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Suffokate is an American deathcore band from Oakland, California. The band is signed to Mediaskare Records. The only remaining original member is drummer Lars Diaz.

History
Suffokate formed in 2003, originally employing 2 vocalists, Jared Armitage and Carlos Guiterez. Their debut album Oakland was released in 2004. In 2008 Ricky Hoover became the band's vocalist and Suffokate signed to Mediaskare Records. They began work on their next full-length album, No Mercy, No Forgiveness in 2009 which was released on February 23, 2010. This album brought the band to fame with the song "Not the Fallen". A music video was eventually filmed for this song.

On September 27, 2011 Suffokate released their third album Return to Despair. It was later revealed in a statement made by frontman Ricky Hoover May 2, 2012 that he would be leaving the band due to personal reasons. On April 8, 2013, Matthew Krawchuk took over as the band's vocalist.

In 2014, Krawchuk was allegedly deported back to Canada and was unable to remain a member of the band. Members of Suffokate have called out Krawchuk and said that his claims of deportation could be lies. The band released their latest single "The Imposter" in 2014, revealing their new vocalist to be John Oliva.

Musical style
Suffokate performs deathcore, a fusion between the genres death metal and metalcore. According to former vocalist Ricky Hoover, members of Suffokate are fans of nu metal. Suffokate's lyrical themes usually consist of anti-religion, depresson, struggles, triumph, and violence.

Members

 * Current members
 * John Oliva - vocals (2014 - present)
 * Lars Diaz - drums (2003 - present)
 * Miguel Esparza - lead guitar (2013 - present)


 * Former members
 * Jason Graff - rhythm guitar (2013 - 2014)
 * Ivan Munguia - bass guitar (2014)
 * Ricky Hoover - vocals (2008 - 2012)
 * Matthew Krawchuk - vocals (2013 - 2014)
 * Jared Armitage - vocals
 * Carlos Guiterez - vocals
 * Anthony Borges - bass guitar
 * Taylor Jones - guitar
 * Chris Simmons - guitar
 * Ash Doty - guitar
 * Tesoro Protomartir - guitar
 * Caysen Russo - guitar
 * John Foster - guitar
 * Nick Mortenson - guitar
 * Nick Skum - bass guitar
 * Bray Almini - bass guitar, guitar (2004 - 2010)
 * Chris Storey - guitar
 * Armando Partida - bass guitar (2013 - 2014)

Discography

 * Studio albums
 * Oakland (2004)
 * No Mercy, No Forgiveness (2010)
 * Return to Despair (2011)

Videography

 * "Not the Fallen"