Purgatory Afterglow

Edge of Sanity | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 13, 2001)
• Label: Black Mark/Spv
• ASIN: B00005QKAT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,735,935 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2010 release, the fourth full-length studio album by the Swedish Death Metal band. A lethal album that mixes neck-breaking riffs and torturous vocals with adept songwriting skill. Album art by Necrolord (Witchery, Diabolique). --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Death Metal, August 1, 2001

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ka0z (Forest Hills, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Purgatory Afterglow (Audio CD)

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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Edge of Sanity: not only a melodic death metal band, January 16, 2004

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Murat Batmaz (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Purgatory Afterglow (Audio CD)

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].

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A triumph, August 5, 1999

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This review is from: Purgatory Afterglow (Audio CD)

I don't consider myself as any sort of big deathmetal-fan.. actually I don't have many cd's at all within the genre. Some people even say EOS isn't death... anyhow this album must be considered the peak of EOS' carrier. Energic, heavy, brutal, shifting, synched and you just gotta lov the voice/register of Dan Swanö.