Mike Smith (drummer)

Mike Smith (born July 16, 1971, in The Bronx, New York City)[1] is an American musician, best known as the founding member and former drummer of the New York–based technical death metal band Suffocation.

Smith returned when Suffocation reformed in 2002 after a four-year hiatus and performed on their 2004 release, Souls to Deny, their 2006 self-titled album, and 2009's Blood Oath.

He has lent his drumming to the song "Dawn of a Golden Age" on Roadrunner United: The All Star Sessions, underground rapper Necro for his album Death Rap and experimental Louisiana based metal act Psychometry.

In 2014, Smith recorded drums for the German extreme-metal band Misanthrope Monarch and their debut EP.

Smith has since completed full length albums with bands Voracious Scourge U.S.A, Inverted Matter from Italy, as well as two studio songs with side project Synesis Absorption U.S.. Grimm Real is Smiths' current and active project.