A band fluent in endurance and innovation, thriving against varying states of flux for over a decade, it’s in 2024 that Make Them Suffer arrive at their most galvanised era to date. Self-produced alongside returning collaborator Jeff Dunne (Disturbed, Ice Nine Kills, Fit For A King) on engineering, mixing and mastering duties, the album that would become Make Them Suffer sprouted from arrangements conjured at home, with the group eventually flying to Portland to record on site with Dunne in a short two week window between tours. The final 11 tracks lying in wait throughout Make Them Suffer’s expansive sonic palette traverses everything from metalcore savagery (The Warning), through to caustic deathcore (Mana God), palpitating vehemence (No Hard Feelings), frenzied melodic dexterity (Venusian Blues), and piercing earworms (Tether). And in quintessential Make Them Suffer fashion, the self-titled album encompasses a variety of hard-hitting lyrical content, including post-doomsday ruminations, abandonment, resentment, mental health, and anger, all woven with unbridled authenticity reflecting the band’s shared professional and personal experiences.
