Frank Mullen, one of the best Death Metal vocalists of all time

@Bedroomrips

8 жыл бұрын

Yes

@adamtorok6048

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Barnes

@chiodos132

5 жыл бұрын

Arguably the first ever "death metal" vocalists.

@ras124

5 жыл бұрын

oh yeah!

@raul_138

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

i spent many nights in cerritos basement watching these guys practice, good times man

@didiervancampo9384

Жыл бұрын

That is amazing man

that voice...

crap, once Frank growled away it instantly blew my mind. such gem footage here

These dudes had no idea how many great albums they were to write

@claytonjones8358

8 ай бұрын

Ohhhh they fucking knew. Hail Satan

@DexterTheMethOrphann

7 ай бұрын

@@claytonjones8358lol

I think Suffocation were one of those bands that really made death metal stand apart from thrash metal. Sooooo brutal!

@killgatesandco7607

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing and I mean nothing can fuck with Effigy of the Forgotten!

@099_fahrezirafid8

3 жыл бұрын

Morbid Angel

@099_fahrezirafid8

3 жыл бұрын

I love Effigy too🤘🏿🤘🏻🤘🏽🤘🏾

@Clownconspirator

3 жыл бұрын

@@099_fahrezirafid8 morbid angle is cool because you can see their progression from thrash from their early discography, such a great band!

@099_fahrezirafid8

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clownconspirator yeah i see that, from Demo days to Altars and then more sludgy

Frank's vocals are on fuckin' point in this performance.

@Bedroomrips

8 жыл бұрын

I know. Sounds like studio

@gringobandito4371

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah they are. This is when he sounded real good.

Franks Long Island accent is so freakin brutal.

@newyork4311

Жыл бұрын

*New York accent lol. There isn't a long island accent. All the same.

@user-nh8ci7uo4y

Жыл бұрын

@@newyork4311 as someone from NY this is completely wrong.

@newyork4311

Жыл бұрын

@@user-nh8ci7uo4y I have family who live in Queens, Brooklyn, and Long Island. All the same accent, New York accent lol.

@jamesthomas9987

Жыл бұрын

⁠@@newyork4311his families ova here nowww

@bl00df4rt

Жыл бұрын

@@newyork4311you must be part of the New York deaf community 👋

Fuck, they were gods straight out the gate. Mike Smith is a machine.

00:08 liege of inveracity 05:22 infecting the crypts 10:38 effigy of the forgotten 15:50 mass obliteration 21:03 habitual infamy

@LisaBellaDonnaMusic

5 жыл бұрын

TheSpineSplitter94 Fuck...

I would have loved to see them back in these days. This is their prime.

I love the sound of that snare and the kick drums, holy shit.

@Enlightened_Healings

8 жыл бұрын

+Jorge Leitner yeah man he hits fucking hard

@SAINTLIFTER

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, no triggers needed!!

@MySpaceDxC_Suffo_AtTheGates

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man. Mike Smith hits so damn hard without triggers that he sounds more brutal than drummers that do use them. Lol

@killgatesandco7607

3 жыл бұрын

@@MySpaceDxC_Suffo_AtTheGates you had to in them days no pussies anywhere to be seen!

Even on this terrible recording, Frank still sounds incredible. This is so rad.

@killgatesandco7607

3 жыл бұрын

Beast from day one!

@thenext9537

8 ай бұрын

Hello 7 years later! Yes.

@MooseWilliams

7 ай бұрын

This recording is the opposite of terrible tyvm

@thenext9537

7 ай бұрын

@@MooseWilliams It's not great, but we have what we have!

@jacka2664

2 ай бұрын

100%

Fucking crazy that this was going on in 1991. I came across death metal much later on but wish I woulda discovered it sooner but I was sheltered and only knew what I saw on mtv at the time. Wasnt until high school that I discovered underground music and death metal. The first time I heard suffo and bands like cryptopsy and cannibal corpse deicide and the band death I couldn't even wrap my mind around the fact ppl could sing that brutal and play that fast and technical. Of course I always knew metallica and pantera but so glad I found the Buffalo scene and Tampa death metal.

