The first recorded offering from twilight-psyche dronerock duo FULCI. Deep, rumbling, and eternal speaker-buzz worship, wrapped around lumbering riffs drunk on cough syrup and shimmering distortion overload. Howling feedback mantras repeated ad infinitum. Major key rustic lullabies are reduced to primal string scraping drones that climb over mountains of echoing hum. Intensely melodic and repetitious, like SKULLFLOWER covering EARTH's 2 in an old, empty farmhouse. FULCI is Eric Crowe (formerly of Social Infestation, currently of Marax & Crawl) and Adam Wright. Former members of Leviathan A.D. and The Bodybag Romance assisted on bass and drums, respectively. Mastered by Scott Hull at Visceral Sound.
"Fulci’s debut album “Dead Lights Red Sky” is built in the vein of classic drone metal: it is drenched in atmosphere, ambience, and metallic feedback. And with those elements alone, they should attract any drone metal fan.
Sometimes drone metal is called merely noise, but when something this coarse can conjure up emotions, it becomes something more than just “noise”. The atmosphere sets a mood of a depressive, bleak, almost emotionless dread, with its monolithic tones, and undying heaviness.
Also, while this should be taken in as a full piece, it should be noted that it was a very good idea to split this up into five separate songs, to make the album a much less daunting task to listen to. But to fully understand this album, you must listen to it in full.
Overall, Fulci’s debut album “Dead Lights Red Sky” is a solid, drone doom album. Any fans of that genre should definitely pick this up. And while its good, but mostly unspectacular, it’s songs like “Scatter My Bones on the Shore” that make this worthwhile."
-METAL ARCHIVES
credits
released August 18, 2005
Adam Wright: Guitar
Eric Crowe: Guitar
Nate Miller: Bass
Adam Brown: Drums
Recorded & Mixed by: Eric Willhide
Mastered by: Scott Hull at Visceral Sound
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This album has become one of my favorite fixations of all time! No hyperbole, promise. If you like your sounds dense, dark and oh-so very just...down, then jump in. Best listened to alone with some decent actual headphones (fuck earbuds), but ideally through an incredibly loud speaker system. Also, certain intoxicants might help with the experience. Can't wait to try that l'il experiment! :) In summary: buy this fucking thing and stuff and things!!! Patrick Thompson
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