Purgatory Afterglow

Purgatory Afterglow Artist: Edge of Sanity
Label: Black Mark Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 602276006122
EAN: 0602276006122
ASIN: B000001H1U


Release Date: 1995-03-01

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Tracks:

  1. Twilight
  2. Of Darksome Origin
  3. Blood-Colored
  4. Silent
  5. Black Tears
  6. Elegy
  7. Velvet Dreams
  8. Enter Chaos
  9. The Sinner And The Sadness
  10. Song Of Sirens
  11. Unknown
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Edge of Sanity: not only a melodic death metal band.......2004-01-16

Unlike the Gothenburg scene dominated by bands like In Flames and Dark Tranquillity, Edge of Sanity led by Dan Swano was a band that stuck more to the roots of American death metal combining it with Swano's musical vision, which is putting as much emphasis on melody as possible. Furthermore his songwriting refuses to compromise stylistically as he was deeply influenced by 70's and 80's prog rock (speaking of which, his solo album Moontower is possibly his greatest work to date). Dan's indepedent-minded approach to creating original compositions along with cerebral lyrics suggest that Edge of Sanity was definitely a much better band compared to their contemporaries. It's a shame they went unnoticed by many death metal fans until their masterpiece Crimson which unfortunately was written when the band members were on bad terms with each other. This eventually would led to Dan's departure in 1997 and we wouldn't hear another EOS album featuring him on vocals for more than five years.

Back to Purgatory Afterglow... I consider this one a perfect transition album from the band's older American death metal style to their more prog-driven motives. Musically this album shows a lot of potential growth and maturity in the way that it balances power, anger, lyrical depth, and musical complexity almost perfectly. Considering that Dan was only 21 when he wrote this album, this is a great piece of work. The sharp intelligence, clear vision, and genuine warmth in every song on this album proves that Purgatory Afterglow is a sadly overlooked offering from one of the most underrated (yet amazing) death metal bands ever. Also feel free to check out my more in-depth review for this album on Amazon [Purgatory Afterglow].

5 out of 5 stars Stunning Death Metal.......2001-08-01

Well, Purgatory Afterglow is second on my list of best EoS releases, first being Crimson of course. This is in all ways perfect album, anyway you look at it. The first track, "Twighlight" is possibly one of the best melodic death metal songs ever written. "Blood Colored" could be considered as death rock and roll, and Swano started experimenting with clean vocals more on "Black Tears", not to mention it has one of the best/catchy riffs ever. "Elegy" has great lyrics, and "Of Darksome Origin" is just great, very evil. In short, this album is sweet, do yourself a favor, if you're into melodic DM, heard previous Swano efforts, you can't miss with Purgatory Afterglow. It's one of the best Swedish Melodic Death Metal 'representatives' in the field. Buy it.

5 out of 5 stars Well. Buy it.......1998-08-30

Best album ever released...buy it. Short and sweet.

5 out of 5 stars The mother of all death metal albums.......1998-07-16

With Purgatory Afterglow, Edge of Sanity with mainman Dan Swaný, released what is considered to be the best death metal album ever. If one listen to songs like "twilight, elegy, velvet dreams or black tears" you get the feeling that it's hard to do it any better. Where can one take from here? This is it. The definite death metal album. You just haven't lived until you've heard this album. A pretty bold statement, but true in fact. Go get it!

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