CoC : Suffocate - Exit 64 : Review

Suffocate - _Exit 64_
(GWN / Warfare Records, 2000)
by: Adrian Bromley (7 out of 10)

All the way from Slovakia comes the punishing death metal grooves of Suffocate, a hardened death metal regime that just plays head to the ground and full of aggression. While the material here (coming from the 1998 demo tape and transplanted onto CD) is not of the best production, the strength of the playing, and especially the powerful drumming and violent vocals (i.e. "If You Can't Be Strong...", "Duplicity"), make that an easy blemish to overlook. Looking for death metal that really lives up to the genre's characteristics? Suffocate just might turn your crank. Awesome album artwork as well.

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(article published 10/1/2001)