With their debut album, "Effigy of the Forgotten", SUFFOCATION rose to prominence of death metal and created a blueprint for the genre for the 1990s, retaining their style after the reunion in 2003. Decibel Magazine stated: ""Effigy of the Forgotten" was a benchmark for extreme music, as it sacrificed neither virtuosity or brutality, becoming a signpost for thousands who were still contemplating how to incorporate scalar runs, rapid-fire palm-muting and hummingbird-wing-quick picking into riffs, while opening up rhythmic dimensions and the scope of the blast beat."
Blabbermouth.net described
SUFFOCATION as "
American death metal's most consistent and punishing standard-bearers" and their style as "
brutal death metal".
According to AllMusic, Mullen is one of the best vocalists in death metal.
Decibel Magazine stated: "One of SUFFOCATION’s trademarks, breakdowns, has spawned an entire metal subgenre: death core."
"Breeding the Spawn"
1 Beginning Of Sorrow 4:14
2 Breeding The Spawn 4:44
3 Epitaph Of The Credulous 4:42
4 Marital Decimation 4:04
5 Prelude To Repulsion 4:46
6 Anomalistic Offerings 4:38
7 Ornaments Of Decrepancy 3:39
8 Ignorant Deprivation 4:50
