TempusEdaxRerum wrote:If you want to delve into dirty grimey funeral doom check out the bands Mourning Beloveth, Mistress of the Dead and Wormphlegm.
So I've been working through these bands on youtube today as I had not heard any of them. Mind you my reviews will be based off listening to youtube videos through my phone or work laptop.
Mourning Beloveth - I'm really digging these guys, the guitar melodies and tone while being based on traditional funeral doom are much more dirgey and evoke a different almost more remorseful feeling. The big thing for me is I really really like the clean vocalist. Vocals in funeral doom make it or break it for me, and I like both the old death growly stuff and the clean vox, but his clean vox are definitely on point. [listened to "Autumnal Fires"]
Mistress of the Dead - Soooo dark and dirgey (well at least this song) and the semi lofi / black metal recording is pretty freakin badass without being over the top. They definitely bring the atmosphere harder than most funeral doom, I can dig it. [listened to "I've brought you flowers"]
Wormphlegm - Very very dirty, its interesting but I almost get the feeling they are trying a lil too hard to fit into numerous very secular sub genre's. Not bad but not my thing, with funeral doom I gotta be able to feel it, and with these guys I don't.
[listened to "tomb of the ancient king"]
Challenge: Female FRONTED funeral doom? Not just female bass player but actual female singer. I've never found any.
I just can't get into most funeral doom for some reason. 
