ANUBIS GATE — Purification (review)

ANUBIS GATE — Purification album cover Album · 2004 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
666sharon666
The first Anubis Gate album Purification is a pretty much by a different band compared to how the band exists today. I'm not talking about how the album sounds precisely, as Anubis Gate's releases show a steady evolution across each release, but the band membership. If you ignore the guest musicians on this album you won't find any of the same musicians that appear on their sixth and most recent album Horizons.

Purification is a bit less reliant on keyboards than the later work, though they're still featured. The guitar sound tends towards a less polished tone as well. Though Anubis Gate often get branded as progressive power metal the music on Purification is usually fairly mid-paced stuff with only a rare burst into power metal. I'm more inclined to call it progressive heavy metal, as it's neither as progressive as their later work but does display some quite strong traditional metal roots. The album is good but I think this is a classic example of a 'still fining their sound' release. It's an album worth owning if you enjoy the band, but for me their weakest release. They come on by leaps and bounds with their next release A Perfect Forever though.
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