Suffocation isn’t new to the Death Metal scene. Having been around for nearly 20 years, they’re one of the bands that pioneered and helped blaze the trail with countless other bands to help create the scene of today. Even after releasing amazing album after amazing album, they just never seemed to get their big break like some other death metal bands. They’re still big and they still have a huge, mainly underground following but they just don’t get the attention they deserve. Perhaps their next release, Blood Oath will change all that.
On St. Patrick’s day I had a chance …read more

Today is the deadline for the No Fear Gear Contest. I only had a whopping 5 entries for the contest, of which 4 out 5 where correct. The contest was pretty easy if you like Death Metal and even easier if you like NY Death Metal (The clue was NYDM). The answer was “Frank Mullen” from pioneering NY Death Metal band Suffocation.
To make this short and simple, the winner of the No Fear Gear and Lamb Of God Wrath Album is “Martin“. For those that entered, thanks. Don’t forget to enter the Mastodon Guitar Giveaway. That’s a contest that …read more

IGN.Com, a video game site recently published a post on the 10 Best Death Metal Singers and I must say that it is a hell of a list. I couldn’t agree more with it. Take a peak at the list below, but visit the site to get their insight on them, essential albums and a song/video from the band. My 10 picks aren’t much different, but when you put together a list like they did, it’s tough not to pick some of the same ones.

Frank Mullen – Suffocation
Lars Göran Petrov – Entombed
Paul Pavlovich – Assük
David Vincent – Morbid Angel
Mikael …read more