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| Effigy of the Forgotten | ||||
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| Studio album by Suffocation | ||||
| Released | October 22, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 at Morrisound Recording, in Tampa, Florida | |||
| Genre | Technical death metal | |||
| Length | 37:27 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Scott Burns, Suffocation | |||
| Suffocation album chronology | ||||
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Effigy of the Forgotten is the debut full-length album by American death metal band Suffocation, released on October 22, 1991. The cover artwork was created by Dan Seagrave. Several of the tracks had appeared on earlier releases: "Reincremation" and "Involuntary Slaughter" were re-recorded from the Reincremation demo, while "Infecting the Crypts", "Mass Obliteration", and "Jesus Wept" appeared originally on the Human Waste EP.
Both this album and Pierced from Within have been re-released by Roadrunner Records as part of the Two from the Vault series.
The album was dedicated to the memory of Atheist bassist Roger Patterson, who had been killed in a car crash earlier in 1991.
Musical style
Effigy of the Forgotten is considered to be one of the first death metal albums to have a highly sophisticated level of technical proficiency. The guitars are very low-end and down tuned whilst using a lot of tremolo picking and fast alternate picked notes alongside a lot of fast blast beats drumming and quick fills involved.
The slam found around the 2:50 mark within the track "Liege of Inveracity" is reportedly said to be the very first slam riff in death metal history.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Liege of Inveracity" | Josh Barohn, Doug Cerrito, Terrance Hobbs | 4:30 |
| 2. | "Effigy of the Forgotten" | Barohn, Cerrito, Hobbs | 3:50 |
| 3. | "Infecting the Crypts" | Barohn, Cerrito, Hobbs | 4:49 |
| 4. | "Seeds of the Suffering" | Cerrito, Hobbs, Frank Mullen | 5:52 |
| 5. | "Habitual Infamy" | Cerrito, Hobbs | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Reincremation" | Barohn, Cerrito, Hobbs, Mike Smith | 2:54 |
| 7. | "Mass Obliteration" | Barohn, Cerrito, Hobbs, Smith | 4:32 |
| 8. | "Involuntary Slaughter" | Hobbs, Mullen | 3:02 |
| 9. | "Jesus Wept" | Barohn, Cerrito, Hobbs | 3:42 |
Total length: |
37:27 | ||
Credits
- Band members
- Frank Mullen - Vocals
- Doug Cerrito - Guitars
- Terrance Hobbs - Guitars
- Josh Barohn - Bass
- Mike Smith - Drums
- Production
- Dan Seagrave - Cover art
- Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
- Scott Burns - Producer, Engineering, Mixing
- Tom Greenwood - Art direction
- Ira Rosenson - Photography
- Guest Musicians
- George Fisher - (Cannibal Corpse) Guest vocals on "Reincremation" and "Mass Obliteration".
References
