Millennium (Monstrosity album)

Millennium is the second studio album by Florida death metal band Monstrosity, released in 1996 and produced by Scott Burns. Millenium is the band's final album to include George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher on lead vocals, as he went on to join fellow death metal band Cannibal Corpse.[citation needed]

Millennium
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 27, 1996
RecordedMorrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida
GenreDeath metal
Length40:14
LabelConquest (US)
Nuclear Blast (worldwide)
ProducerScott Burns, Monstrosity
Monstrosity chronology
Imperial Doom
(1992)
Millennium
(1996)
In Dark Purity
(1999)

The album was released on Conquest Music, Inc worldwide and licensed to Nuclear Blast for a European release. It was later licensed by Hammerheart Records (Netherlands) and re-released in the early 2000s for Europe.[citation needed]

Musical style

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On Millennium, Monstrosity showcases a more technical approach to death metal than on their previous release, Imperial Doom. The guitar work in particular is markedly more advanced than on their debut, utilizing jarring dynamic changes such as quick jumps from tremolo picking to rapid power chord changes. The album is considered by many to be a landmark in technical death metal. [citation needed]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fatal Millennium"Morgan, Harrison4:35
2."Devious Instinct"Morgan, Harrison4:02
3."Manic"Harrison, Van Erp3:30
4."Dream Messiah"Morgan, Harrison4:25
5."Fragments of Resolution"Morgan, Harrison5:08
6."Manipulation Strain"Morgan, Harrison, Van Erp4:02
7."Slaves and Masters"Fisher, Harrison, Van Erp3:13
8."Mirrors of Reason"Morgan, Harrison3:34
9."Stormwinds"Harrison, Van Erp4:59
10."Seize of Change"Rubin, Harrison2:46
Total length:40:14

Personnel

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Monstrosity
Additional musicians
  • Jason Avery – backing vocals on track 2, 4, 5 and 7
Production
  • Scott Burns – mixing, producer, recording
  • Keith Rose – mixing
  • Scott Kieklak – mixing

References

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