''Imperial Doom'' is the debut album by American

death metal Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...

band Monstrosity. It was released on May 26, 1992, through

Nuclear Blast Nuclear Blast is a record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label mov ...

. The album sold 40,000 copies worldwide and received excellent ratings in the press. The album was supported by a European tour, but a little later, following disagreements regarding royalties, Monstrosity left Nuclear Blast.

Track listing

*All lyrics by Lee Harrison. All music as noted.

Personnel

;Monstrosity *

George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher George Fisher (born July 8, 1970), better known by his stage name Corpsegrinder, is an American death metal vocalist who is the lead singer of Cannibal Corpse, Paths of Possession and the supergroup Serpentine Dominion. He recorded two al ...

– vocals *

Jason Gobel Jason Göbel is an American musician. He is best known for being a member of the technical metal band Cynic and playing guitar on their album ''Focus''. Life and career Gobel joined Cynic in 1988, playing guitar on their demos and album ''Foc ...

– guitars *Jon Rubin – guitars *Mark Van Erp – bass *Lee Harrison – drums ;Production *Monstrosity – production *

Jim Morris James Samuel Morris Jr. (born January 19, 1964) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for two seasons with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Although brief, Morris' career is noted for making hi ...

– recording, engineering, production *

Dan Seagrave Daniel Seagrave (born 1970) is a British artist, who created many record covers for death metal bands especially in the early 1990s. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in Ravenshead, near Nottingham. Seagrave's works are typically ...

– artwork *

Markus Staiger Nuclear Blast is a record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label mov ...

– executive production

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Monstrosity (band) albums 1992 debut albums Albums with cover art by Dan Seagrave Nuclear Blast albums