As Filth Purity begins with a track entitled Empty we are greeted with a dirty sounding bass line. Then vocals growled in an all too familiar way. The song picks up and we are taken for a mid paced ride with melodically glum guitar riffs. The drums gallop into more blast beats on Mind Infected. I really like how grindy and dirty the bass sounds, and it is turned up well into the mix. Adding more of a heavy low end sound to the metal. The simple, yet interestingly arranged guitar riffs sometimes remind me of those that Nocturno Culto comes up with. As the songs play on, the music of HATESTORM seems to really invoke feelings of despair and doom. Then at other times HATESTORM seems to be under the influence of Bathory and Venom. Falling more often then not into the really old school sounds of black metal. The vocals of Storm are screamed and growled with pure fury and seem to be the driving force of the band. It surprises me how many bands out there have lyrics written by the drummer, and HATESTORM can also take that credit. Focusing lyrical content on the Satanic, and matters of a dark nature. Nothing lighthearted here at all. My only complaint, as the songs march on, they are starting to sound alike. With the same type of song structure for each song, it starts to get predictable and bland. This can get boring real quick and luckily the songs don’t go trudging on for longer than four minutes each. The closing song To Crave takes Filth Purity out on a high note with a harsh and savage guitar riffs. Seems HATESTORM saved the best song for last.

Fans of early black metal shall indeed dig HATESTORM. Keeping in the spirit, the recording is kind of low fi and muddy. Not a bad first effort from this Russian black metal band, I wonder what shall come next for them.