Make Them Suffer (album)

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Make Them Suffer
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Studio album by
Released8 November 2024 (2024-11-08)
Recorded2022–2023
Genre
Length38:38
Label SharpTone
Producer Nick McLernon
Make Them Suffer chronology
How to Survive a Funeral
(2020)
Make Them Suffer
(2024)
Singles from Make Them Suffer
  1. "Doomswitch"
    Released: 13 October 2022 [2]
  2. "Ghost of Me"
    Released: 10 May 2023 [3]
  3. "Epitaph"
    Released: 7 April 2024 [4]
  4. "Oscillator"
    Released: 8 August 2024 [5]
  5. "Mana God"
    Released: 10 October 2024 [6]
  6. "Small Town Syndrome"
    Released: 8 November 2024 [7]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Boolin Tunes6/10 [8]
Distorted Sound6/10 [1]
Metal Injection 7.5/10 [9]
Wall of Sound8.5/10 [10]

Make Them Suffer is the self-titled fifth studio album by Australian metalcore band Make Them Suffer. The album was released on 8 November 2024 via SharpTone Records. [11] [12] It is their first album with keyboardist/co-lead vocalist Alex Reade.

Contents

Background and promotion

The first single for the album, "Doomswitch" was released on 13 October 2022. It marked the debut of Alex Reade, replacing the band's previous keyboardist/vocalist Booka Nile who left earlier that year due to sexual assault allegations. [13] Several more singles were released within the next two years, including "Ghost of Me" and "Epitaph". The release of the single "Oscillator" came with the announcement that the album would be released on 8 November 2024. [14] "Mana God" was the album's last pre-release single, released on 11 October 2024. [15]

The band has toured in between singles' releases; from September to October 2023 in North America with fellow Australian metalcore bands Parkway Drive, Northlane, and The Amity Affliction, [16] at the 2024 Download Festival with fellow Australian metal bands Karnivool, Thy Art Is Murder, and Alpha Wolf, [17] and from August to September 2024 in Australia with Bury Tomorrow, Spite, and Bloom. [18]

Track listing

Make Them Suffer track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."The Warning"Instrumental Nick McLernon 1:09
2."Weaponized"
  • Harmanis
  • Mather
  • McLernon
3:07
3."Oscillator"Harmanis
  • Mather
  • McLernon
  • James Wrigley
4:01
4."Doomswitch"
  • Harmanis
  • Mather
  • McLernon
  • Harmanis
  • Mather
  • McLernon
4:35
5."Mana God"Harmanis
  • Mather
  • McLernon
3:44
6."Epitaph"
  • Harmanis
  • Mather
  • McLernon
  • Reade
  • Dunne
3:37
7."No Hard Feelings"Harmanis
  • Mather
  • McLernon
4:03
8."Venusian Blues"Harmanis
  • Mather
  • McLernon
2:48
9."Ghost of Me"
  • Harmanis
  • Mather
  • McLernon
  • Chad Haynes
  • Harmanis
  • Mather
  • McLernon
  • Haynes
3:51
10."Tether"Harmanis
  • Mather
  • McLernon
3:55
11."Small Town Syndrome"Harmanis
  • Mather
  • McLernon
3:48
Total length:38:38

Personnel

Make Them Suffer

Additional contributors

Charts

Chart performance for Make Them Suffer
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [19] 38

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