The Funeral Pyre - Satans Blog

Rehearsals.

2012-01-23T11:42:00.000-08:00

Here's a picture from our recent rehearsal. More shows coming soon.

Video from the Key Club with Aura Noir

2012-01-10T14:53:00.001-08:00

Part 3.

2012-01-10T14:52:00.001-08:00

Part 2.

2012-01-10T14:51:00.000-08:00

Recording sessions.

2012-01-10T14:50:00.000-08:00

Here's a video of some recordings we have been doing.

Show - January 21st

2012-01-10T14:37:00.000-08:00

Below is a flyer for our upcoming show with Nails. Be there.

Recording progress.

2011-11-07T12:48:00.000-08:00

We have uploaded some videos from our current recording process. This is not album tracking, but it is progress towards a new record.

http://www.youtube.com/user/thefuneralpyreisdead

There will be a few photos as well.

TFP

Update - 8/29/2011

2011-08-29T10:38:00.000-07:00

We're in full swing with writing. We currently have 4 songs completed for the new album. Below is a picture from the latest writing session. There will be more details surfacing in the coming months. Maybe even another demo teaser put up. Until then, thank you for the continued support.

Oakhelm Shows - Complete

2011-08-08T09:12:00.001-07:00

We're back home now from the 3 shows with Oakhelm. We had an amazing time and I'm sure you people that got to catch Oakhelm really enjoyed them. We wish them the best of luck and their new album "Echtra" is amazing. You can pick that up at the link below.

forestmoonproducts.bigcartel.com

In other news, we continue writing at the end of this month for what will be our 5th album. Excited, to say the least. The new material is already different than Vultures. More abrasive and honestly, just punishing. We're excited to have new blood writing the album as well, so we feel it could possibly be our best outing to date.

Stay tuned for some writing updates which will lead into studio updates once we start tracking. Until then, we will see you around.

Also, remember to go see our friends in Early Graves make their triumphant come back at Power Of The Riff in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Cheers
TFP

End of the year, in August.

2011-07-27T10:16:00.000-07:00

These show with Oakhelm will most likely be our last shows of the year. We will be writing a new album, which we already have 3 songs done for. We're excited that Chris from Early Graves will be writing the album with our guitarist Justin Garcia who has already been on two of our albums, both "Wounds" and "Vultures At Dawn." We're extremely excited to have both of them working on this new album and we feel it's going to be some of our best work, as every band always thinks. Anyway, go and check out these shows and I'm sure you'll hear from us soon.

Also, Europe, we are definitely trying to make plans to be over there early next year. We're hoping this time it's going to happen, but who knows. Money is tight always and we're going to give it our best shot to get over there.

In the meantime, please pick up some merch, a discounted cd, or a piece of vinyl from our webshop.

Cheers,
The Funeral Pyre

August 4th flyer - Los Angeles

2011-07-19T08:45:00.001-07:00

Here's the flyer for our LA show with Oakhelm.

August 5th - Flyer

2011-07-11T08:33:00.000-07:00

Shows with Oakhelm - August

2011-07-11T08:29:00.000-07:00

Here's the confirmed shows for our mini tour with Oakhelm.

August 3rd - San Diego - The Shakedown Bar (3048 Midway Dr.)
August 4th - Los Angeles - The Handbag Factory
August 5th - Oakland - First Church Of The Buzzard w/Embers + more.
August 6th - San Francisco - TBA

Los Angeles show - The Handbag Factory

2011-07-07T15:13:00.000-07:00

So this show is happening on August 4th.

The Handbag Factory (1336 S. Grave Ave. Los Angeles, CA)

The Funeral Pyre
Exhausted Prayer
Oakhelm

New shows with Oakhelm

2011-07-01T13:16:00.000-07:00

We'll be doing a few shows with Oakhelm. If you haven't heard them, do yourself a favor and get on it. Here's the routing.

August 3rd - San Diego
August 4th - Los Angeles
August 5th - Oakland
August 6th - San Francisco

Those will be the last shows of the year, most likely, for us. We'll continue to write our new album which seems to be taking shape very well. We won't be very active as the year comes to a close, but please do expect a tour at the beginning of next year as well in support of our new album. Keep checking back as there will be some video updates on the album as we come closer to finishing it.

Cheers,
TFP

New Teaser Track

2011-06-14T14:41:00.000-07:00

We've also put up a teaser track of a demo we recorded. We're currently writing a new record. Hope you enjoy this.

new song teaser by TheFuneralPyre

Key Club - Video

2011-06-14T14:34:00.000-07:00

Here's a video from our show at the Key Club with Aura Noir.

New Shows - June

2011-05-09T10:17:00.001-07:00

Here are some more shows we have coming up in June.

June 4th, 2011

2011-04-27T16:39:00.000-07:00

We will be in San Francisco on June 4th. The flyer is below.

New merch

2011-04-15T12:36:00.003-07:00

Since buying records is a thing of the past, we must move forward with making new shirt designs always. So these are some that we had on tour. Enjoy.

Tour / Over

2011-04-11T19:26:00.000-07:00

We have officially finished the month long trek with The Secret. Great times were had all across the country. Cheers to The Secret for coming over and playing great night in and night out.

On to other news, we are writing songs and are looking at doing something during the summer. Not sure of the exact month, but we'll be figuring this out in the coming weeks. We will of course be doing some local Los Angeles shows.

Also, we will have plenty of tour merch up on the shop in the next week, as well as Indie Merch will have a couple designs. So please check back for all of these new items that will be available.

