Photo by: Jess Dankmeyer
Official press release:
Full of Hell return with their highly anticipated new album, Garden Of Burning Apparitions, out October 1 via Relapse Records. Watch the “Industrial Messiah Complex” video below.
Frontman Dylan Walker comments:
“‘Industrial Messiah Complex’ examines the commodification and weaponization of faith and spirituality. This misdirection is a ploy for control and power. Whether through some profit obsessed mega-church or via militaristic action, humanity is raked over the coals and bled out until there’s nothing left but cinders and dust.”
Garden Of Burning Apparitions is now available for pre-order, with physical and digital pre-orders available here.
Garden Of Burning Apparitions, a genre-bending blitzkrieg of hardcore, grind and death metal, sees the band expand upon the very elements that have propelled Full of Hell to the forefront of extreme music over the last decade.
Produced by Seth Manchester at Machines With Magnets in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Garden of Burning Apparitions also sees Full of Hell adding new dimensions to their warp-speed hellscape. Guitarist Spencer Hazard and bassist Sam DiGristine’s monstrous riffs now have an added noise-rock influence, while drummer Dave Bland commands the rhythm section at blazing speeds.
Lyrically, Garden of Burning Apparitions sees vocalist Dylan Walker exploring (anti)religion, life’s impermanence and the fear that comes with knowing death is inescapable. “Industrial Messiah Complex” grinds organized religion to a pulp in under 90 seconds, while Walker contemplates the commodification of spirituality seen in America’s vast network of garish mega-churches and how these practices are at odds with true spirituality. Meanwhile, “Reeking Tunnels” rides a strident noise rock riff down into the sewer. It’s a metaphor for the physical and mental space we become trapped in when we live in a perpetual state of fear and hate. Elsewhere, justifiable ochlophobia propels the guttural death metal blast of “Eroding Shell”. Lyrically, the song seeks to capture our fear of the violent, ignorant mob—a scene glimpsed far too often in this volatile era.
In the end, Full of Hell’s boundary smashing has paid off again. Walker reflects:
“I think it’s good that we tried not to pigeonhole ourselves early on. Because now, 10 years in, we have the opportunity to make whatever record we want, within reason, and people will follow along.”
Garden of Burning Apparitions track listing:
- “Guided Blight”
- “Asphyxiant Blessing”
- “Murmuring Foul Spring”
- “Derelict Satellite”
- “Burning Apparition”
- “Eroding Shell”
- “All Bells Ringing”
- “Urchin Thrones”
- “Industrial Messiah Complex”
- “Reeking Tunnels”
- “Non-Atomism”
- “Celestial Heirarch”
Full of Hell is:
Dylan Walker – Vocals/electronics/noise
Spencer Hazard – guitar/noise
Dave Bland – drums
Sam DiGristine – bass/backing vocals