Fiends of the Outer Wave drops April 4
Long Island black n’ roll miscreants FUNERAL DANCER is proud to announce the impending release of their second EP Fiends of the Outer Wave, due out April 4 via Dark Empire Records.
EXPERIENCE THE WING-TIPPED HORROR OF “MANANANGGAL” HERE
No Clean Singing has graciously premiered the band’s vampiric lyric video “Manananggal,” writing:
“The song’s name appears to refer to a mythical vampire-like creature in the Philippines, a hideous bat-winged thing usually depicted as a female that is able to separate its upper torso from the lower part of its body, with intestines trailing out.
Like that creature and the frighteningly macabre cover art for this new single, as well as the vampiric and otherwise diabolical clips in the lyric video, FUNERAL DANCER‘s song is a fiendish concoction — feral, fierce, and steeped in classic traditions of horror and ’80s heavy metal — but it’s a hard-rocking, head-hooking, and increasingly delirious affair as well.”
Hailing from Long Island, FUNERAL DANCER crawled from the wreckage of Lotus Mortus in 2019 with a singular mission to fuse the band’s rotted and blackened roots with Thin Lizzy-style twin guitar harmonies, ‘80s metal hooks, and the technicality of extreme metal.
Recorded by the band and mixed and mastered by Kyle Miller (Conglaciation), Fiends of the Outer Wave is eight genre-blurring tracks of madness sure to leave corpse-painted purists and denim-clad headbangers throwing horns in unison. The band’s chaotic visual aesthetic was handled by Chilean artist Sing Wan Chong Li, whose collage-style artwork reflects the band’s sonic approach—layering different influences into one unholy package.
FUNERAL DANCER states: “THIS SHIT IS FOR TRUE FUCKING NOSFERATU VAMPIRE ROCKER METAL MANIACS.”
Additionally, none other than Dark Empire Records founder Dwid Hellion (Integrity, PSYWARFARE) has raved about the band, calling the quintet, “Evil Mötley Crüe!”
PRE-ORDER: https://funeraldancer.bandcamp.com/album/fiends-of-the-outer-wave
FUNERAL DANCER is:
Tony Melio – vocals
Nick Luisi – guitars
Devin Stracuzza – bass
Nick Winter – guitars
Joe Reynolds – drums
Social Links:
https://funeraldancer.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/funeral.dancer
https://www.facebook.com/funeraldancerforever
https://www.instagram.com/darkempirerecords
https://darkempire.bigcartel.com
https://darkempirerecords.bandcamp.com