Suffocation

Country of origin:: United States
Location:: Long Island, New York
Status:: Active
Formed in:: 1988

Genre:: Brutal/Technical Death Metal
Lyrical themes:: Death, Religion, Mankind, Society
Current label:: Nuclear Blast

Years active:: 1988-1998, 2002-present

Suffocation are widely recognized major innovators of death metal. They had a massive influence on the genre and pioneered the balance between brutal and technical sounds commonly heard in modern death metal. Frank Mullen is considered as one of the most emblematic death metal vocalists as well as one of the first to use a very deep "death growl" vocal style.

There was an earlier "incarnation" ...

Complete lineup
Current lineup
Past members
Live musicians

Current
Frank Mullen	Vocals (1988-1998, 2002-present)
Terrance Hobbs	Guitars (1990-1998, 2002-present)
See also: Criminal Element, Deprecated, ex-Mortuary
Derek Boyer	Bass (2004-present)
See also: Criminal Element, Deprecated, ex-Decrepit Birth, ex-Deeds of Flesh, ex-Disgorge, ex-Dying Fetus, ex-Vital Remains (live)
Eric Morotti	Drums (2016-present)
See also: Killitorous, ex-Epocholypse, Blind Witness
Charlie Errigo	Guitars (2016-present)
See also: The Merciless Concept, ex-Pyrexia, ex-Internal Bleeding (live)
Past
Josh Barohn	Bass (1988-1991, 2002-2004)
See also: Mammoth, ex-Iron Lung, ex-Autopsy, ex-Doomed, ex-The Henchmen
Guy Marchais	Guitars (1988-1990, 2003-2016)
See also: ex-Internal Bleeding, ex-Pyrexia
Todd German	Guitars (1988-1990)
Mike Smith	Drums (1990-1994, 2002-2012)
See also: Inverted Matter, Synesis Absorption, ex-Iniquitous, Fire for Effect, Grimm Real, ex-Mortuary, ex-Psychometry
Doug Cerrito	Guitars (1990-1998)
See also: ex-Welt, ex-Day of Doom, ex-Hate Eternal, ex-Mortuary
Chris Richards	Bass (1991-1998)
See also: ex-Pyrexia, ex-Sorrow
Doug Bohn	Drums (1994-1996)
See also: ex-Iron Lung, ex-Welt, ex-Social Disease, ex-Pyrexia, ex-Bile
Dave Culross	Drums (1996-1998, 2012-2014)
See also: ex-Disgorged, ex-Malebolgia, ex-HatePlow, ex-Malecoda, ex-Malevolent Creation, ex-Pyrexia, ex-Incantation (live), ex-Mortician (live)
Kevin Talley	Drums (2014-2016)
See also: Feared, Grot, Nothnegal, Sylencer, The Art of Hate, Them, Dååth, ex-Horror of Horrors, ex-Castrofate, ex-Chimaira, ex-Consumned, ex-Decrepit Birth, ex-Dying Fetus, ex-Implore, ex-Misery Index, ex-Six Feet Under, ex-WretchedPain, ex-Absence of the Sacred (live), ex-Battlecross (live), ex-Cattle Decapitation (live), ex-DevilDriver (live), ex-Hate Eternal (live), ex-M.O.D. (live), ex-The Black Dahlia Murder (live), ex-The Red Chord (live), ex-Throes (live), ex-Worlds Divide, ex-All the Way to the Bank
Ricky Myers	Vocals (2015-2016)
See also: Disgorge, Martyred, Sarcolytic, ex-Cinerary
Current (Live)
Kevin Muller	Vocals (2017-present)
See also: Dysentery (live), The Merciless Concept, ex-Pyrexia
Past (Live)
Keith DeVito	Vocals (1995)
See also: ex-Catastrophic, ex-Internal Bleeding, ex-Pyrexia, ex-Accursed
Kevin Talley	Drums (1998, 2013-2014)
See also: Feared, Grot, Nothnegal, Sylencer, The Art of Hate, Them, Dååth, ex-Horror of Horrors, ex-Castrofate, ex-Chimaira, ex-Consumned, ex-Decrepit Birth, ex-Dying Fetus, ex-Implore, ex-Misery Index, ex-Six Feet Under, ex-WretchedPain, ex-Absence of the Sacred (live), ex-Battlecross (live), ex-Cattle Decapitation (live), ex-DevilDriver (live), ex-Hate Eternal (live), ex-M.O.D. (live), ex-The Black Dahlia Murder (live), ex-The Red Chord (live), ex-Throes (live), ex-Worlds Divide, ex-All the Way to the Bank
Bill Robinson	Vocals (2012)
See also: Decrepit Birth
John Gallagher	Vocals (2013)
See also: Dying Fetus, ex-Damnation
Ricky Myers	Vocals (2014-2015)
See also: Disgorge, Martyred, Sarcolytic, ex-Cinerary

