Purulence / Amaymon - split (1993)

Amaymon is pretty generic death metal. Competent but uninteresting. The production is pretty bad, but it doesn't seem that there's much going on in the music, so we're not missing much.

Purulence is moderately technical, and their music is much more varied and interesting. There are plenty of tempo and style changes, but the songs strike a good balance between variety and cohesive songwriting. However, the excessive pinch harmonics kind of annoy me. Also notable is the closing number, "Sinking Into Transparency", which is similar to Gorguts' "Condemned to Obscurity" in that it foreshadows Gorguts' groundbreaking Obscura five years later. I'm kind of surprised that Purulence never went anywhere after this split CD. Of course, Steeve Hurdle went on to play in Gorguts, but it seems Purulence could've really gone somewhere.

Two of Purulence's songs from this split ("Sinking Into Transparency" and "Inhaling the Souls") are available on their MySpace page.