The Funeral Pyre

Brooklyn, NY flyer

2011-02-28T15:32:00.000-08:00

Below is the flyer for our Brooklyn, New York show in March.

Cleveland show flyer.

2011-02-25T10:40:00.000-08:00

Below is the flyer for our Cleveland show. Great flyer.

New shirt available at Indie Merch.

2011-02-24T11:10:00.001-08:00

Below is an exclusive shirt we did with Indie Merch. it was designed by Actual Pain (www.actualpain.org)

You can purchase the shirt at this link.

http://www.indiemerchstore.com/item/11795/

Practice / New Songs

2011-02-21T09:10:00.001-08:00

We had a great weekend of practicing and writing over the weekend. We've started to create the new record, which we're all excited for. Throughout the year there will be plenty of updates regarding the new album as we'll be working on it in between tours. From now on, all picture updates will be posted at the Forest Moon tumblr - forestmoonofendor.tumblr.com

The reason being, it's just easier to upload everything. So, when we post pictures from tour, recording etc. it'll all be there. You can check out pictures from the weekends practice there now.

See you on tour soon.
TFP

March 12th

2011-02-17T11:28:00.000-08:00

New shirt designs - Available soon.

2011-02-14T15:38:00.000-08:00

These are some shirts that will be available soon.

Designed by Actual Pain

Designed by LA Lemon

SXSW New England Metalfest Show

2011-02-11T11:13:00.001-08:00

Below is the flyer for the show. It's free and starts at noon.

Free Show

2011-02-07T16:34:00.000-08:00

We have a free show coming up on March 4th at Vacation Vinyl in Los Angeles with Deafheaven. There will be a limited amount of silk screened posters that are free.

Update 2/1/2011

2011-02-01T08:45:00.000-08:00

I hope all of you are doing well. We have just a little bit of news, nothing major, at all. But this is what's going on.

- We have made a bandcamp. It's in shambles right now, but music is up. So check it out if you'd like. We will have a webshop and all of our releases on their for purchase, later rather than sooner. - thefuneralpyre.bandcamp.com

- It looks like we'll be out in the summer on tour. We're not sure what exactly, but since we hate our lives at home (most of us, anyway) we'll be taking off again.

- We're going to start working on a new record with absolutely zero time frame in mind of when it will actually be finished. With the new addition of a guitar player, we're excited to start this.

- Tour starts in a little over a month. Be sure you, that if you want to order merch, you do so before we take off on March 10th. That will probably be the last day.

Cheers,
TFP

Vultures At Dawn LP with poster!

2011-01-06T08:19:00.001-08:00

Also, here's the complete version of Vultures At Dawn with the poster! Limited to 500. Go pick it up now.

store.prostheticrecords.com

Tour in March/April

2011-01-06T08:06:00.000-08:00

We will be out on tour during the month of March and the beginning of April. Be sure to catch us as we'll also be bringing along Italy's best, The Secret. This should be a rad tour, you won't want to miss.

Vultures At Dawn LP in stock!

2010-12-24T12:01:00.001-08:00

This will start shipping the first week of January! Get yours now!

Shows for the New Year!

2010-12-24T10:42:00.000-08:00

Well we just played Skumfest, as well as did a little 3 day run where we hit Reno, Tahoe, and San Francisco. All were fun shows and a good time. So now, we must move on to 2011. Man, this band has been going on for a long time already. But 2011 is already becoming a year that we are looking forward to. Some touring, some writing, "Vultures At Dawn" LP release, and probably a lot more. But for now, here are our two shows to kick off the new year!

So we have some cool shows coming up as well as a tour announcement in the new year! Stay tuned, buy some of our new merch as well. We'll have some newer designs up as well as new designs for the tour!

cheers
TFP

New shows.

2010-11-30T15:15:00.000-08:00

We have some shows coming up. These are the dates. There will be more dates coming. Also, another US tour in the works.

12/9 - Reno, NV - The Alley
12/10 - Tahoe, CA - Whiskey Dicks
12/11 - San Francisco, CA - Five Points Art House
1/8 - Las Vegas, NV - Yayo's

More coming. New merch is coming as well.

The end of the year.

2010-10-25T15:09:00.001-07:00

The year is winding down and we are back at our homes, apartments, and gutters. Respectively. We're going to be calling it a year soon, with only 2 shows (hopefully) that we'll be playing with Portland's own Elitist. Great band by the way, you should go pick up their ep, prosthetic has it for sale - store.prostheticrecords.com

But we are going to refuel and get our shit together as people, or the best we can, and come back in 2011 stronger than ever. We'll be creating during this down period, but there won't be any displays of these new buggers anytime soon. So keep your mouths shut about new songs! But we do have some plans now to tour next year. Once we have details and an idea of what's going down, we'll be sure to let you know.

Other than that, this COULD be the last blog until next year. But who knows, I may get drunk and want to spew out verbal shit on this thing from time to time.

Until then, take care of yourselves.

The Funeral Pyre

Crawling out from the cave

2010-10-06T15:04:00.000-07:00

So next week we'll finally be back to playing some shows and we couldn't be more excited. A quick trip up to San Francisco and Sacramento (which we haven't played in a long time) should be just what we need. So, because we're essentially just selling off what we have left of merch, be sure to pick some up either at the shows or at our webshop. Either way, it helps us greatly.

THEFUNERALPYRE.BIGCARTEL.COM

We'll also be doing two Southern California shows with our good friends in Elitist from Portland. One show in confirmed, the other is being worked on...

