2023-11-03
Hymns From The Apocrypha
Suffocation
By Maeve C.
Ricky Myers makes his album debut as Suffocation’s vocalist on Hymns from the Apocrypha. The group recorded it over roughly a month and a half at InLine Studio on Long Island, run by two of its own members, with Christian Donaldson co-producing and then returning to mix and master.
“Seraphim Enslavement” arrived first in September, and “Perpetual Deception” followed in October. The closing “Ignorant Deprivation” is a re-recording of a song from Breeding the Spawn, with Frank Mullen as a guest vocalist. The nine songs run to a tight 41 minutes, opening with the title track.
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Band Bandcamp page linked to Nuclear Blast states “released November 3, 2023”; nine-track sequence opening with the title track and closing with Ignorant Deprivation.Label announcement reprinted 12 September 2023: album out November 3 via Nuclear Blast; recorded at Hobbs’s and Boyer’s InLine Studio on Long Island over about six weeks; Christian Donaldson co-produced, mixed and mastered; first single Seraphim Enslavement.
Corroborates release 3 November 2023 via Nuclear Blast; first album with Ricky Myers; Ignorant Deprivation re-recorded from Breeding the Spawn with Frank Mullen guesting; singles and dates; 41:22 running time.