Album Review: Suffocation - ...Of The Dark Light

Although many veteran extreme metal acts are crafting worthwhile fare, never underestimate the value of an injection of youth.

Note, US tech-deathsters Suffocation — its core members now flanked by two energised upstarts. They breathe additional life into a record that hits the bullet points fans demand, without extending themselves too much. Those frantic riffs and Frank Mullen's chewing gravel vocals are part of death metal lore; ditto in that, there are more breakdowns than a dodgy car. The production lacks some of their usual punch, but remaking Breeding The Spawn crusher Epitaph Of The Credulous proves a winner. This continues, rather than reinvents, what Suffocation are all about.