November 5th - LA, CA - TBA
November 6th - Inglewood, CA - (i totally forgot the venue, i think it's Hyde Park)

We'll have flyers and what not for those shows up soon.

So, for 2011, we'll be doing some touring again. We've already talked about it and we're excited to get back out on the road. East coast, west coast, mid west, all of America will have to suffer through some more of our music. Get fucked.

Other than that, we'll be writing some new material and being degenerates.

See you around.
TFP

Upcoming Shows

2010-09-29T09:54:00.000-07:00

We have some shows coming up. Here's a flyer for the San Francisco show.

We also have a show on the 16th in Sacramento at the Branch Street House.
Be sure to come out to these if you're in the area.

Some more shows/news will be updated sooner rather than later.

Cheers
The Funeral Pyre

Update

2010-08-25T09:51:00.001-07:00

THE FUNERAL PYRE Comment On Van Accident and the Band's Future - Via Prosthetic Records

Los Angeles' THE FUNERAL PYRE have released a statement regarding the tragic van accident they were involved in at the beginning of August and the future of the band. EARLY GRAVES' vocalist Makh Daniels lost his life in the accident and other members of both bands received minor injuries.
The statement from the band: "Sometimes, you go through a life altering situation. That's how these past two weeks have been for all involved in The Funeral Pyre. But through all of that, we have managed to talk about the current situation of the band. While nobody in our group was hurt seriously, there are still some injuries that did happen. Currently, we're all trying to just regroup and stay positive about the band and our future. Now while we all need time to just reflect on what has happened, we also had to come to a decision about what we will be doing. We will continue to tour and to write records. Although this has been a difficult time for all of us, we know that continuing to make music is something we have to do. We thank everyone who gave us their support during some of the most difficult times of our lives. We will be out on tour at the end of this year and still working harder than ever. Thank you to all of our friends and family for supporting these decisions as well. We'll see you all soon. We'll be out on tour again in December with dates to be announced soon. We'll be hitting some of the spots we missed at the end of the last tour as well. Thanks again."

Makh Daniels - RIP

2010-08-07T15:23:00.000-07:00

The morning of August 2nd, we lost a human being that was unlike anyone I had ever met. A friend, a peer, an amazing man. Makh Daniels was somebody I will never forget, and I'm sure he affected a lot of people in the same way. I met him on a tour we had all booked together about 4 years ago. Makh had never done a full US tour, it was to be his first. The stories and life experiences we talked about during those five weeks of tour created a bond that very few people will understand. He instantly become a close friend, as I knew I had met somebody that was as passionate about living as he was music. A charateristic that stuck with him as long as I knew him. The unconditional love he would have towards people close to him was nothing short of heroic. Makh was wise beyond his years, yet always willing to listen to other peoples views and beliefs. Something that shows how great of a person he was, to listen to his friends, to not just have it be a one sided story.

That morning is a morning I will never forget as long as I am on this planet. One of the toughest people, mentally and physically, I have ever met, was just taken from us. Nothing can compare to the feelings and emotions that ran through all of us in The Funeral Pyre and Early Graves that morning. It's forever ingrained into my body.

Makh gave this world a gift of passion and life. Something a lot of people lack, but his will to just pursue music and give the listeners something music had lost a while ago, a little bit of honesty. These are things Makh gave without even knowing, he just flowed out of him.

Aside from everything I have written, I just want everyone to know, we (the funeral pyre) and myself, loved Makh Daniels unconditionally and will continue to. He was one of my greatest friends. I thank life everyday for giving me the opportunity to have his friendship for the past 4 years.

To Early Graves, we love all of you, without you guys, we would not have pushed ourselves as a band. You our are brothers till the end, the way it should be. Chris, Dan, Tyler and Matt, thank you all so much for the experiences.

To Makh, I love you, I miss you. The world is a cruel place and without you, it's lost somebody who tried to make it better. You mean everything to us, to the metal community. Thank you for everything you gave me, the words, the confidence and the drunken nights of us trying to fight each other. I will see you on the other side.

TFP

A long tour blog

2010-07-22T10:25:00.001-07:00

Here goes. Getting you almost caught up! Pictures coming soon as well

Tour

June 25th - san diego
The tour started off great with Early Graves sitting in 12 hours of traffic through Los Angeles. Why? Well there were mutiple fucking fires and pretty much ruined the day! But alas, it did not. They finally managed to pick us up at around 7ish and then we were off to San Diego. The thing about San Diego is, is that we’ve never really had a good show. It’s just a difficult place to really get something solid. So naturally, we were excited to start the tour, but still unsure of how this first show would go. We get down there, load in and just start drinking as per usual. The locals on this show, actually were all fucking awesome. With Ritual Torture sticking out as probably he best band of the night. Anyway, the show ruled, and there were even some people who were there that were very excited to talk about black metal all night. About every band under the sun, every logo, etc. We scored a bunch of free drinks and had a great time as the kick off to the tour. To top it off, the restaurant that is connected to the venue also hooked up what would have been a $50 bill for only $26. Solid guys and it’s definitely always appreciated. But who are we kidding, we wanted to get to vegas soon.

