Purification Through Violence

Purification through Violence
Studio album by Dying Fetus
Released	August 6, 1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	Brutal death metal grindcore [1]
Length	28:42
Label	Pulverizer
Producer	Dying Fetus
Dying Fetus chronology
Infatuation with Malevolence (1995) Purification through Violence (1996) Killing on Adrenaline (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 soon 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).

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jason Netherton; all music is composed by John Gallagher except for track 8.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blunt Force Trauma"	5:26
2.	"Beaten into Submission"	2:50
3.	"Skull Fucked"	2:55
4.	"Permanently Disfigured"	3:25
5.	"Raped on the Altar"	3:55
6.	"Nothing Left to Pray for"	3:55
7.	"Nocturnal Crucifixion"	3:23
8.	"Scum (Fuck the Weak)" (Napalm Death cover)	2:53

Personnel

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

References

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