Miracle of Purity

If you ever have heard any other recording by Incriminated and liked it even a bit, check this one out. Miracle of Purity is definitely the bands best effort so far. Crushing in it´s old school filthness and culminated by it´s excellent, varied songwriting, this is a classic album.

The opening song Disemberment of the Pure has – as the album as whole does – great, strong bass-lines and a ace, sick guitar solo. This may be the best Incriminated song – and album opener – ever. Evil Aggressor, which follows the first song, is a short, minute long outburst, while the Prayer slows things down for a while until fast, thrashing part. Fast only in the scale of this long play, though, this is not blast beat -filled record. “Thrashing” could also go with quotation marks, as thrash here is played with ultimate death metal touch and sound – no technical nor modern shit here.

After two mid-tempo songs and faster track, We Spread Horrow, “Miracle of Purity” turns into different direction. Two last tracks (the b-side of LP version), Death´s Triumph Over Life and Lowlife, are both circa eight minutes long. The bass lines got strong position also on the six first tracks, thanks to bass-orientated mix, but on the last two songs, they rise into leading position. Accorded by simple guitar and drum beats, the bass lines bounce nicely giving welcomed variety to Incriminated´s songs compared to your average old school death/black act. The last minutes of Death´s Triumph.. include also such work on solo guitar that any poser with so-called technical skills can´t understand – honestly, when it comes to feeling and sense of style, this album have some of the best solos ever.

As the album slowly fades out with the bass lines of Lowlife, the listener has heard some of the best 40 minutes of heavy metal ever made. It leaves a kind of empty feeling when listening with care – an effect that not many albums are able to do. As the CD is still quite easy to pick up, I see no reason why any fan of underground metal would not crap this one into one´s collection. Essential!