SUFFOCATION (US) - Pinnacle of Bedlam (LP, Album, Limited to 250 Copies, Green Vinyl)

Released on: 2013-02-19

Every band with the tag “extreme metal” owes a debt of gratitude to SUFFOCATION, period. As the creators of brutal death metal their influence can be felt far and wide. Every break down, every blast beat, and every technical riff (before Nintendo noises were introduced to guitar playing) was done by SUFFOCATION first and frankly better. 

Four years have passed since the release of Blood Oath, all the while the band laid silently waiting, gathering their energy until the time was right for them to return in a vicious blaze of glory. That long awaited day has finally come in the form of the monolithicly devastating, Pinnacle of Bedlam.
The record marks the return of one-time drummer Dave Culross and sees the band upping the brutality and speed quotient, picking up where Despise the Sun and Pierced From Within left off. Produced by the band once again with Joe Cincotta (INTERNAL BLEEDING, CRIMINAL ELEMENT), and mixed and mastered this time by Zeuss (HATEBREED, ARSIS, AGNOSTIC FRONT), the quintet has never sounded this clear or well… brutal. Make no mistake, SUFFOCATION is once again fully invigorated, seeing red and out for blood.