Formed in 2015 with the purpose of spreading slow death, New York City based Funeral Leech unleash their full-length debut album Death Meditation.
Right from the outset, the foreboding is evident. Opening track “Downpour” sets the tone with eight minutes of dark brooding misery where Lucas Anderson’s drumming is as gut-wrenching as his vocals.
“Statues” slightly picks up the pace but still maintains the real OSDM feel and sound, up next the stand out track for me “The Burden of Flesh” this is full of eerie soundscapes entwined with some beautiful guitar pieces.
“Lament” is yet another eight-minute behemoth, and “Morbid Transcendence” has some really fantastic heart-pounding bass that unleashes itself to the forefront of the track.
The final and longest track of the album “I am the Cosmos” picks up where the opening track “Downpour” left off – gently cradling you before once again slowly releasing the listener back into the black cloud of uncertainty…
Recorded and mixed at Chapel Black Studios in Brooklyn, New York by Travis Bacon (White Widows Pact, Black Anvil, Hogwasche) and mastered by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Tomb Mold) this album is forty-five soul-crushing minutes of death/doom darkness mired in contemplation of our mortal fragility.
Death Meditation will be released via Carbonized Records on April 17th
