30 Years Ago: SUFFOCATION release Effigy of the Forgotten

Daily Noise - / 2021

30 Years Ago: SUFFOCATION release Effigy of the Forgotten

I wouldn't change anything. The recording. The technique we had. What it took to play. How we approached music. That said, it being 30 years old, I never thought anyone would've paid attention to it. It is underground music. I'm thankful I'm able to do it to this very day. I'm thankful to all the fans. They've been there from the beginning. To the bands that are out there doing it like they were doing in the '90s, all respect. That said, I wouldn't change anything about Effigy. Not a fucking thing.

Terrance Hobbs / Suffocation interview, Decibel, 2021

SUFFOCATION released their debut album, Effigy of the Forgotten, on this day in 1991 through Roadracer.

The album's about life today. The machine on the cover is destroying old life and the eggs cracking are new life.

Roadracer recommended [Dan Seagrave] so we called him up. Our old bass player, Josh wrote the title track so he wrote him and told him what it's all about and Dan drew it up and we love it.

Doug Cerrito / Suffocation interview, NGF, 1992

...Frank doesn't really use an effect; it's more of less like reverb. As far as our guitars and stuff like that, uh, y'know, there's really nothing on them, either. It's just maybe a little bit of delay, just on the solos. But everything else is just raw.

Terrance Hobbs / Suffocation interview, Disposable Underground, 1991

I think Scott Burns did a really good job on our album. I think, y'know, that he is a good producer, he's a good mixer. I hate the way that people slag him, but whatever, you know. That's their own opinion. Yeah, he makes the drums stand out always, prevalently, and it's like everything is so clean there, that's why. I don't think he's losing any of the sound quality anywhere, y'know?

Terrance Hobbs / Suffocation interview, Disposable Underground, 1991

It was great, [Scott Burns] was great. He's incredible. I love the production. We waited for him five months, we got stuck on his waiting list. It turned out to be worth it. We'll record with him again.

Doug Cerrito / Suffocation interview, NGF, 1992