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Funebrarum-The_Sleep_Of_Morbid_Dreams-CD-FLAC-2009-CATARACT
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ARTIST : Funebrarum STOREDATE : 00-00-2009
ALBUM : The Sleep Of Morbid Dreams RIPDATE : 03-11-2016
YEAR : 2009 RUNTIME : 39:45 min
GENRE : Death Metal LANGUAGE : English
LABEL : Cyclone Empire GRABBER : EAC Secure
SOURCE : CDDA ENCODER : FLAC 1.2.1
QUALITY : 1098kbps Avg 44.1kHz 2 channels SIZE : 327.2MB
URL : http://tinyurl.com/jqj2yrf TRACKS : 7 Files
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01 Perish Beneath 4:56
02 Grave Reaper 5:53
03 Beyond Recognition 3:23
04 Cursed Eternity 5:26
05 Incineration Of Mortal Flesh 5:40
06 Nex Monumentum 8:26
07 Among The Exiled 6:01
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39:45 min
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│ Over the course of the past year or so, you could say that death │
│ metal is making a strong comeback, not only back pedalling to its │
│ roots but also pumping out some of the best damn albums to ever hit │
│ the sub-genre. Funebrarum is just one of many to fall into this │
│ category, surely leaving this open to debate with many purists │
│ absolutely loving every moment of this revivalist movement versus │
│ the new breed of music listeners saying, This is just rehash. I │
│ almost feel the need to speak for the purists in saying that as long │
│ as metal is going strong, there will always be a need for bands to │
│ hark back to the good old days of the early 90s when death metal was │
│ at itÆs peak throughout the brutal Florida scene and the creepy, │
│ claustrophobic atmosphere of the Scandinavian scene. Fortunately for │
│ Funebrarum, they sound as if they've been listening to death metal │
│ for the past 20 years and listening to their brand of death metal, │
│ you can clearly hear them borrowing generously from the old school │
│ and seamlessly mixing it up with a modern day touch. │
│ │
│ And like a ferocious bear attack (or a great death metal album), │
│ this album just pummels you from start to finish. Judging by the │
│ range of death metal styles over the course of these seven monstrous │
│ tracks, you could swear that you received a history lesson of what │
│ these guys grew up on. Opener Perish Beneath is like listening to │
│ your favourite track from Like an Everflowing Stream with it's │
│ muscular intro and then flying into a classic tremolo picked riff │
│ that makes you feel like your being torn apart, limb from limb. │
│ Grave Reaper is easily one of the best tracks on this album when it │
│ comes to showing off those rapid transitions in tempo, smushing you │
│ into pulp with frenzied blast beats and at the drop of a hat, │
│ switching into a groovy mid tempo rhythm overlaid with one of those │
│ creepy melodies that bands like Morbid Angel and the entire │
│ Scandinavian death metal scene were so damn good at. Album closers │
│ Nex Monumentum and Among The Exiled are among the best tracks on │
│ here with their elongated intros that simply build until the final │
│ knockout of sheer brutality. │
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│ With all of these comparisons, you must be asking yourself why this │
│ is a standout death metal album despite all of the comparisons. For │
│ starters, the production is air tight on here, allowing nothing but │
│ a howling barrage of gruff guitar riffs and clear-as-glass pounding │
│ rhythms to come screaming out of your speakers. Secondly, every │
│ track on here contains enough diversity and variation to keep those │
│ who may be afraid to venture too far into death metal territory │
│ interested for the duration of forty minutes. Thirdly, vocalist │
│ Daryl Kahan possesses one of the sickest voices in the entire genre. │
│ Listen to his mighty roar while he punishes the listener with his │
│ 'coughing-up-blood' growls that rumbles to the bottom depths of the │
│ ocean. Lastly, this type of throwback album is too hard to resist │
│ listening to, if not for its competent musicianship contained │
│ throughout than for itÆs nostalgic purposes. │
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│ No doubt about it, Funebrarum are the true flag wavers of the old │
│ school death metal march and The Sleep of Morbid Dreams should put │
│ purists at ease. Once again getting back to my point of the need for │
│ throwback bands such as these, bands like Funebrarum exist because │
│ our metal universe needs them. We need them to teach the children │
│ who were born after the death metal mayhem in the early 90s what │
│ this scene was all about. But lest we forget, the people like │
│ ourselves who absolutely adore those old school bands, we also need │
│ bands like this to remind us of where our roots are on the metal │
│ map. Bands like this will never let us forget about how great it │
│ must have been to be in the thick of the early 90s death metal │
│ scene. │
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