Fulgor - Eyequinox 7"EP 1995
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Today's post is the Fulgor 7"EP we discussed at the comments for the demo IV here. This is the rip and scans brother Misfits originally posted in the sadly deceased Lockjaw blog. We decided to make it available again here which means we're only missing the '93 rehearsal/promo from a complete Fulgor discography. Thanks again to Misfits for his work with this!
Merciless Records, known for being the label of several other German pioneers like Desaster, Martyrium and Ungod, released this EP back in '95 and describe the music as "Abusing Pattern Music" which is an ...interesting description, to say the least. The insert included in Misfits' scans states this EP was recorded "two years ago" which would mean '93, like basically all their material. So despite me calling it the trippiest Fulgor release I might be wrong about that, it's not really so drastically different from the last demos. Overall better sound quality than the tapes but otherwise direct continuation of "Our 10 Urphar Visions" and "To Be One with the Stars..." - they say themselves it completes the fourlogy of releases. Even though it is the fifth one. Wonder which one they're not counting in, the rehearsal/promo or the "Mystical Black Magic Metal" promo 06/93? Whatever, I'm not going to ramble on longer, if you liked the other releases you'll need this one too and I need the reh/promo!
Never thought I'd see the day that this EP would appear online as a digital rip! I handled the layout for Merciless Rec. back in the days and remember that the band was pretty specific about the layout concept, like the photo with the sun and the eye (two separate pictures that were "melted" together using Photoshop) or the green / yellow color tones. Even the fonts and logo were predefined! Really handsome guys and a quite unusual job compared to other layouts I did for Ungod or Desaster. Thumbs up for the coven!
VastaaPoista@Dendomann:
VastaaPoistaThanks for your comment! It's a very striking cover and the colours really catch your attention. Actually it was online already a few years ago, as stated on the entry it is Misfits' rip that originally appeared in the now-dead Lockjaw blog that otherwise had a more heavy/thrash/death metal focus. You did all the early layouts? EPs only or albums too?
I did a few layouts for Merciless like the Ungod/Cabal & Ungod/Desaster split EPs, first two Desaster albums and the Vulpecula 10" EP. And some more stuff for bands like Moonblood, Empyrium or Impending Doom, but stopped doing layouts and everything else in the late 90s for quite some time. Remember the old issue of "Witchcraft" #4 you posted a while ago? I made that too... and you were right, by the way: issue is all fuzzy and weird, apart from that my english was baaaad. New ones are much better though!
VastaaPoista@Dendomann:
VastaaPoistaOh, classic stuff then! You're still (or again?) doing Witchcraft? Very impressive, I should probably try to track down some other issues, what number is the most recent then? #4 was actually one of the more readable "fancy" sort of 'zines, didn't go completely over the top with graphic experiments.
Published issue 7 a couple of months ago, you might take a look at schattenmanns.wordpress.com to find out more!
VastaaPoista@D:
VastaaPoistaOkay, thanks for the tip, I'll have a look! I'll add a link to the Witchcraft #4 post as well.