{"id":622490,"date":"2026-05-04T07:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/622490\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T07:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:20:11","slug":"eric-morotti-apologizes-for-the-way-he-handled-his-explosive-exit-from-suffocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/622490\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Morotti Apologizes For The Way He Handled His Explosive Exit From Suffocation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rather than merely burning a bridge on his way out, drummer Eric Morotti called in a proverbial atrillery strike upon announcing his exit<\/a> from death metal vets Suffocation this past April. Morotti went public with his statement, making unseemly allegations about his now ex-bandmates in that tenured outfit, stating at the time:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere comes a point in your life where you pick YOU! You must choose to change, evolve, or be stuck in the same routines forever. Today. On my. Birthday. I have chosen to step away from @suffocationofficial to prolong my health, myself. My integrity. I will not work with toxic. Abusive drug addicts. Let alone allow them to boss me around. I\u2019ve been belittled and stepped all over for too long.<\/p>\n

That being said. I\u2019ve been having an absolute BLAST with @sanguisugaboggband and have been shown what it\u2019s 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 @lambofgod 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\u2019s next!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Suffocation would later issue a statement of their own<\/a>, claiming that Morotti had made \u2018false\u2019 claims in his exit statement, while also asserting that Morotti was actually fired. Now close to a month after his initial statement, Morotti, who also drums with Sanguisugabogg, issued an apology for the way he handled his departure from Suffocation.<\/p>\n

In a statement shared today, May 03rd, he had the following to say:<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that I\u2019ve returned home from tour, I want to address my post about suffocation, and sincerely apologize for how I handled things. I used language that was hurtful and disrespectful, and I regret that. I should have communicated it without attacking or speaking negatively about others.<\/p>\n

I take responsibility for my words and understand the impact they can have\u2014not just on the people involved, but on everyone who follows and supports me. That\u2019s not how I want to represent myself.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m grateful for the experiences I\u2019ve had, and I\u2019m committed to moving forward with more respect, clarity, and professionalism. Thank you to those who continue to support me\u2014I appreciate it more than you know.<\/p>\n

I wish them nothing but the best and am very grateful for the tours, albums, experience I had with them. I love them all sincerely like brothers\u201d<\/p>\n

Suffocation went on to recruit drummer John Longstreth of Origin fame to fill-in in light of Morotti\u2018s apparent removal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rather than merely burning a bridge on his way out, drummer Eric Morotti called in a proverbial atrillery…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216,144471],"class_list":["post-622490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-suffocation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}