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All this pandemonium occurred the CD: SUFFOCATION FINALLY PUBLISH 01. Clarity Through Deprivation same month SUFFOCATION unfurled »Pinnacle Of Bedlam« unto the 02. The Warmth Within The Dark THEIR LONG DESIRED ALBUM world. Harbinger of doom it was. Four years later, the blue marble 03. Your Last Breaths we inhabit is certifiably nuttier and more violent. It’s the perfect ve- 04. Return To The Abyss A good four years separate rager »Pinnacle Of Bedlam« from new 05. The Violation killer »…Of The Dark Light«. But it wasn’t always like this. Back in hicle for »…Of The Dark Light«, a full-length that not only welcomes 06. ...Of The Dark Light the ‘90s, SUFFOCATION maniacs waited, at most, two years be- new members - drummer Eric Morotti and guitarist Charlie Errigo 07. Some Things Should Be Left Alone - but also sees Hobbs writing the craziest, cruelest SUFFOCATION 08. Caught Between Two Worlds tween old and new fixes of New York-styled brutality. Landmark 09. Epitaph Of The Credulous full-length »« was only two years removed material since »Effigy Of The Forgotten«. from debut EP, »Human Waste«. Likewise, »« “Now, bands are very cutting edge,” Hobbs observes. “So, we felt LP slayed posers and pretenders a year and a half after »Effigy Of The we had to step up our game a little bit. Still be unique, but I will say Side A we’re still using the same formula we’ve been using since SUFFO- 01. Clarity Through Deprivation Forgotten« blueprinted SUFFOCATION into the history books. And 02. The Warmth Within The Dark »«, the wickedest death metal put to tape in the CATION formed. It’s just ramped up. There are some new things in 03. Your Last Breaths mid-‘90s, slammed fist first into mediocrity and mundanity two years there that I hope the fans will hear. They’ll have to really listen to the 04. Return To The Abyss after »Breeding The Spawn«. Clearly, there were times when SUF- album to hear it though. With the new guys, I had to consider their 05. The Violation FOCATION’s march towards total annihilation was fast and furious. input. Really, in a nutshell, it came down to the chemistry I had with Side B “There’s a reason we don’t put out records every two years now,” Charlie and Eric. It was a bonus, to me, that I had players that were 01. ...Of The Dark Light asserts long-time SUFFOCATION guitarist and primary songwriter really into it.” 02. Some Things Should Be Left Alone 03. Caught Between Two Worlds Terrance Hobbs. “For one, we don’t need to. Two, we tour more now Written over a four-year span but finalized in the studio - “bells and 04. Epitaph Of The Credulous than we did in the early days. And three, we’re no longer in our whistles”, Hobbs calls it - »…Of The Dark Light« ups SUFFOCATION’s twenties. We all have lives and families now. Plus, I enjoy writing already ridiculous ante. The first song written, ‘The Warmth Within things and letting them organically mature. For example, I started The Dark’, is just as powerful, technical, and savage as the last song uu Line-up: writing songs for »…Of The Dark Light« right after »Pinnacle Of Bedlam«.” written, ‘Caught Between Two Worlds’. It’s hard to believe members | vocals “Ever since I joined, SUFFOCATION’s been on pretty heavy album Frank Mullen and Hobbs were doing this in their teens. Now, almost Terrance Hobbs | guitars and tour cycles,” bassist and lyric writer Derek Boyer agrees. “Some- three decades later, SUFFOCATION are more intense, have more Charles Errigo | guitars times the charisma was there, sometimes it wasn’t. We’d be on the fire, and can still out-riff, out-growl, and out-blast younger bands Derek Boyer | bass road for a year, and only after that, we’d think about putting songs mimeoed off classics like »« and »Blood Oath«. Eric Morotti | drums together. Then, we’d get pulled back on the road. That would delay “I like ‘Some Things Should Be Left Alone’ and ‘…Of The Dark Light’,” the album cycle. So, our album cycle went from every two years to Hobbs reveals. “People should take into consideration when driving every three years to now every four years. »Pinnacle Of Bedlam« uu Live: into work and playing this record. I don’t want people out road rag- came out in 2013. That’s a long time ago.” 10.08.2017 ing too much. There’s no need to plow into somebody at 155 miles Indeed, it was. When »Pinnacle Of Bedlam« hit store shelves in the RO Rasnov per hour while playing this record. This album has a lot of gas to it. winter 2013, the world was proverbially on its knees. North Korea (Rockstadt Extreme Fest) was conducting underground nuclear tests, a meteor hit a city in Listen to it on your headphones at the gym instead. I think the Russia’s South Urals, and Benedict XVI resigned as Pope, the first to SUFFOCATION fans are really going enjoy it.” 16.08.2017 DE Dinkelsbühl (Summer Breeze) ALSO AVAILABLE: (World)

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