Biography

There are (at least) 9 bands with name “Funeral”.

1) Funeral is a funeral doom metal band from Drammen, Norway. They were formed in 1991 .Their first demo Tristesse consisting of 3 extreme doom compositions made them one of the first pioneers in the sub-genre of Funeral Doom. Later they moved on to more melodic direction. Up to this date the band has produced 7 full-length albums and 5 demos. Latest is Oratorium, released in 2012.

2) French NSBM band that became later known as Kristallnacht.

3) A Brazilian Punk Band.

4) Punk band from Long Beach, California featuring future/former members of the Rik L Rik band, Weirdos, and Tex and the Horseheads.

5) American death metal band. Formed in Antioch, California featuring Eric Cutler (Autopsy), Steve DiGiorgio (Death, Autopsy, Sadus and many more), John Shafer (Hexx), Aaron Gustafson (Necyomancy) and Petri Toivonen (Doomed).

6) Swedish death/doom metal band. Formed in 2002.
Slight black metal influences can be heard at certain points in most of the songs in the demo.

7) D-Beat Crust Punk from Portland/USA with Warcry and Atrocious Madness members. A 6-tracks EP was released by Whisper In Darkness Records in 2003.

8) A Brutal Death Metal band from Asuncion, Paraguay.

9) A Chinese Black Metal band from Beijing. They’re released a one demo “Funeral Apocalypse” at 2009.