Fvneral Fvkk - Lecherous Liturgies (Digital EP)

Review
ExtremeUndergroundMusicZine
8/10
08.07.2017

Fvneral Fvkk are a band from Germany that plays an epic form of doom metal and this is a review of their 2017 ep “The Lecherous Liturgies” which was released by Solitude Productions.

A very dark and heavy doom metal sound starts off the ep and the riffs also bring in a decent amount of melody and after awhile clean vocals are added onto the recording and the music has a lot of roots in the 80’s while also being very modern at the same time and spoken word parts are also used briefly.

All of the musical instruments on the recording have a very powerful sound to them and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are done in a very dark yet melodic fashion and clean playing can also be heard briefly and spoken word parts along with some evil laughter are also used for a few seconds while all of the songs tick to a very slow musical direction and a couple of the tracks are long and epic in length.

Fvneral Fvkk plays a style of epic doom metal that is very old school, dark and heavy sounding, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover darkness, blasphemous and death themes.

In my opinion Fvneral Fvkk are a very great sounding epic doom metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACK “Erection In The House Of God”.

Author: OccultBlackMetal

Review
Merchants of Air
02.07.2017

Ok, here is my first impression regarding this ep:

“Haha, Fvneral Fvkk, that sounds pretty funny. I guess we’ll get something quite similar to Electric Wizard. You know, with titties and sex and stuff. I mean, the first song is titled ‘Erection In The House Of God’, this is nothing to take very seriously. You know what? I’ll just play it and quickly write a funny review about it. After all, it’s doom and I’m a doom fan so that matches up perfectly. Wait. This is actually pretty good. These are some awesome riffs and those vocals are brilliant. I was expecting some grindcore-like grunts but this is more like Saturnus.”

So yes, this ep is a surprisingly good one and I almost feel guilty for thinking these Germans were yet another weak Electric Wizard clone. In three tracks, each of them a highly convincing piece of traditional and melodic doom, these guys have certainly convinced me. The opener remains my favorite but ‘Fvkking At Fvnerals’ is also definitely worth mentioning as a strong doom metal song. It also sounds like a risky hobby. Anyway., this is a damn good ep. It’s doom, good old fashioned doom and it you’re an old fashioned doom fan, you should doom the shit out of this doom. Doomit!

Author: Serge

Review
ZwareMetalen

Als je in je bandnaam de ‘u’ gaat vervangen voor een ‘v’, dan weet je in ieder geval zeker dat je op zoekmachines niet zo snel te achterhalen bent. Of is het toch de bedoeling om zo cult mogelijk – Oh pardon cvlt. – over te komen? Hoe het ook zij, met het project van leden van Ophis, Crimson Swan en Fäulnis hebben we een obscuur en nieuw doomgenootschap met de naam Fvneral Fvkk.
Waar eerder genoemde bands zich bezig houden met doom/death of blackened doom, hebben we hier te maken met epische doom, voorzien van cleane vocalen, die klinken als ware het solo psalmzangen. De EP Lecherous Liturgies bevat drie nummers met weinig subtiele titels, die elk ongeveer zes minuten klokken en een gezapig tempo kennen. De nadruk ligt duidelijk op de nummers zelf en eerlijk is eerlijk, dit doomt verdomd lekker weg. Voor de variatie is er zo heel af en toe even een lichte tempowisseling en een solo bij. Uiteindelijk wordt er afgesloten met een galmende kerkklok. Wat wil je als doomfan nu nog meer? Wellicht weten wie wie is en wie wat doet in de band, maar dat mag je zelf uitvogelen. Het moet natuurlijk wel cvlt blijven…
Een prima debuut van Fvneral Fvkk, dat duidelijk naar meer smaakt. Wie zal gaan voor de vinylversie van de EP, heeft dikke pech, want dan krijg je alleen de eerste twee nummers. Wie gaat voor het cassettebandje krijgt wel een downloadlink erbij voor Fvkking at Fvnerals. De digitale versie waarop alle drie de nummers staan, is in dit geval wellicht het handigste. Vooralsnog is de EP nog niet uitgebracht op CD.

Author: Vitus-Frank

Review
Broken Amp
25.07.2017

Fvneral Fvkk‘s three-track EP, The Lecherous Liturgies, covers lyrical themes that seriously wouldn’t do at a funeral; it doesn’t mince its words. Fvneral Fvkk say that their “sole purpose is to bring sacral, angelic atmosphere back to epic doom metal… and then rape it all over.” [1] Does The Lecherous Liturgies fulfill the band’s promises?

‘Erection in the House of God’ kicks off the EP in incredible style. In typical doom fashion, the track is slow and chugging, but it does lack the progression of other doom bands – it starts as it means to go on. There’s also an awesome guitar solo towards the end from Decanus Obscaenus. Indeed, to finish off their sound, themes and look, Fvneral Fvkk’s band members have adorned themselves with crude sounding Latin names that are like sinister Carry On character names. You have Vicarius Vespillo on the bass, Frater Flagellum on the drums, the aforementioned Decanus Obscaenus and Cantor Cinaedicus provides the haunting, sacrilegious vocals.