June 26th - las vegas
Las Vegas is a tricky city. How do you have a bunch of fun, get drunk, and not spend any money? Well there really isn’t a clear answer on that. With tour, you have to budget yourself and well Vegas is a place that does not abide by the code of “budgting.” Either way, you still have to play and just try to keep your partying to a financial limit. So you’re hoping that somebody will buy you some drinks and you just know that you probably won’t be gambling, unless you find $10-$20 on the ground and immediately blow it on black jack. Turn outs can be difficult in Vegas, it’s just a hard place to get on your side, doesn’t matter how many times you play there. It’s always pretty rough for DIY kind of tours. All of this aside, it didn’t prevent us from setting up our e-z up tent and lawn chairs in preparation for the show. In the back of the parking lot with our cooler and chillin supplies, both us and Early Graves had a good 2-3 hours of just sitting, drinking and listening to music. This is crucial before a show, to just hang out and not do much. We had some friends show up who we’ve known for a while, they brought some booze for everybody, which helps ease the tension on your money strain, and we proceeded to get shitty. For Las Vegas, it’s something I definitely can’t complain about, we had a great time.

June 27th - Mesa, AZ
The suburb of already existing suburb, Mesa is a weird location. But whatever, the venue “the Nile Undergroud” is a sweet place run by great people. We did play with the band TOAD who was awesome. Great people as well! But there isn’t much to report for this night, we got drunk or high and went somewhere to crash. A normal tour date.

June 28th - Tucson, AZ
I generally always like Tucson, the kids are always cool, we have some great friends there and the shows just always seem to work out pretty alright. We met up with our buddies in Landmine Marathon for their tour kick off show at the new Skrappys. It’s good to see that place up and running again. The thing that is the mental killer about tour, is the the fucking heat. Tucson was a prime example, we had our tent set up, trying to get some shade going so we don’t just bake our asses off, but in this kind of heat nothing can get you away from the scolding sun and it’s death rays. But we take it in stride. The people putting on the show hooked up all three touring bands with some good pizza, some waters and essential beer. But drinking at a youth center is a no no, and skrappys doesn’t dig that shit so you have to walk around the block or something and pound some beers to get yourself going. But at shows like this, when you find out that you’re being fed for the night, you chill and make the conscious effort to not spend any money cause you know that you’ll be fed sooner or later. There you go, saving money on the road already. And not every kid or promoter brings you food, you can try to ask for it all you want, but sometimes you’re just shit out of luck. Where to next… ahh Albuquerque.

June 29th - Albuquerque, NM
Even though this city normally has a few people floating around the streets asking for money, for some reason this day was filled with he/she’s asking for money and not fucking leaving a person alone. Literally to the point where you have to show them that you are carrying a knife. Sometimes people are just so out of their fucking minds that when you say “hey, dude, leave me the fuck alone” they just don’t get the point. For some odd reason, this happened to be a day where these types of individuals seemed to be out in full force. Not to mention, the coffee shop that the show was booked at had an infestation of college hippies running around and acting a fool. I can’t stand it. The only redeeming value was that we had heard an argument that almost turned into a hippie fight over $80 and some weed. Classic shit. But one of the hippie kids wanted nothing to do with the other guy but then had acted as if he had some type of weapon in his belt? Was he carrying a gun, knife or what? So much for peace you idiot hippie. But the show went on and had a few walk ins of people who just heard loud music on the street and were surprised by whatever it is us and Early Graves do. At the end of the show the promoter had split without telling us what the deal with door money was, so naturally everybody in both bands have a fit and start calling the guy a million times looking for any kind of money from the door. Even if there wasn’t any money, you can at least have the respect to tell the band that there isn’t money, but you never walk away and act sketchy. We get a hold of him and the issue was settled and he was very nice and generous to us. Maybe we overreacted? I don’t think so just because we’ve been screwed by “promoters” or what have you before. It is what it is, just know that the $40 you have from the door can really help the bands. If you’re doing shows for bands, be civil and communicative and make sure the bands know what’s going on at all times. We head back to our friends house looking to just hang out and watch “Total Recall” and to let everyone get a shower. Well of course that’s not how it happens. As we’re all packing it in to sleep the most obnoxious and rude fucking girl I have ever met shows up and essentially pissed off 9 people in two bands in less than 30 seconds. Probably one of the worst people I have ever come across and from now on, if you ever see a band that’s just trying to sleep a little bit, shut your fucking mouth and have some respect. Maybe go outside where you can be a loud idiot? Well either way, we heard she cheated on her husband that night with somebody who was at the house. Hey girl, have a happy marriage.

June 30th - El Paso, TX
I don’t know what to think about El Paso. I never have really. It’s such a confusing place. At times you think it could be a really cool city, you have a great night and a great show, then some nights it seems like not a single person is living there anymore. Juarez Mexico is right next door and if you’re unaware of what Juarez is, well just google it and watch your jaw drop. It’s definitely not a safe place to be for anybody, whether you’re a resident or tourist. So don’t go there. We played a place that night called the Zen Meister Bar. It was actually a very cool spot. I dug it thoroughly and even though the show was kind of rough, it was still a good time and the people who came out were very fucking cool. That’s one thing that you can never let get you down, that even if there are only 10 kids in the place, just make sure they have a good time, you know? Regardless, the weather was nice and we had fun, but the only thing bumming out the whole squad was just the fact that we have to drive to Dallas immediately after. Fuck it, on to the middle of Texas, or if you want to call it “God’s Country.”

July 1st - Dallas, TX
We’ve played Dallas what feels like a hundred times. But we enjoy it a lot. We have some friends out there and have met some very good people who we keep in touch with even after tour. We’re usually always playing Reno’s Chop Shop. I do enjoy this venue, the biker bar part of it is ehhhhhh but whatever, you take whatever you can, you know? This show was with some good bands like Baring Teeth and Runes Of The Evening. Definitely quality stuff. The only thing I don’t understand about Dallas is that they’re trying to eliminate the art district known as “Deep Ellum.” That’s just something I will never get. Trying to get rid of the only part of your city that basis’ itself on arts, and you want it gone? Jesus. This is just the beginning of what will be a few days in Texas.

