  suffocation is an american death metal band that was formed in 1988 in centereach, long island, new york. the band comprises vocalist frank mullen, guitarists terrance hobbs and guy marchais, drummer kevin talley and bassist derek boyer. suffocation rose to prominence of death metal and created a blueprint for the genre for the 1990s with their 1991 debut album effigy of the forgotten, and have released seven studio albums since formation. the band's raw death metal style uses growled vocals with a downtuned guitar sound, fast and complex guitar riffs and drumming, and a sophisticated sense of songwriting. ==history== ===early years and the 1990s era (1988â1998)=== suffocation was formed in 1988 on long island, new york, by vocalist frank mullen, bassist josh barohn, guitarists guy marchais and todd german, and barohn's friend on drums. guitarists terrance hobbs and doug cerrito, along with drummer mike smith, former members of a local band mortuary that disbanded at the time, joined suffocation and created a new lineup with mullen, hobbs, smith, cerrito and barohn. the quintet was mainly influenced by fellow american death metal bands as well as the british band napalm death and brazilian sepultura. smith commented on meeting hobbs for the first time: "that's where i first noticed, 'wow, theres another black guy playing this kind of stuff'." the band's first ep, human waste, was released through relapse records in 1991. the full-length debut album, effigy of the forgotten, recorded by producer scott burns at tampa's morrisound studios and released by roadrunner records the same year. the album became substantially influential in extreme metal music.john bush, [ suffocation], allmusic.[http://www.myspace.com/suffocation
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