FUNEBRARUM 1st 2xLP DIE HARD Version Entombed Nihilist Disma Grotesque Grave OOP

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FUNEBRARUM "The Columns of Abandoned Gods" Dbl LP DIE HARD version
VG++/VG++ (I played this once to record and everything is unused--poster, patch, sticker, all inserts included) Recorded at Off Stage Studios,October/November 2000.
Produced by Funebrarum.
Music and lyrics written by Nick Orlando and Daryl Kahan, except lyrics on "Adoration of Abscessed Cadavers" by Jukka Kolehmainen and Daryl Kahan.

Re-released by Nuclear War Now! Productions on September 17, 2008 (catalog number: ANTI-GOTH 107) on regular and die hard vinyl. Both editions include a poster, insert, and bonus tracks from "Dormant Hallucination":
6. Darkening of the Dead
7. Dormant Hallucination
8. Adoration of Abscessed Cadavers

The die hard edition includes a patch, sticker, blue splatter vinyl, and a bonus record with tracks from Triumphant Ascent(1-3) and a studio rehearsal (4 and 5):
1. The Depths of Misery
2. Kingdom of Suffering Souls
3. Abandoned Gods
4. Tombs of Sleeping Darkness
5. Incineration of Mortal Flesh

Surprisingly, even though there are hardly any people aware of this band’s existence in my country, the first time I heard about this old school to the bone Death Metal project was when I read an Abazagorath-centered interview (a USBM band where 2 of Funebrarum’s members play) in a local webzine. 

So overall – Funebrarum is an old-school Death Metal band, mainly influenced by the DM that was created by bands like Nihilist, Entombed, Grave, Grotesque and God Macabre back when these bands ruled supreme. But unlike many “retro” bands that just imitate and rip off the classics, Funebrarum has its own sound, which at times even makes bands like the ones I mentioned sound really soft, compared to Funebrarum!

This album was released back in 2001 and is still their only full-length release, but they also released 7” a single called “Dormant Hallucination” in 2003 and had a split CD with the recently resurrected Swedish “Interment” horde (which has a killer artwork done by Chris Moyen by the way), which I will probably order and review when the promised vinyl version is released. But in 2008 – this album got a great vinyl issue, done in the best traditions of NWN!

Funebrarum’s music is mainly characterized by very heavy and massive guitars and bass work and VERY low growls. Really LOW I mean! Most of the time, the temp moves from slow to mid, but there are faster and more aggressive parts as well, and the guitar solos are well done, with a bit dose of feeling. Despite the fact that there are only 6 songs in this album, its length is around 31 minutes, since the songs last for 5-8 minutes.

It’s not a catchy album, it’s the kind of album you’d better listen while doing nothing, rather then just put it on the background. But once you listen to it carefully – you will understand that it’s not just another album but a masterpiece, for those who really like the ancient Swedish sound at least. The lyrics deal with the same rotten issues, such as morgues, decrepit cemeteries, corpses and other places everyone will have to visit and join sooner or later, haha!

If I had to choose a record released in the 21st century to take with me to the grave, my choice would be the die-hard version of this album, which I also bought. It features 2 beautiful splatter-blue vinyls+poster+patch and sticker, while the regular version is a single black vinyl+poster. Both versions feature also the 2 tracks from their single, but I would make this choice not because of the patch, the sticker or the vinyl color, but simply because the extra-vinyl features their debut 3 tracks demo “Triumphant Ascent” from 1999 and 2 rehearsal tracks, recorded back in 2000. Those are just 5 tracks in total, but only 2 of them appear in the album and the single, so actually the die-hard version features all the songs this band ever released prior to the split with Interment! 

The demo and rehearsal tracks sound rawer and somehow even more frightening then the tracks in the album, haha! By the way, the poster features the 7” cover artwork, a killer (probably Lovecraft-inspi! red) drawing by Dan Seagrave, who’s works appear on such classic DM albums as Carnage’s full length, Entombed’s and Dismember’s albums and more! For me – this is the 2nd best reissue done in 2008, after “Demon Entrails”!