5 years after the 1st self-titled album, FUNERALIUM is back with "Deceived Idealism"
More ferocious than before, driven by hate and disgust, the 5 doomed brethren of FUNERALIUM unleash their hatred with a heaviness and a might more impressive than ever.
Clocking at 88 minutes, "Deceived Idealism" is relentless, bleak and crushing. This complex monolith of EXTREME DOOM has trodden new paths, drawing its influences from Doom Metal and old-school Black Metal, but also filthy death metal and dark metal passages.
FUNERALIUM hasn't limited itself to a particular sub-genre but has drunk from the darkest and fierciest chalices of extreme metal.
Still featuring Marquis' unique and sickening vokills, Berzerk'r diabolical guitar intricacies, the band now also displays the 2 complementary basses of Asmael & Charlesward which pummel the senses and the gnawing punishing drums of ADKshN.
With a dozen concerts, the cohesion of the band -like a live Leviathan- is undeniable.

"Deceived Idealism" will be released in October on 2CDs by WEIRD TRUTH and on DLP this Fall by OSTRA RECORDS. A limited "die hard version"  will also be available through OSTRA RECORDS exclusively.


Come taste on Youtube a teaser of "Deceived Idealism" and discover the new mefitic sound of FUNERALIUM

http://youtu.be/XBFPy6wTxM4



New tshirt soon available, S to XL very limited quantities

Nobody? I thought the samples sounded good, better than their first one, which was just too drawn out. But who knows, this might end up being just as plodding.

I'm intrigued, I've never actually given these guys a go (the bunkur level hate worried me off), but no one has made a torture doom album in like five years, so there is certainly an oppurtunity for this to stand out. Either way it'll be nice to get some doom which is as extreme as hell instead of the recent trend of melodic meloncholia.

edit: Ok I just gave the trailer a listen, and holy fuck, that sounds amazing, both in the doom and black metal sections. I loved every second of it. I am still wary of the super long running time, but at least we know 9 minutes of it are excellent at least.

FUCK YES! Their debut is one of my favorite funeral doom albums, can't wait for this!

There's a riff in there that sounds EXACTLY like a Sabbath riff, but I can't place my finger on which song.

Sounds very promising. The amount of spite I hear in the samples is enough to get me excited.



Forgive my ignorance, as I'm a noob to the doom scene, but what are the reasons for the hate?

It's dope, yo.

One riff for an hour. Basically taking the funeral doom thing to a logical extreme. Funeralium have a reputation of being extremely drawn out even within the torture doom scene, (and most bands in that have like 4 riffs max for 20 minute + songs), but I've never actually heard it, something I will rectify as soon as possible if it is anything like these samples..

This is indeed the main difference with the "new" FUNERALIUM.

As explained in the text up there, it is more varied now, it is not exclusively "funeral" and therefore less "repetitive"
That is illustrated in the trailer in which the various facets of the new album are displayed
The songs are still long, there are actually 5 tracks and an evil as fukk "interlude" ala Abruptum, but you have an average of 6 riffs by song.
Lyrically it has also evolved quite a bit.

Sounds good. I'll buy a copy of the cd once it's released.

What lord_ghengis said. Funeralium have very low riff count. But this does sound like they're speeding things up. I always liked Ataraxie better for that reason.

Exxxtreme Doom? Am I going to have to hide this under my mattress?

Don't you worry, it's safe, your mom wont be able to forbid you to listen to it though she may be disturbed by it if you -hopefully- listen to it loud

The band has two bassists? As I play myself, that alone makes me want to check them out.


Although exxxxxxtreme doom sounds a bit cheesy, why not give it a try.

6 x's is cheesy. 3 is just badass.

Anyway, the 2 basses really fully deliver in live performances! Hard to judge them on a compressed mp3/video version!

Artwork nearing completion.

To be revealed soon

"Deceived Idealism" double CD artwork by YhN | Photography

Pooks extremely shoddily put together if that's how its being put together, oh well the music is what counts.

2 bass players? God that sounds amazing already.

Yea the artwork is rather meh. It would look better with no central figure in it that's poorly pasted on it.

