Album
Type : Split 7”
Date
Released : 30/11/2013
Label
: A389 Recordings
FULL
OF HELL / CALM THE FIRE – SPLIT, track listing :
1).Full
Of Hell- Return To The Mines
2).
Full Of Hell- Kopf
3).
Full Of Hell- The Lonely Path Of The Cestoda
4).
Full Of Hell- Molluck
5).
Calm The Fire- Paralyzed
6).
Calm The Fire- We'll Be Fine
Bio
:
Maryland's
FULL Of HELL are a harsh, noise power electronics
infused hardcore band whom you should know/love by now. Their
side of the split contains three vicious hardcore tracks that fit
perfectly in between both LP releases.
Poland's CALM THE FIRE is on the flipside with powerful crusty d-beat hardcore.
Split was originally released as a limited pressing on HOLY ROAR records and is now available with altered artwork by Szymon Siech!
Poland's CALM THE FIRE is on the flipside with powerful crusty d-beat hardcore.
Split was originally released as a limited pressing on HOLY ROAR records and is now available with altered artwork by Szymon Siech!
Review
:
Raging
split ahoy! Some sailing lingo, there. Under the microscope today we
have another battle royale of a release from A389, divided between
Full Of Hell (USA) and Calm The Fire (Poland). An international dust
up with more explosive flavour than a Rocky sequel dipped in a
volcano of monosodium glutamate.
Full
Of Hell contribute most of the split, with four of the six cuts
belonging to them. They blast out a form of grind influenced
hardcore, manic as shit. Like a fork scraping across your face. A
very dirty, rusty fork. I hope we all have the correct immunisations
in place. 'Return to the mines' is a bassy, creepy and
squealing intro - very 'calm before the storm' diversionary tactic.
It erupts into some more punk-end spectrum hardcore, solid and
sturdy. 'Kopf' is far more grinding though, replete with the
death metal styling’s that go hand in hand with that form of
heaviness. Less than sixty seconds of bad intentions all up in your
grill. 'The Lonely Path of the Cestoda' is even shorter and
brutal, very raw and violent. Between the lightning riffs and ADD
drums it's difficult to find any space to breathe. Only at the rear
end of 'Molluck' does any sense of a manageable or digestible
rhythm actually appear, with a tasty bruiser of a riff fading out.
Seriously damaging and one’s to watch.
The
two tracks that are on offer from Calm The Fire are far more
friendly, more of your standard modern metallic hardcore. Think the
Polish version of Doomriders, there is some rock and roll thrown up
in the mix here somewhere. 'Paralyzed' is bouncy but never
upbeat, heavy in all the right places and probably longer than the
entire FOH running time on this damn thing (a meaty three and a half
minutes!), but the ferocity factor that has already been established
is tough to follow. Still a really good tune though, as is the more
storming 'We'll Be Fine'. I prefer this track, way more vital
and pounding. The type of hardcore you can feel in your chest.
All
in all, both bands are spitfires but Full of Hell are the kind of
spitfire that would go on a suicide run, crash and then come back to
haunt the thing that it crashed into originally. Possessed of a mean
streak a mile wide and quite evidently in a constant state of being
pissed off, they go home with the belt in this title fight. Calm The
Fire came out swinging though, and are a cool outfit in their own
right - you should check out both bands today, and this split is the
perfect way to go about achieving that.
Words
by : Matt Fitton
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