Purgatory Afterglow

by Edge of Sanity

Purgatory Afterglow cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 October 1994
  • Label: Black Mark Production
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 44:26
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Anders Lindberg, Sami Nerberg, Dan Swan枚, Dread, Benny Larsson, B枚rje Forsberg

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Fronted by Dan Swan枚, 'Purgatory Afterglow' stands as a critical evolutionary step in the Swedish death metal scene, integrating acoustic passages and clean vocals into the genre's traditional aggression. The record solidified the band's reputation for technical proficiency and helped establish the foundations of the melodic death metal subgenre alongside their regional contemporaries.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, death, clean-vocals, progressive

Tracklist

  1. Twilight (7:50)
  2. Of Darksome Origin (5:02)
  3. Blood-Colored (4:00)
  4. Silent (5:05)
  5. Black Tears (3:15)
  6. Elegy (3:57)
  7. Velvet Dreams (7:10)
  8. Enter Chaos (2:24)
  9. The Sinner and the Sadness (3:06)
  10. Song of Sirens (2:32)

Credits

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