I own the bass drums, floor and 1 rack tom that were used during this set :)

@killgatesandco7607

3 жыл бұрын

Omg dude really?

None mightier than SUFFOCATION. Thank you for posting this amazing set. First four records are etched in my veins forever.

@litany21

3 жыл бұрын

The greatest live band in the history of Metal and music.

They love that slam riff. They couldn't wrap their heads around how awesome that shit was.

@fredsmith5925

Жыл бұрын

Millions and millions of people loved it the first time they heard it which was way back in 1985 on a Motley Crue song called Home Sweet Home.

@Th-tg4zm

Жыл бұрын

@@fredsmith5925 I don’t think that song has a slam riff

@fredsmith5925

Жыл бұрын

Listen to the piano riff in the very beginning of Home Sweet Home. It’s exactly the same as Suffocation’s riff.

@Th-tg4zm

Жыл бұрын

@@fredsmith5925 What point in this video is the riff?

@fredsmith5925

Жыл бұрын

2:55

Definitive death metal sound. Legendary band ❤️

Amazing recording.. everything perfect and best vocalist of all time agreed

thank fuck for good old youtube! amazing footage. excellent performance. only wish i could have been there. excellent! long live suffocation. cheers!

Nothing less than legendary.

Although frank's still a great frontman, I must admit I do like his skinny and hairy days! :)

It's 2016 and this is still so freakin' brutal!!!

show date - 15th of December 1991 I can hear the Effigy sound even through this recording and I can imagine what was like to be there. Mesmerizing!

I wish I coulda gone to this show but I was only 9 months old at the time.

@nicolaswhult

4 жыл бұрын

Same lol

This is great.

The true purveyors of BrutalDeath \m/

@ras124

5 жыл бұрын

were they purveying steaks?

Had this on vhs tape back then, from 1992 forwards and watched it many, many times through - even that the sound and pic quality was what it was. It was still so awesome to see Suffo "live" back then. :)

Frank with long hair in the early years, fuck is his vocals SICK LIVE, maybe more brutal live than on record

i had their first album in cassette tape hahaha circa 92

His vocals are the hardest I have ever heard / Mortification

Mullen's vocals were unreal, even way back then and the whole band is just f-cking tight. Damn.

Metal, Putting every other genre of music to shame as always.

@oscarcutface1353

3 жыл бұрын

Except classical

Frank's voice sounds SO EPIC and fuckin' BRUTAL!!!!!!! MMMMMMHHH!!!!

@cesardelrio7023

9 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah it does gusto. It kept it integrity throughout the years

this is so beautiful :')

frank had hair !!

Gracias !!! lo tengo en vhs !!!

Thank you for this rarety!

When frank had hair holy shit

Mike "brutalblaster" Smith !

my forever love song..

4:32 thank you! :D

Frank Mullen is the best death metal vocalist. The Long Island infection sells it perfectly and the rest of the band is phenomenal. The song writing is also great. I love Death Metal and I cant get over hw good suffocation is.

Vocals sound incredible, I need to learn how to sound like that!

Школьные годы чудесные❤️ Лучше уже не будет🙏🏼

invaluable document xx

Great!!!! This is the true Suffocation, the best era

Nothing and I mean nothing can fuck with Effigy of the Forgotten!

*Growls in Brutal* Song ends. Thank you.

BRUTAL BRUTAL MI ÉPOCA

SICK !!!

Wasn't expecting him to have an accent like that lol

An amazing set! Suffocation!

Old school

When the guy announcing the event stage dives, you know the sht is real.

Chris Richards, absolute DM bass player

Still searching for the missing verse in 2018!!!

Мне очень нравится это группа

This band fucking rules

26th anniversary of this show.

frank always sounded beast

@13:45 - if hell exists, its demons envy Frank Mullen

1991. I was born in 2004. If I was in that pit, man oh man, I’d probably kill somebody brutally. If only I was born 20 years earlier

@02Scubaroo

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear today’s 17 year olds are still down with this kind of music.

