The Purgatory Aftershow

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  • The Purgatory Aftershow - #017 - Metal Festivals 2026
    In this episode, we talk about some of the festivals we hit in 2026, featuring our dear friends Donovan (@donomite.bsky.social) and Caroline!
     
    Clips showcased in this episode:
     
    - Haggus - Bound By Realms Of Cruelty
    - Blood Monolith - The Calling Of Fire
    - Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja
    - Pig Destroyer - Scatology Homework
    - Havukruunu - Tavastland
    - Wayfarer - The Thousand Tombs Of Western Promise
    - Terror Corpse - Pyre Of Ash And Bone
    - Gallowbraid - Stone Of Remembrance
    - Primeval Well - She Flies Undead
    - Misþyrming -Alsæla

    #MetalFestivals #MetalPodcast #MDF #MarylandDeathFest #MetalandBeer #FortressFest #NWTF #NorthWestTerrorFest #ExtremeMetal #FestivalRecap #LiveMetal #Haggus #BloodMonolith #OranssiPazuzu #PigDestroyer #Havukruunu #Wayfarer #TerrorCorpse #Gallowbraid #PrimevalWell #Mispyrming #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #Grindcore #DoomMetal #ExperimentalMetal #2026Metal
    1 hr 25 min
  • The Purgatory Aftershow - #016 - Morbid Angel

    In this Discog Run, we analyze all the albums by one of the most influential metal bands of all time: Morbid Angel!


    Albums discussed in this episode:

    • 1989 - Altars of Madness
    • 1991 - Blessed Are the Sick
    • 1993 - Covenant
    • 1995 - Domination
    • 1998 - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
    • 2000 - Gateways to Annihilation
    • 2003 - Heretic
    • 2011 - Illud Divinum Insanus
    • 2017 - Kingdoms Disdained

      • #MorbidAngel #DeathMetal #ExtremeMetal #MetalPodcast #DiscographyRun #AlbumReview #AltarsOfMadness #BlessedAreTheSick #Covenant #Domination #GatewaysToAnnihilation #FloridaDeathMetal #OldSchoolDeathMetal #TechnicalDeathMetal #HeavyMetal


      2 hr 3 min
    • The Purgatory Aftershow - #015 - Purgatory Rotation 2026 Q2
      Join us as we discuss some of our favorite releases from the second quarter of 2026. What a freaking great year so far!
      • Phantom (@phantom__speed) - Not Midnight Yet
      • Towering (@towering.official) - The Oblation of Man
      • Fyrnask (@fyrnask) - Íosir
      • Void of Light (@voidoflightband) - Asymmetries
      • Rotten Tomb (@rottentombofficial) - Vestiges of Tortured Souls
      • Reeking Aura (@reekingaura) - On the Promise of the Moon
      • Saidan (@saidan.metal) - Fangdriller: Scars Beneath Memory's Wrist
      • Hrob (@hrob.death) - Brána chladu
      • Panopticon (@thetruepanopticon) - Det hjemsøkte hjertet
      • Candarian (@candarianhorror) - Trepanación
      • Mylingar (@amorfatiproductions) - Út
      • svrm (@vendettarecs) - Мертвий край
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        Intro: Esca (@escabristol) - Thalassophobia - Singularity
        Outro: At the Gates (@atthegates_official) - The Dissonant Void

         

        #deathmetal #blackmetal #blackeneddeathmetal #doommetal #extrememetal #undergroundmetal #metalunderground #deathdoom #atmosphericblackmetal #warblackmetal #osdm #oldschooldeathmetal #darkambientmetal #grimblackmetal #cavernousdeathmetal #bestialblackmetal #rawblackmetal #metalreleases #newmetal2026 #bandcampmetal
        1 hr 42 min
      • The Purgatory Aftershow - #014 - Metal Without Borders: Japan

        Metal Without Borders is our episode series where we showcase underground extreme metal from around the world. Join us as we discuss great picks from the beautiful country of Japan!

        Bands and Albums:

        • Kandarivas - Rhythms Of Obliteration
        • Sabbat - The Dwelling
        • Pale - Our Hearts In Your Heaven
        • Butcher ABC - North Of Hell
        • Kruelty - Untopia
        • Anatomia - Corporeal Torment
        • Terror Squad - the wild stream of eternal sin
        • Heaven In Her Arms - White Halo
        • Mortal Incarnation - Lunar Radiant Dawn

          • #MetalWithoutBorders #JapaneseMetal #JapanMetal #ExtremeMetal #UndergroundMetal #DeathMetal #BlackMetal #DoomMetal #Hardcore #CrustPunk #MetalPodcast #MetalCommunity #Metalheads #HeavyMusic #ExtremeMusic #JapaneseExtremeMetal #AsianMetal #MetalDiscovery #NowSpinning #AlbumDiscussion #Kandarivas #SabbatJapan #PaleBand #ButcherABC #Kruelty #Anatomia #TerrorSquad #HeavenInHerArms #MortalIncarnation #RhythmsOfObliteration #TheDwelling #Untopia #CorporealTorment #WhiteHalo #LunarRadiantDawn

          1 hr 47 min
        • The Purgatory Aftershow - #013 - Purgatory Rotation 2026 Q1
          2026 has just started, but it’s already proving to be a very promising year for extreme metal. Join us as we discuss some of our favorite releases from this first quarter!

