Cycle of Suffering

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Cycle of Suffering
Sylosis Cycle of Suffering cover art.jpg
Studio album by
Released7 February 2020 (2020-02-07)
Genre Thrash metal, [1] [2] [3] [4] progressive metal, [4] melodic death metal, [4] metalcore [2] [3] [5]
Length50:52
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Josh Middleton
Sylosis chronology
Dormant Heart
(2015)
Cycle of Suffering
(2020)
A Sign of Things to Come
(2023)
Singles from Cycle of Suffering
  1. "I Sever"
    Released: 6 December 2019 [6]
  2. "Calcified"
    Released: 10 January 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net 8.5/10 [7]
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Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Cycle of Suffering is the fifth studio album by British heavy metal band Sylosis, released on 7 February 2020 through Nuclear Blast. [9] [10] It is the band's first studio album since their hiatus in 2016, as well as their first to feature bassist Conor Marshall and drummer Ali Richardson, replacing Carl Parnell and Rob Callard.

Contents

A music video for the song "I Sever", the first single from Cycle of Suffering, was released for streaming on 6 December 2019. [6]

The band is mostly playing in D standard tuning on Cycle of Suffering for the first time since the EPs Casting Shadows and The Supreme Oppressor, instead of E standard tuning on their previous full-length albums, though "Idle Hands" is tuned down to D-flat, the main tuning on their next album A Sign of Things to Come .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Josh Middleton

No.TitleLength
1."Empty Prophets"3:03
2."I Sever"5:08
3."Cycle of Suffering"3:32
4."Shield"3:51
5."Calcified"3:55
6."Invidia"4:52
7."Idle Hands"4:40
8."Apex of Disdain"4:26
9."Arms Like a Noose"3:46
10."Devils in Their Eyes"3:26
11."Disintegrate"4:07
12."Abandon"6:06
Total length:50:52

Personnel

Sylosis

Additional personnel

Charts

Sales chart performance for Cycle of Suffering
Chart (2020)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 93
Scottish Albums (OCC) [12] 28

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