Review by Death8699 on November 16, 2019.

Talk about an abomination! This album reminds me a lot of 'Panzer Division Marduk' in intensity and vocal-wise. However, this band was not strictly black metal, they are blackened death metal. I haven't heard much from Angelcorpse only Hammer of the Gods, their debut but I wasn't taken aback. Only with this one, it redefines what is that to which makes a perfect album. The intensity is high, good to play on days where you feel sluggish and want something that contains the utmost amount of intensity. The guitar riffs and vocals are my favorite parts of the whole album. It just never lets up. Track after track just blows you away.

The production quality is a little raw, but it complements the music. The only instrument that I don't think was the greatest that was mixed were the drums. I think everything else is just perfect. The lyrical content isn't much to my interest, but the music totally is. The leads are quite good, they use the wah-pedal quite a lot and the riff-writing are strong. I'd say it's unrelentingly strong. That's what makes the album hard to top in their entire discography. It's a shame they're split-up. Maybe one day they'll reform, but a fat chance of that happening. What the focus here are the vocals and music mostly. That's what sucks the listener in.

Totally blackened death metal to the maximum. Their debut suffered a little bit, but I see (aside from the drums) nothing intrinsically wrong with anything else. The energy and unrelentingly uncompromising metal just suit the description of the title of the release. In this case, it's your eardrums that they're exterminating. Such vigor and music that's totally original and likable. It falls short nowhere. That's the reason for the perfect score. There aren't many albums in this sub-genre that tops this release. It stands in a league of its own. I wouldn't say leave out all the others they put out, just this is a favorite of mine.

Not that it matters wholly anymore if you download this and take a listen or download and buy the album on CD. I did both and was happy to do so. There aren't many albums you find that contain a perfect score. By other reviewers as well. They did this release justice as well. It's just that there aren’t any tracks on here that aren't good. They all are equally intoxicating. I recommend this one to people in favor of alternate forms of metal. Kind of like Sathanas, who falls in the same sub-genre and keeps making more and more music. It's a unique style and Angelcorpse simply dominates the whole album. Own it today, in any form!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Review by Felix on August 20, 2023.

Finnish black metal is misanthropic, but this does not mean that split releases are forbidden. Warmoon Lord and Vultyrium therefore join forces and present Pure Cold Impurity. Both “line-ups” consist of only one musician – at least this shows their hostility against mankind.

The man who runs Warmoon Lord is a late supporter of Emperor. He does not deal with complex song structures and innovation is written in small letters, but some keyboard appearances remind me heavily of the Norwegian majesty. Unfortunately, the blurred and rather ill-defined production kills all nuances and sometimes the music seems to be just one fat tone which is killed by its own echo. Okay, the song structures are still identifiable, but this is normally rather a matter of course than a detail which must be praised. Warmoon Lord’s approach is also pretty usual. The lone wolf intends to find the balance between fury and melancholy. Only the short cut 'Magie Et Sange' is focused exclusively on high velocity and total attack. Some rather weird keyboard lines in the background fail to set a contrast, but that’s rather good than bad news.

After all, Warmoon Lord avoid severe mistakes and deliver solid-to-good material. With the exception of the aforementioned song, the tracks are always a bit too long. Despite their general substance, both 'Victory Of Irreverend Might' and 'The Morningstar’s Descent' suffer from too much repetition. Nevertheless, fans of Black Beast and similar combos cannot go totally wrong when it comes to the first half of Pure Cold Impurity.

The man behind Vultyrium has no short intermezzo up his sleeve, he concentrates on three regular tracks. Stylistically, his way of proceeding lies in close proximity to that of Warmoon Lord, but 'Towards The Throne Of Solitude' presents the best melody fragment of the split so far – too bad that it is embedded in many run-of-the-mill sections, where high velocity murders any idea of profound diabolic art. Once again, the production does not shine with clarity and the drums are at risk to get lost in this lumpy soundscape. Thus, we get a lot of standardized black metal with a non-optimal mix. And I guess it’s no surprise as well that the nagging vocals are done with a lot of reverb on it.

'Journey Through Razorwinds' oscillates from brutality to excessive melody lines, but somehow I miss a coherent connection between the single parts of the track. The same goes for individuality – one can listen to this split, it’s pretty okay, but it does not offer a high degree of personality, to say the least. Anyway, both projects achieve the same acceptable quality level and there is probably enough potential for more thrilling tracks. Just give individuality and spirituality a chance and do not only offer the typical stuff from Suomi.

Rating: 6.7 out of 10