Funeral chasm
| Funeral chasm | |
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| General information | |
| origin | Aarhus , Denmark |
| Genre (s) | Funeral doom |
| founding | 2020 |
| Website | www.facebook.com/Funeralchasm/ |
| Current occupation | |
guitar |
Morten "Sjaelepest" Lund |
Keyboard, electric bass, drums, vocals |
Danny "D Woe" Jönsson |
Funeral Chasm is a funeral doom band founded in 2020 .
history
Danny "D Woe" Jönsson, from Woebegone Obscured and Altar of Oblivion , and Morten "Sjaelepest" Lund, from Kaos666 and Devil, worked with Above Ravens before the founding of Funeral Chasm . At that time both had a friendly relationship that had lasted for more than twenty years. According to the musicians, Funeral Chasm emerged from the desire for change and the idea of playing slower music with more atmosphere together. The release of the EP was followed by the production of the debut album Omniversal Existence . This album was also recorded in Jönsson's studio Ocean Woe Productions. It was mixed by Christian Nørgaard from Grumpynators . TheMastering was done by Greg Chandler of Esoteric in his Priory Recording Studios. The cover is from Cadies Art . For the release, the duo cooperated with Aesthetic Death Records , through which the last Woebegone Obscured The Forestroamer album was released.
Work and effect
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In the year the band was founded, EP I, recorded within a week in Jönsson's studio Ocean Woe Productions, was released as a self-published music download via Bandcamp , as an MC via Old Skull Productions and as a CD via Nailed Nazarene Industries . For the release of the album Omniversal Existence on July 2, 2021, the duo signed a contract with Aesthetic Death Records .
concept
Jönsson describes the personal background, which is also highlighted in discussions, as dealing with his own insomnia and the psychological and social consequences of this sleep disorder. The thematized insomnia is "an everyday struggle", the effects of which sometimes cause " anxiety and depression " and from which Jönsson has suffered all his life, which is why he has been in psychiatric treatment for almost two decades. In particularly low phases, he would retire with a friend to consume mushrooms containing psilocybin . He describes the experience as a “monumental journey”, which he tries to convey in the texts, melodies and arrangements, and the insights of which he tries to convey.
"Sometimes all you get is just a nice and relaxing visit to another dimension, but occasionally you can experience deeper knowledge about yourself (often referred to as a ' bad trip ' or ' me breakup '), this is the moment in which you have to listen and have the opportunity to develop. "
The piece Mesmerising Clarity makes direct reference to an experience lasting several hours, which he describes as therapeutic and cleansing. It is precisely this atmosphere that is attributed to the band's music by a few reviewers. The music turns out to be equivalent to the initial experience.
style
Funeral Chasm play atmospheric Funeral Doom influenced by different music styles and groups, including Fields of the Nephilim , The Sisters of Mercy , Celtic Frost , Burzum , Ved Buens Ende , Thergothon and Vangelis . Fields of the Nephilim and The Sisters of Mercy in particular are identified by reviewers as quotations. Accordingly, the band uses musical set pieces from psychedelic rock , black metal , gothic rock and dark wave in the context of the dominant style. The funeral doom genre corresponds in particular to the significantly reduced tempo of the music. On the other hand, “melodic elements” and the perceived richness of variety stand out. This is how the duo succeeds in attaching elements of a " Gothic Doom " to a Funeral Doom in the Thergothon tradition.
Aligned with a melodic and atmospheric structure, Funeral Chasm emphasizes calm phases, melodic passages and slow riffing, dubbed “ doomy ” . The result of this amalgamation, from the use of the booming bass guitar and the "eerily radiant" guitar playing, is fascinating, hypnotic and captivating. In particular, guitar playing and singing are praised in addition to the atmosphere in various meetings.
“The dark production of I only intensifies the suffocating atmosphere in which cavernous riffs and eerie growls spring from an infernal abyss. Pauses between the riffs allow these elements enough space to come to the fore. "
This highlighted riffing agrees with that of traditional Doom Metal to primeval Death Doom and Gothic Metal, although it is slower, more depressing, with extreme degrees of harshness and slowness.
The instrumentation proves to be a skillfully and cautiously used basis and backdrop for the vocals. This varies from the named guttural growling and screaming to clear vocals, which rise from “ moaning ” to “impressive in the falsetto area ”. Especially the clear vocals are highlighted as a "unique selling point" and remind "sometimes of the deathly sadness in the voice of Nick Cave " in the context of Funeral Doom.
"The harsh voice changes to an intense, deeply felt song that arises in the midst of a radiant grief crescendo , but the music is constantly changing, first becoming hallucinatory, then catastrophic and so the singing continues to alternate between monstrous roars and excruciating singing, while the background sounds are soaked in fear and pain. "
reception
Even with the EP, Funeral Chasm was traded as an insider tip in the genre. With the EP, Funeral Chasm succeeds in “a really nice first appearance”, which is a promise for upcoming releases.
