Purtenance - Member Of Immortal Damnation
This old-school death metal unit from Finland first released this album in 1992, before their 1994 split. This re-release also includes some of the 1991 demos for this album. This is their only release and it changed the death metal world, with its well-structured intricacies leading it open to any death metal fan.
The dual guitat wielders seem, at times, to echo each other perfectly, in-tune and in with the feel of the song. This dark and depressing album is only made more so by the slow, hypnotic drum-beat that occasionally changes, but not often and only for one note. The guitars are fitted onto this slow, depressive pace perfectly as all complement each other. The deep, guttural gruff vocals are not always the most important thing, as the near 3 minute intro to Black Vision shows – the vocal come in and they are as deep and dark as you could get. The drums then build to meet with the rhythm of the vocals and the buzzsaw guitars cut the air between both the instrumental and the vocal perfectly.
This album is as dark and depressing at the winter in Finland, and maybe this is what they are trying to grab. At times, it’s more doom metal than death metal – and seems to manage both at the same times, although one can take over the other at times and add to that depressing feel.
The dual guitat wielders seem, at times, to echo each other perfectly, in-tune and in with the feel of the song. This dark and depressing album is only made more so by the slow, hypnotic drum-beat that occasionally changes, but not often and only for one note. The guitars are fitted onto this slow, depressive pace perfectly as all complement each other. The deep, guttural gruff vocals are not always the most important thing, as the near 3 minute intro to Black Vision shows – the vocal come in and they are as deep and dark as you could get. The drums then build to meet with the rhythm of the vocals and the buzzsaw guitars cut the air between both the instrumental and the vocal perfectly.
This album is as dark and depressing at the winter in Finland, and maybe this is what they are trying to grab. At times, it’s more doom metal than death metal – and seems to manage both at the same times, although one can take over the other at times and add to that depressing feel.
- Intro
- Black Vision
- Deep Blue Darkness
- Lacus Somniorum
- The Lost Memories
- A Dark Cloud Arises
- In The Misty Morning
- Reality Isn’t Disappeared
- Misery Of The Rebirth
- Crown Waits The Immortal
- Joh, 3:16
- Apparition Of The Mist (7”EP, 91)
- A Dark Cloud Arises (7”EP, 91)
- Crown Waits The Immortal (7”EP, 91)
- Necropsy To A Festering Body (Demo 1 ’91)
- Cadaveric Mutilation (Demo 1 ’91)
- Inside The Crematory (Demo 1 ’91)
- Cannibal Souls (Demo 1 ’91)
Label: http://www.xtreemmusic.com
Reviewer: twansibon
Jan 2, 2012
Jan 2, 2012
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