and the Hobbs and Cerito twin guitar attack may be my favorite in the whole Death Metal genre. Mullin's vocals are almost impossible to decipher on this album (not so on "Pierced"). However, he is probably my favorite brutal DM vocalist overall.

The cool thing about Suffocation is that repeated listenings reveal a little more detail. There are always hooks and changes in the songs that keep jumping out at you, which is what seperates this band from some of the "sonic sludge" you get in a lot of extreme metal.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get me a cigarrete, October 27, 2004

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against_the_radio_and_mtv (Jacksonville, FL, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Effigy of the Forgotten (Audio CD)

Geez, what a pleasure. Is Suffocation. The Grandfathers of GOOD Technical Death Metal. By many considered their best and my personal favorite. Guitar Solos that kill the speakers. Heavy AS HELL Riffs. A drummer that kicks an ALMOST INFINITE amount of a$$ and a vocalist that has one of the best growlings in the business. Suffocation delivers top quality music (You guys know that anyway. If you are here, you are not one of those ignorant douche bags that can't come up with something other than a lame "This is just noise" comment)

This is the stuff that must be played in the cars. This is the stuff that must be played in the radio. I don't know you, but any time I can, I deliver some Suffocation into the ears of my friends (Although I stop when they began praying for their lives).

They have said a bunch of times but I gotta say it too.

IS SUFFOCATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars heavy stuff, grows on you, then you're addicted, March 19, 2001

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"nasho" (Davao, Philippines) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Effigy of the Forgotten (Audio CD)

I consider this as among the top 5 metal album I have listened to. I don't really know how to review it in technical terms and I'm lazy to try, so I'll just describe it in a few simple words: I'll kill if this cd is taken from me.