July 2nd - San Antonio, TX
Now, in all honesty, we’ve never had a good San Antonio show. I have no idea why, we’ve played there a bunch of times, but it’s just a city that it feels like how ever much work you put into it, you just might not ever get that reciprocated. It’s no big deal, the dudes who do the shows out there are super awesome and definitely work their ass off to bring in shows. We played this place called Zombies and man, was it FUCKING HUGE. Obviously, they knew we wouldn’t get anywhere near to it being filled up for our show. We played with a band called Aggravator this night, what an awesome band. Just true thrash metal that literally just shits in your lap and tells you to fuck off. Just quality stuff that is fun to watch. They’re even better to hang out with, the singer will have you rolling on the ground laughing when he’s drunk. Some of the funniest things I’ve ever witnessed. If you get the chance, be sure you check them out.

July 3rd - Austin, TX
Austin, what a great city. It honestly is a favorite of mine, except that it’s in the middle of Texas. We should just sign some type of petition where Austin can move to Southern California. I think that would bode well. Come to the best state on Earth! Come on guys, make it happen. But the biggest complaint, the fact that there are about 1,000,000 shows going on at the same time, every night, on every corner. Jesus fucking christ. The Red 7 is a rad venue though, I love playing there. This time, we got stuck with the outside stage and when it’s 90 degrees out and the humidity is so bad that you just want to hang yourself, playing outside can just ruin your mood. Alas, it didn’t ruin anybodies mood, but once everyone was in the van after the show and we were all covered in sweat from head to toe, people were starting to become annoyed and just wanted to get out of these soaked pieces of cloth and shower. Even though showering in humid weather does fuck all. Luckily, we had a nice place to stay for this night and then for the entire fourth of July. Red 7 was a good time, but I think everybody was ready to pack it in for a day.

July 4th - off day, Dallas, TX
All we did was make a shit load of vegan tacos and feasted. We don’t really celebrate any American independence day, instead we drank a bunch, ate tacos and watched some movies. All the while trying to avoid being kidnapped by one of the huge fucking mosquitos that exist out in the wilderness of Texas. Fuck those huge ass bugs.

July 5th - Memphis, TN
Memphis, a city based on the blues and rock n’ roll. Gotta love it. Our last show was at the venue called the Hi tone which is a pretty well known establishment. This time around, we couldn’t get the same place booked, but no worries, our friends helped us out and booked us at a place called the Poplar Lounge. I actually dug the environment of the place, it’s a rad little dive bar. But prior to arriving there, we did a little investigating about the venue and found out that the previous owner had been in a 3 hour stand off with the cops while trying to rob a bank! Man, what a solid dude! Needless to say, we were bummed that he wasn’t the owner still cause that would have juts made the night way more interesting! A three hour standoff is no fucking joke! Desperate times man, desperate times. Oh well, have fun in prison!

July 6th - Nashville, TN
House show time! Fucking house show! We always get stoked to play somebody’s house and potentially ruin it! Well, we don’t want to ruin it, but there are always the shitty kids who show up. Whatever. We get to this house where they’ve never really done a “metal” show, but no worries, we still set up shop and did all that we do. Which is setting up a canopy, setting up merch, getting our cooler full of ice, alcohol, and just chilling out until the time comes for us to play our shitty music. The only bummer I think about this show was that sitting outside for so long I almost had to build a force field around myself to not allow any of those huge fucking bugs get me. If you’ve never been to the south, they have bugs that are bigger than your mother. These bastards are huge and for whatever reason, have no idea how to fly and just crash into you like they’re some kind of drunk ass driver. This show was rad though, about 30 kids packed into a small ass living room on a weeknight. More of a party than anything, and well we’re down for parties. After playing in what could have been the hottest living room on earth, I step outside to try and cool down only to be swarmed by bugs and since I’m soaked in beer/alcohol sweat it just pisses me off to no extent! Fuck I’m angry just thinking about it. The night comes down to an end, we shit talk with each other, listen to some T.I., E-40 and The Game. Now, we’re going to try and sleep in the same hot ass living room that we just played, oh well, who needs sleep anyway? Not I, not I.

July 7th - Louisville, KY
Skull fucking Alley in Louisville! What an awesome venue run by awesome people. Stonecutters and Grave Flower both played and both of them ruled. Not the best turn out, but it was an awesome show nonetheless. This place has a good vibe to it and I suggest booking it if you’re a band touring. Not much happened this night and to be honest we were all super excited to get to Columbus for a day off to just chill out and not do shit. But before that, the nice dudes in Lords (Chris!) allowed us to crash at his awesome house. What a great dude! The place was rad and we couldn’t thank him enough for the hospitality, even though he wasn’t even there, as Lords was finishing up their recent US Tour!

July 8th - Day Off, OH
Finally we had one day off while on this tour. The only bummer is that I got too wasted and said a bunch of shit! Let’s just say I was put to sleep by everyone in the tour and was talked to sternly. Hey, we all fuck up!

