MARCHE FUNEBRE - BELGIUM

To Drown – 2011 – Shiver
Roots Of Grief – 2013 - Shiver
Into The Arms Of Darkness – 2017 - BadMoodMan
Einderlicht - 2020 - BadMoonMan
After The Storm - 2024 - Ardua

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Members
Vocals
Gurthang, Axamenta, Astovidatu, Ecliptica, Herfst, Natan, Inverloch, Cambrian>>ARNE VANDENHOECK>>Gurthang, Astovidatu, Natan, Inverloch, Cambrian

Guitar
Dusk>>Peter Egberghs>>Witch Piss - KURT BLOMMÉ - In Vain, Lemuria, Carrion>>FREDERIC DE SCHEPPER>>In Vain, Lemuria, Carrion

Bass
In Vain>>Roel Van Doorsselaere>>In Vain - L'Hiver En Deuil, Soul Dissolution, Ah Ciliz>>BORIS IOLIS>>L'Hiver En Deuil, Soul Dissolution, Ah Ciliz

Drum
Self Inflicted, Witch Piss>>DENNIS LEFEBVRE>>Self Inflicted, Witch Piss




History & Biography
The Antwerp-based band was formed in Mechelen, Belgium in 2008 and had a 2009 demo called Norizon. Shiver Issued To Drown in 2011. Bassist Roel Van Doorsselaere left in 2011 and was replaced by Zoran Van Bellegem who stayed for a year. The band played the Malta Doom Metal Festival in Malta in October 2015. Other acts appearing were Venom Inc, Canada-based right-wingers Cromlech, Tysondog and Void Moon.

Marche Funebre’s Into The Arms Of Darkness album was out through BadMoodManMusic in mid-2017. The band’s music is described as “doom death/black metal.” Death Wish Woman was a 2018 EP through GrimmDistribution. It featured a Paradise Lost cover version. A full-length arrived in late summer 2020 and a 2022 vinyl compilation was called Death And Loss. Guitarist left in 2023. He last played with the band at Darken The Moon. Excess Of Cruelty's Christophe Vandeghinste became a concert guitarist for the band in 2023. The band played with My Lament and was recording a new album. Marche Funèbre signed with Ardua Music for the release of a full-length album, After The Storm, which was scheduled for September 27th. It was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Martin Furia (Nervosa, Toxik, Sisters Of Suffocation, etc.). After fifteen years, guitarist Peter Egberghs stepped down from the ranks following the recording sessions and Frederic De Schepper ('Fre') was on second guitar now.


Reviews

MARCHE FUNEBRE – DEATH WISH WOMAN – GRIMMDISTRIBUTION  
Apparently a woman with a death wish is one who decides to become a mother. Just look at the cover artwork for this 2018 EP from the doom act from Belgium.
Well, the band is quite correct of course. With that said, how is this four-track EP? Firstly, it is comprised of three original songs and a cover version of Paradise Lost’s As I Die, which stems from 1992. The band is mainly doom metal, but mixes in upbeat or fast moments into the compositions. What is different here are the clean vocals and chants which come out of nowhere and turn things either better or mushy – depending on your perspective. The death growls and metal are raging forward when the whole shebang comes to a skidding precipice with distinctly heavy rock-style singing ringing in. It is something that somewhat works although one would recommend against most bands trying it. Elsewhere the bass guitar is quite distorted and loud. Kudos to Boris Lolis for his attack.
Doom/death enthusiasts who prefer variety over purity have something in Death Wish Woman.- Ali "The Metallian"


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