CRIMSON RELIC - Purgatory's Reign Reissue
Dark Descent Records
Most people into extreme metal and it's history know about this release, especially if you're a death/doom conissuer. I first learned about it around a decade ago because of it's GRAVEHILL connection. Prior to being in GRAVEHILL, Rhett Davis was in the band MORGION at the time and plays drums on this. But for the few of you out there here you go.
This originally came out back in 1996 and released on Radiation Records which was/is a Nuclear Blast sub-label. Prior to this release these cuts were supposed to be for the previous band DIVINE EVE's full-length debut. That band didn't work out so mainman Xan Hammack (guitars, bass and vocals) moved from Texas to California, hooked up with drummer Rhett Davis to record this and the rest is history.
Musically remember this was in 1996 but Xan Hammack was thinking old school before the term became cliche. Imagine a some demo era old Swedish death metal faves mixed with CELTIC FROST. Xan even lets out a Tom G. grunt here and their in the vocals. Speaking of vocals Xan reminds me of Don of the Dead from NUNSLAUGHTER.
So hey the rest is history and a one off of great death doom is back for your consumption. Sound-wise it's on the low fi demo quality meter as well as the vocals being low in the mix. But otherwise Dark Descent Records resurrects a gem from the past which people need to check out.
http://www.darkdescentrecords.com/
https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/purgatorys-reign
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