Finland and Black Metal have a solid and long-lasting relationship. Bands such as IMPALED NAZARENE, MOONSORROW and SATANIC WARMASTER have stapled the country into the Black Metal scene. Step forward a new band of brothers. Arttu and Lauri made their initial splash onto the scene back in 2007 with the Independently released cassette demo Ordinance, very Black Metal. Since then, they have another album, Relinquishment released in 2014 with Ahdistuksen Aihio Productions. This time it was available on 12" Vinyl and digitally, before moving onto cassette and CD in 2015. Now in 2020, In Purge There Is No Remission has been released with The Sinister Flame on every previous platform apart from the pretty much no longer used cassette. Let's see what they have for us.

"Obstructed Paths" kicks us off with a build-up of random noises and sounds, fairly common within the intro of a Black Metal song. The instruments kick in soon, with a decent set tempo and melody to match. The vocals added are decent pitch, no unneeded distortion anywhere. I presume its in Finnish coz I can't understand word of it, but I don't care, its aggressive and fast-paced. Well worked. The breakdown just after the halfway mark is beautiful, showing a real technical talent and then the clean-cut guitar slicing through the darkness is really well placed. The vocals return after a gap of pure instrumental power. The thing I like the most is that the vocals don't take over, they blend in to this amazing harmony. Solid start to the album.

"Diabolopathia" starts off with a nice and heavy riff melody, opening and expanding the song, before going into a higher gear as the vocals hit, nice move. The vocals seem darkened and thicker than the previous song, but still fitting in well. The melody is beautifully put together once more, when the instrumentals see a gap it is gone for fully. The change of pace knocks the song into a change of direction, picking up the pace once again. The different pace brings the song more depth and introduces more explosive outputs from the instrumental point of view. Its another solid song.

"Gathering Wraiths" goes into full IMMORTAL-paced outburst from the off, nicely played again. The song introduces the darkened vocals in smoothly once more, it seems like these two know exactly how to enhance every aspect musically together. The pace is slower, but it seems to match the mood the melodies are laying down. The difference in pace shows that the band is not just a one trick pony. They have plenty within their arsenal. The song doesn't expand as much as the others have, but it really doesn't need to, it works so well with its building of tempo, the song is a great way to slow the album down. It could go in any direction following this one. It finishes on such a high with the great solo segment.

"Credo Sceleratum" has a mixed start, darkened growls meeting a mix of guitars as if they were in a Thrash battle. Then it goes into overdrive, working up the pace and expanding the song fully. The song goes full on, in respective towards the instrumentals. It sounds more early MAYHEM-themed this time. Then again it does have a huge atmospheric thing going on too, almost like it could have gone melodic with a symphonic piece. The expansion shown here is phenomenal, it shows so much talent and ability. The song could have easily been an instrumental, but what the little, short-used vocals add is a real depth to the song brining through huge character.

"The Kingdom of Nothing" spins into full Guitar Hero mode on the off, almost like RUSH. Where the fuck did that come from? That was almost Prog. Then the usual game plan comes back into place, the Blackened themes returning. The themes mixing around still just makes it one of the most random things I have heard in ages, I like it.

"Gesticulation of Death" starts slow, really slow. With a simple acoustic riff along with a slow drum beat. Where is this going? The full instrumental piece kicks back in eventually, having not let it go too far before reintroducing the pace. Another well used trick. Then it goes back to acoustic, DISSECTION used this trick before, these guys know how to make a great mix of sounds and blend it together.

"Purging Kremanation" closes the album and I don't want it to end. Pace is up to a decent level form the off and its already building up something. Its symphonic and melodic at the same time, its amazing. It goes darker in places to try and swing the mood, but it all works together so well. Is there anything this album does not bring and execute perfectly? It goes on brilliantly through the whole song, never fading away before signing off smoothly.

I rarely give a 10, this should be an 11. Its mix of styles, sounds and talent is great. I will certainly get into these guys more now. I just want more songs like this album has, a non-stop great album.