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Effigy of the Forgotten

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Released
  
October 22, 1991

Length
  
37:06

Release date
  
22 October 1991

Label
  
Roadrunner Records

Recorded
  
1991

Artist
  
Suffocation

Producer
  
Scott Burns

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Studio
  
Morrisound Recording, in Tampa, Florida

Effigy of the Forgotten (1991)
  
Breeding the Spawn (1993)

Genres
  
Death metal, Brutal death metal, Technical death metal

Similar
  
Suffocation albums, Death metal albums

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Effigy of the Forgotten is the debut full-length album by New York-based death metal band Suffocation, released in 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.

Contents

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 fellow metal band Atheist's 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.

Sometime around the 2:56 mark within the track "Liege of Inveracity" is reportedly said to be the very first slam riff in death metal history.

Personnel

Suffocation

  • Frank Mullen – vocals
  • Doug Cerrito – guitars
  • Terrance Hobbs – guitars
  • Josh Barohn – bass
  • Mike Smith – drums
  • Guest musician

  • George Fisher - Guest vocals on "Reincremation" and "Mass Obliteration".
  • Production

  • Produced, engineered & mixed by Scott Burns
  • Mastered by Eddy Schreyer
  • Songs

    1Liege of Inveracity3:50
    2Effigy of the Forgotten3:50
    3Infecting the Crypts4:49

    References

    Effigy of the Forgotten Wikipedia