When drummer Mike Smith announced that he was parting ways with Suffocation last month, he was vague about the reasons for his decision, only making it clear that he wasn’t leaving the band on good ...

New York death metal pioneers Suffocation have reportedly parted ways with drummer Mike Smith. As one of death metal's most powerful and respected drummers, the loss of Smith would be a huge blow to ...

Suffocation's sound hinges on churning, jagged riffs and surgical technicality, but over the last few years, it's their lineup that's done most of the churning. They've brought in a handful of ...

Suffocation drummer and founding member Mike Smith has left the band. The skins smasher's rumored departure was confirmed in an email interview the band conducted with HitKiller, a Russian site. When ...

Earlier this week, several metal news outlets posted news items about Frank Mullen retiring from the band. The story stemmed from an interview Mullen did with Horns Up Rocks! where he spoke about the ...

Uh oh, y’all. After a decade of death metal antics with considerable icons Suffocation, their drummer Eric Morotti has left the band, and he wasn’t shy about the reasons why. Yesterday, April 10 ...

Twenty years is a long time to do anything, but that’s how long Terrance Hobbs has been playing guitar for New York-based death-metal legends Suffocation — well, aside from a five-year group hiatus ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "There comes a point in your life where you pick YOU!" former drummer Eric Morotti started off his statement. The drummer of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York-based death metal group Suffocation has responded to a former member’s recent accusations that the members are “abusive ...

Cradle of Filth. // photo by Jason Colvin Cradle of Filth with Cultus Black, Ghost Bath, and Suffocation The Granada Thursday, May 21 On Thursday, May 21, a dark shadow overtook the start of the ...

The Industrial Revolution isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when listening to New York death-metal legends Suffocation. But the band, which has become synonymous with inventing “slams” and ...

Frank Mullen didn’t want the moment to end. After several years of scaled-back commitments with his band Suffocation, retirement was finally in sight for the 48-year-old, who during the past three ...