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Suffocation

Death metal
Death metal

Suffocation is a Death metal act. Their sound grew out of Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Sepultura, Deicide and Death. Those roots explain a lot about how Suffocation arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cryptopsy, Morbid Angel, Nile, Malevolent Creation and Internal Bleeding, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into DevilDriver, Relapse Records, Whitechapel, Blasphemy Made Flesh and Sunami, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Suffocation, reaching back through Morbid Angel and forward to DevilDriver. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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SuffocationMorbid AngelNapalm DeathSepulturaDeicideDeathSlayerDestructionMetallicaDevilDriverRelapse RecordsWhitechapelBlasphemy Made FleshSunamiThrough the Eyes of …Deeds of FleshCryptopsyMorbid AngelNileMalevolent CreationInternal BleedingHate EternalMonstrositySkinless

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Suffocation connections

Suffocation grew out of Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Sepultura and Deicide, shares an orbit with Cryptopsy, Morbid Angel, Nile and Malevolent Creation, went on to shape DevilDriver, Relapse Records, Whitechapel and Blasphemy Made Flesh. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots21

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