r/FuneralDoomMetal

Probably a very unpopular opinion, but no matter how many chances I gave them over the years, I never managed to truly get into Esoteric.

They were actually one of the first funeral doom bands I listened to many years ago when I started exploring the genre, but for some reason they never clicked with me like other bands did. And the funny thing is that every few years I come back and give them another chance... always with the same result.

I think the biggest problem for me is the vocalist’s style. Which is weird, because I’ve been listening similar vocal styles in extreme metal for decades and normally I love it. But here it completely breaks the atmosphere for me.

Still, I respect them a lot and I don’t rule out that maybe one day they finally click with me.

Anyone else feels this way about Esoteric for whatever reason? Or do you have another “essential” funeral doom band that you just can’t enjoy no matter how much you try?

Hi everyone,

I’d like to share a new EP from the Italian funeral/depressive doom project by Scent of Darkness.

The release focuses on dark atmospheric textures, slow funeral doom passages, and themes of memory, time, and inner decay.

FFO: Bell Witch, Shape of Despair, Skepticism, Ea

Tracks:

• Bonae Memorie
• Vulnerant Omnes, Ultima Necat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnDWmCKa2l8

We’ll probably all agree that funeral doom has given us some absolutley incredible album covers over the years, so now I’ve gotta ask:

- Which ones impressed you the most the first time you saw them?

- And is there any cover you didn’t really understand or pay much attention to at first, but later started noticing details in or understood the meaning better, which eventualy made it one of your favorites?

In my case I’d probably say two covers from Ahab:

-The Call of the Wretched Sea, whose cover was created by Kinuko Y. Craft for an illustrated edition of Moby-Dick.

-The Divinity of Oceans, featuring The Raft of the Medusa painted by Théodore Géricault in 1819.

And an example of a cover I didn’t pay much attention to at first would be:

• Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

Funeral doom bands that should be considered genre classics but somehow never got there (poor distribution, release at the wrong time, disbanding too early, etc...)

Not just underrated bands, but bands/albums that genuinly had the quality, atmosphere and originality to become essential names in the genre… yet stayed relativley obscure.

Any bands that come to mind that coud fit this?

NOTE: I forgot to add an example of a band 😅😅😅 My choice would be.... UN Sentiment album is just special

Un - In its Absence

I'm listening to one of my favorite track from this great band right now.

Quite a few times I've had goosebumps when the song surge back at minute 7, after let myself get carried away by the slow interlude between 4:15 and 7:05.

Absolute banger 🤘🤘

I know a lot of us were a fan of this album last year, I can’t remember who shared it but I had never heard of it and was blown away.

I saw on Instagram a few weeks ago about this announcement but now it’s live! They have run a limited batch of vinyl. I’ve just ordered mine!