[Cover photo credit to Guilherme Henriques]

Norwegian band Funeral have released the latest single off their upcoming seventh album, Gospel of Bones, out October 18th, 2024 on Season of Mist. “Procession of Misery” is punctuated by funeral drums and melodies and finds its home in the Doom Metal of Funeral’s 20-year legacy.  

Hailing from the desolate climates of Norway, Funeral have always crafted “epic, melancholic soundscapes.” The new track “Procession of Misery” is intended as a “symphony of sorrow.”

The band have gone through some lineup changes and expansions in recent years. In 2022, singer Sindre Nedland was replaced by the professionally trained baritone opera singer Eirik Krokfjord (specializing in the works of Richard Wagner), known from both the Norwegian Opera Choir, as well as from having several leading roles in operas both in Norway and abroad.

Violinist Ingvild Johannessen also joined the ranks, and the band moved away from programmed orchestration, and recorded all strings analogue. This time around, they also incorporated the traditional Norwegian instrument the Harding fiddle, which is a key element throughout the entire upcoming album, moving the band slightly towards a more Folk sound. The album works on “building bridges between both metal music, folk- rock and classical music.”

Roughly 20 tracks were composed throughout the Covid pandemic (9 of whom made it to the studio), and yet again recorded and mixed at Toproom Studio, by Børge Finstad.