Monstrosity

As one of the front-runners in the Florida extreme metal scene, international artists, Monstrosity began their course in late 1990. The first effort was to be called Imperial Doom and is now considered a metal classic. The album went on to sell 50,000 worldwide and received excellent ratings in the world press. Upon the release of Imperial Doom in the States, the album rose to #25 on the U.S. CMJ college radio charts and to #21 in sales. The band played numerous shows in the U.S. as well as a month-long tour of Europe and a show in Mexico City with Overkill.

With the second release, Millennium, Monstrosity showcased stronger playing techniques with more focused arrangements with their second album. The album release was launched with the "Extremities Tour," a seven-week tour of North America. The album placed #16 on the CMJ college radio charts and stayed in the top 20 for many weeks. The band then concentrated on conquering Latin America with shows in Mexico City, Lima, Peru, and Bogota, Columbia. Monstrosity then followed up with a European tour that took them to nine countries in four weeks.

In 1999, the band then recorded their third album, In Dark Purity, at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida. The recording contained 14 songs, including a cover of Slayer's "Angel of Death." In Dark Purity went to #9 on the CMJ Loud Rock, U.S. college radio charts. Monstrosity also toured in support of Dimmu Borgir and Samael in the U.S. for six weeks and then flew to Germany to headline the Fuck the Commerce Festival in Berlin.

May of 2001 saw Monstrosity back offering a double dose of mayhem with a double CD entitled Enslaving the Masses. Disc one has an array of songs remixed and remastered from their previous albums. Disc two is a monumental "Live" album. The release was followed by an extensive 80 date North American tour. 2002 saw the band touring and more touring with a three-week tour of Mexico leaving nothing but chaos in their path. In March, they flew to Brazil to headline a shows in Sao Paulo and Recife with sold out crowds. Monstrosity completed a four-week U.S. tour and a six-week onslaught of Europe in the fall.

2003 was time for the band to record, thus entering Audio Hammer Studios and recreating the musical equivalent to Armageddon in the form of Rise To Power. Rise To Power came screaming in on the CMJ college radio Loudrock chart at #6. In October, Monstrosity flew to Bogota and headlined the "Rock Al Parque" music festival with a monumental 80,000 in attendance. This was followed by two headlining shows in Guatemala. Rise To Power takes up where In Dark Purity leaves off and proves why this band is called the elite of death metal.