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THE FUNERAL PYRE
"Vultures at Dawn" (Prosthetic; 2010)
Reviewed by Mike SOS
American black metal mavens The Funeral Pyre have created a malicious yet misguided eight-track collection entitled "Vultures at Dawn."
Drawing from both traditional genre philosophies and darkened modern progressive thought for inspiration while opting for a raw and ruthless sound drowned in drone and dipped in depravity (“To Watch the Earth Rot”), The Funeral Pyre’s shifting stylistic stance seems to be lacking something between their glacially sprawling atmospherics and blistering black metal battering to properly link the entities together and make the most of their monstrous presence.
Yet when the evil outfit fires at full capacity and settles into a singular destructive vision, a heart-pounding creepiness with unadulterated metallic mayhem much like a blast of Nordic disdain ensues as the dread-laden end result (“Blistered Hands”).
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Rating Guide:
A classic. This record will kick your ass.
Killer. Not a classic but it will rock your world.
So-so. You've heard better.
Pretty bad. Might make a nice coaster.
Self explanatory. Just the sight of the cover makes you wanna hurl.
Copyright © 2010 by R. Scott Bolton. All rights
reserved.
Revised:
26 Feb 2024 13:06:30 -0500.