           

          Note: Special thanks to @cemeterypiss for letting us feature their new song in this episode!

           

          Bands and Albums:

           

          • Cruel Force (@cruelforceofficial) - Haneda
          • Funebrarum (@funebrarum_official) - Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence
          • Iron Firmament - In The Land of Pre-Human Kings
          • Egregore (@egregore137) - It Echoes In The Wild
          • Bronze Hall - Embers of the Dawn
          • Misotheist (@terraturpossessions) - De Pinte
          • Coscradh (@coscradh) - Carving the Causeway to the Otherworld
          • Cemetery Piss (@cemeterypiss) - New Song from their Upcoming Album
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            Opening Track - Mordant Etch (@mordantetch) - Sequencing Hellish Cataclysm

             

            #deathmetal #blackmetal #blackeneddeathmetal #doommetal #extrememetal #undergroundmetal #metalunderground #deathdoom #atmosphericblackmetal #warblackmetal #osdm #oldschooldeathmetal #darkambientmetal #grimblackmetal #cavernousdeathmetal #bestialblackmetal #rawblackmetal #metalreleases #newmetal2026 #bandcampmetal #terraturpossessions #20buckspin
            1 hr 14 min
          • The Purgatory Aftershow - #012 - Brazilian Underground

            On this episode, we travel south to uncover the raw intensity of Brazil’s metal underground.

            Bands and Albums featured in this episode:

            Rot (@rotgrindcore) - Organic

            Autrest (@autrestofficial) - Follow The Cold Path
            Vulcano (@vulcanometal_official) - Bloody Vengeance 
            Attomica (@attomicaoficial) - Disturbing The Noise
            Nephast (@mauricio.extreme.drums) - Conceived By Inhuman Blood
            Piah Mater (@piahmater) - Under the Shadow of a Foreign Sun 
            Test (@test_death) - Arabe Macabre
            Darkat Yuuyamihn (@darkatyuuyamihn_) - Eu Sou a Vítima e o Carrasco 
            Surra (@surrathrashpunk) - Surra

            Opening Track - Open The Coffin, Tudo pertence à morte

            Closing Track - Sepultura, Beneath The Remains

            #BrazilianMetal #MetalUnderground #ExtremeMetal #SouthAmericanMetal #Grindcore #DeathMetal #ThrashMetal #BlackMetal #MetalPodcast #UndergroundMetal #ExtremeMusic #Rot #Autrest #Vulcano #Attomica #PiahMater #Test #Surrathrashpunk #BrazilianDrums #MetalScene

            2 hr 22 min
          • The Purgatory Aftershow - #011 - Best of 2025 - Part 2
            Join us for the final rankings of our top 10 albums of 2025! In this episode, we dive into albums 5 through 1. Can you guess which one takes the top spot?





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            Bands and albums in this episode:

            Derek
            01: Evoken - Mendacium
            02: Qrixkuor - The Womb of the World
            03: Floating - Hesitating Lights
            04: Paradise Lost - Ascension
            05: Morbific - Bloom of the Abnormal Flesh

            Mauricio
            01: Barren Path - Grieving
            02: Floating - Hesitating Lights
            03: Violator - Unholy Retribution
            04: Vauruvã - Mar da Deriva
            05: Terror Corpse - Ash Eclipses Flesh

            Wibbs
            01: Barren Path
            02: Yellow Eyes - Confusion Gate
            03: Noctambulist - Noctambulist 2: de Droom
            04: Blood Abscission - I I
            05: Evoken - Mendacium


            Our links: https://linktr.ee/thepurgatoryaftershow


            #top10albums #bestof2025 #metalalbums #albumreview #metalpodcast #musicdiscussion #heavymetal #metalhead #metalmusic #deathmetal #blackmetal #thrashmetal #doommetal #progressivemetal #grindcore #extrememetal #newreleases #metalcommunity #metalheads #Evoken #Mendacium #Qrixkuor #TheWombOfTheWorld #Floating #HesitatingLights #ParadiseLost #Ascension #Morbific #BloomOfTheAbnormalFlesh #BarrenPath #Grieving #Violator #UnholyRetribution #Vauruva #MarDaDeriva #TerrorCorpse #AshEclipsesFlesh #YellowEyes #ConfusionGate #Noctambulist #Noctambulist2 #DeDroom #BloodAbscission #BloodAbscissionII #DeathMetal #DoomMetal #BlackMetal #ExtremeMetal #MetalUnderground
            1 hr 44 min
          • The Purgatory Aftershow - #010 - Best of 2025 - Part 1
            It’s time for the grand reveal—our lists for the best albums of 2025! In this episode, we reveal our selections from 10 to 6, reacting to each other’s in real time. Check out the next episode for the final rankings!





