A very talented female vocalist lead sings this ewtremely slow and miserable Norweigan Doom Death metal band together with a more traditional growling male. This 5 pice seems to be mostly influenced by My Dying Bride and their alike, but the music is much slower and even more miserable. I can also feel a slight artistic touch that one finds in 3rd and the Mortal's music, but not as strong. I think it's not wrong to say that it's the extremest Doom Death metal I've heard that isn't too boring. The slow metal riffs are balanced with acoustic guitars in a nice harmony, but I must say that it gets too slow and miserable for me sometimes. Songs this slow and long easily gets boring and only a genious can keep the listener interested for the whole song. 5 songs and over 58 min playing time makes it tough at times. I guess that this is the most difficult genre to write music in. To make such long songs without getting boring must be hard. With this album Funeral has only partly succeded. It's sometimes very boring, but mostly it's quite good. I think all of you who are into this kind of music should check this out, you might like it.
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