I don't know much about Funereal Moon. I know that they're a metal band of sorts, I know that they're from Mexico, I know that they've been around since at least the nineties, and I know that on their facebook page there are pictures of a loving couple in corpse paint posing with what appears to be their infant son. Beyond that, all there is is the music, and I can tell you with the utmost enthusiasm that the music is incredibly fucked up. Well, to clarify they've released five or six albums, most of which I haven't heard; but if the music on those albums is anything like the music on Lucifer's Dagger, rest assured it's as out there as music gets.I refer to them as a metal band 'of sorts' because with the exception of one song on Lucifer's Dagger their music rarely breaches the realm of anything that could actually be considered metal. Instead they go about creating terrifying soundscapes which sound like a truly evil version of those 'spooky haunted house sounds' tapes that you got around Halloween when you were a kid. Slow and churning guitars and synths back up demonic incantations performed via screeching dual male and female vocals, lots of tortured screaming, and even the occasional outburst of sexual fury. Sometimes the instrumentation is very sparse, at other times it is overwhelming.
Perhaps the most obvious reference point for this kind of black metal inspired atmospheric "non-metal" is Abruptum, although FM really sounds nothing like them. Instead, FM take Abruptum's idea of creating a pure audio representation of evil into more interesting territory than their Swedish precursors did, choosing to forgo the 'angry monster trapped in the basement with the grand piano' vibe for a much more fascinating and aesthetically pleasing 'ancient Satanic sacrifice ceremony' type thing. I know that this kind of music isn't for everyone, but personally, I can't get enough of this weird-ass record and it's bizarre take on evil. Check out their weird ass facebook page here.
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