{"id":90423,"date":"2021-07-23T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T23:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=90423"},"modified":"2021-08-12T19:21:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T18:21:49","slug":"album-review-fulci-exhumed-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-fulci-exhumed-information\/","title":{"rendered":"FULCI – Exhumed Information (2021) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

FULCI
Exhumed Information<\/strong><\/span>
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\nTime To Kill (2021)<\/span>
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Horror-obsessed goremongers Fulci (named after late film director Lucio Fulci) have returned with another slab of death metal. Exhumed Information<\/em> is the third opus from the Italian trio, a record which features a handful of instrumentals which I find odd, because us death metal fans just love a grisly vocal bellow.<\/p>\n

\u2018Voices\u2019 is a prime example of that sinister, mouldy death metal noise we all love as mid-paced juggernaut morbidity entwines with harder, faster segments of bristling brutality and stark melancholy, particularly with the effective smouldering guitar work.<\/p>\n

\u2018Nightmare\u2019 opens with rough riff and clank, the sort of dirty chime that sticks in the throat like rusty phlegm. Fiore\u2019s vocals are the standard grime-coated chest coughs, but they work so well alongside the gaining pace of gritty riffs. That steady rhythm just gets me every time as Fulci brings a gloomy atmosphere to their stench, and it\u2019s hard not to be bogged down by that killer, peat-bog musicianship as the band brings so many unhealthy doses of groove-reliant pounding.<\/p>\n

Okay, so at times one can tell that the beats are programmed, and the clicky nature can irritate, but Fulci does offer so much more. The likes of \u2018Evil\u2019 \u2013 a rampant, pungent bone breaker \u2013 and \u2018Funeral\u2019 \u2013 a rabid expression of filth \u2013 are however mere precursors to what becomes essentially homage to 80s horror soundtracks of the Giallo variety.<\/p>\n

Instrumentals \u2018Glass\u2019, \u2018Child\u2019, \u2018Fantasma\u2019 and \u2018Cemetery\u2019 bring to mind my Enoch album Graveyard Disturbances<\/em> (2004), which was the creation of Necrophagia\u2019s Killjoy and Sigh\u2019s Mirai Kawashima. So essentially, the second half of this relatively short 30-minute record is a collaboration with electro \/ soundtrack project TV-Crimes, providing synthesizer eeriness and brooding dark wave dripping with that creaky quality and evoking images of Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento movies.<\/p>\n

Death metal fanatics may be disappointed that the actual death metal tracks are quite short and only run for a total duration of 15 minutes. But if, like me, you like dark, atmospheric horror scores then you\u2019ll appreciate the second half of this platter.<\/p>\n

How anyone can say this is a full-length album though is beyond me, as this has the feel and length of an EP, so I hope the band does return soon with an actual full-length of grinding, foul death metal.<\/p>\n

The moodiness and eeriness of those instrumentals is complimented by the excellent cover art too. Now, where\u2019s my old VHS recorder?<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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