In Fields of Pestilent Grief
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In Fields of Pestilent Grief is a studio album by the Norwegian
funeral doom metal band Funeral
. It was their first full-length studio album ever since their album Tragedies
. Einar Fredriksen, who was then the bassist of Funeral, gave several reasons for the seven-year gap in between albums in an interview with doom-metal.com. Some of those reasons, according to Fredriksen, was because Funeral's previous label, Arctic Serenades
, decided to rip the band off, Toril Snyen was kicked out of the band (and replacing her proved to be very difficult), finding a label, and lack of motivation from some of the band members. These circumstances caused the band to hit rock bottom. Eventually, the band got to recording this album, and according to Einar, it still had the trademarks of old Funeral, but was more inspired by their anger due to the certain aforementioned circumstances.
The interview that Einar Fredriksen shared these statements in would turn out to be his last interview before committing suicide in January 2003.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
funeral doom metal band Funeral
Funeral (band)
Funeral are a Norwegian funeral doom band formed in 1991 by Thomas Angell and Anders Eek; soon afterward, Einar Frederiksen joined as bassist and songwriter and Christian Loos joined as guitarist...
. It was their first full-length studio album ever since their album Tragedies
Tragedies (album)
Tragedies is the first full length album by the Norwegian funeral doom/death metal band Funeral. Track one of the album, Taarene is sung in Norwegian, while the other four tracks are sung in English. The album contains three original tracks and two from the Beyond All Sunsets demo...
. Einar Fredriksen, who was then the bassist of Funeral, gave several reasons for the seven-year gap in between albums in an interview with doom-metal.com. Some of those reasons, according to Fredriksen, was because Funeral's previous label, Arctic Serenades
Arctic Serenades
Arctic Serenades was a short-lived record label dealing in metal music that lasted from 1994 to 1997.-Roster:*Ashes You Leave*Bugs B Gone*Confusion Corporation*Cryptal Darkness*Desecration*The Flesh*Funeral*GROMS*Harmony*Malediction*Mordor...
, decided to rip the band off, Toril Snyen was kicked out of the band (and replacing her proved to be very difficult), finding a label, and lack of motivation from some of the band members. These circumstances caused the band to hit rock bottom. Eventually, the band got to recording this album, and according to Einar, it still had the trademarks of old Funeral, but was more inspired by their anger due to the certain aforementioned circumstances.
The interview that Einar Fredriksen shared these statements in would turn out to be his last interview before committing suicide in January 2003.
Track listing
- "Yield to Me" – 7:07
- "Truly a Suffering" – 4:33
- "The Repentant" – 6:41
- "The Stings I Carry" – 5:40
- "When Light Will Dawn" – 8:34
- "In Fields of Pestilent Grief" – 1:45
- "Facing Failure" – 6:13
- "What Could Have Been" – 3:42
- "Vile are the Pains" – 5:49
- "Epilogue" – 4:29