Full of Hell (band)

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| name = Full of Hell

| image = Full of Hell.jpg

| caption = Full of Hell performing in 2023

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| origin = Ocean City, Maryland and Pennsylvania, U.S.

| genre = {{hlist|Grindcore{{cite web|title=Full of Hell – Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/full-of-hell-mn0002989821/biography|last=Simpson|first=Paul|website=AllMusic|access-date=November 16, 2016|quote=Full of Hell are an American power-violence band whose sound ranges from blistering grindcore to brutal sludge metal, with ventures into experimental noise.}}{{cite magazine | url=http://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/blog/full-of-hell-gordian-stream | title=Old Souls With Piercing Noise: Stream The New Full Of Hell / Merzbow Collaboration | magazine=Vice | access-date=December 21, 2014 | author=Pessaro, Fred}}{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19972-merzbow-full-of-hell-full-of-hell-merzbow/ | title=Merzbow / Full of Hell - Full of Hell & Merzbow | publisher=Pitchfork | date=December 3, 2014 | access-date=December 21, 2014 | author=O'Connor, Andy}}|powerviolence|sludge metal|death metal{{cite web |last1=Luedtke |first1=Christopher |title=Album Review: FULL OF HELL Weeping Choir |url=https://metalinjection.net/reviews/full-of-hell-weeping-choir |website=Metal Injection |access-date=June 3, 2019 |date=May 23, 2019}}|noise}}

| years_active = {{start date|2009}}–present

| label = Profound Lore, A389, Neurot, Closed Casket Activities{{Cite web |url=http://closedcasketactivities.com/site/bands/ |title=Closed Casket Activities » Bands |access-date=February 4, 2017 |archive-date=February 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205013448/http://closedcasketactivities.com/site/bands/ |url-status=dead }} Relapse

| associated_acts = {{hlist|The Body|Merzbow|Jarhead Fertilizer||Nicole Dollanganger||}}

| website = {{URL|fullofhell.com}}

| current_members = * Dylan Walker

Spencer Hazard
Dave Bland
Sam DiGristine
Gabe Solomon

| past_members = Brandon Brown

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Full of Hell is an American grindcore band from Ocean City, Maryland, and Central Pennsylvania, that formed in 2009.{{cite web|last1=Falzon|first1=Denise|title=Full of Hell|url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/full_of_hell|publisher=Exclaim|access-date=December 18, 2014}} They are currently signed to Relapse Records{{Cite web|url=https://label.relapse.com/full-of-hell-sign-to-relapse-records/|title=FULL OF HELL: Sign To Relapse Records|last=|first=|date=February 13, 2018|website=Relapse Records|access-date=February 13, 2018|archive-date=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214142017/https://label.relapse.com/full-of-hell-sign-to-relapse-records/|url-status=dead}} and have released six studio albums – Roots of Earth Are Consuming My Home (2011), Rudiments of Mutilation (2013), Trumpeting Ecstasy (2017), Weeping Choir (2019), Garden of Burning Apparitions (2021), and Coagulated Bliss (2024) – as well as several EPs and splits. In addition to studio albums, they've released five collaboration albums – Full of Hell & Merzbow (2014) with Japanese noise artist Merzbow, One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache (2016) and Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light (2017) with sludge metal band the Body,{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-body-mn0000717397/biography | title=The Body | website=Allmusic | access-date=January 25, 2015 | author=Thomas, Fred}} Suffocating Hallucination with doom metal band Primitive Man in March 2023 and When No Birds Sang with shoegaze band Nothing in December 2023.

History

The band formed in 2009, having signed to A389 Recordings and Profound Lore Records in their first few years, releasing three full-length albums: Roots of Earth Are Consuming My Home in 2011,{{cite web|title=Full of Hell – 'Roots Of Earth Are Consuming My Home' (full album stream)|date=August 26, 2011 |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/08/full_of_hell_--.html|publisher=Brooklyn Vegan|access-date=December 18, 2014}} Rudiments of Mutilation in 2013,{{cite web|last1=Consterdine|first1=John|title=Full Of Hell streaming 'Rudiments Of Mutilation'|url=http://www.terrorizer.com/news/streams/full-of-hell-rudiments-of-mutilation-stream/|publisher=Terrorizer|access-date=December 18, 2014}} and Full of Hell & Merzbow, a collaboration with Japanese noise artist Merzbow, in 2014.{{cite magazine|last1=Pessaro|first1=Fred|title=Old Souls with Piercing Noise: Stream the New Full of Hell / Merzbow Collaboration|url=http://noisey.vice.com/blog/full-of-hell-gordian-stream|magazine=Vice|access-date=December 18, 2014}}