@Nothing36902

Жыл бұрын

i was born in 2005 i feel the same way bro

@gh0ste225

8 ай бұрын

@@02ScubarooHell yeah

Hard AFFF

classic

GOD !

So sick \m/

Still blows my mind that this was going on in 91

@fredsmith5925

Жыл бұрын

Reall?. This was bigger in 1991 than it is now.

Yo, can we get shome more water up here Doug?

Terrance looks funny as hell while headbanging. Like nigga, take off your cap hahaha

@MultiKamil97

7 жыл бұрын

He looks like 2Pac xD

Bestial :)

Gods of Death Metal

199fucking1 pioneers of the sound they were just so fucking brutal

Holy fuck this is heavy as fuck!! Suffocation rules man!! Love that band..

that intro was fucking epic lmao

God damn, Mike smith

the record date shown december 15

Pure DeathMetal here. Fucking miss this...

I wish I had time machine to go back and get in this fuckin show

Enzo from wwe was a great front man before wrestling

only death metal band of that era that i Kno of to possess a black brutal ass drummer that is phenomenal even to this day

The godfathers of slamming brutal death metal.

Where the hell? I was 4 when this was filmed, sadly I've only seen Suffocation once, but it was incredible, and I'd kill to get a time machine to see more of their shows.

@joeomundson

7 жыл бұрын

I was 4 too... I'm sitting around pre kindergarten and this shit is going on. Not fair :)

@Nothing36902

Жыл бұрын

me: born 14 years later😢

Fuck yeah! I grew up on staten island! Is this at the wave in St.George?!?

Nobody headbanging in front, too brutal for em.

fuckin awesome footage

Those drums sound so beast. Can any drummers tell me whether they were using bass drum triggers at this point? Sure doesn’t sound like it to me.

@thedrumbum17

6 жыл бұрын

mikewifak triggers weren't around yet. Most likely it's a combination of whatever kind of wood those shells are and how hard he's playing. Fun Fact: some drummers taped quarters to the bass head where the beater makes contact producing a clicking sound when hit.

@SAINTLIFTER

5 жыл бұрын

No triggers for sure. That's just hard playing!

@LisaBellaDonnaMusic

5 жыл бұрын

Drums sound PERFECT 👌🏻

@devoureddeath222

4 жыл бұрын

Triggers weren’t even common until late 90’s live. When they began to proliferate, I remember looking down upon such weakness. It’s full strength raw or die. This is perfect example of ‘no trigger master race’.

@nellsonstout7001

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Mike basically beat the hell out of the kit. No softness whatsoever

Great video! But why couldn't Jesus Wept play all the way through?!?! Dx

Frank had a cool hair

Anyone know what guitar amps they were using in these days?

@jumpfart666

Жыл бұрын

shut up

@tofu-warrior7948

Жыл бұрын

Ampeg VH 140c amp heads mate. Maybe Marshall or even Randall cabs too.

Fuck yeah Frank's the man!!!!

Brutal killer 👍🇧🇷😎☢️☣️🤘🤟💀👊🥁🎸🎤🙌⚔️😵

2:55 bear witness

🤘🏾1991🤘🏾🎤Frank with hair and 🎸Hobbs bald if i not mistakin 🥁 Mike with jerry curl hair back then nice

\m/ SUFFOCATION \m/

he must have been very cold, wearing that sweater

Was that doug bohn introducing them?

I’m surprised sound quality isn’t worse.

Rare moments you can see Doug Cerrito....Just saying.

@ScoobieSwisher7413

5 жыл бұрын

Doug drew the Suffocation logo.

What axe is Hobbs using here? Is that an Ibanez RG of some sort?

@el_wilder8860

7 жыл бұрын

dude knowin terrence its probably a bc rich gunslinger because it looks like a strat body not the usual warlock like he uses now. Hard to tell because of the old school grainy Vhs recording ha. Those old school dudes stayed using Jackson or bc rich. But maybe your right.