FUNEBRE — Children of the Scorn (review)

FUNEBRE — Children of the Scorn album cover Album · 1991 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Children of the Scorn" is the debut full-length studio album by Finnish death metal act Funebre. The album was released through Spinefarm Records in 1991 and on an interesting sidenote it´s produced by Timo Tolkki (of Stratovarius fame). Funebre were formed in 1989 and released two demos before releasing the "Brainspoon" EP in 1990. The band were relatively short lived and after releasing "Children of the Scorn" they disbanded. Although never commercially successful or reaching other than obscure underground recognition, Funebre are widely regarded as one of the pioneers of the Finnish death metal scene along with artists like Abhorrence, Xysma, Disgrace, and Convulse.

Stylistically the material on "Children of the Scorn" continue the old school death metal style of the band´s previous releases, but while the preceding releases were rough drafts of what would come and at times sounded slightly amaturish, on "Children of the Scorn" Funebre fully deliver on the promise that the previous recordings after all showed and they bring a good quality product to the table. The playing is solid, The sound production is suitably raw and organic, and the songwriting is for the most part inspired and intriguing. Only "Grip of Insanity" have survived from the demo days. Other than that all material on the album are new original compositions. Funebre don´t have the most unique sound, but they deliver their music with both passion and great conviction. The growling vocals are high in the mix and they are pretty brutal for the genre.

While this isn´t exactly death/doom metal, one of the greatest features of the music are the many crushingly heavy doomy parts. Funebre understand how to vary pace though and also put in a couple of hooks along the way, so for an old school death metal release, "Children of the Scorn" is relatively varied. The morbid lead guitar work also deserves a mention as it brings the right gloomy atmsphere to the release (once or twice the atmosphere is also enchanced by the use of sinister sounding keyboards). A 3.5 star (70%) rating is fully deserved.
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