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            Bands and albums in this episode:




            Derek
            06: Hedonist - Scapulimancy
            07: Mental Devastation - The Delusional Mystery of the Self pt 2
            08: Proscription - Desolate Divine
            09: Zeicrydeus - La Grande Heresie
            10: Voidceremony - Abditum


            Mauricio
            06: One of Nine - Dawn Of The Iron Shadow
            07: Jade - Mysteries Of A Flowery Dream
            08: Coltaine - Brandung
            09: Haggus - Destination Extinction
            10: Blood Abscission - II


            Wibbs
            06: Agriculture - The Spiritual Sound
            07: Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
            08: Sunken - Lykke
            09: Axis of Light - To The Great Unbearing North
            10: The Great Old Ones - Kadath




            Our links: https://linktr.ee/thepurgatoryaftershow




            #top10albums #bestof2025 #metalalbums #albumreview #metalpodcast #musicdiscussion #heavymetal #metalhead #metalmusic #deathmetal #blackmetal #thrashmetal #doommetal #progressivemetal #grindcore #extrememetal #newreleases #metalcommunity #metalheads #Hedonist #Scapulimancy #MentalDevastation #TheDelusionalMystery #Proscription #DesolateDivine #Zeicrydeus #LaGrandeHeresie #Voidceremony #Abditum #OneOfNine #DawnOfTheIronShadow #Jade #MysteriesOfAFloweryDream #Coltaine #Brandung #Haggus #DestinationExtinction #BloodAbscission #BloodAbscissionII #Agriculture #TheSpiritualSound #Deafheaven #LonelyPeopleWithPower #Sunken #Lykke #AxisOfLight #ToTheGreatUnbearingNorth #TheGreatOldOnes #Kadath #Metal #ExtremeMetal #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #MetalUnderground
            1 hr 38 min
          • The Purgatory Aftershow - #009 - Weird British Death Metal
            For this episode, we've gathered the weirdest (and greatest) UK death metal bands we could find!

            Bands and Albums featured in this episode (with clips):

            Atvm – Famine, Putrid and Fucking Endless 
            Mithras – On Strange Loops
            Cryptic Shift – Visitations From Enceladus
            Epiphanic Truth – Dark Triad: Bitter Psalms To A Sordid Species
            Sarpanitum – Blessed Be My Brothers
            Slimelord – Chytridiomycosis Relinquished
            Slugdge – Esoteric Malacology
            Tyrannus – Unslayable
            Vacuous – In His Blood

            #MetalPodcast #UKMetal #UnitedKingdom #DeathMetal #HeavyMusic #ExtremeMetal #UndergroundMetal #NowPlaying #AlbumReview #Atvm #Mithras #Cryptic Shift #Epiphanic Truth #Sarpanitum #Slimelord #Slugdge #Tyrannus #Vacuous
            1 hr 49 min
          • The Purgatory Aftershow - #008 - Pennsylvania Metal

            This week we stay home! The Purgatory Aftershow is PA-based, so it’s about time we put the spotlight on the metal coming out of our own state. From filthy death metal to obscure blackened gems, we dig into the stuff shaping the scene right around us. Clips, reactions, and some arguments when necessary. Listen in and tell us what we missed.

            Bands and Albums featured in this episode (with clips):

            • Häxanu – Totenpass
            • Robes of Snow – Fall's Resplendence
            • Outer Heaven – Infinite Psychic Depths
            • Lör – In Forgotten Sleep
            • Crypt Sermon – The Ruins of Fading Light
            • Zorn – Zorn
            • Cavern Womb – Stages of Infinity
            • Zauberei – The Hexerei Suite

              • #MetalPodcast #PAMetal #PennsylvaniaMetal #DeathMetal #BlackMetal #DoomMetal #HeavyMusic #ExtremeMetal #UndergroundMetal #NowPlaying #AlbumReview #Haxanu #RobesOfSnow #OuterHeaven #Lor #CryptSermon #Zorn #CavernWomb #Zauberei #PhillyMetal #PAHeavy #USBlackMetal #USDeathMetal

              1 hr 34 min

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