Breeding the Spawn

Breeding the Spawn
Studio album by Suffocation
Released	May 1993
Recorded	1992[1]
Studio	Noise Lab (West Islip, New York)
Genre	Technical death metal brutal death metal
Length	35:58
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Paul Bagin Suffocation
Suffocation chronology
Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) Breeding the Spawn (1993) Pierced from Within (1995)

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. Suffocation originally planned to record the album in Florida with Effigy of the Forgotten producer Scott Burns, but were prevented from doing so by financial constraints and Roadrunner Records themselves, whose head of A&R, Monte Conner, wanted the band to return to the raw sound of their debut EP Human Waste (1991).

Breeding the Spawn received mixed reviews from critics, with much of the criticism addressed at its poor production. Roadrunner later apologized for this 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.