I listen to a LOT of brutal, grinding and technical DM. I suppose not as much as peeps like V.V.V.V.V., but it's my joint-favourite kind of music, and it comprises a large portion of my metal seedie collection.
However, is it just me, or does it seem that every DM band that is halfway heavy seems to get mentioned as being influenced, or sounding-like Suffocation?? I just don't see the connection half the time. I honestly don't know if it is simply because I, for some reason, don't pay enough attention to Suffocation and the other mentioned bands to notice the similarity in the music, or what, but let me give some examples anyway of bands mentioned that I honestly can't see the Suffocation link in.
Deeds of Flesh - Hmmm. Consistently fast, fairly simple and linear riff and tempos, in terms of song structure. Just...straightforward. My interpretation of Suffocation is as being much more complex and chaotic than Deeds of Flesh. Deeds of Flesh aren't even particularly bassy or slammy like Suffocation. What's the similarity between the two??
Immolation - Okay, the mutual early albums were fairly similar, but as far as Immolation is concerned, I would have said only Dawn of Possession. Everything after was very distinct- both in sound and approach- to anything Suffocation ever did. Please highlight the similarity between these two (other than Dawn of Possession)
Alienation Mental - Whaaa? They're nothing like Suffocation! Their style of experimental deathgrind with punk, noise and electronic influences just doesn't sound like anything in Suffocation's career! I love Alienation Mental of course, but why in a Suffo-worship thread?
Houwitser - Another band I like (though Damage Assessment is intolerable), but Suffocation again? Their earlier material (not including Rage Inside the Womb) has some of that staccatto/percussive feel that later Suffocation had, but otherwise I don't see any similarity between them.
Internal Suffering - I agree both Internal Suffering and Suffocation sound heavy as lead, but otherwise I again don't see any similarity. Internal Suffering are really all-out blasting and speed, and have none of the slow twists and turns or sophisticated drumming Suffocation has.
Other bands like Spawn of Possession, Severed Saviour and Internal Bleeding share some melodic and structural similarities to Suffocation, but are much faster. I suppose that's okay though....even though because of that speed, they don't sound much like Suffocation at all.
I don't know, explain some of this to me. Enlighten my ignorance...or are some of you really just mentioning some of these bands because they happen to be heavy and you like them?
