Purification Through Violence Explained

Purification through Violence
Type:	studio
Artist:	Dying Fetus
Cover:	Purification Through Violence.jpg
Released:	August 6, 1996
Recorded:	1996
Genre:	Brutal death metal grindcore^[1]
Length:	28:42
Label:	Pulverizer
Producer:	Dying Fetus
Prev Title:	Infatuation with Malevolence
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Killing on Adrenaline
Next Year:	1998

Purification through Violence is the debut studio album by American death metal band Dying Fetus, following Infatuation with Malevolence, a collection of early demos.^[2] It was released in 1996.

The band left Pulverizer Records shortly after the album's release.^[3]

Release history

Purification Through Violence was reissued in January 2011 by Relapse.^[4] It included the bonus tracks "Beaten into Submission" (1997 rehearsal demo) and "Raped on the Altar" (live in Herbolzheim, Germany, 1998).

Personnel

• John Gallagher – guitars/vocals
• Jason Netherton – bass guitar/vocals
• Brian Latta – guitars
• Rob Belton – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dying Fetus: Purification Through Violence (Relapse Reissue). Sea of Tranquility.
2. Web site: Dying Fetus | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Book: Sharpe-Young, Garry. New Wave of American Heavy Metal. August 25, 2005. Zonda Books Limited. 9780958268400. Google Books.
4. Web site: YOU KNOW DYING FETUS… BUT DO YOU REALLY KNOW DYING FETUS?. February 22, 2011. MetalSucks.