Effigy of the Forgotten

Effigy of the Forgotten
Studio album by Suffocation
Released	October 22, 1991
Recorded	1991 at Morrisound Recording, in Tampa, Florida
Genre	Technical death metal
Length	37:06
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Scott Burns
Suffocation chronology
Human Waste (1991) Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) Breeding the Spawn (1993)

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Effigy of the Forgotten is the debut full-length album by New York-based death metal band Suffocation, released in 1991. The cover artwork was created by Dan Seagrave. Several of the tracks had appeared on earlier releases: "Reincremation" and "Involuntary Slaughter" were re-recorded from the Reincremation demo, while "Infecting the Crypts", "Mass Obliteration", and "Jesus Wept" appeared originally on the Human Waste EP.

Both this album and Pierced from Within have been re-released by Roadrunner Records as part of the Two from the Vault series.

The album was dedicated to the memory of Atheist bassist Roger Patterson, who had been killed in a car crash earlier in 1991.

Musical style

Effigy of the Forgotten is considered to be one of the first death metal albums to have a highly sophisticated level of technical proficiency. The guitars are very low-end and down tuned whilst using a lot of tremolo picking and fast alternate picked notes alongside a lot of fast blast beats drumming and quick fills involved.

The slam found around the 2:50 mark within the track "Liege of Inveracity" is reportedly said to be the very first slam riff in death metal history.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Liege of Inveracity"	Barohn	Hobbs, Cerrito	4:28
2.	"Effigy of the Forgotten"	Barohn	Hobbs, Cerrito, Barohn	3:47
3.	"Infecting the Crypts"	Cerrito	Hobbs, Cerrito, Barohn	4:45
4.	"Seeds of the Suffering"	Mullen	Hobbs, Cerrito	5:51
5.	"Habitual Infamy"	Cerrito	Hobbs, Cerrito	4:15
6.	"Reincremation"	Cerrito, Barohn	Cerrito, Smith	2:52
7.	"Mass Obliteration"	Smith, Barohn	Hobbs, Cerrito, Barohn	4:30
8.	"Involuntary Slaughter"	Mullen	Hobbs	3:00
9.	"Jesus Wept"	Barohn	Hobbs, Cerrito	3:38

Personnel

Suffocation

• Frank Mullen: vocals
• Doug Cerrito: guitars
• Terrance Hobbs: guitars
• Josh Barohn: bass
• Mike Smith: drums

Production

• Produced, engineered & mixed by Scott Burns
• Mastered by Eddy Schreyer

Guest Musicians

• George Fisher - Guest vocals on "Reincremation" and "Mass Obliteration".

References

1. Allmusic review