Between all of the iconic members of the original death/doom movement converging for a collective revival over the past couple of years, it gets a bit difficult to tell who has the ultimate edge in terms of quality, but if uniqueness in approach is the chief consideration, Funeral has definitely staked out a chunk of territory seldom explored. While it carries most of the properties of being a stylistic switch into territory that is musically in line with Candlemass, Solitude Aeternus and Sorcerer, and vocally it presents a clear bridge into the Gothic realm that supplanted this band’s original sound in the mid-1990s, it maintains a deep death/doom foundation that keeps it from full becoming either of the aforementioned niches. One might say that Funeral have convened a vigil within their own little world, and while it’s difficult to assign the hierarchy of quality for the total catalog of a band of this degree of excellence, this is a strong showing for a band that has yet to disappoint in conveying the disappointments of life via the doom metal medium.

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