FUNERAL · Praesentialis In Aeternum | DIGI

Digipak CD with 20 page booklet.

Background information about 'Praesentialis In Aeternum'

Funeral have never been in a hurry, and that is exactly the point. On "Praesentialis In Aeternum" the Norwegian funeral doom veterans stretch time until it groans, building cathedrals of grief out of slow, deliberate chords and clean, mournful melodies. This is doom in its most ceremonial form: the riffs descend like fog over a fjord, the tempos crawl, and yet nothing here feels sluggish. Every note is placed with intent, every transition earned. Where lesser bands mistake slowness for heaviness, Funeral understand that true weight comes from tension, from the space between strikes.

What makes this record so rewarding is its sense of grandeur without bombast. The clean passages glow with a cold, autumnal beauty, while the heavier sections land with the gravity of a collapsing glacier. The vocals shift between a wounded baritone and a cavernous growl, always serving the mood rather than the ego. There is melancholy here, yes, but also a strange, stubborn dignity, as if the band are mourning something they refuse to let go of. It is patient music for patient listeners, and it rewards that patience tenfold. Put it on after dark, turn it up, and let it unfold at its own unhurried pace. This is doom as ritual, and Funeral remain its high priests.

For fans of:
My Dying Bride, Anathema, Katatonia, Shape Of Despair, Saturnus

Other Versions

BLACK DLP · 19,99 € RED/BLACK 2LP · 28,99 €

Track listing

1. Ånd
2. Materie
3. Erindring I - Hovmod
4. Erindring II - Fall
5. Oppvåkning
6. Dvelen

Manufacturer: Sasu Soundworks Sarl, 126 Boulevard Bara, Heliopolis 2, Lot B4, 13013 Marseille, France, Contact: www.season-of-mist.com