THE FUNERAL PYRE Complete New Album, Announce Title

Los Angeles-based black metal band, THE FUNERAL PYRE has completed the follow up to their 2008 album, "Wounds." The new album, entitled "Vultures At Dawn," was recorded by Adam Campbell at Awkward Studios, mixed by Ryan Butler (Landmine Marathon, Misery Index, Phobia) at Arcane Digital and was mastered by Dave Shirk (Incantation, Nile, Today Is The Day) of Sonorous Mastering. Artwork for the album is being handled by Justin Barlett, known for his work with bands such as Trap Them, Intronaut and Sunn0))) and more. "Vultures At Dawn" will hit the streets in late spring.

The band commented, on the sound of the new record: "On this record we stepped out of our comfort zone and tried to create better songs, never focusing on what style of metal it actually is. Just writing the songs was most important to us."
No strangers to the DIY metal circuit, having multiple US tours under their belt, THE FUNERAL PYRE, has a run of dates next week on the west coast; two with EARLY GRAVES and four with LIGHT THIS CITY on their farewell run. The band also just completed a batch of dates to Texas and back with LANDMINE MARATHON, which included Prosthetic's South By Southwest showcase on March 17th in Austin and a Brooklyn Vegan SxSW day party at Hoek's Death Metal Pizza. Check out some live pictures of the band at the Prosthetic showcase, here at Brooklyn Vegan.

Their upcoming dates are:
4/6 Ryan's Saloon- Reno, NV #
4/7 Whiskey Dick's- Lake Tahoe- CA #
4/8 Thee Parkside- San Francisco, CA %
4/9 The CYC- Fresno, CA %
4/10 Chain Reaction- Anaheim, CA %
4/11 The Blvd.- Los Angeles, CA %
# w/ Early Graves
% w/ Light This City

Hoping this is going to be more interesting than their previous releases. Never got into the last few but I appreciate what they are trying to do..

I enjoy this band.