Belgian doom/death metal band Marche Funèbre stream their fifth full-length album »After The Storm«; out today via Ardua Music!

Mechelen, Belgium based doom/death metal band Marche Funèbre stream their fifth full-length album, »After The Storm«, which was just released this Friday, September 27th, 2024 via Ardua Music.

Tracklist:
01. In A Haze
02. Palace Of Broken Dreams
03. Devoid Of Empathy
04. Enter Emptiness
05. Stranded
06. After The Storm

Courtesy of Imperative PR:

Fifteen years since the release of their debut EP, Norizon, Belgium’s monarchs of morose majesty, Marche Funèbre, are set to unveil their fifth full-length album – »After The Storm«. Each release from this special band has seen them refining their art, becoming ever more adept at delivering crushing heaviness married to wonderful melodies that resonate within the empty chambers of a broken heart…and »After The Storm« continues that continual upward trajectory, claiming its place at the peak of their recordings with ease. Right from the opening track and first single, »In A Haze« it is abundantly clear that »After The Storm« is so much more than ‘just another album’.

The powerful production, mix and master from Martin Furia (Destruction, Nervosa, Toxik, etc.) is absolute perfection, so alive and vibrant that you can almost hear the hum of the amps and feel the floor shake with each thunderous crack of the snare. This sonic quality combined with truly impassioned performances and staggering song writing makes for a doom/death listening experience to be treasured. It’s difficult to select individual highlights from an album whose songs flow together like a river, on a seamless journey to the sea, all different but all inextricably linked.

However »Stranded«, with its magnificent chorus is simply unforgettable, as is »Palace Of Broken Dreams«, which manages to capture the spirit of its evocative title so beautifully with deftly handled juxtapositions of mellow melancholy and thunderous emotion. But then the next time you listen it may be the circling guitar motifs of ‘Devoid Of Empathy«, like spreading ripples upon the waters of a drowning pool, that enthral, or the sweeping tides of sorrow and pain of regret of »After The Storm« itself… On rare occasions a band may capture their true essence in an album, everything that is great about their unique character – »After The Storm« is one of those albums.

Following the recording sessions for »After The Storm«, longstanding guitarist Peter Egberghs stepped down from the Marche Funèbre ranks, to be replaced by Fré De Schepper – and there could be no better album to begin the next chapter in the story of Marche Funèbre. Set for release on September 27th through Ardua Music, adorned in a stunning piece of cover artwork from Brooke Shaden, whose distinctive images have graced all of Marche Funèbre’s full length albums, »After The Storm« will be one of the doom/death metal releases of the year.

Pre-order at:
arduamusic.com
arduamusic.bandcamp.com
marchefunebre.bandcamp.com

All music & lyrics by Marche Funèbre.
Recorded at Trix & Studio Porino, July 2023 – January 2024.
Produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Martin Furia.
Guitars on album by Fré De Schepper except in »After The Storm« by Peter Egberghs.
Piano on »After The Storm« by Fré De Schepper.
Cover art by Brooke Shaden.

Marche Funèbre are:
Arne Vandenhoeck – Vocals
Boris Iolis – Bass & Vocals
Dennis Lefebvre – Drums
Kurt Blommé – Guitars
Peter Egberghs – Guitars & Vocals

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