In 2015, original bassist Brandon Brown left the band. He was replaced by Sam DiGristine of Jarhead Fertilizer—an associated act that also features Brown, as well as drummer Dave Bland.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} Spencer Hazard follows a straight edge lifestyle, while Bland is the only vegan.{{cite web|url=https://theacidawakening.wordpress.com/2016/02/21/qa-spencer-hazard-of-full-of-hell/|title=Q&A: SPENCER HAZARD of Full Of Hell|date=February 21, 2016|first=Tom|last=LaSala|publisher=The Acid Awakening|access-date=May 11, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://fullofhell.com/post/28982176242/are-you-straight-edgevegan|title=Anonymous asked:Are you straight edge/vegan?|publisher=Fullofhell.com|date=August 8, 2012|access-date=May 11, 2016}}

On January 8, 2016, Full of Hell released a four-song EP titled Amber Mote in the Black Vault through Bad Teeth Recordings. The release featured three original tracks and a cover of Melvins' track "Oven," originally released on their 1989 album Ozma.{{cite web| last = Kelly| first = Kim| title = Listen to Full of Hell Lay Waste to the Melvins' Deep Cut 'Oven'| work = Noisey| publisher = Vice| date = December 8, 2015| url = http://noisey.vice.com/blog/full-of-hell-melvins-cover| access-date = January 7, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160122192853/http://noisey.vice.com/blog/full-of-hell-melvins-cover| archive-date = January 22, 2016| url-status = dead}} Describing their reasoning for selecting this track, the band explained: "We had been wanting to cover a Melvins song for years, and 'Oven' had always been one of our top choices. We've always been very inspired by the Melvins on every level—a totally unique and uncompromising band that has always worked their asses off. They are a band that's undefinable but always recognizable. Totally brilliant. With past covers that we've done, we've always deviated from the source material, but this time we chose to stick close to the original sound and tempo."

File:Full Of Hell - April 18 2015 - Live in Greensboro NC - by Will Butler.jpg in April 2015]]

Full of Hell began plotting to follow up Full of Hell & Merzbow with another collaborative album with avant-garde metal band The Body after a successful 2015 tour together.{{cite web| last = Cool| first = Toby| title = Meaningless Pain: An Interview With Full Of Hell| work = The Quietus| date = March 18, 2015| url = http://thequietus.com/articles/17448-full-of-hell-interview| access-date = May 25, 2015}}{{cite web| last = Adams| first = Gregory| title = Full of Hell and The Body Team Up for Collaborative Album| work = Exclaim!| date = January 7, 2015| url = http://exclaim.ca/music/article/full_of_hell_and_the_body_team-up_for_one_day_you_will_ache_like_i_ache| access-date = January 7, 2015}} The two acts expected to head into the studio together to record an album without previously writing any material. Titled One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache, the collaboration album was released on March 25, 2016 through Neurot Recordings—a label founded by members of Neurosis and Tribes of Neurot.

Full of Hell's fifth studio album, Trumpeting Ecstasy was released on May 5, 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://www.profoundlorerecords.com/full-of-hell-complete-work-on-new-album-trumpeting-ecstasy/ |title=FULL OF HELL Complete Work on New Album "Trumpeting Ecstasy" | Profound Lore Records |access-date=February 21, 2017 |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222110958/https://www.profoundlorerecords.com/full-of-hell-complete-work-on-new-album-trumpeting-ecstasy/ |url-status=dead }} The album was ranked number 4 on Exclaim!'s Top 10 Metal and Hardcore Albums of 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaim_s_top_10_metal_and_hardcore_albums-best_of_2017|title=Exclaim!'s Top 10 Metal and Hardcore Albums Best of 2017|website=Exclaim.ca|access-date=September 24, 2020}}

On February 13, 2018, the band announced that they had signed to Relapse Records.{{cite web |url=https://label.relapse.com/full-of-hell-sign-to-relapse-records/ |title=FULL OF HELL: Sign To Relapse Records {{!}} Relapse Records |website=label.relapse.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214142017/https://label.relapse.com/full-of-hell-sign-to-relapse-records/ |archive-date=2018-02-14}}

Band members

= Current =

Dylan Walker – lead vocals, electronics, noise{{cite web|last1=Hugh|first1=Gabe|title=Full of Hell – Full of Hell & Merzbow|date=December 10, 2014 |url=http://hellbound.ca/2014/12/full-hell-full-hell-merzbow/|publisher=Hellbound|access-date=December 18, 2014}} (2009–present)
Spencer Hazard – guitars, noise (2009–present)
Dave Bland – drums (2009–present)
Sam DiGristine – bass, saxophone, backing vocals (2015–present)
Gabe Solomon – guitars (2023–present)