Effigy of the Forgotten is the debut full-length album by
New York-based
death metal band
Suffocation, released in 1991. The cover artwork was created by
Dan Seagrave. Several of the tracks had appeared on earlier releases: "Reincremation" and "Involuntary Slaughter" were re-recorded from the
Reincremation demo, while "Infecting the Crypts", "Mass Obliteration", and "Jesus Wept" appeared originally on the
Human Waste EP.