Sufferage - BloodSpawn (2006)

   As it was mentioned before, it was clear from the beginning, that there was great potential in Sufferage, and the band would have deserved more attention than what they've got. 
   After their very promising debut the band switched from old school horror influenced death metal to a that time modern sounding brutal death direction. Style changes are usually not really welcome by the audience, but it was advantageous for Sufferage, and in general they didn't go too far, since intensity was their main feature on "Raw Meat Experience" too. There were loads of brutal death bands that time who tried to competete with each other by turning more technical, progressive or by involving various different other style influences. But after listening a well composed, heavy and damn intense album like "Bloodspawn", the whole unique wannabe competition circus seems senseless. The band operetated with excellent themes, enough diverse to not turn boring, and selected the most suitable sound for such a brutal death rampage. The lyrical concept also changed, on the side of societal and political criticism, personal issues also took place, and even a feedback for the garbage pop culture. To rate a wider range of everydays events makes a music somehow more direct and personal, that's not really usual in death metal on this level. On other fields this might seem normal, but by an extremely aggressive and unsatisfied tone things are different.To not have correlation to the main tendencies of the genre was always a returning feature of German death metal. In summary "BloodSpawn" can offer surprises and great entertainment for the fans of brutal death.