The group currently consists of guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, bassist Dan Kenny, vocalist Hernan "Eddie" Hermida and drummer Ernie Iniguez.

After Death Awaits was completed, Mitch Lucker—who at the time played in a band called Dying Dreams alongside Josh Tufano—joined Suicide Silence as a co-vocalist.

[3] After replacing Justin Tufano with Josh Goddard on drums and Chris Grucelski with Mike Olheiser on bass, the band recorded and released a second demo in 2004.

Shortly after the EP's recording, Ash left Suicide Silence due to school commitments and was replaced by Mark Heylmun, who remains as lead guitarist to this day.

[4] Suicide Silence toured heavily in support of the EP, booking all shows themselves and playing with bands such as All Shall Perish and Light This City.

[12] With the success of their debut album, Suicide Silence were included to take part in Mayhem Festival that took place during the summer of 2008.

Suicide Silence then followed along with a tour in Australia with Parkway Drive, A Day to Remember and The Acacia Strain in mid-2008 during the time when they were included to perform at Sweat Fest.

[15] Suicide Silence began recording No Time to Bleed in February 2009 with production by acclaimed producer Machine and engineering by Will Putney.

[16] During Music as a Weapon as well as the band's Cleansing the Nation tour, they began to perform the songs "No Time to Bleed", "Your Creations", "Lifted" and "Wake Up" months before the release of the album.

[17] Suicide Silence were included on 2009's Pedal to the Metal tour, along with the bands Mudvayne, Static-X, Bury Your Dead, Dope and Black Label Society.

[21] The opening track from the album, "Wake Up" was released as a digital download-only EP, which includes the original song, a live performance of it, and a remix handled by Shawn Crahan of Slipknot.

[29] In October, the group began their first headlining tour in two years[30] with support from MyChildren MyBride, Molotov Solution, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza and Conducting from the Grave.

[31] By 2011, Suicide Silence began preparing their third full-length album in Big Bear, California, with Steve Evetts as the selected producer.

[39][40][41] On December 21, 2012, a memorial show to benefit Kenadee Lucker's future education costs was held at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California.

[43] In addition to the memorial show, the band started the Kenadee Lucker Education Fund and continues to promote donations towards Mitch's daughter.

[44][45] After nearly a year of inactivity, it was confirmed on October 2, 2013, that Suicide Silence would hire a new vocalist, Hernan "Eddie" Hermida of All Shall Perish.

[46] On October 23, 2013, the band announced on Facebook that they were writing new material via a picture captioned, "Feels good to be working on new music.

In an interview with Soundwave TV on February 22, 2014, vocalist Eddie Hermida stated that one of the songs on the new album would contain some of Mitch Lucker's final lyrics.

[51] The first single "Doris", which had been performed live at Knotfest in 2016, was released on January 6, 2017, to scathing criticism from fans due to the perceived drastic stylistic shift.

[54] On October 21, 2019, the band announced their sixth studio album will be called Become the Hunter with a release date expected in early 2020.

[59] In June 2022, the band announced the title of their seventh studio album, Remember... You Must Die, along with a short audio clip.

[63] On February 8, 2023, one month before the album release, the band unveiled the fourth single "Dying Life" and its corresponding music video.

[75] On Suicide Silence's third album The Black Crown, the group began to experiment with some slight nu metal styles.

[80] Guitarist and founding member Garza has stated that his biggest inspirations are the brutal death metal bands Wormed, Eternal Suffering and Skinless's early material.