From the start till the end, this album is full of rage, power and intensity, keeping a frozen atmosphere, just like the lyrical themes Demonaz chose for the album. Pure Holocaust is an album written on a really fast tempo, with its endless tremolo picking and the triggers burning afire. Pretty disharmonic compositions followed by the misanthropic growls of Abbath come to add to the frozen atmosphere of the album, something that makes it even more raw and intense than the previous album, in which some more melodic and "calm" compositions were used, making the songs bigger in duration.
The artwork of the album is something I like, showing Demonaz, Abbath and...Erik(?), but the funny thing is that all the songs and lyrics were written and recorded by Abbath and Demonaz, with Abbath on bass, vocals and the drums( ! ) and Demonaz on guitars and lyrics. Erik was only on some shows, something that confuses me on why they chose to put him on the artwork.
Concluding, Pure Holocaust is a pretty raw and powerful album and in my opinion the best one of Immortal. The lyrics are great, the compositions embrace perfectly the lyrical themes of frost and hatred and the result lead to a masterpiece in the Black Metal scene. What could be considered as a drawback though, is the duration of the album, which is a bit small (33:47), due to the fast tempo of the songs, I guess.
Make sure to check Pure Holocaust out if you already haven't and better in vinyl, keeping the old ways alive!
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