When back in 1995 US Death Metal band Divine Eve disbanded, main songwritter Xan Hammack relocated to California from Texas, and with the help of drummer Rhett Davis (Morgion / Gravehill / Stygian Crown) he decided to record the songs intended for the Divine Eve debut full length album under a new banner, calling it CRIMSON RELIC. ?Purgatory?s Reign? was recorded in July 1995 and originally released in CD and cassette on Radiation Records (Nuclear Blast sublabel) in 1996, becoming immediately a true gem of underground US Death Metal, somewhat underrated but a fave of die hard Death Metal fans all around the globe. After the 2018 CD reissue by Dark Descent Records, its the right time for a proper treatment of this Crimson Relic album with a vinyl reissue. Layout has been re-adapted for the bigger 12? size and some details fixed with the help of own Xan Hammack to make this edition the definitive one for this Death Metal classic.