July 9th - Columbus, OH
This was Funeral Pyre’s first time playing the Carabar in Columbus, but we had heard a ton of great things. This was a show with the hometown band Struck By Lightning, so we had a great feeling about it from the beginning. We had shown up relatively early just to check out the spot and get a feel. One awesome thing about this place is the vegetarian and vegan friendly menus. Plus the fact that they hook up the food for touring bands, which is always a plus. Not spending money is super important and when a venue is willing to just help you out cause you’re on the road. Quality people, definitely. The show had a great turn out and it was actually Struck By Lightning’s vinyl release show from their last record “Serpents.” The lp looked great and they did a wonderful job, so if you catch them on tour be sure you buy that rad piece of wax! Throughout the night our merch guy, well he worked merch for about a week, would go out in the crowd and try to sell cds, patches, whatever to people that weren’t really coming by the merch booth at all. Well he talked to one girl to closely and her super macho boyfriend shoved our merch guy out of the way. I’m not quite sure if it was a total asshole move, cause well merch guy in question can get himself in some weird situations! But this dude was still way too big to be shoving our friend around. Anyway, nothing really happened with said guy, but during the last song of Struck By Lightning, some turds decided to take swings at each other, then it carried out into the street. It was one of the dumbest and worst fights I’ve seen in my day. Fuck it, it was just ridiculous and letting people like that ruin the night was not going to happen in anyway! We hung out for a while longer and got some free drinks and shots. Hung out, intoxication took over and we then knew that we had to split to Gloversville, NY which was 10 hours away.

July 10th - Gloversville, NY
I hate overnight drives. I hate them. I fucking HATE HATE HATE THEM. But we had to do it. So Gloversville is about 45 minutes outside of Albany. I’ve only been to Albany once and all I did was sleep in a house for a night. Didn’t see anything, didn’t care to. But Gloversville was a show we knew nothing about. It was the place’s first show (for the new owners anyway) and they were super excited to be having a metal show. I think there were 5 bands on the show that night, but I can’t be for certain. I’d say the biggest plus was that it wasn’t overly hot! God damn, after being in some of the places we had been, not having the heat ruin our time was terrific. The owners of this new establishment were so excited that they were cutting us deals left and right, hooking us up with food and beers like a great host should. I was super stoked. But was still unsure of how the show would end up doing. But that worry quickly went away as a bunch of kids showed up out of nowhere. It’s always a great feeling when you can get a good show in a small town. Those are always the hit or miss shows. Luckily for this show, it was a pretty good success for it being a town that we’ve never been to. Sometimes luck does fall your way, oh except for the $9.50 for a pack of smokes thing, that was fucking awful.

July 11th - Jamaica Plain, MA
We were a late addition to this show, which was primarily a death metal/slam type show. Which is totally fine, we just needed a show and any kind if better than none. This was originally an 8 band show which got cut down to 7 bands, which I definitely didn’t complain about. For this show though, I think we had the best merch set up we have ever done. We brought a pop up tent that is about 10 feet by 10 feet and we will set that up outside of a venue and hang out underneath it. Keeps the sun off of you and allows you to just chill out, of course we have each person’s designated chair as well, just for this time of action. So on this day, which happened to be a nice day in Boston (Jamaica Plain is the next door to Beantown), we decided to set the tent up over the trailer which had about 4 feet of extra tent that would pop out onto the sidewalk. Then on the side of the trailer we had set up all the merch with tape and coat hangers. So essentially we had a little sidewalk sale of merch that nobody will care about going on. But still, we managed to peddle off some stickers to passers by and get some cash that way, since we knew we probably wouldn’t be taking any door money because of the amount of bands that were on the show. Needless to say, these bands packed this fucking bar and pretty much sold it out. We were stoked even though we knew it wasn’t for us, but just as long as 20 of those people stayed behind we knew we’d have a good time. Luckily for us, that happened and both EG and ourselves played pretty good sets, aside from Justin our guitarist breaking his first string of tour while in the middle of the first song. But that’s the way it is. By the time our sets were finished it was already about 1:30 am, the only really awesome thing was that our show was in Boston the next night as was a 5 minute drive.

In Boston.

2010-07-12T11:20:00.000-07:00

So we're sitting here at a friends apartment in Boston. It continues to rain off and on, but the weather all in all isn't so bad. Jordan has just left the tour and is on his way to New York. Thank you Jordan for taking part in the tour for about a week, it was a pleasure and an experience as always.

Tonight we play at the Church Of Boston which should be a pretty good show. There are some good bands on it and honestly i can't remember the entire show listing, but i'm sure it's good.

We sit here watching "Black Dynamite" which is an awesome movie, if you haven't checked it out, you need to do so immediately.

This tour is a little over 2 weeks in and there are still a bunch of shows left. This is the 3rd day of the east coast portion of this. We still have a New Jersey show, New hampshire and some other stuff going on. Which should all be fun, since we're playing with bands like The Network, Astronomer and more. Good times to be had.

Sorry there are no pictures, the motivation factor has been killed to even write this blog. See you soon.

tfp

manifest what the fuck

2010-07-09T10:15:00.000-07:00

so, we've been out for 2 weeks now. i'm sitting in a dining room in columbus hotel and am figuring out what i want to write for this blog. i'm not even really sure to be honest, because these past 2 weeks have been such a blur. not even due to substance abuse, drinking or anything else you may think of. i think it just has to do with heat. anyway, i have nothing witty nor smart to say, so enjoy some of these pictures.

Tyler from Dallas wearing an awesome shirt

Justin sitting in the back of the van not doing shit.

The sunrise in Dallas.

Chris from Early Graves cooking up our 4th of july feast.

What i woke up to in Nashville.

Austin Texas skyline.

The 4th of july vegan taco feast.

Hope you enjoyed those. See you on the other side.
TFP

The long road ahead.

