Blood Oath (album)

Blood Oath

Cover art by Jon Zig
Studio album by Suffocation
Released July 3, 2009
Recorded January 31, 2009
Genre Technical death metal
Length 41:10
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Joe Cincotta, Zack Ohren
Suffocation chronology

The Best of Suffocation
(2008)		 Blood Oath
(2009)		 Pinnacle of Bedlam
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Blabbermouth [2]
Pitchfork Media (7.7/10)[3]
Time Out New York [4]

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. 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

No. Title Length
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

Release history

Region Date
Europe July 3, 2009
U.S. July 14, 2009
Canada July 24, 2009

Personnel

Suffocation
Production
  • Zack Ohren – mixing[2]
  • Joe Cincotta – engineering[2]
  • John Scrip – mastering[6]

References

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