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trumpeting ecstasy “Dangerous” music is essentially non-existent today. The Satanic Panic of the 80’s is gone, the shock of Marilyn Manson’s performances fails to terrify… Music, in particular metal and its extreme subgenres, are existing in their own bubble now, cut off from the mainstream eyes that were so quick to scrutinize with only some breaking mainstream. While this gives the genre an ability to not worry about outside eyes, it ends up keeping bands out of the spotlight. Bands need to truly shock and terrify if they’re going to make any sort of impact today, and it’s not a feat so easily accomplished. That’s where Full of Hell come in.

I’ve made it no secret that I appreciate Full of Hell immensely as a band. As far as grindy-powerviolence bands go, Full of Hell have consistently proved that the extreme side of music could still be fresh and interesting. The past few years have seen the band collaborate with noise artist Merzbow, the experimental sludge group The Body, and put forth a split release with last year’s powerviolence titans Nails, all the while still touring and putting out small bursts of music. Foregoing full of hell 1collaborations and EP’s, the band have buckled down and are putting forth Trumpeting Ecstasy, their first solo album in four years. Holding absolutely nothing back and going forward with a thirst for blood, Trumpeting Ecstasy furth proves that Full of Hell are creating vicious and voracious music that showcases variety along with daring experimentation when permitted.

Clocking in at under 24 minutes, Trumpeting Ecstasy shows Full of Hell incorporating more of a death metal influence unto their music without losing their roots. These influences show heavily on “Crawling Back to God,” but are also separated amidst grindcore-heavy blast beat sections and a diverse variety of vocal experimentation, with “Fractured Quartz” serving as a quick testament to where this band can push itself to. It’s not outside of their comfort zone, but the chances taken to widen their spectrum of extremity are noted and help bring Full of Hell up from being a typical grind band.

full of hell 2Tracks like the winding and predominantly low tempo “Gnawing Flesh” show Full of Hell letting songs carry themselves forward and not forcing them to go in any particular direction. Ideas don’t overstay their welcome and, while a good half of the album’s songs are under two minutes long, ideas are constantly in cycle to keep the album feeling fresh and engaging. Full of Hell give you moments to rest, but quickly bring you back in without much of a warning. The album’s title track is perhaps the most “out there” in terms of experimentation, which features singer/songwriter Nicole Dollanganger and producer Kurt Ballou of Converge fame, but it serves both the track before it and the closing song a great deal in keeping the mood going.

It’s a quick endeavor and, for the most part, goes at break-neck speed, but had Trumpeting Ecstasy been released last year, we would have been talking about it over Nails’ You Will Never Be One Of Us. While the latter is not a bad album by any means, Full of Hell have something special and, dare I say it, evil and malevolent with Trumpeting Ecstasy. More razor-sharp than a knife and more dangerous than any band has been in year, Full of Hell just proved they’re the band to beat in 2017.

Trumpeting Ecstasy is available now and can be purchased here. You can stream “Crawling Back to God” from the album below.

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