2010-06-23T15:26:00.000-07:00

Well we have a long 6 week tour coming up and boy are we excited. We're excited to see the vast lands of the good ol' You Ess Of A. So, with that shit being said, we're going to be blogging bout all of the mistakes we make and just poor decisions that will be happening on a recurring basis. Ah yes, tour has begun. Well, Friday it will in San Diego. So, be sure to keep your eyes peeled on this blog. I'm sure some funny stuff will pop up. Tour dates are below...

THE FUNERAL PYRE and EARLY GRAVES

"MANIFEST BLASPHEMY PART: II"

6/25 San Diego, Ca The Ruby Room w/The Funeral Pyre, Chainsaw Carnage, Invocation War + tba 1271 University Ave san diego, California 92110 US

6/26 las vegas,nv Venue: Yayo's 4632 South Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89119 Contact: Clovenhoof Productions.

6/27 Phoenix, AZ - The Nile Underground 105 W. Main St., Mesa, AZ 85210

6/28 tucson, az Skrappys w/ The Funeral Pyre, LANDMINE MARATHON
191 East Toole Ave. Tucson, Arizona 85701

6/29 albuqurque, nm - winnings coffee house 111 Harvard Drive Southeast

6/30 el paso, tx Venue: Zen Miester bar Address: 1160 Airway Blvd Contact: Larry Overstreet 3927 Montana El Paso, Tx. 79903

7/1 Dallas, tx - Reno's Chop Shop - 210 North Crowdus Street Dallas, TX 75226

7/2 san antonio, tx Venue: Zombies!!! Time: . Address: 12285 Nacogdoches Rd.

7/3 austin, tx Red 7 - 611 E. Seventh, Austin, TX 78701

7/4 OFF DATE in dallas

7/5 memphis, tn - the poplar lounge 2586 Poplar Avenue w/Epoch Of Unlight

7/6 nashville, tn @ The Black House. 504 N 3RD ST NASHVILLE, TN 37207

7/7 louisville, ky Skull Alley w/ The Funeral Pyre, Stonecutters, Graveflower 1017 East Broadway Louisville, Kentucky 40204

7/8 Columbus, OH 369 e. The 15th House 15th ave. Columbus OH 43201 -Dru
(614)404-2817 (Locusta)

7/9 columbus, oh - Carabar 115 Parsons Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215

7/10 46 Forest st Gloversville NY 12078 - Limbos

7/11 syrcause, ny

7/12 Boston, MA - Church of Boston - 69 Kilmarnock Street, Boston, MA 02215

7/13 new hampshire Dover Brickhouse with/The Funeral Pyre, Astronomer, more. 2 Orchard St. Dover, New Hampshire 03820

7/14 Haverhill, MA @ Anchors Up w/The Funeral Pyre, The_Network
58 River St Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830

7/15 Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes - 209 4TH AVE, Asbury Park, NJ

7/16 mass

7/17 nyc, ny venue: The union pool 484 Union Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11211.

7/18 pittsburgh, pa Belvedere’s w/ The Funeral Pyre, Peregrine 4016 Butler St Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201

7/19 The Black Cherry - 1420 Cherry st., Toledo, OH 43608 w/Peregrine, Early Graves

7/20 Milwaukee, WI - The Borg Ward 823 W. National Ave. Milwaukee WI 53202 w/ Early Graves, Peregrine

7/21 st louis, mo - FUBAR 3108 Locust, St. Louis, MO 63103 with Early Graves/Peregrine

7/22 kc, mo

7/23 Omaha, NE - The Manor 1710 S. 29th St. Omaha, NE 68105

7/24 Denver, CO blastomat - 2935 W. 7th Ave
Denver,CO 80204 w/Belhor, Iron Horse, Orgy For Satan

7/25 Cheyenne, WY Ernie November - 217 W. Lincolnway Cheyenne, WY

7/26 Salt Lake City, UT - 996 South Redwood Rd Salt Lake City Utah 84104

7/27 Garden City, ID 29710 Brawl Studios w/ Feminist, Black Cloud. 118 E 37th St $7

7/28 Spokane, WA - Mootsy's 406 West Sprague Avenue w/Early Graves, Elitist

7/29 seattle, wa The Morgue. 5901 Airport Way S. Seattle, Wa 98108 w/ elitist, cheater, crutches

7/30 portland, or - Plan B 1305 Southeast 8th Avenue with Elitist/Early Graves

7/31 Bellingham, WA - The Jinx 306 Flora St., Bellingham, WA 98225 w/Early Graves, Elitist

8/1 salem or eugene, oregon

8/2 Reno, NV - Ryans Saloon 924 South Wells Ave

8/3 - San Francisco, CA Sub-mission 2183 Mission Street, CA

Summer tour / New record

2010-05-12T08:50:00.000-07:00

We're gearing up for our summer tour, which starts June 25th. But before then, we have a record release show coming up on June 5th, which you'll be able to buy our new record "Vultures At Dawn."

The tour dates are as follows - More are being booked, so chill.

6/25 San Diego, Ca The Ruby Room w/The Funeral Pyre, Chainsaw Carnage, Invocation War + tba 1271 University Ave san diego, California 92110 US

6/26 las vegas,nv Venue: Yayo's 4632 South Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89119 Contact: Clovenhoof Productions.

6/27 pheonix,az

6/28 tucson, az Skrappys w/ The Funeral Pure, LANDMINE MARATHON
191 East Toole Ave. Tucson, Arizona 85701

6/29 albuqurque, nm

6/30 el paso, tx Venue: Zen Miester bar

7/1 Dallas, tx - Reno's Chop Shop - 210 North Crowdus Street Dallas, TX 75226

7/2 san antonio, tx Venue: Zombies!!! Time: . Address: 12285 Nacogdoches Rd.

