''Trumpeting Ecstasy'' is the third studio album by the American grindcore band Full of Hell. The

Kurt Ballou Kurt Ballou (born February 1, 1974) is an American musician and record producer based in Massachusetts, best known as the guitarist for metalcore band Converge and for his recording and production work at his own GodCity Studio. Early and pe ...

(

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) produced album was released on May 5, 2017 through

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Background

''Trumpeting Ecstasy'' is the band's first "solo" release in four years following back-to-back collaborative studio albums with

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('' Full of Hell & Merzbow'') and The Body ('' One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache''). Vocalist Dylan Walker says those collaborations had an impact on the creation of ''Trumpeting Ecstasy'', elaborating: "We might not have been willing, or even able, to do some of the things that we were looking to do with the new record. Those guys gave us these nice extra toolsets — like the idea of improvisation or having extra instrumentation outside of the normal rock band style." Though the band hopes the lyrical themes will be interpreted by the listener however they choose, Walker said ''Trumpeting Ecstasy'' is about then-current events and also "kind of about man's small goods, like the small good actions being washed away by our species on a larger scale. If you looked at humanity on a long time line, I kind of feel like humanity got lost at its inception point." Full of Hell also released the digital-only, four-track EP ''Trumpeting Ecstasy Remixes'' in May 2017. The EP notably includes a remix from Ben Chisholm, bassist for the gothic metal band

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Critical reception

The album was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. Writing for ''

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'', Denise Falzon gave the album a perfect 10/10, concluding her review by claiming, "''Trumpeting Ecstasy'' is the culmination of Full of Hell really coming into their own, exuding the confidence that comes along with refining their stylistic approach and honing their sound into something that is completely theirs." Zoe Camp of ''

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'' gave the album a 7.7/10.0, stating, "Although Full of Hell spend the majority of ''Trumpeting Ecstasy'' examining their usual tricks through an expanded prism, their overall approach remains the same. They take a sweeping panorama of the abyss, compress it down to a single point, and shade it in until it breaks." Both reviewers gave praise for

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's pop-influenced guest vocals on the album's title track, "Trumpeting Ecstasy".

Track listing

Personnel

;Full of Hell * Dylan Walker – vocals, noise * Spencer Hazard – guitar, noise * Dave Bland – drums * Sam DiGristine – bass ;Production and artwork *

– production *

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– mastering * Mark McCoy – artwork and design ;Guest vocals *

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on "Crawling Back to God" * Andrew Nolan on "Ashen Mesh" *

on "Trumpeting Ecstasy" *

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on "At The Cauldron's Bottom"

References

External links

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