Metal Anarchy

Suffocation have commented on the departure of Eric Morotti. The drummer previously claimed he left the group after refusing to “work with toxic, abusive drug addicts.” However, the band have since denied those accusations, while also claiming he was fired.

Suffocation said the following:

“To address Eric Morotti’s false claims made in his social media posts on April 10th and to the news outlets who picked it up, Suffocation would like to take a moment to set the record straight.

Last week, the decision was made by Suffocation to part ways with Eric Morotti due to his conflicting schedule with Sanguisugabogg, which affected Suffocation‘s schedule for the year. Eric was notified of his termination on April 8 by email, which is released with this statement. It is unfortunate that Eric decided to falsify claims and take this to a negative place forcing us to make this statement.

Regardless, we wish him nothing but the best of luck on his future endeavors.”

They also shared an email that guitarist Terrance Hobbs sent to Morotti:

“After a lot of communication with the band and all involved .,,,Eric,suffocation has made the decision to let you go from the band due to scheduling differences and touring obligations…it’s unfortunate as we had a good run last decade!!! So with that being said ,best of luck to you and your music career as well as your up and coming gigs !!!!! If you want you can have wes perhaps come and grab your gear here as i’d like to make space here in the garage before we start our next tours and gigs..”