SCATTERED PURGATORY (破地獄) new album 'Post Purgatory' out TODAY on Guruguru Brain! Listen now. Announced to play Roadburn.

SCATTERED PURGATORY (破地獄) - New album ‘Post Purgatory’   out today on Guruguru Brain! - Listen in full here - To play Roadburn Festival & Nuits Sonores. More European live dates to follow soon.

'Post Purgatory' album artwork - click for high res Today Taiwan's Scattered Purgatory (破地獄) release their bold and wide-reaching new album ‘Post Purgatory’ via Guruguru Brain - available to stream on all platforms, with physical formats to follow as soon as production times allow. ‘Post Purgatory’ emerges after a three-year hiatus following the pandemic, a period the band describes as pivotal to the album’s conception. “The feeling of loss and uncertainty has later become the inspiration of this record, and ‘time’ is the main theme – it can heal or it can destroy,” they explain.   The record traverses Taiwanese, traditional Chinese, and English, reflecting the multilingual fabric of Taipei life. While there isn’t a linear storyline, metaphor and poetry imbue the lyrics with reflections on love, loss, and the human experience, interlaced with influences of Hokkien and Mando pop and traces of trip-hop.   'Post Purgatory' album streaming & buy links: https://linktr.ee/scatteredpurgatory Formed in Taipei in 2013, Scattered Purgatory have occupied a liminal space between drone, ambient, psychedelic folk and ritualistic kosmiche experimentation. Their early work, including ‘Lost Ethnography of the Miscanthus Ocean’ (2014) and ‘God of Silver Grass’ (2016), blended dense instrumental drones, improvisational guitar, and ambient textures rooted in the heat, humidity, and urban pulse of Taiwan. Over the years, the duo-turned-band has drawn on Krautrock, minimalist electronic music, and heavy drone traditions while remaining firmly grounded in Taiwanese geography and culture.   Recorded half in their home and half at the studio where they composed their first album, ‘Post Purgatory' integrates precision, clarity, and digital production techniques. Guest contributions—from White Wu’s dynamic drumming to Minyen Hsieh’s tenor saxophone and dotzio’s sci-fi-infused vocals—expand the band’s sonic palette, creating a doom metal record shaped by electronic sensibilities. ‘Post Purgatory’ is a statement of loss and re-empowerment, a bridge between their past and present. Through it, Scattered Purgatory reclaim their distinctive voice, presenting a sound that is at once rooted in Taiwan, informed by global musical traditions, and unflinchingly forward-looking. Live dates: April 17 - Tilburg, NL - Roadburn Festival  May 13 - Lyon, FR - Nuits Sonores ‘Post Purgatory’ track list: 1. 聚牙地獄 — Atata Naraka 2. 無奈 — Wunai 3. 風之腦 — Ephemeral Mind 4. 空笑夢 — Thundering Dream 5. 月之下 — Moonquake 6. 雲之上 — Above the Clouds 7. KL20 8. 海市蜃樓 — Ocean City, Mirage Tower Links: Bandcamp Instagram Spotify