Suffocation’s new album Blood Oath is looking at a July 7th release on Nuclear Blast Records. They’re rapping up this leg of the Blood Apocalypse tour with Whitechapel, Veil Of Maya and Decrepit Birth this Saturday. What their plans after that are, I don’t know. I think they have a handful of dates with Carcass again. If you haven’t done so already, check out Pictures and my interview with front-man Frank Mullen from last months show. Below is the track list for Blood Oath.

There wasn’t many updates yesterday for good reason. I had to attend the Suffocation Blood Apocalypse Tour last night. I haven’t banged my head that hard and long since my early 20’s and I’m feeling it this morning.
Before the show I had a quick interview with Frank Mullen of Suffocation. I’ll have to transcribe that and get it up later this week.
The venue wasn’t nearly as full as it was the last time they played on the Exhumed To Consume tour, but it filled up pretty good once Suffocation took the stage. I was also pretty impressed with the …read more

Suffocation have been busy finishing up their forthcoming album, Blood Oath. I’ve got my tickets for Tuesday’s show in Raleigh and hopefully I’ll have an interview as well. If you have the means, hit the Blood Apocalypse tour with Whitechapel, Beneath The Massacre, Veil Of Maya, Decrepit Birth and Psycroptic. Dates are after the studio update (From drummer Mike Smith I believe).
“We’ve just completed another shift at Full Force Studios (6pm – 2am, typical shift). As for a progress report – we’ve completed all the drum tracking and rhythm and bass guitars as of this past Sunday. What we’ll …read more