TRAPPED IN PURGATORY isn't new to the thrash scene, in fact, three-fifths of UK thrash originals Purgatory make up the band, whilst members of the rhythm section hail from metal outfits Fourwaykill and Mercury Rain. These incessant thrash brutalists have previously said of themselves that they were "Baptised in blood, born of necessity; this is not a reformation, this is a rebirth". Don't be fooled, these guys are veterans to the scene and know EXACTLY how to penetrate your thrash-core. The five-piece outfit delightfully treated us greedy thrash guzzlers to their uncompromising and unyielding debut marvel, "Damned Nation". Metal Temple gave the album a hell-raising 10/10 and recognised that the bestial fivesome more than satisfy our ravenous appetite for demonic sonics, spewing their additively heavy stylistic straight from the pits of hell. Metal Temple's staff writer and interviewer, Leanne Evans, had the chance to catch-up with Jon Hoare, Chris Neighbour and Andy "Jock" Jamieson, three out of five of the thrash demons of TIP, to discover the roots of the band, how a thrash masterpiece is created and what's next on the agenda for these maestros of monstrous metal…
