Violent. Sophisticated. Metal.
Good news for all three of you digital music enjoyers! Funeral Rain Records now has a Bandcamp site, where you can buy releases in both digital and physical formats. Some pages, such as the Legions of Crows album Stab Me page, you can even order physical merch, like CDs, buttons and patches! Ritual has CDs and buttons! Pogrom has tapes! Order some up and show your support. Click the Bandcamp logo above to go to the FRR site!
Free Download “Celebrates” Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee
A digital single for the song “A Decorum Jubileo” has been released in conjunction with a video.
The industrial leanings of the band are very much present here, and with the disgust for British politics and monarchism that the men in the band feel being pushed even further into the fore, this track has deep levels of complexity.
Download the free single here. The file contains the song, a dubstep remix from Lyrical Monsoon, and artwork.
After sitting on it for nearly two years, This Is What I’ve Always Wanted will see release via the classic cassette format.
Pogrom‘s unreleased ambient/drone/blackened doom long-form song will finally see the light of day as an official release. The tape will feature the 32+ minute track on both sides, a two-panel J-card, and hand numbering with a limit to 69 (60 for sale, 9 for promotions to select zines). The inside of the J-card will also double as a mini Pogrom poster.
Right now the cassette’s color is in limbo, with three choices available for the fans to vote on (Transparent Blue, Black, Royal Blue). Voting is done through the Funeral Rain Records Facebook page, here.
Bonus materials are expected to be produced to go hand in hand with the tape, but what is still undecided. Voting will probably be done for the selections as well, so keep your eyes here and on the Facebook page.
This tape will be a forerunner to the Pogrom full length expected mid 2013, entitled To You I Bequeath. Those who order the tape through Funeral Rain Records will also be given opportunities for special merchandise related to To You I Bequeath.
LA’s cult black metal legends are not only back on CD but also soon will be back in your face playing live. Ritual are once more ready to take stages throughout Los Angeles and across the States. They’re rehearsing not only tracks from the newest album, The Resurrection, but also deep cuts from their seminal classic debut The Summoning as well as its follow-up Demonic Winter Metal.
If you are a show promoter, or know one, get in contact with Ian Fleming on Facebook to get Ritual on a stage near you!
Ritual Live Is:
Ian Fleming: Bass/Vocals
Ben Daw: Guitar
Ricardo Roman: Guitar
Lamar Little: Drums
Grab a copy of and listen to tracks from The Resurrection here. Also on iTunes, and available from Ian directly here.
Here’s an image from the booklet for the next release of Pogrom, an album now titled To You I Bequeath. The photo itself was taken by a femetalhead named Cori, also known as livingdeadgirll.
The caption on the bottom of it is This love for you shall forever be unrequieted (sic) which will be a track on the album.
Sound-wise, the album will sound nothing like Pogrom’s previous work, taking a definite atmospheric, doomy approach. Primarily this is due to the fact that my personal listening choices have ventured further into that territory, as well as the fact that my own inner voice is speaking to me slower and with heavy air.
As more Pogrom news happens, you’ll know. Thanks for reading.
