'''''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.