Drammen, Norway
Doom Metal
Page online:
June 27, 2008
Last update/review:
November 6, 2024
Funeral
It's been a tough road for these Norwegians, with two core
members passing away after recording their third album in 2002,
but they have managed to keep it together, releasing the
excellent
From These Wounds in 2006.
A band named Funeral must play doom metal of some sort,
and true funeral doom might be expected as well.
While it might have been that this band used to play funeral
doom (their recordings date back to 1994, even debuting
on the notorious American indie label Wild Rags), the style
on
Wounds has shifted to a more
epic, melancholic doom sound, often resembling
doomdeath musically though the vocals aren't in that style.
Vocalist Frode Forsmo is a find, his elegant croons and chants
shape the songs perfectly, giving the band a final classy touch.
Extremely well-done.
Recent album: Gospel Of Bones ,
released on October 18, 2024.
Current Members
Eirik Krokfjord
vocals
Stian Kråbøl
guitars (ex-Sarke )
Rune Gandrud
bass
André Aaslie
keyboards
Anders Eek
drums (guest for Clouds )
Ingvild Johannesen
violin (ex-Ram-Zet )
Former Members/Guests
Toril Snyen
vocals
Hanne Hukkelberg
vocals
Sindre Nedland
vocals (ex-In Vain ) RIP: March 2, 2025, cancer, age 40
Frode Forsmo
vocals/bass (ex-Old Man's Child , ex-Tulus )
Christian Loos
guitars RIP: October 23, 2006
Thomas Angell
guitars
Kjetil Ottessen
guitars
Erlend Nybø
guitars
Mats Lerberg
guitars/vocals
Magnus Olav Tveiten
guitars
Idar Burheim
guitars (1349 )
Einar Fredriksen
bass RIP: January 10, 2003, suicide, age 30
Jon Borgerud (guest)
keyboards
Discography
Studio
Tristesse
1994
Wild Rags
Thoughts of Tranquillity
A Poem for the Dead
Yearning for Heaven
Thomas Angell
Einar Fredriksen
Anders Eek
Tragedies
1995
Arctic S.
Taarene
Under Ebony Shades
Demise
When Nightfall Clasps
Moment in Black
Toril Snyen
Christian Loos
Thomas Angell
Einar Fredriksen
Anders Eek
In Fields Of Pestilent Grief
2002
Nocturnal
Yield to Me
Truly a Suffering
The Repentant
The Stings I Carry
When Light Will Dawn
In Fields of Pestilent Grief
Facing Failure
What Could Have Been
Vile are the Pains
Epilogue
Hanne Hukkelberg
Christian Loos
Kjetil Ottessen
Idar Burheim
Einar Fredriksen
Anders Eek
From These Wounds
2006
Tabu
The Barren Skin
From These Wounds
The Architecture of Loss
Red Moon
Vagrant God
Pendulum
Saturn
Frode Forsmo
Christian Loos
Kjetil Ottessen
Jon Borgerud
Anders Eek
As The Light Does The Shadow
2008
The Will To Die
Those Fated To Fall
The Strength To End It
The Elusive Light
In The Fathoms Of Wit And Reason
Towards The End
Let Us Die Alone
The Absence Of Heaven
Hunger
Fallen One
Frode Forsmo
Erlend Nybø
Mats Lerberg
Jon Borgerud
Anders Eek
To Mourn Is A Virtue
2011
Solitude
Hunger
God?
Your Pain Is Mine
The Poison
Dancing in a Liquid Veil
How Death May Linger
Father
Blood from the Soil
Wrapped All in Woe
Sindre Nedland
Erlend Nybø
Mats Lerberg
Rune Gandrud
Jon Borgerud
Anders Eek
Oratorium
2012
Grau
Burning with Regret
Hate
Break Me
Song of the Knell
From the Orchestral Grave
Making the World My Tomb
Will You Have Me?
Sindre Nedland
Erlend Nybø
Mats Lerberg
Rune Gandrud
Anders Eek
Praesentialis In Aeternum
2021
Season Of Mist
Ånd
Materie
Erindring I - Hovmod
Erindring II - Fall
Oppvåkning
Dvelen
Sindre Nedland
Erlend Nybø
Magnus Olav Tveiten
Rune Gandrud
André Aaslie
Anders Eek
Ingvild Johannesen
Gospel Of Bones
2024
Season Of Mist
Too Young to Die
Yestertear
Procession of Misery
These Rusty Nails
Ailo's Lullaby
My Own Grave
To Break All Hearts of Men
Når kisten senkes
Three Dead Men
Eirik Krokfjord
Stian Kråbøl
Rune Gandrud
André Aaslie
Anders Eek
Ingvild Johannesen
