Imperishable Revelation in Purity Review

Imperishable

Revelation in Purity

Everlasting Spew

2025

Coming in hot (and believe me, it gets WARM here) we have South Carolina’s extreme metal supergroup, Imperishable. This trio are rooted in tight, grinding technical death metal with a flair for the experimental (clean vocal passages and atmospheric melodic song parts). Along with a sense of groove tied up neatly with an emphasis on dark occult vibes, memorable hooks and musicality. 

The band is led by Brian Kingsland (Nile), Alex Rush (Olkoth) and drummer extraordinaire Derek Roddy (Hate Eternal, Malevolent Creation). See why I said supergroup? Exactly. They formed in 2020 with Roddy joining their ranks in 2023, and that leads us directly to their debut, the seven song Revelation in Purity. Kingsland serves as producer while the mixing and mastering was handled by Jamie King. The results are a well-rounded sound/mix that showcases a foreboding, near black metal motif. There is a plethora of the chordal voicing’s guitar wise from that genre as well as relentless blasts and tortured high growls, yet it never firmly plants its feet in Norway. It just visits throughout, with some Emperor inspired sections peppered in.

The main component of Imperishable’s sonic DNA rests in the form of the dark and demonic side of death metal. Their hats are clearly hung on the racks of bands like Angelcorpse, Morbid Angel and Nile. Given Kingsland’s involvement, the last one isn't much of a surprise, yet the similarities are not carbon, they are merely the same painting with different brushes. Specific tunes that stood out for me were the single “Oath of Disgust” (the clean sung vocals with the near symphonic part at 36 seconds in was a welcome curveball). The title track, “Iniquity” (I love the juxtaposition of the clean guitars over the doom ridden outro) and the tremolo picked brutality of the last track “The Enduring Light of Irreverence” all had me properly feeling particularly evil and looking for some matches and gasoline to take to the nearest church. I kid, I kid.

Seriously though, if this a sign of things to come from Imperishable, then we better strap in. This stuff is all power, no flash. Get ready for Sumerian inspired craziness and raise your glass (chalice?) to their brutality, their beauty and their urgent need for obliteration by way of unsettling, yet engrossing tech extremism. The devil always has the best music, indeed…

~TB