Imperishable – Revelation In Purity
Release Date: 29th August 2025
Label: Everlasting Spew Records
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Genre: Death Metal
FFO: Angelcorpse, Morbid Angel, Nile, Emperor.
Review By: Andy Spoon
US-based super trio Imperishable is poised to release their anticipated LP Revelation In Purity on August 29th, 2025. The band features members of bands such as Nile, Hate Eternal, and Enthean, but most specifically, the rhythm section by drum all-star Derek Roddy, whose drum instruction videos I’d watched feverishly growing up. Guitars and vocals come in the form of Brian Kingsland from Nile, while bass guitar is added by Olkoth’s Alex Rush. The band states it draws its inspiration from not only death metal projects, but some black metal as well, which comes across through some of the darker dissonant tones on the album. Further, Imperishable hopes that fans of Angelcorpse, Morbid Angel, and Nile will be particularly-interested in Revelation In Purity.
Myself, I was most interested to hear a new project that included Derek Roddy, someone who is largely-considered to be a death metal god of drummers, being one of the first extreme metal drummers to be a brand ambassador for numerous gear companies and was featured in more drum magazines that I can recite. Naturally, I gravitated to listen to his additions, but was floored at how Imperishable brought so much of the nasty elements from the traditional death metal genre – no fillers, no dumb attempts at reinventing the wheel, just in-your-face, raw death metal with a hint of blackness that will reach a wide audience.
The black metal influences mainly come through on the guitar, as most of the tracks add some blackened chords in between raucous, furious beatdowns and violent blast beats from one of the blast beat godfathers. Vocally, Kingsland’s contributions are most akin to the traditional death metal styles that we grew to love in the 1990s, which makes musical sense with some of the blackened guitar work on the melody. I just don’t know how I would have enjoyed a deeper, more bellowy vocal. To the band’s credit, the “fit” of the vocals seems apt. Further, the mix and master really managed to authentically-capture the blend of the vocals with the instruments, making the listening experience accessible (at least to noobs, which is always a part of the equation, in my book).
Even though the band is a trio on paper, there is a second guitar track on the album, so I’m left to wonder what a live line-up might look like. If you’re a fan of the capable guitar work of Nile, you’re not going to want to miss Kingsland’s work on Revelation In Purity, albeit less stylized from his roots in Nile, which has a distinct sound all its own. The solos tend to lean towards the older school death metal, rather than black metal or Nile (as mentioned before), so keep an open mind and enjoy hearing Kingsland capably expound on another channel of extreme music than you might have already heard from him.
I think that the anticipation is well-deserved, as Imperishable’s debut release as a project didn’t disappoint me at all. I think that being able to chase some of our favorite musicians across their journeys is such a riot, as you are able to learn a little bit more about their influences, their styles, and how their style on one project aren’t necessarily how you’d expect them to sound when listening to another. Overall, Revelation in Purity is a damned good listen and well worth the wait for people who want that blend of massive skill and talent from some of their favorite industry giants.
(4.5 / 5)
