Doomed For Metal Reviews

It’s crazy how sometime bands, even those who are legendary in their scene, can have such long careers and still go unnoticed to some people.  Well, in this case, a person.  Me.  Sorry.  I’ve been listening to metal for over 25 years and yet “ Screams from Beneath the Surface ,” is the first Monstrosity album I’ve heard.  Of course, I have been aware of the band forever but, still, this is the first time ever jamming with them.  Goddamn, what a poser, right? Anyway, this album is the band’s seventh full-length album since forming in 1990.  Hey, I was only seven in 1990 so my apologies for not buying their first demos back then.   Their early days and first two full-lengths featured Corpsegrinder on vocals and that’s cool and stuff but life moves on and so did the band.   With that being said, this is apparently the band’s first effort with vocalist Ed Webb (ex- Massacre , Generichrist , among several others) but considering this is my fi...

Daemonium Regni is a blackened doom metal band from Sweden, who are making their debut with their self-titled full-length album.  Well, I shouldn't say 'their" because it is actually a one-man band, with the musician Micke Jansson ( Unanimated , Contempt of Light , Born for Burning ) handling everything. This album is put together very well. One-man bands are very common in the scene but this album in particular feels like a full-fledged band/project.    There isn’t any filler—-the album consists of 8 songs across a runtime of just under 45 minutes. No intros or outros to be found…. just a man, his vision and glorious blackened doom.    The atmosphere is perfect for the style too.  It is, obviously, a dark album but it isn’t what I would call cavernous or overly depressing.  The doom elements meld perfectly with the black ones so well this album truly feels like a mix between the two styles, rather than an album that lends to one side or another....