Four years after Pinnacle Of Bedlam and with two new additions in the line-up, drummer Eric Morotti and guitarist Charlie Errigo, Suffocation are back with a new album. The expectations from a band that has shown remarkable consistency in its output quality and has played an important part in shaping much of what death metal is today are always high. The question is if ...Of The Dark Light meets these expectations.
Review by nikarg ››

Suffocation; one of the names in death metal. So recognisable by their blastbeats alone, the band helped shape extreme metal we have today. A decade ago the band were reforming after their temporary split, and in 2006 reached their modern pinnacle with their fantastic self titled album. The lacklustre Blood Oath following up unfortunately fell far short of expectation, leaving an awkward four year gap between itself and our new Suffocation album Pinnacle Of Bedlam.
Review by Baz Anderson ››

Blood Oath is, quite sadly, rather mediocre and as a consequence - fairly boring. I don't think the intention of death metal is supposed to be inducing sleep; however, I found it terribly easy to nod off to Blood Oath on more than one occasion. And...
Review by jupitreas ››

Finally a good comeback by this band; I kept waiting for a blasting album by Suffocation since 1995's "Despise The Sun" ("Souls To Deny" was a half-good album). Finally, 2006 arrived, and the pioneers of Brutal Technical Death...
Review by Herzebeth ››