Despise the Sun
EP by
ReleasedApril 30, 1998
StudioCove City Sound Studios, New York City, New York, U.S.
GenreBrutal death metal, technical death metal
Length16:34
LabelVulture (re-release on Relapse)
ProducerScott Burns, Suffocation
Suffocation chronology
Pierced from Within
(1995)
Despise the Sun
(1998)
Souls to Deny
(2004)
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Despise the Sun is an EP released in 1998 by the death metal band Suffocation. It was the last recording before Suffocation's breakup (and subsequent reformation in 2003), and the last to feature guitarist Doug Cerrito and bassist Chris Richards. Like the albums Effigy of the Forgotten and Pierced from Within, it was produced by Scott Burns, although it would also prove to be their last album recorded with Burns, as by the time they had reformed he had retired from the music industry.

The last track, "Catatonia", originally appeared on the Human Waste EP.

The line spoken at the beginning of "Funeral Inception" is from Kevin Spacey, said in the 1995 film The Usual Suspects.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Funeral Inception"Doug CerritoCerrito3:57
2."Devoid of Truth"CerritoDave Culross, Cerrito, Terrance Hobbs2:31
3."Despise the Sun"CerritoCerrito, Hobbs3:21
4."Bloodchurn"Frank MullenCulross, Cerrito, Hobbs2:43
5."Catatonia"SuffocationSuffocation3:59
Total length:16:34

Personnel

Suffocation
Production

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