Breeding the Spawn
Breeding the Spawn is the second studio album by American death metal band Suffocation, released in May 1993 through Roadrunner Records. It was the band's first album with bassist Chris Richards, and their last to feature drummer Mike Smith for over a decade, until Souls to Deny (2004). Building off of the sound of Suffocation's debut album Effigy of the Forgotten (1991), it features more technical songwritng incorporating melodic and dynamic arrangements. The album was produced by Suffocation and Paul Bagin at Noise Lab in West Islip, New York. The band had originally planned to record the album in Florida with Effigy of the Forgotten producer Scott Burns, but were prevented from doing so due to financial constraints and by Roadrunner Records themselves, whose head of A&R, Monte Conner, wanted Suffocation to return to the raw sound of their debut EP Human Waste (1991).
Breeding the Spawn | ||||
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Studio album by Suffocation | ||||
Released | May 1993 | |||
Studio | Noise Lab (West Islip, New York) | |||
Genre | Death metal | |||
Length | 35:58 | |||
Label | Roadrunner | |||
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Breeding the Spawn received mixed reviews from critics, with its widely criticized production largely overshadowing and obfuscating its musical content. Roadrunner later apologized for the album's production and allowed Suffocation to work with Burns again on their third album Pierced from Within (1995). Since its release, Suffocation have included re-recordings of Breeding the Spawn's songs on their later albums.