Suffocation Fire Back At Former Drummer Eric Morotti, Saying He Was Fired

Suffocation take the high road with their ex-drummer: “It is unfortunate that Eric decided to falsify claims and take this to a negative place forcing us to make this statement.”

The llamas continue to drama over at Camp Suffocation. As we reported recently, now ex-drummer Eric Morotti announced his departure from the band in fairly bridge-burning terms, declaring “I will not work with toxic. Abusive drug addicts. Let alone allow them to boss me around. I’ve been belittled and stepped all over for too long.”

Morotti went on to clarify that he was looking forward to future shows with Sanguisugabogg, writing, “That being said, I’ve been having an absolute BLAST with Sanguisugabogg and have been shown what it’s like to be part of real FAMILY. no egos, no power trips. Just bros that love music and being together. Catch me on tour with them still on the Lamb Of God tour around the USA!! I love you all, thank you very much to all my fans for supporting me over the years, keep your eyes open for what’s next!!”

…well, you’d want to have another job lined up, wouldn’t you?

That all went down on April 10, and metalheads the world over wondered how long it’d be before Suffocation trotted out their side of the story. Three days, as it turns out, with the band posting their account of events on Insta on April 13.

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The statement reads:

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.

Which sounds like a fairly standard schedule clash, and also about the most polite way you could possibly respond to being called a pack of junkies.