Frank Mullen	Vocals (1988-1998, 2002-present)
Terrance Hobbs	Guitars (1990-1998, 2002-present)
See also: Criminal Element, Deprecated, ex-Mortuary
Derek Boyer	Bass (2004-present)
See also: Criminal Element, Deprecated, ex-Decrepit Birth, ex-Deeds of Flesh, ex-Disgorge, ex-Dying Fetus, ex-Vital Remains (live)
Eric Morotti	Drums (2016-present)
See also: Killitorous, ex-Epocholypse, Blind Witness
Charlie Errigo	Guitars (2016-present)
See also: The Merciless Concept, ex-Pyrexia, ex-Internal Bleeding (live)

Josh Barohn	Bass (1988-1991, 2002-2004)
See also: Mammoth, ex-Iron Lung, ex-Autopsy, ex-Doomed, ex-The Henchmen
Guy Marchais	Guitars (1988-1990, 2003-2016)
See also: ex-Internal Bleeding, ex-Pyrexia
Todd German	Guitars (1988-1990)
Mike Smith	Drums (1990-1994, 2002-2012)
See also: Inverted Matter, Synesis Absorption, ex-Iniquitous, Fire for Effect, Grimm Real, ex-Mortuary, ex-Psychometry
Doug Cerrito	Guitars (1990-1998)
See also: ex-Welt, ex-Day of Doom, ex-Hate Eternal, ex-Mortuary
Chris Richards	Bass (1991-1998)
See also: ex-Pyrexia, ex-Sorrow
Doug Bohn	Drums (1994-1996)
See also: ex-Iron Lung, ex-Welt, ex-Social Disease, ex-Pyrexia, ex-Bile
Dave Culross	Drums (1996-1998, 2012-2014)
See also: ex-Disgorged, ex-Malebolgia, ex-HatePlow, ex-Malecoda, ex-Malevolent Creation, ex-Pyrexia, ex-Incantation (live), ex-Mortician (live)
Kevin Talley	Drums (2014-2016)
See also: Feared, Grot, Nothnegal, Sylencer, The Art of Hate, Them, Dååth, ex-Horror of Horrors, ex-Castrofate, ex-Chimaira, ex-Consumned, ex-Decrepit Birth, ex-Dying Fetus, ex-Implore, ex-Misery Index, ex-Six Feet Under, ex-WretchedPain, ex-Absence of the Sacred (live), ex-Battlecross (live), ex-Cattle Decapitation (live), ex-DevilDriver (live), ex-Hate Eternal (live), ex-M.O.D. (live), ex-The Black Dahlia Murder (live), ex-The Red Chord (live), ex-Throes (live), ex-Worlds Divide, ex-All the Way to the Bank
Ricky Myers	Vocals (2015-2016)
See also: Disgorge, Martyred, Sarcolytic, ex-Cinerary

Current
Kevin Muller	Vocals (2017-present)
See also: Dysentery (live), The Merciless Concept, ex-Pyrexia
Past
Keith DeVito	Vocals (1995)
See also: ex-Catastrophic, ex-Internal Bleeding, ex-Pyrexia, ex-Accursed
Kevin Talley	Drums (1998, 2013-2014)
See also: Feared, Grot, Nothnegal, Sylencer, The Art of Hate, Them, Dååth, ex-Horror of Horrors, ex-Castrofate, ex-Chimaira, ex-Consumned, ex-Decrepit Birth, ex-Dying Fetus, ex-Implore, ex-Misery Index, ex-Six Feet Under, ex-WretchedPain, ex-Absence of the Sacred (live), ex-Battlecross (live), ex-Cattle Decapitation (live), ex-DevilDriver (live), ex-Hate Eternal (live), ex-M.O.D. (live), ex-The Black Dahlia Murder (live), ex-The Red Chord (live), ex-Throes (live), ex-Worlds Divide, ex-All the Way to the Bank
Bill Robinson	Vocals (2012)
See also: Decrepit Birth
John Gallagher	Vocals (2013)
See also: Dying Fetus, ex-Damnation
Ricky Myers	Vocals (2014-2015)
See also: Disgorge, Martyred, Sarcolytic, ex-Cinerary

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Added on: 2002-07-17 18:16:55	Last modified on: 2017-08-20 18:10:04