Funeral Home - Your Funeral
Release Date: January 16th, 2026
Inverse Records
Funeral Home started in 2009 in Kuopio, Finland. They are set to release their debut album, "Your Funeral" on Inverse Records. The band stated that they prefer to put the "music first, keeping the song structures simple and the arrangements flowing." The band draws inspiration from "old-school styles", death-and-roll and death metal that features, "gloomy melodies".
The album starts with, "You Failed My Trust". From the onset their influences and goals as songwriters are apparent. Quicker in tempo yet not a blistering speed, the song isn't lost in the chaos. It's construction is reminiscent of old-school melodic death metal. There isn't the pop-flair sometimes found in the later bands of this genre though. Grit and a bit of nasty temperaments rule the personality of the track. Next, "Wall" has a slower and crushing start. Their stated desire to keep things simple yet effective in the music is on full display. I'm a sucker for well written songs that don't rely on over-the-top musical showmanship to prove a point. Everything that is musically sought here is achieved, and is not anything more that what is necessary. "My Kingdom Is Hell" is an ode to Motörhead front-man Lemmy Kilmister and is the current single released. It is a short song with the death-and-roll style obviously heard. Think some Entombed tracks for reference. Furiously delivered, it packs a solid punch with a punkish attitude and death metal's brutality. With, "Rotten To The Core" I hear a return to the style present on the opening track. It is very melodic and the dual guitar ideas add some cool elements to the track. Still old-melodic death metal in nature and a showcase of confidence in their song writing abilities. "Depths" has a sinister vibe. Other (I'm assuming) guitar effects are added to create a menacing exhibition on the song. A neat doomy end to the song adds a dismal character to the track that I enjoy. The sixth song, "Sacrificial Goat" punishes with a tough and spirited anger. Modestly dense in nature, Funeral Home continues to create a rage-filled experience with their stripped-down approach. The title track, "Your Funeral" has the most rockish start of all the songs. This continues into the rest of the track. The band's death-and-roll style is a welcomed return to the barbarically simplistic nature of the genre popularized in the 1990s and early 2000's. "Graveyard Blues" is a whiskey-drenched song that reeks of a cigarette-laden environment of old. Catering to the self-destructive vices that provide enjoyment in the face of all civil decency. A "fuck-off" to the conformity thrust upon us by the lifeless and civilized. "Blood & Sacrifice" ends the album. Beginning with the most "death metal" start of all the tracks, the bands previous sound returns soon thereafter. Perhaps a bit more adventurous than other songs, they seem to draw from all the other elements of the album. Aggressive speed is matched with mid-paced ideas and an eventual doom-style ending. "Blood & Sacrifice" is my favorite song among the others. A testament to Funeral Home's ingenuity when they could have just settled for a plainer reworking of other inspirations on the album. Great album.
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Release Date: January 16th, 2026
Inverse Records
Funeral Home started in 2009 in Kuopio, Finland. They are set to release their debut album, "Your Funeral" on Inverse Records. The band stated that they prefer to put the "music first, keeping the song structures simple and the arrangements flowing." The band draws inspiration from "old-school styles", death-and-roll and death metal that features, "gloomy melodies".
The album starts with, "You Failed My Trust". From the onset their influences and goals as songwriters are apparent. Quicker in tempo yet not a blistering speed, the song isn't lost in the chaos. It's construction is reminiscent of old-school melodic death metal. There isn't the pop-flair sometimes found in the later bands of this genre though. Grit and a bit of nasty temperaments rule the personality of the track. Next, "Wall" has a slower and crushing start. Their stated desire to keep things simple yet effective in the music is on full display. I'm a sucker for well written songs that don't rely on over-the-top musical showmanship to prove a point. Everything that is musically sought here is achieved, and is not anything more that what is necessary. "My Kingdom Is Hell" is an ode to Motörhead front-man Lemmy Kilmister and is the current single released. It is a short song with the death-and-roll style obviously heard. Think some Entombed tracks for reference. Furiously delivered, it packs a solid punch with a punkish attitude and death metal's brutality. With, "Rotten To The Core" I hear a return to the style present on the opening track. It is very melodic and the dual guitar ideas add some cool elements to the track. Still old-melodic death metal in nature and a showcase of confidence in their song writing abilities. "Depths" has a sinister vibe. Other (I'm assuming) guitar effects are added to create a menacing exhibition on the song. A neat doomy end to the song adds a dismal character to the track that I enjoy. The sixth song, "Sacrificial Goat" punishes with a tough and spirited anger. Modestly dense in nature, Funeral Home continues to create a rage-filled experience with their stripped-down approach. The title track, "Your Funeral" has the most rockish start of all the songs. This continues into the rest of the track. The band's death-and-roll style is a welcomed return to the barbarically simplistic nature of the genre popularized in the 1990s and early 2000's. "Graveyard Blues" is a whiskey-drenched song that reeks of a cigarette-laden environment of old. Catering to the self-destructive vices that provide enjoyment in the face of all civil decency. A "fuck-off" to the conformity thrust upon us by the lifeless and civilized. "Blood & Sacrifice" ends the album. Beginning with the most "death metal" start of all the tracks, the bands previous sound returns soon thereafter. Perhaps a bit more adventurous than other songs, they seem to draw from all the other elements of the album. Aggressive speed is matched with mid-paced ideas and an eventual doom-style ending. "Blood & Sacrifice" is my favorite song among the others. A testament to Funeral Home's ingenuity when they could have just settled for a plainer reworking of other inspirations on the album. Great album.
www.facebook.com/funeralhomeofficial/
funeralhomeofficial.bandcamp.com/album/your-funeral