You could take offence to the lyrics if religiously inclined, and it’s clear that they come from a place of distrust in the church after such atrocious and unholy acts like what has taken place between preachers and children. This is a topic that has made it’s way into other bands’ writing, too. Disarmonia Mundi, for example, tackled it in ‘Same Old Nails for a New Messiah’. Lyrical themes of necrophilia, rape and debauchery from inside the holy walls of a church might understandably be taken as ludicrously offensive by more than a few. You can delete this paragraph if you want. Don’t know if it’s the kind of thing you’re after.

Cantor Cinaedicus’ lyrics are delivered in a deep tone, with a drone to them that wouldn’t sound out of place in a church. He’s delivering a sermon all right, but one of rape, necrophilia and debauchery. A look at the lyrics, however, and you’d might just find their somewhat dark humour funny, unless easily offended. What follows are the entire lyrics of ‘Underneath the Phelonion’:

You can see why people could be offended by lyrics such as these, but it does appear that they were written with tongue firmly in cheek. Despite this, however, the music is about as serious as you can get – this is no joke band. The Lecherous Liturgies gives the goods of excellently written and performed doom. ‘Underneath the Phelonion’ starts quietly, but this time, it does build. At just under six minutes, it’s the shortest track on the EP, but also the finest. It features a cracking riff that builds alongside the vocals, gaining heft as the track develops until eventually resulting in a climax. The sexual undertones here are entirely intentional and fit alongside the lyrics like a glove.

The last track of this EP, ‘Fvkking at Fvnerals’, is more mellow than what immediately precedes it. The central riff is slower, more chugging and the vocals are deeper, with a slight echo to them. The production is magnificent here, the best in an EP that’s exceptionally well-recorded and mixed. There’s more of a darkness and foreboding to ‘Fvkking at Fvnerals’ than there is in the rest of the EP, its slower pace helping no end in this regard. It finishes the record off well with its heavy, chugging riff and foreboding atmosphere. It’s just a shame that there isn’t more on the EP. You’ll be loving it and then it just stops, sixteen minutes later. You’ll be left wanting more, so Fvneral Fvkk better not sit back and release their first full-length record sooner rather than later.

Whilst the lyrical themes and name of the band may put plenty of people off, Fvneral Fvkk’s debut EP showcases an exciting new name in the oversaturated world of doom. The Lecherous Liturgies is dark, foreboding and heavy stuff. You may find the lyrical themes vulgar, but most would probably just find them humorous. The Lecherous Liturgies certainly succeeds in what the band set out to achieve.

Author: Toby Saunders

Review
Metal1.info
26.07.2017

Ophis aus Hamburg gehören schon lange zu den etablierten Bands der deutschen Doom-Szene. Wer es eine Stufe undergroundiger will, der ist derzeit mit FVNERAL FVKK gut beraten: Das eben erst gegründete Quartett mit Mitgliedern von Ophis, Fäulnis und Crimson Swan gibt mit seiner EP „Lecherous Liturgies“ ein so starkes erstes Lebenszeichen von sich, dass der Geheimtipp-Status nicht lange anhalten dürfte.

Was FVNERAL FVKK ganz Underground-konform auf Vinyl-EP und Tape (ihr wisst schon: diese zumeist schwarzen Kästchen mit den zwei Spulen und dem langen Magnetband…) veröffentlichen, ist qualitativ nämlich gleich eine klare Ansage: Gemütliche Riffs treffen hier auf hübsche Melodien, vor allem aber kristallklaren Gesang, der Seinesgleichen sucht. Gerade „Erection In The House Of God“ weiß mit seiner gelungenen Stimmführung zu begeistern. Die von FVNERAL FVKK selbst gezogenen Vergleiche mit Bands wie Procession oder Candlemass sind da keinesfalls vermessen.

Bei allem Retro-Charme haben die angebotenen Formate einen entscheidenen Nachteil: Beide haben nur zwei Seiten. So ist der dritte Song – „Fvkking At Fvnerals“ den modernen Zeitgeistern vorbehalten, die sich gleich für die Download-Version entscheiden oder zumindest beim Konsum von MP3s nicht direkt die Krätze bekommen. Denn selbstverständlich wird der Song, der definitiv zu schade ist, um als „Bonustrack“ unbeachtet zu bleiben, via Download-Code auch den Verehrern antiquierter Tonträger-Formate zugänglich gemacht.

Wer vor seinen Freunden als echter Underground-Experte dastehen will, sollte sich mit der Empfehlung von FVNERAL FVKK beeilen – bei der gebotenen Qualität könnte gut sein, dass FVNERAL FVKK bald das nächste Ding im deutschen Doom werden.

Author: Moritz Grütz