Not that it really matters but actually the central figure was shot in that abandoned factory. So it wasnt "pasted": the indifferent, cold crowd was shot separately and added afterwards.

there

Stop being a dick SLK, it's pointless and annoying.

I don't know what was your post but I'll assume it's you being a dick again. Meh, at least Funeralium's music is great.

Personnellement, j'aime bien la couverture de l'album, bon travail Asmael!

Sounds good. I might get this when it comes out but that artwork is really uninspiring

Yeah he was being a very aggressive young lad while I was just explaining the artwork's process.
Thanks for the comments; though I take no credit whatsoever for the artwork!

As long as you guys took the time to fully watch/listen to the TRAILER, it's all that truly matters for now.

Awful artwork :[ I like minimalist covers for doom [like mine for Dagoth! -shameless self-plug] but this band kicks so much ass that I could care less. It's pretty much a mandatory purchase for me.

Reviewers, Webzines & fanzines can PM me to get the promo-pack including pics, bio and of course the ENTIRE album to download

1st English review from Temple Of Perdition webzine

http://templeofperdition.blogspot.fr/20 ... album.html

" Five years after their self-titled debut, FUNERALIUM (from Rouen/Paris -Fr-) are back with this "Deceived Idealism", a very bleak individual work that will surely leave a striking mark in the history of EXTREME DOOM !

This pretty long delay is mostly due to various line-up changes the band has had to go through; indeed, just Marquis (guit/voc) and Berserk (guit) remain from the old line-up, while the band became a quintet with the addition of a 2nd bassist which implies logically that in terms of heaviness FUNERALIUM hammers it in, but the band's sound is also rawer and way more negative in its overall approach (lyrics included).
Consisting in 6 songs for about 1 hour and a half, this new effort marks a neat development in terms of composition and production (thanx to the great work of Chris from Huata -at Worhsip Studio-who's also tipped to work on Barabbas next album!).

Despite what their name could suggest, FUNERALIUM is not your typical FUNERAL Doom band, don't expect here the classic formula with just slow, crawling and muddy guitars playing over extended growls with an occasionnal keyboards atmospheric effect. No, we are treated here with something MUCH MORE frightening, depressing, aggressive and in places atmospheric.

Less pronounced than on 1st album, there's obviously still some elements of FUNERAL Doom but (as in the first album too) not only... If you're looking for references, I think that no actual bands come to mind, then those to point out would be one of the oldest and darkest recesses of the genre with Skepticism.
The early 90's is a period which seems a great source of inspiration for the band (how could we reproach them with such a solid result?), as they willingly also reckon influences in old-school Black Metal, filthy DM and dark-metal (Bethlehem) while classical Doom hints shall not be forgotten too (early Cathedral most essentially, like in the title track and "don't hope for any better things now"). Those guys do not limit themselves to just one style, they value ultimately all the darkest caracters of EXTREME METAL to create a masterpiece in dynamics, ominous flow and filthy power.

If you save both shortest songs, the first "Blood, Phlegm and Vomit" which works like a nice introduction to the tortured world of Funeralium and "Hang these Bastards" which is pretty simple in its structure but still carries its own feeling, this album shows a great talent for slow, long build-ups; songs that progress naturally from extremely slow, heavy and painful climates towards some outstanding anger with harsher riffs, hard hitting drums and scary screams.
Those lengthy songs -clocking twice at more than 20 minutes- contain such a substential amount of creative elements that you constantly jump-out of monotony; it's amazingly rare to feel yourself -from the beginning till the end- so harmoniously bathed in such radical moods.

In the sickest and blackest moments, vocals are so deeply horrifying and tortured that in the spirit this sligthly reminds the glorious old days of northern BM with raw precursors of (genuine ?) tortured screams like Abruptum or Beherit... shit, that rips ! luckily musically the level is far more competitive than those old goodies Wink
This is Extreme that's a fact and sometimes definitely not easy to get into stuff but also not easy to get out of it, being so asphyxiating and relentless at the same time !!!
And what about those slight breathes of Dark Metal that appear here and there with clean guitars plus still dark but almost whispered vocals ? no melodic or too melancholic bullshit at all here, just brief breaking moments that let enter a tiny sliver of light before abyssal and apocalyptic moods strike again...

