The Funeral Pyre - Vultures at Dawn (#6900)

metalgod · **Joined:** Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:50 am **Posts:** 5515

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The Funeral Pyre - Vultures at Dawn
Blackened Thrash/Doom
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stevelovesmoonspell · **Posted:** Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:43 pm

A well written and comprehensive review for a decent band, I have Nature of betrayal somewhere in my closet and from what I recall they're a solid young band. Though the bashing USBM nonsense while in the same breath calling hacks like Nachtmystium saviors for USBM is rather nauseating.

huskerc7 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:58 am **Posts:** 17367

Agreed Steve. Nachtmystium is way overrated.

I saw this band back in 2004 or so at metal devestation down here in phoenix and they were pretty cool. Me and my brother bought their album and it was pretty good. I'll have to give this one a listen at some point.

Goat · **Posted:** Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:56 pm

Yeah, sorry Tyler, but when I read

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Besides a few notable exceptions (Wolves in the Throne Room, Nachtmystium), America has yet to produce any black metal groups of any real consequence.

my eyebrow shot through the roof of my skull. Krieg, Black Funeral, Leviathan, Cobalt, Absu, Krallice, Angelcorpse, Averse Sefira, Weakling, Lurker Of Chalice, Judas Iscariot, even bloody Xasthur are all of very real consequence.

stevelovesmoonspell · **Posted:** Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:58 pm

Goat wrote:

Yeah, sorry Tyler, but when I read

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Besides a few notable exceptions (Wolves in the Throne Room, Nachtmystium), America has yet to produce any black metal groups of any real consequence.

my eyebrow shot through the roof of my skull. Krieg, Black Funeral, Leviathan, Cobalt, Absu, Krallice, Angelcorpse, Averse Sefira, Weakling, Lurker Of Chalice, Judas Iscariot, even bloody Xasthur are all of very real consequence.

I'm not sure about Krieg, but kudos to you for bringing up Averse Sefira..

Goat · **Posted:** Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:02 pm

stevelovesmoonspell wrote:

I'm not sure about Krieg, but kudos to you for bringing up Averse Sefira..

Really? Hesitated more over Averse Sefira than I did Black Funeral. :lol:

stevelovesmoonspell · **Posted:** Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:05 pm

Goat wrote:

stevelovesmoonspell wrote:

I'm not sure about Krieg, but kudos to you for bringing up Averse Sefira..

Really? Hesitated more over Averse Sefira than I did Black Funeral. :lol:

I'm neutral about Black Funeral honestly, I have Ordog and Empire of blood and they both are solid pieces of blackened thrash stuff. But they really border on tedium, the same with Black Witchery..

huskerc7 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:58 am **Posts:** 17367

American black metal doesn't touch any of the norwegian or swedish stuff. Case closed for me.

stevelovesmoonspell · **Posted:** Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:10 pm

huskerc7 wrote:

American black metal doesn't touch any of the norwegian or swedish stuff. Case closed for me.

The Australian bm scene is where it's at, though for me Sweden will always be one of my favorites.

JokerMachine · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:40 pm

You would think that America, being such a "progressive" and "future oriented" nation, would have bred a significant counterculture, where the values expressed by traditional black metal would have been able to reach fruition.

Goat · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:06 pm

Indeed. I, for one, certainly can't think of any American extreme right organisations or grassroots conservative movements that have arisen out of opposition to progressives in government!

Afro_D-Shak · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:36 pm

And this is how a black metal review turns into a tea party debate. :lol:

Karmakosmonaut · **Posted:** Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:18 pm

Still better than A7x.

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