Black Purification - Post-mortem Reflex
The project Black Purification is by the same bloke who brought us the same ambient/noise act called Kostnitsa and Katakombnaya Tserkov as well. Highly productive fellow indeed! This release has also been released on E.C.T Recordings and with this act he is, learning towards primal death industrial... old school style if you ask me. Released back in January of 2023. Recorded in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2022. Limited edition of 25 numbered copies [hand-numbered in Latin digits I-XXV with red ink]. Comes in high-quality black and white, with full color-printed inner side covers. The CD is stored in a cool black paper envelope. It all looks very nice... if you look away from the gory photos smeared inside and outside of the cover artwork! But anyway. the 3 tracks, are about 35 minutes in total.
The first track, Slow Death, starts with a thick, grim, low-fi, and wobbling distorted bass sound. Already entering familiar grounds here. This cold and mechanical bass sound gets joined up with other.. altered buzz-zaw sounds. Sounds with more or less chops and cuts up the listener. Very similar to that classic Atrax Morque sound, with a touch of early MB and Mauthausen Orchestra. Morbid hypnotic stuff!
The second track Post-Mortem Reflex really explores those excellent and atmospheric analog sounds. The sound of massive low-tech sounds will leave an almost physical presence in the surroundings of the listener. Although we are dealing with some pretty dark and morbid stuff, the recorded material here (so far) is highly meditative. Ritualistic undercurrents and ambient moods are also present here as well. Lots of moods, and lots of thought here.
The third and final track Open Throat Wound follows the same wobbling analog punishment. It has more of a minimal approach than the former track. Really love those thick analog bass sounds, really murky stuff! There's not much being multi-layered here, just a really pure and focused death-industrial/ambient sound.
And that is where the album ends! It´s pure, focused, simple, and to the point. It doesn't need anything more to be better, it´s absolutely spot-on in my world. Only one sound through the entire album that you should have your focus on, which is sort of ... refreshing really. It gives it that lovely old-school feel, less is more...right? Wanne get your hands on the physical release, and track it down on Discogs... it´s sold out on the label.
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