SUFFOCATION - Breeding The Spawn LP (splatter)

There’s a persistent storm cloud of controversy surrounding Suffocation’s sophomore effort “Breeding The Spawn”, owing mostly to the changing nature of recording industry politics. Whatever credibility one could attribute to Roadrunner Records prior to 1993 all but disappeared, and was replaced with an out and out stinginess in allocating funds to its old school bands in favor of speculating in the emerging pseudo-metal world of mainstream 90s music. Suffocation was perhaps unique in that their sound is informed enough by New York’s hardcore scene that they were able to retain some commercial viability since mallcore began sucking up all the attention from more orthodox heavy bands, and were able to bounce back with a better produced album in “Pierced From Within”, which is widely heralded as being either equal or greater to their classic debut in many quarters. But this unfortunate album has since become locked into the limbo of cult status, owing mostly to an allegedly inferior production.