Funeral Rain Press Corps

Genre: Blackened Death Metal
Label: Napalm Records

I have to admit, I was a little bummed to find out that this wasn’t an album by the German thrash bastards of the same name… but hey, it’s been a while since I reviewed some blackened death metal, so I’m kind of excited all the same! Buzz is, these guys are kind of geared towards pleasing the Dimmu Borgir crowd… well, we’ll see how that goes…

After about six seconds of listening to The Return Of The Witch, I think everybody has the same reaction to Necronomicon this time around, “Wow… these guys really like Behemoth… a lot!” Rob “The Witch” Trembly’s (um… shouldn’t that be “The Warlock” or “The Wizard”?) vocals match up to Nergal’s fairly well, so no new surprises there. The drumming consists mostly of double bass and short burst blast beats that throw in for your speedy blackened thrash/death vote. Songs like The Awakening have a chanting background chorus that adds that little bit of a gothic pitch that keeps things relatively interesting as the album progresses. And momentum rest stop Lilith adds a pleasant respite of rhythmic ticking to ease the jangled nerves. A nice touch, I must say.

Overall: Honestly, Necronomicon is pretty much just going to be “another Behemoth clone” to a lot of you out there. However, I feel that as far as Behemoth worship goes, this is the most fun. The Return Of The Witch is fast, furious and full of feral fucktittude, putting it ahead of a lot of blackened death metal bands out there.

7/10

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