Sisters of Suffocation is a

death metal Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive ...

band, hailing from

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. The band was founded in 2014.

Biography

In April 2016, the band released a first single: ''Boundaries''. The first EP ''Brutal Queen'' from 2016 was released independently. In September 2016, the EP was reissued by

Hammerheart Records Hammerheart Records (known as Karmageddon Media between 2004 and 2010) is a Dutch independent record label specializing in death metal, black metal, doom metal and folk metal bands from around the world. The label was founded in 1995 and is current ...

. The first album was released in 2017 on Suburban Records. The band has performed at several festivals, including: Eindhoven Metal Meeting (NL), Stonehenge Festival (NL), Antwerp Metal Fest (Belgium), Gäfle Metal Fest (Sweden),

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(NL) and

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(NL).

Band members

;Current line-up *Els Prins - vocals *Linn Liv - vocals *Simone van Straten - lead guitar *Emmelie Herwegh - rhythm guitar *Tim Schellekens - bass *Fons van Dijk - drums ;Previous members *Puck Wildschut - bass *Marjolein van den Nieuwenhuizen - bass *Kevin van den Heiligenberg - drums *Amber de Buijzer - drums ;Live members *Linn Liv - vocals (2022– ) *Monica Janssen - vocals (2022– )

Discography

;Singles & EP's * ''Boundaries'' (2014) - single * ''Brutal Queen'' (2016) - EP,

* ''Shapeshifter'' (2017) - single * ''I Swear'' (2018) - single ;Studio albums * ''Anthology of Curiosities'' (2017) - Suburban RecordsSisters of Suffocation – Anthology of Curiosities
on rockportaal.nl 29 september 2017 * ''Humans Are Broken'' (2019) * ''Eradication'' (2022)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Dutch death metal musical groups