“Her name is simply 'I' and she has a cold gentleness, as the not too northern north knows best: no bitter cold, no blizzard, but simply frozen ground in the morning under a gray cloud cover. [...] Wrapped up in the incredibly skilful music, this is an insider tip for all friends of Funeral Doom of the less severe variety.
Even in the run-up to the release, various reviewers praised Omniversal Existence and the pieces to be heard in advance as “a bizarre, highly individual and experimental project”, “excellent”, “halucinatory”, “hypnotizing”, “extremely personal and sublime”, “fantastic” "And" impressive ". With the release of the debut, the positive response was retained. Omniversal Existence is "a unique Doom release" as well as "an old-school experience through and through, benefiting from a performance played deeply from the heart by people who clearly know and love the style." Restricted positive, at seven out of ten points, judged Michael Toscher for FFM-Rock. The album turns out to be " Doom-Death with a classic 80s Gothic list and interesting approaches, the potential of which is more than hinted at, but has not yet been fully exploited". Elsewhere, the recourse to psychedelic phrases has been praised as an interesting and innovative innovation within the otherwise dark genre. With their debut, the duo proved to be "innovative, eager to experiment and, above all, talented". Meanwhile, the album captivates with a "good concept and a varied atmosphere". In addition, as Sara Sostini emphasized for Metalitalia.com, Omniversal Existence is "not an album for everyone", but if you are not afraid of a confrontation with your own ghosts, the experience is not to be regretted. The band presents an interesting and impressive mixture "full of crazy twists and turns," wrote Dennis Eikenkötter for Crossfire-Metal on Omniversal Existence . J. Andrew wrote for Decibel in a listing of the best releases of the last few weeks that Funeral Chasm was a band that brought forward "outstanding progress in their field" and placed the band in the list of five high-quality releases of the last few weeks next to internationally successful artists like At the Gates , Darkthrone and Mayhem . For Metal Temple, Justin Wittenmeier's album was also highly praised and it was predicted that Funeral Chasm would be a band to watch out for in the years to come.
"In a funeral doom country, Funeral Chasm has created a unique place that clearly belongs and stands out at the same time."
Web links
Individual evidence
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- ↑ a b c d Chauve: Danish Extreme Entitiy Premieres New Track Sunrise Vertigo. Bloody News, accessed June 4, 2021 .
- ↑ Chauve: Danish Extreme Entity Premieres New Track Sunrise Vertigo. Bloody News, accessed on June 4, 2021 : "Sometimes you just get a nice relaxing visit into another dimension, but other times you can experience deeper knowledge about yourself (often referred to as a" bad trip "or" ego-death ") , and that is the moment where you listen and get the opportunity to evolve. "
- ^ A b Islander: Mesmerizing Clarity. No Clean Singing, accessed June 14, 2021 .
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- ↑ a b c Irene Adler: Funeral Chasm: Omniversal Existence. Broken Tomb Magazine, accessed June 20, 2021 .
- ↑ a b c Jane Steg: Funeral Chasm: I. Raven Rock Site, accessed June 4, 2021 .
- ↑ a b Dennis Eikenkötter: Funeral Chasm: Omniversal Existence. Crossfire Metal, accessed July 5, 2021 .
- ↑ George Parr: Under the Radar: 12 Underground Funeral Doom Bands You need to hear. The Astral Noise, accessed on June 4, 2021 : "I's gritty production only bolsters its suffocating atmosphere, as cavernous riffs and eldritch growls emanate from some infernal abyss, the space between the riffs leaving room for these elements to come to the fore."
- ↑ a b Jools Green: Funeral Chasm: Omniversal Existence. Metaltalk.net, accessed July 5, 2021 .
- ↑ a b Islander: Overflowing Streams. No Clean Singing, accessed June 4, 2021 .
- ↑ Islander: Mesmerizing Clarity. No Clean Singing, accessed on June 14, 2021 : “The harsh vocals are replaced with intensely heart-felt singing that soars in the midst of a shining crescendo of grief, but the music continues to change, becoming hallucinatory and then calamitous, the vocals continuing to trade off between those monstrous roars and agonized singing, the drums detonating like bombs, and the backing sounds becoming saturated with fear and pain. "
- ↑ George Parr: Under the Radar: 12 Underground Funeral Doom Bands You need to hear. The Astral Noise, accessed June 4, 2021 .
- ↑ Michael Toscher: Funeral Chasm: Omniversal Existence. FFM-Rock, accessed July 5, 2021 .
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- ↑ Sara Sostini: Funeral Chasm: Omniversal Existence. Metalitalia.com, accessed July 2, 2021 .
- ↑ J. Andrews: Five for Friday. Decibel, accessed July 10, 2021 .
- ↑ Justin Wittenmeier: Funeral Chasm: Omniversal Existence. Metal Temple, accessed July 13, 2021 .
- ↑ Wayne Edwards: Funeral Chasm: Omniversal Existence. Flying Fiddlesticks Music Blog, accessed on July 6, 2021 : "In the land of Funeral Doom, Funeral Chasm has created a unique place that clearly belongs while it simultaneously stands apart."