Blood Oath is the sixth studio album by American death metal band Suffocation. The band began recording in-studio on January 31 with Joe Cincotta (who worked on the band's last two releases). The follow-up to 2006's self-titled record Suffocation was mixed by Zack Ohren and the cover artwork was once again designed by Jon Zig. It is the band's last album to feature original drummer Mike Smith in full. The track "Marital Decimation" is a re-recording of a track of the same name from the Breeding the Spawn album.
The album sold 3,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position 135 on the Billboard 200, Suffocation's first entry in the Billboard charts.[5]
Track listing
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| 1. | "Blood Oath" | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Dismal Dream" | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Pray for Forgiveness" | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Images of Purgatory" | 3:28 |
| 5. | "Cataclysmic Purification" | 4:55 |
| 6. | "Mental Hemorrhage" | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Come Hell or High Priest" | 4:08 |
| 8. | "Undeserving" | 4:11 |
| 9. | "Provoking the Disturbed" | 5:20 |
| 10. | "Marital Decimation" | 4:17 |
| Total length: | 41:10 |
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| 11. | "Pray for Forgiveness" (Instrumental version) | |
| 12. | "Dismal Dream" (Rough mix unmastered) | |
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| 11. | "Undeserving" (Rough mix unmastered) | |
| 12. | "Marital Decimation" (Instrumental version) | |
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| 11. | "Blood Oath" (Instrumental version) | |
| 12. | "Cataclysmic Purification" (Rough mix unmastered) | |
Release history
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Date |
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| Europe |
July 3, 2009 |
| U.S. |
July 14, 2009 |
| Canada |
July 24, 2009 |
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Personnel
- Suffocation
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- Production
- Zack Ohren – mixing[2]
- Joe Cincotta – engineering[2]
- John Scrip – mastering[6]
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References
- Citations
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