Suffocation announce new album ‘Hymns From The Apocrypha’

September 12, 2023 James Weaver

SUFFOCATION have announced a new album!

Titled Hymns From The Apocrypha, the upcoming album from the American death metal band is the long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s …Of The Dark Light, and is scheduled to be released in November this year, via Nuclear Blast Records.

The band took about a month and a half to record Hymns From The Apocrypha. They holed up at Hobbs and Boyer‘s InLine Studio in Long Island, New York City. The duo engineered and co-produced with Christian Donaldson [BENEATH THE MASSACRE, INGESTED], who was also re-enlisted to mix and master, with Dominic Grimard [CRYPTOPSY, SHADOW OF INTENT] assisting.

Speaking about the upcoming album, bassist Derek Boyer says, “this is my fifth full-length studio album with SUFFOCATION and this album came out SICK! It features all of the brutal, technical, chaotic twists and turns everyone would expect from SUUFFOCATION, plus new elements that are out of the normal realm one might expect. This is the sophomore effort of working with Christian Donaldson (who mixed and mastered Live In North America) and he absolutely KILLED IT on this one!!! We can’t wait to bring these songs to the stage and crush everything in our path!”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Seraphim Enslavement.

Speaking about the new song, and the upcoming album, vocalist Ricky Myers says, “we are thrilled to unveil our 11th full-length album, Hymns From The Apocrypha, a creatively composed piece that blends our style of music with lyrical depth and intricate artwork. This album is a testament to our devotion to brutal music, which we display in the video of our single, Seraphim Enslavement, a visual journey that complements the album’s concept.”

Watch the official music video for Seraphim Enslavement here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List:

1. Hymns From The Apocrypha
2. Perpetual Deception
3. Dim Veil Of Obscurity
4. Immortal Execration
5. Seraphim Enslavement
6. Descendants
7. Embrace The Suffering
8. Delusions Of Mortality
9. Ignorant Deprivation

And that’s not all from the band’s camp! To support their upcoming album, the band will embark on an extensive European and UK tour in January and February next year. Support for the tour comes from SANGUISUGABOGG, ENTERPRISE EARTH and ORGANECTOMY. Tickets for the tour will be available from Friday, September 15th and can be purchased here.

Speaking about the tour, guitarist Terrance Hobbs says, “we’re beyond excited to see you all again for the Hymns From The Apocrypha European Tour 2024. We have a STACKED line-up for this one featuring the awesome SANGUISUSIBOGG, our friends ENTERPRISE EARTH, and the crushing ORGANECTOMY!! We’re coming to mash you into the dirt and drop some serious American death metal for your ears – hope to see all you death metal slam-infested freaks in the pit!”

Tour dates are as follows:

26.01.24 DE Dortmund – Junkyard
27.01.24 FR Paris – Petit Bain
28.01.24 FR Toulouse – Le Rex
29.01.24 ES Bilbao – Stage Live
30.01.24 ES Madrid – Mon Live
31.01.24 ES Barcelona – Salamandra
01.02.24 FR Lyon – MJC Ô Totem
02.02.24 CH Aarau – KiFF
03.02.24 IT Milan – Legend Club
04.02.24 AT Salzburg – Rockhouse
05.02.24 HU Budapest – Dürer Kert
06.02.24 AT Vienna – Viper Room
07.02.24 DE Munich – Backstage
08.02.24 DE Karlsruhe – Die Stadtmitte
09.02.24 DE Frankfurt – Das Bett
10.02.24 NL Drachten – Drachten Deathfest
11.02.24 DE Hannover – Faust
12.02.24 DK Copenhagen – Pumpehuset
13.02.24 DE Hamburg – Logo
14.02.24 PL Poznań – 2Progi
15.02.24 CZ Prague – Futurum
16.02.24 DE Chemnitz – AJZ
17.02.24 DE Berlin – Hole44
18.02.24 NL Tilburg – Poppodium 013
19.02.24 UK Bristol – The Fleece
20.02.24 UK Birmingham – Asylum
21.02.24 UK Glasgow – Slay
22.02.24 UK Manchester – Club Academy
23.02.24 UK London – O2 Academy Islington
24.02.24 UK Southampton – The Loft
25.02.24 BE Antwerp – Zappa