| Breeding the Spawn | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 18, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Noise Lab | |||
| Genre | Brutal death metal,[1] technical death metal | |||
| Length | 35:58 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Paul Bagin & Suffocation | |||
| Suffocation chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10[3] |
| Metalious | 100/100[1] |
Breeding the Spawn is the second full-length album by Suffocation. Though it still employs the characteristics and elements associated with Suffocation's song writing, the production on the album is much thinner than on other albums, due to financial problems regarding their label Roadrunner Records. However it shows a more complex and technical side of the band. Most likely to make up for the relatively poor production on the album, tracks from Breeding the Spawn were re-recorded for inclusion on six Suffocation albums to date: "Breeding the Spawn" on Pierced from Within; "Prelude to Repulsion" and "Anomalistic Offerings" on Suffocation (the latter found on the Japanese version of the album); "Marital Decimation" on Blood Oath; "Beginning of Sorrow" on Pinnacle of Bedlam; "Epitaph of the Credulous" on ...Of the Dark Light; and "Ignorant Deprivation" on Hymns from the Apocrypha.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Beginning of Sorrow" | Mike Smith | Doug Cerrito | 4:17 |
| 2. | "Breeding the Spawn" | Cerrito | Cerrito | 4:47 |
| 3. | "Epitaph of the Credulous" | Frank Mullen |
| 3:45 |
| 4. | "Marital Decimation" | Mullen | Hobbs | 4:06 |
| 5. | "Prelude to Repulsion" | Mullen | Cerrito | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Anomalistic Offerings" | Mullen | Hobbs | 4:41 |
| 7. | "Ornaments of Decrepancy" | Smith | Hobbs | 4:42 |
| 8. | "Ignorant Deprivation" | Smith | Hobbs | 4:50 |
| Total length: | 35:58 | |||
Personnel
- Suffocation
- Frank Mullen - vocals
- Terrance Hobbs - lead guitar
- Doug Cerrito - rhythm guitar
- Chris Richards - bass
- Mike Smith - drums
- Production
- Produced by Paul Bagin & Suffocation
- Recorded, engineered & mixed by Paul Bagin
- Mastered by Chris Gehringer
- Front cover by Dan Seagrave
References
- 1 2 "The Best of Brutal Death Metal - "Breeding the Spawn" Review (100%)". Metalious. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Breeding the Spawn - Suffocation". Allmusic. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 428. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.