Suicide Silence - Remember... You Must Die (2023) Review

Things have not always been smooth throughout the career of Suicide Silence, with the death of  their original frontman Mitch Lucker being a clear point of division of the pre- and post- era of the band. Even while being one of the most influential names in the deathcore scene, their discography always floats around the average mark with some extremely weak points and only a handful of notable moments. 

The new record Remember… You Must Die comes after a couple of generally skippable (or worse) previous releases of the last five years and finds the band still deep in the struggle. Tracks feast on constantly ongoing chugging, down-tuned grooves, with an actual riff making an appearance here and there throughout a streamline of breakdown after breakdown as if the band is on complete autopilot and doesn’t have to think anymore for new material. It amazes me how the current singer Hernan Hermida, always sounds much worse than the times when he was in All Shall Perish, a fairly respectable deathcore band. 

As the vocals in Remember… You Must Die are mediocre, it is painfully annoying in terms of it textual work. This album title, most of the track titles, as well as the lyrics are dull, superficial and of seriously low quality, as are bits and bytes of the compositions too, apart from the obvious breakdown abuse. Slightly interesting is the middle paced, baleful part of “God Be Damned” which gives a slightly different note but unfortunately only last some seconds. Other than that, all the rest of the music in the record is poorly made, unimaginative, it fails to achieve essential heaviness even when the band tries to be even more intense (for example in “Endless Dark”). 

It might just be that the fate of Suicide Silence is like that, and coming from someone who once listened to the band a lot, I enjoy some of their work while acknowledging that it can’t reach the bar compared to serious-minded extreme metal artists. Remember… You Must Die doesn’t have tracks even to serve as guilty pleasures, it carries all the sins of its genre and can’t seem to escape its own formula, by now re-chewed and served to you as fresh. The last song this band wrote was “Human Violence”, and that remains true for now.

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DAMAGE: 1.5/5 [Bad]

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Release date: 10 Mar 2023

Release label: Napalm Records

Listen: Spotify

Suicide Silence - The Black Crown (2011)

Country: USA
Genre: Deathcore / Nu Metal
Label: Century Media Records
Website: Facebook / Myspace

The last album that was released in July last year, it actually is the most distinctive sound that Suicide Silence could ever do. They have added some nu metal elements, guest vocals by Jonathan Davis of Korn in a song, some well put whispering-clean vocals, it depicts the fact that the biggest infuences of the band are their favourite artists (Deftones, Slipknot, Korn).

The album is unique, its a bit softer than their first releases, flows nicely and they have not overdone it on any aspect. Lots of reasons to loathe the band again, you can browse all kinds of negative comments around the internet, but anyway, i always thought that the fans ruin the genre, and not the artists.

Suicide Silence - No Time To Bleed (2009)

Country: USA
Genre: Deathcore
Label: Century Media Records
Quality: CD-Rip 320kbps
Website: Facebook / Myspace

They changed from the first record to the second, this is a more complete work, shows how the bandmembers have finally found a way to compose all together. It approaches death metal but keeps some deathcore elements, the sound is approaching the unique SS sound even more this time, it has memorable songs and it is recognizable.

The album has the sound quality of modern deathcore but several parts contain a death metal intensity, these fast riffs with the ripping vocals are what made that band special. I know quite a lot of people hate them, but i don't really care, this band was a talented one of our decade, whereas the listeners liked it. Its my favourite release by them by the way, i like the concept and the general vibe it has.

Suicide Silence - The Cleansing (2007)

Country: USA
Genre: Deathcore
Label: Century Media Records
Quality: CD-Rip 320kbps
Website: Facebook / Myspace

As you have probably noticed, the mainman of Suicide Silence passed away a couple of days ago, suffering fatal wounds from a car accident. Its really sad to see such talented musicians to die so young, even if you hate their music it has nothing to do with the person, its all a matter of respect.

I liked Suicide Silence a lot, i don't really care about the rest of their fanbase or how mainstream they are. I think its good heavy music. The first release by them is the most deathcore-ish album, has some classic songs in it.