Funeral - Norwegian death doom

NWN PROD · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 13594 Location: SF Bay Area

I just picked up their excellent 1994 CD on Wild Rags at a local store. What other stuff is good from this under rated death doom band?
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Guest · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:03 am Post subject:

All I have by them is the Tristesse demo I'm afraid. Wasn't too into it back then and not really today either. I have heard that Tragedies was somewhat better though. Started listening to loads of old doomy shit lately, like old Unholy, Bethlehem demo and ep, Winter demo. Downloaded the Worship lp..still don't know what to make of it though.

CS_Funeral · Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 18 Location: New Zealand

Tragedies is alright, though I think you're better off listening to Catacombs or Worship and forgetting Funeral... They got a full-time female vocalist and dropped the death vocals completely some time after the guitarist killed himself... probably.

Guest · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:38 am Post subject:

Tragedies/tristesse are regarded as theyre best works. Fields of Pestilence Grief, is shunned by many, I havent actually heard that one myself. I like Tragedies/tristesse wery well. Those two were rereleased by firebox.fi a couple of years ago in a combo pack.

I also like theyre side project Fallen, but that has more symphonic elements.

CS_Funeral · Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 18 Location: New Zealand

"Fields of Pestilence Grief" Thats the one with only female vocals, real fucking aweful.

Kapalika · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 2109 Location: Germoney

A friend gave me the promo for their latest album called "From These Wounds".

Very mellow melancholic stuff with clear male vocals, comes across like a mixture of My Dying Bride and older The 3rd And The Mortal.
Not bad but probably not what you are after.

But check out Funeral (if you don´t know them already which is probable) from Sweden, good deathly Doom or maybe rather doomy Death.
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Guest · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:04 am Post subject:

NWN PROD · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 13594 Location: SF Bay Area

I know Funeral from Sweden. I have their demo and 7".

I'll try to track down the two on one CD on Firebox.
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Kapalika · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 2109 Location: Germoney

@ digerdöden:

To my knowledge only a demo, yes.
That got released as a 7" via Pentagram Warfare, limited to 500 I think.
I read about them in Dauthus appendix for the first time and ordered a copy from a German distro, if you want to I can look up the name.
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peterott · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 4543 Location: Germany

Devoured Death · Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 1599 Location: Finland

Tragedies, I absolutely love! Totally crushing stuff!

Tristesse is pretty good too, but the lead female vocals certainly won't be to everyone's taste. I think they're fairly well done though, and contribute to the atmosphere rather than making it sound gay like a lot of female vocals do in doom.

I'm not much of a fan of their later releases though, I find them a little cliched, and they're not really the sort of death/doom I'm into.

Cross of Donar · Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 585 Location: Yes

Yes get the double-cd, there's even some unreleased stuff on it. "From these wounds" is modern doom pop, totally overproduced, no more ultra-slow parts, can't be compared with the old stuff at all. But I like both!

Guest · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject:

I have the "tristesse" demo for trade if interested.