| Purgatory Afterglow | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Edge of Sanity |
| Cover: | eos-pa.jpg |
| Recorded: | July 1994, Unisound Studios, |
| Genre: | Melodic death metal, progressive death metal |
| Label: | Black Mark |
| Producer: | Dan Swanö Edge of Sanity |
| Prev Title: | Until Eternity Ends |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Crimson |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Purgatory Afterglow is the fourth full-length studio album by Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity. The album was recorded by Dan Swanö in Unisound Studios, Örebro, Sweden, in July 1994 and released in 1994 by Black Mark Production.
There are two different versions of the CD; a mirror-like disc with black letters and a black disc with gold letters. The Japanese release features the tracks "Until Eternity Ends" and "Eternal Eclipse" from the Until Eternity Ends EP. A music video was made for the song "Black Tears".
The album is dedicated to the memory of Kurt Cobain.
In July 2014, Guitar World ranked Purgatory Afterglow at number 35 in their "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list.[1]
"Black Tears" was covered by the bands Eternal Tears of Sorrow, on their album Chaotic Beauty, and Heaven Shall Burn, on their album .