Despise the Sun

Despise the Sun is an EP by American death metal band Suffocation, released on January 6, 1998. 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. It was the final album produced by Scott Burns, who had worked on Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) and Pierced from Within (1995), as he retired from the music industry after its recording in 1997. The EP was reissued on April 30, 2002 through Relapse Records.

Despise the Sun
EP by
Suffocation
ReleasedJanuary 6, 1998
Recorded1997
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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Chronicles of Chaos9/10
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

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

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

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