FUNERALIUM have crafted with "Deceived Idealism" a very accomplished and intricate album with skill but also "stomach"; this should be a building block for a future that they deserve more active and rewarding... If, like me, you've a strong affection for DOOM and the darkest sounds of the early 90's, then you should absolutely experience this awesome album, otherwise be cursed for eternity \m/ "

Tshirts will be abailable for sale in the coming days

That trailer was pretty awesome.

First full track "21st Century Ineptia" now available for streaming/download in high quality:

http://funeralium.bandcamp.com/

also listennable on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLgk6XgzHwY



Tshirts and patches are also now officially FOR SALE! (on bandcamp, it's all on there)


Reviewers, Webzines & fanzines can PM me to get the promo-pack including pics, bio and of course the ENTIRE album to download

how about a complete version of this release:
http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Fu ... Doom/47052

my tape has the last minute or so missing.

That song was definitely stronger than anything from the debut, which I didn't particularly care for. It's very long and drawn out so it's hard to really formulate an opinion after one listen. Is it great? I'm not really sure, but it's certainly not bad and a step in the right direction.

This is pretty fucking excellent. Big and mean, more than enough riff changes, and all of it sounds immense. Great vocals and riffs, suitably vicious atmosphere, not very "torturous", but excellent meaty doom. I love the blackened break in the last quarter, such a fucking miserable change to the already excellent hugeness. This is pretty much my most anticipated album right now.

It's now official! "Deceived Idealism" will be released on the 1st of February on DCD version through Weird Truth productions!
In the meantime, the artwork of the vinyl version has just been finished and Ostra records has already received test pressings so the vinyl version (die hard trifold version and regular DLP ones) should be out within the upcoming weeks as well.

http://weirdtruth.jp/releases/wt038.html

Vinyl's artwork:

Pity about the three month delay, but I'm still excited as hell about this one.

That vinyl artwork is far better than the cd release. very nice.

Same venue as the gig we did with COFFINS. Raw punk squat. Amps in yer face. It shall be nasty.

Also the album is now available as a 2CD for cheap in a few places:

US customers outta order from Weird Truth Japan:

http://www.weirdtruth.jp/cgi-bin/websto ... 0123225539

Germany, Greece and Israel:
http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?releas ... 9424&ev=rb

UK:
http://store.coldspring.co.uk/index.php ... ct_id=3418

France:
http://www.osmoseproductions.com/item/2 ... alism.html

Excerpt of a review:

"With desperate and raw vocals that bring to mind your throat being stripped by paint thinner as well as a slow grinding death that is Funeralium’s riff-age, this album just feels epic… and that is a word I am loathe to use as a generality but it has to be used in this case. ‘Deceived Idealism’ has a grand feel to it, a massive cathedral of depressive moods with an atmosphere of sickness and depression that masks it all from the world beyond. Yet despite the intense bombardment of brutality and negativity Funeralium are capable of supreme flashes of melodic and ambient enlightenment, if only to act as an interlude from the sheer oppression of their more usual blackened onslaught.

This is a savage album but also one of great beauty and complexity. Funeral Doom at it’s best from a band who have obviously spent the last six years getting everything just right! [9/10 - LUKE HAYHURST]"

DLP and die-hard 3LPs out in May!

My advice would be to order from Memento Mori where it's only 12 euros, Weird Truth is a rip off.

It's very good, album, I think I've got it fourth best this year. It isn't as torture-y as I had hoped, since there are a lot of "sad" sounding melodies and riffs, rather than straight up unpleasant cruelty, but at any rate it is some nice, heavy guitar driven funeral doom with not a lot of ideas and riffs.

1 week left before doomsday!


Also Weird Truth is no rip-off. He has honored every part of our deal. Makoto is a reliable and dedicated dude.

Rip off to the consumer. He runs a cool label with lots of great bands (yourselves included), but the album cost 8 euros less at other distributors than what the label itself was asking. Great album by the way.

Also you were the one doing Disjecta Membrae right? Any future plans for that project?