There have been some changes made to the Funeral Rain Records compilation Into the Mouth of Hell, and how it works. Bands have three options to choose from to help promote their music, rather than just the one.
For more details, check out the FRR site here.
It is without sadness whatsoever that I am announcing my decision to end Pogrom.
I started writing these blackened tunes in April of 2008, my first song being the demo version of “Leaves”. I ended up writing another three songs, releasing the four together as WON, my first demo. This demo I burned off in January 2009, writing Funeral Rain Records on them with the tracklisting, FR01, a Pogrom logo, and a note on the slim case’s cover all in Sharpie on Memorex CD-R. I gave a couple copies out, I sold a couple, and I left a bunch at the HMV in West Edmonton Mall.
In all about 35 to 40 are out in the world.
I began writing for the Hegoxuri split soon after, then the Intra Tenebrae split. These songs came fairly easily for me, I was full of piss and vinegar.
The Wolf in the Fog came soon after that, and it was finished relatively quickly as well, but it was not released until a year later, in 2010. Between the finishing of TWitF and it’s release I worked on a couple things, most notably Funeral Rain Records and Funeral Rain Zine, launching the website you’re currently on right now. Then the music started to flow again, this time taking my aim at a more ambient exploration.
Then it dried up. And so did my desire to write more Pogrom, regardless of the genre.
There will be a final release of Pogrom. It will consist of WON, The Wolf in the Fog, and a bunch of unreleased material all in a digipak CD. And since there are a few actual fans out there who might buy this, you’ll also be getting a patch and a poster and a pin with your purchase, and perhaps more. Most of the price I will ask from you will be shipping, making probably no profit from the release at all, if indeed taking a loss. Once I figure out the full details of what the release will be and it’s final cost, you will all know as well.
For the fans: thanks for supporting in your ways. For the bands I’ve done splits with: Hegoxuri, Intra Tenebrae, Plecto, Raaksha, thank you immensely. You’ve helped in ways you’ll probably never fully know. If you’re still reading this: order a CD and help out Funeral Rain. I think it deserves your attention and support. Thank you.
As part of the news of Funeral Rain Records releasing the new Ritual album The Resurrection, I have decided to give FRR another, different, kind of resurrection.
Gone are the days of under-fifty-copies releases, unless the band I’m releasing is REALLY fucking good, and gone are CDRs, unless the band is REALLY fucking good and the packaging is going to be spectacular.
Gone are the days of under-promoted free digital releases. The download stats on my free compilation and the or, ganic E.P. are atrocious. You and I should be ashamed of ourselves, not telling enough people of these free gems!
And gone are the days where the albums I’m releasing have the tag FR##.
Because this is The New Funeral Rain Records. So with the release of Ritual’s The Resurrection there will be a new cataloging system. Ritual’s The Resurrection shall be TNFRR1, while Into the Mouth of Hell, the compilation I’ve been working on for awhile now, will be TNFRRC1.
More details on all of this are coming soon as I continue to rearrange the way things work here. Because this isn’t just about me, it’s about you, the fans of music as well.
It is now official: Funeral Rain Records will be releasing the new album from legendary USBM outfit Ritual, The Resurrection. Look forward to eleven new tracks of blistering black metal at it’s most finest, all penned and performed by Ian Ritual himself. Below is the proposed, NOT FINAL, artwork for the album.
The new album will be coming in a four panel Digipak and each copy comes with an 11″ by 17″ poster. Pre-Sales are coming very soon, so keep your eyes on the look out! The exact release date is not set in stone, but look for a December to January unleashing of this beast.
The Resurrection Tracklisting:
1. A Funeral For My Heart
2. A Perfect Moonlit Night
3. Drowning Into The Sea
4. The Resurrection
5. Executioner Of The Elder Gods
6. This Means War
7. Temples Of Baphomets’ Sons
8. Nightmare
9. Winter Of My Discontent
10. Blinded By Hatred
11. March Of The Damned
For more info on this release as it comes, keep your eyes peeled on the Funeral Rain Facebook page.
Funeral Rain Records, as many now know, has been working on a Pay-To-Play compilation, with the working title of just SuperComp. The compilation has been officially titled, however, and Funeral Rain Records is proud to announce Into the Mouth of Hell as the title.
So far, several bands from several genres have signed onto the compilation. This is the original goal of Into the Mouth of Hell, to get several scenes exposed in other areas, to let fans of black metal, death metal, grindcore, punk, and more get a taste of something different. However, FRR is still looking for bands that want their music pushed out into different areas.
If you’re interested in being on this compilation, the following are the full details:
Email funeralrainrecords@hotmail.com with the subject header SuperComp or Into the Mouth of Hell if you are interested in being on the compilation. Do NOT send tracks unannounced. If you do, your email will be deleted. Thank you for understanding.
