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  • Artist(s): Full of Hell
  • Summary: The second collaboration between The Body and Full Of Hell features contributions from Brian Chippendale, Ben Eberle, and Chrissy Wolport.
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  1. Nov 17, 2017
    83
    Light is two harsh, ugly sounds that sound harsh and ugly together, but the hint of a pop sensibility throbs underneath: a heartbeat faintly audible over the screams of hell.
  2. Nov 30, 2017
    80
    With this captivating sequel, The Body & Full of Hell have given us something striking that could only have been realized with each other.
  3. Nov 17, 2017
    80
    This is the kind of odd, idiosyncratic record that makes collaboration so compelling; whether or not it appeals to you, there's absolutely no way you've heard a metal release quite like it this year.
  4. The Wire
    Dec 19, 2017
    80
    What works so well here is that all the elements are pursued with equal intensity. It is not that noise cedes to the electronics, or the guitars make way for the voice, or turns are taken. On the contrary, everything is plugged in, blindly ongoing without lessening. [Dec 2017, p.50]
  5. Nov 17, 2017
    78
    Yes, Heavy Light is destructive music, streaked with shrieked lyrics about prey and death, age and tears. But it’s also an inspiring, instructive record, too, where two brutal bands find solidarity and something to celebrate in the darkness. Even if every thought here isn’t complete, Heavy Light is as exciting as either band has ever been.
  6. 75
    While their new LP isn’t a beaming success, Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light is indeed a push for change within the metal community and with that simple act of newness, The Body and Full of Hell put their own personal stamp on things.
  7. Nov 21, 2017
    60
    In many places, this record sounds and feels like a migraine captured on tape, and that is not a pleasant experience, nor is it meant to be. Unlike the more luscious, shoegaze influence that's pervaded Black Metal in recent years, this feels like an absolute rejection of that, being as difficult and painful to experience as possible.

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