{"id":91194,"date":"2021-12-08T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T00:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=91194"},"modified":"2021-12-08T15:25:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:25:28","slug":"news-funeral-release-sixth-studio-album-praesentialis-in-aeternum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-funeral-release-sixth-studio-album-praesentialis-in-aeternum\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway\u2019s FUNERAL Make New Album \u2018Praesentialis In Aeternum\u2019 Available For Streaming In Its Entirety (December 8th, 2021) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norway\u2019s FUNERAL Make New Album \u2018Praesentialis In Aeternum\u2019 Available For Streaming In Its Entirety<\/strong><\/span>
\nDecember 8th, 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Drammen, Norway-based funeral doom metal band Funeral issue sixth full-length studio album Praesentialis In Aeternum<\/em> on December 10th, 2021 through Season Of Mist.<\/p>\n

The outing can be streamed in its entirety via YouTube below.<\/p>\n

The band commented: \u201cFuneral return with a contemplative exploration of the human condition. Baronial in atmosphere, deep in tone, vast in scope and for the first time in the history of the band conveyed in their native tongue. You are invited to listen and cogitate.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2019, vocalist Sindre Nedland \u201cwoke up from his slumber\u201d and told drummer Anders Eek \u201che was ready to focus music again. I had the whole music demoed and ready, so it quickly snowballed from there,\u201d Eek recalled.<\/p>\n

For the first time ever, not only are the lyrics fully in Norwegian but they were also written by an outside collaborator, a \u201cpersonal friend\u201d of Eek who happens to be a psychologist. \u201cHe\u2019s both a close friend and a fan of the band. So, he knows exactly how I roll and what the band is all about. I knew he was writing on the side so one day, as a joke almost, I told me about five years ago \u2018Hey, why don\u2019t you write lyrics for my bands instead?\u2019 and within five months, he did! His lyrics are more or less his take on philosopher Emmanuel Kant\u2019s work. Initially, I thought about maybe translating them to English but it would have meant redoing them so in the end, we choose to keep them as they were. The booklet will include a little text explaining what they\u2019re all about for those who don\u2019t speak Norwegian.\u201d<\/p>\n

Musically, Anders describes Praesentialis In Aeternum<\/em> (something along the line of \u2018Here Eternally\u2019) as a \u201cnatural progression. I know we have some fans who are only into the first albums and those who discovered us in the early 00s but this new opus has a little bit of everything for everybody. The symphonic elements are far more bombastic yet much well more done, thanks to the evolution of technology since Oratorium<\/em>. It\u2019s in a way a mixture of our three last albums yet our most diverse work yet, with both quite concise and very epic pieces. As a matter of fact, we recorded something like ten songs but vowed to choose only the six best to get the best album possible.\u201d <\/p>\n

Among the tracks are one originally written during sessions for third album From These Sounds<\/em>, one co-written with former founding member Thomas Angell (who left in 2000), and – as part of the deluxe version a Candlemass cover version (\u2018Samarithan\u2019) originally recorded back in 2005 with their then singer Frode Forsmo. <\/p>\n

Guesting on the track \u2018\u00c5nd\u2019 is Lars Nedland, Sindre\u2019s own brother of Borknagar and Solefald fame.<\/p>\n

Praesentialis In Aeternum<\/em> was recorded at Strand Studio and Toproom Studio with producer \/ sound engineers B\u00f8rge Finstad and Marius Strand. Mixing and mastering was handled by B\u00f8rge Finstad at Toproom Studios, meanwhile.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork was designed by Christopher R\u00e5dlund.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

01. \u2018\u00c5nd\u2019
\n02. \u2018Materie\u2019
\n03. \u2018Erindring I – Hovmod\u2019
\n04. \u2018Erindring II – Fall\u2019
\n05. \u2018Oppv\u00e5kning\u2019
\n06. \u2018Dvelen\u2019<\/p>\n

Bonus tracks<\/p>\n

07. \u2018Her Til Evig Tid (\u00e5nd: epilog)\u2019
\n08. \u2018Vekst (erindring : prolog)\u2019
\n09. \u2018Shades From These Wounds\u2019
\n10. \u2018Samarithan\u2019 (Candlemass cover)<\/p>\n

Funeral\u2019s recording line-up was as follows:<\/p>\n

Sindre Nedland (vocals)
\nErlend Nyb\u00f8 (guitars)
\nMagnus Tveiten (guitars)
\nRune Gandrud (bass)
\nAnders Eek (drums)
\nAndr\u00e8 Aaslie (orchestration)<\/p>\n

Directed, filmed, and produced by by the band themselves, a music video was released for the track \u2018\u00c5nd\u2019, while an official lyric video was created for the song \u2018Materie\u2019. In addition, an official guitar playthrough video was issued for the track \u2018Erindring I – Hovmod\u2019. All three clips can also be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Fifth studio record Oratorium<\/em> was released in November 2012 via Grau Records.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Jorn Veberg.<\/em><\/p>\n