Review by Saxy S for Full of Hell - Garden of Burning Apparitions (2021)

You might be surprised to see a Full Of Hell album review coming from me considering how well Weeping Choir went during my 2019 catchup. But since discovering the bands collaborations with The Body, as well as appearing on HEALTH’s 2020 album DISCO4, I was at the very least, intrigued to see if Full Of Hell could take some of those experiences and incorporate them into a full grindcore album.

And, while that unfortunately did not happen, I can see signs of improvement. For one, the obtrusive production and continued use of power electronics make these tunes unbearable, but in a good way. The relentless percussion work is well layered in the mix and the guitar riffs are filthy. The vocals are shredded beyond recognition most of the time, but contribute well to the cacophonous mess. And the electronics take center stage as the real discomforting factor in how they blow through everything else. I do wish it was a little more balanced however.

Which is weird for me to say because the album has two “cleaner” songs near the conclusion in “Reeking Tunnels” and “Celestial Hierarch”. And I would consider them to be lesser cuts as they sound more refined and don’t contribute very much overall, especially the former. Grindcore is a genre that I will never fully understand, but where Full Of Hell got it right on Garden of Burning Apparitions is the sheer brutality of it all. I just wish I could appreciate it more through all of the compression.