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Nearly
five years after the release of the successful The Archer Takes Aim
debut, the new FUNEREAL PRESENCE album, Achatius, finally will be
unleashed on February 15th via THE AJNA OFFENSIVE for North America (Sepulchral
Voice will handling European territories). A grand intonation of a grotesque vision of faith and fey exhales the spirit and the feeling of a long-forgotten era. Inspired by the harsh and cold sound of the early black metal movement, mixed with wild with violent riffing, Achatius consists of four long songs that are able to turn back time and to spread magick again. Perfectly written, skillfully performed, intentionally rough & unpolished recording/production, Achatius again fits into the concept of unconventionality and somehow reawakens an undeniable FUCK OFF attitude. Call it a blessing or call it a curse, Achatius sounds 30 years old. It’s like an old forgotten jewel from the late ’80s / early ’90s. The past is alive without an intentional reanimation of that sound and style. Not by using dull stereotypes, blatant copied riffs, and beat-up arrangements, nor by a categorical intention and exaggerated forcing – it’s not just a short-term effect of old-style performance. It’s damn living proof of the fact that if you intentionally lock yourself away from all fashion and trends, having a burning artistic vision and the talent to let notes speak, you can create something timeless. FUNEREAL PRESENCE inhaled so much of that aura that their interpretation of a feeling and atmosphere reawakes the old ingenuity: an elder vision of sound, performance, thematics, and presentation the titan bands once had before the “market” started to explode and the ingenuity, idiosyncrasy, and danger in the movement started to implode. FUNEREAL PRESENCE is synonymous for pure fucking obsession for the core of black metal and beyond, the result of setting a determined/indetractable focus on translating the pulsating darkness into tones and rhythm. As mainman Bestial Devotion once said, “I do the music that no one does for me anymore.” No further questions. MORE INFO: www.funerealpresence.bandcamp.com www.theajnaoffensive.com www.facebook.com/theajnaoffensive |
Listen to the previous album “The Archer Takes Aim” here