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SUFFOCATION Unveil New Album Hymns From The Apocrypha

By Larry Petro, News Monkey
Wednesday, September 13, 2023 @ 10:32 AM


Out November 3rd; Video For "Seraphim Enslavement" Launches

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Photo Credit: Jason Carlson

New York death metal legends SUFFOCATION unleash their ninth full-length album Hymns From The Apocrypha on November 3rd via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to ...of the Dark Light (2017) and the first release featuring the new vocalist Ricky Meyers, pushes the band to the very edges of extremity and is arguably the group's strongest-sounding, most sonically punishing album yet. SUFFOCATION have achieved death metal perfection.

Today, the band offers fans the first taste of the album with the ferocious track "Seraphim Enslavement". The menacing music video was directed and edited by Tom Flynn with character design by Kyle Monroe and is the perfect visual pairing to Ricky Myers' monstrous vocals.

Derek Boyer comments, "This is my fifth full-length studio album with SUFFOCATION and this album came out SICK! It features all of the brutal, technical, chaotic twists and turns everyone would expect from SUFFOCATION, plus new elements that are out of the normal realm one might expect. This is the sophomore effort of working with Christian Donaldson (who mixed and mastered Live In North America) and he absolutely KILLED IT on this one!!! We can't wait to bring these songs to the stage and crush everything in our path!"

Ricky Myers states, "We are thrilled to unveil our 11th full-length album, Hymns From The Apocrypha, a creatively composed piece that blends our style of music with lyrical depth and intricate artwork. This album is a testament to our devotion to brutal music, which we display in the video of our single, "Seraphim Enslavement", a visual journey that complements the album's concept."

Stream the new single "Seraphim Enslavement", here:
https://suffocation.bfan.link/sesg

Watch the music video for "Seraphim Enslavement", on KNAC.COM HERE

Pre-order/pre-save Hymns From The Apocrypha here:
https://suffocation.bfan.link/hftaa

Hymns From The Apocrypha - Tracklisting:

  • "Hymns From The Apocrypha"
  • "Perpetual Deception"
  • "Dim Veil Of Obscurity"
  • "Immortal Execration"
  • "Seraphim Enslavement"
  • "Descendants"
  • "Embrace The Suffering"
  • "Delusions Of Mortality"
  • "Ignorant Deprivation"
SUFFOCATION took about a month and a half to record Hymns from the Apocrypha. They holed up at Hobbs and Boyer's InLine Studio in Long Island. The duo engineered and co-produced with Christian Donaldson (BENEATH THE MASSACRE, INGESTED), who was also re-enlisted to mix and master, with Dominic Grimard (CRYPTOPSY, SHADOW OF INTENT) assisting. With stunning cover art by Greek illustrator Giannis Nakos of Remedy Art Design (VOMITORY, THE CROWN), Hymns from the Apocrypha is characteristically SUFFOCATION. It's uncompromisingly brutal, artistically gutsy, and aurally heavy. Clearly, SUFFOCATION, as they head into their 35th Anniversary, are at the peak of their potential. Death metal or die!

Hymns from the Apocrypha will be available digitally and in the following formats:

  • CD Jewel
  • Vinyl
    • Brown w/ White Splatter
    • White w/ Brown Corona (Mailorder exclusive, limited to 600)
  • Cassette
    • Smoky Tint (Band exclusive, limited to 200)
    • Gold (Mailorder exclusive, limited to 500)
SUFFOCATION has exclusive Hymns from the Apocrypha merch available at www.nightshiftmerch.com/collections/suffocation.

SUFFOCATION are staying busy this fall with their 6-date 'Darkness Within Mexico Tour 2023' followed by their 'Ancient Unholy Rising Tour 2023' with co-headliners legendary death metal band INCANTATION. The 26-date trek will kick off on November 7th in Baltimore and makes its way across North America with performances in Montreal, Seattle, and Houston before its conclusion in Greensboro on December 4th. Joining the bands as openers are SKELETAL REMAINS and STABBING.

Purchase tickets here: www.suffocationofficial.com/tour

'Darkness Within Mexico Tour 2023'

  • 10.14.2023 MX Aguascalientes - Korobba
  • 10.15.2023 MX Queretaro - Chihuahuas Bar
  • 10.18.2023 MX Merida
  • 10.19.2023 MX Monterrey - Cafe Iguana
  • 10.21.2023 MX Hermosillo
  • 10.22.2023 MX Mexico Cit
y 'Ancient Unholy Uprising' Tour 2023
with co-headliners INCANTATION and support SKELETAL REMAINS and STABBING
  • 11.07.2023 US Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
  • 11.08.2023 US Reading, PA - Reverb
  • 11.09.2023 US Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
  • 11.10.2023 US Providence, RI - Alchemy
  • 11.11.2023 CA Trois-Rivieres, QC - Amphitheatre Cogeco
  • 11.12.2023 CA Montreal, QC - Studio TO
  • 11.13.2023 CA Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
  • 11.14.2023 US Detroit, MI - The Sanctuary
  • 11.15.2023 US Chicago, IL - Reggies
  • 11.16.2023 US Madison, WI - The Annex
  • 11.17.2023 US Lawrence, KS - The Granada
  • 11.18.2023 US Denver, CO - HQ
  • 11.20.2023 US Richland, WA - Ray's Golden Lion
  • 11.21.2023 US Seattle, WA - El Corazon
  • 11.22.2023 US Portland, OR - Bossanova Ballroom
  • 11.24.2023 US San Francisco, CA - DNA Lounge
  • 11.25.2023 US San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick
  • 11.26.2023 US Los Angeles, CA - 1720
  • 11.27.2023 US Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
  • 11.28.2023 US Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
  • 11.29.2023 US Oklahoma City, OK - 89th Street Collective
  • 11.30.2023 US Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
  • 12.01.2023 US Houston, TX - Scout Bar
  • 12.02.2023 US San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
  • 12.03.2023 US New Orleans, LA - Southport Music Hall
  • 12.04.2023 US Greensboro, NC - Hangar 1819


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