Cycle of Suffering

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{{Infobox album

| name = Cycle of Suffering

| type = studio

| artist = Sylosis

| cover = Sylosis Cycle of Suffering cover art.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2020|02|07|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Thrash metal,{{cite web|url=http://www.metallized.it/recensione.php?id=16787|website=Metallized|title=Sylosis - Cycle of Suffering|access-date=September 11, 2023}} progressive metal, melodic death metal, metalcore{{cite web|url=https://www.nocleansinging.com/2020/01/24/sylosis-cycle-of-suffering/|website=No Clean Singing|access-date=September 11, 2023 |title=Sylosis: "Cycle of Suffering" |date=24 January 2020 }}{{cite web|url=https://loudandproud.it/sylosis-cycle-of-suffering/|website=Loud and Proud|title=Sylosis - Cycle of Suffering|date=13 February 2020 |access-date=September 11, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hysteriamag.com/sylosis-cycle-suffering/|website=Hysteria|title=Sylosis - Cycle of Suffering|date=2 February 2020 |access-date=September 11, 2023}}

| length = 50:52

| label = Nuclear Blast

| producer = Josh Middleton

| prev_title = Dormant Heart

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title = A Sign of Things to Come

| next_year = 2023

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Cycle of Suffering

| type = studio

| single1 = I Sever

| single1date = 6 December 2019{{cite news|url=http://bravewords.com/news/sylosis-to-release-cycle-of-suffering-album-in-february-i-sever-music-video-streaming|title=SYLOSIS To Release Cycle Of Suffering Album In February; "I Sever" Music Video Streaming|website=Bravewords|date=6 December 2019|access-date=7 December 2019}}

| single2 = Calcified

| single2date = 10 January 2020

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Blabbermouth.net

| rev1Score = 8.5/10{{cite web | url = https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/cycle-of-suffering/| title = CD Reviews - Cycle Of Suffering Sylosis - Blabbermouth.net | last = Lawson| first = Dom | date = 8 February 2020| access-date = February 12, 2020}}

| rev2 = Kerrang

| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/reviews/album-review-sylosis-cycle-of-suffering/|title= Album Review: Sylosis – Cycle Of Suffering — Kerrang!|last=Law|first=Sam|date=February 12, 2020|access-date=February 12, 2020}}

| rev3 = Metal Hammer

| rev3Score = {{rating|6|7}}{{cite web | url = https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/sylosis-cycle-of-suffering/ | title = Kritik zu Sylosis CYCLE OF SUFFERING - Metal Hammer| last = Weckmann | first = Matthias| date = February 7, 2020 | access-date = February 12, 2020}}

}}

Cycle of Suffering is the fifth studio album by British heavy metal band Sylosis, released on 7 February 2020 through Nuclear Blast.{{cite news|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/sylosis-to-return-with-new-album-cycle-of-suffering-in-february/|title=SYLOSIS To Return With New Album, 'Cycle Of Suffering', In February|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=6 December 2019|access-date=7 December 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/sylosis-announce-new-album-cycle-of-suffering/|title=Sylosis announce new album 'Cycle Of Suffering'|first=James|last=Weaver|website=Distorted Sound Magazine|date=6 December 2019|access-date=7 December 2019}} It is the band's first studio album since their hiatus in 2016, as well as their first to feature Conor Marshall on bass (before switching to rhythm guitar in 2024), and drummer Ali Richardson, replacing Carl Parnell and Rob Callard.

A music video for the song "I Sever", the first single from Cycle of Suffering, was released for streaming on 6 December 2019.{{r|single1}}

The band is mostly playing in D standard tuning on Cycle of Suffering for the first time since the EPs Casting Shadows and The Supreme Oppressor, instead of E standard tuning on their previous full-length albums, though "Idle Hands" is tuned down to D-flat, the main tuning on their next album A Sign of Things to Come.