The new Suffocation is odd. It's obviously them, but that opening riff...it's just...I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong with it. Maybe it's the guitar tone, maybe it's just the picking of the lick, but something about it's off.
SUFFOCATION - As Grace Descends (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
EDIT: It starts off
very Gary Holt-ish. Solid tune with some of the most straightforward drumming I've ever heard in a Suffocation tune. Not as great a song as "Surgery of Impalement" or "Abomination Reborn" (if we're talking their reformed years), and nowhere near as good as anything off of
Effigy of the Forgotten or
Pierced From Within, but it's definitely Suffocation, alright. A poppier Suffocation, but still Suffocation.
Kinda lame that Frank's only on for half the tour dates in support of the album with John Gallagher covering for the rest, though, but the man's choosing family over music, so it's forgiven.