7/3 austin, tx

7/4 OFF DATE in dallas

7/5 little rock, ar

7/6 memphis, tn

7/7 louisville, ky Skull Alley w/ The Funeral Pyre, Stonecutters, Graveflower 1017 East Broadway Louisville, Kentucky 40204

7/8 cincinatti, oh

7/9 columbus, oh

7/10 cleveland, oh

7/11 syrcause, ny

7/12 vermont

7/13 new hampshire Dover Brickhouse with/The Funeral Pyre, Astronomer, more. 2 Orchard St. Dover, New Hampshire 03820

7/14 Haverhill, MA @ Anchors Up w/The Funeral Pyre, The_Network
58 River St Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830

7/15 conn

7/16 mass

7/17 nyc, ny venue: The union pool 484 Union Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11211.

7/18 pittsburgh, pa Belvedere’s w/ The Funeral Pyre, Peregrine 4016 Butler St Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201

7/19 Indianapolis, IN

7/20 chicago/springfield, IL

7/21 st louis, mo - FUBAR 3108 Locust, St. Louis, MO 63103 with Early Graves/Peregrine

7/22 kc, mo

7/23 Lincoln/Omaha, NE - The Manor 1710 S. 29th St. Omaha, NE 68105

7/24 Cheyenne, Wy @ Ernie November 217 West Lincolnway
Cheyenne, WY 82001

7/25 denver, co venue: blastomat - 2935 W. 7th Ave
Denver,CO 80204 w/Belhor, Iron Horse, Orgy For Satan

7/26 slc, utah

7/27 Garden City, ID 29710 Brawl Studios w/ Feminist, Black Cloud. 118 E 37th St $7

7/28 spokane, wa

7/29 seattle, wa The Morgue. 5901 Airport Way S. Seattle, Wa 98108 w/ elitist, direwolf, crutches

7/30 tacoma, wa

7/31 portland, or - Plan B 1305 Southeast 8th Avenue with Elitist/Early Graves

8/1 salem or eugene, oregon

8/2 sf, ca

Last, there are preorders up for our new record at the Prosthetic Records site. Be sure you go and check that out. There are cd/shirt deals.

We'll have more news in the coming weeks, so keep checking back.

cheers,
TFP

Tucson show flier

2010-03-04T15:35:00.000-08:00

We haven't played Tucson in a while. So here's a flier for the last show of our tour with Landmine Marathon. I'm sure it'll be a rager. See you there? We're also doing a tribute to The Smiths shirt, basically just ripping them off. But yeah, the shirt will be super limited to 10 pieces of S - XL. If you don't get it now, you never will. Cheers.

Tour with Landmine Marathon

2010-03-01T15:14:00.001-08:00

So, in 2 weeks we'll be out on tour again, for the first time since last August. We'll be going with our buddies in Landmine Marathon for this week trek across the midwest and down to Texas. Be sure you come out to this as we'll be playing some new songs from our upcoming album, set to be sometime released in the next 30 years (summer). With all that being said, up above is the tour poster. Be there, buy some merch, and support hardworking bands. See you soon.

TFP

Oh yeah

2010-02-14T10:38:00.000-08:00

And we went and saw Heartsounds last night at the Nomad Gallery. They were amazing! Ben and Laura did very well and sounded incredible. Great job guys, it was fantastic!

check them out on Myspace.com/heartsounds

Tracking - Day 14 or something

2010-02-14T10:31:00.000-08:00

So, we've been at Awkward Studios putting together our latest record. All of the drums have been tracked, most of the guitars have been tracked, and we've put down 2 songs with vocals. This process has been new to us, being that this is the first time we've tracked our own record. It's definitely been a learning experience, but thus far we feel this has been better for the sound, or music, or whatever it is that we really do. None the less, we are extremely excited about this record. We have 11 songs (with probably 3 more that we'll record immeidately following this recording process) but not all 11 will make the final record. I think we'll go with about 9 songs on this release. Is it different than our previous record? I guess so. Do we think people will like it? Who knows. But we're stoked, and we honestly hope that you will be. More updates coming soon.

TFP

Recording / News

2010-02-03T11:47:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,
So, we have 8 songs tracked (drums only) and are shooting for the end of this week to wrap all of the drums up. Then, we'll start the guitars and proceed from there. I can give you two song titles, one of which we've played live, "Vultures" and "Monolith" are two tracks that will be on the record. We're still mulling over what the name of the record will be... We're not sure when it will be released, but that news is to come.

As for the release of the album, Prosthetic Records will again handle the duties as they have handled our last 2 records, (well, The Nature Of Betrayal was re-released, but alright). So, expect some kind of announcement about it in the near future once we've pinned down a date/time etc.

Also, we'll have about 4 new shirt designs for the SXSW tour and the final LIGHT THIS CITY shows. As for the LIGHT THIS CITY shows, be sure to buy your tickets in advance as I'm sure these will sell out... Just fair warning..

Thank you for reading, until next time.

The Funeral Pyre

LIGHT THIS CITY - FINAL SHOWS

2010-02-01T13:21:00.000-08:00

We are very honored to be apart of some of our best friends final shows. Below is the flyer. Be there, have a good time. Give them a proper "farewell."

Top 10 of 2009

2009-12-17T15:45:00.000-08:00

Ok, the first time I posted this, it didn't work. So here we go again. Here's a list of records I enjoyed the most this year.

1) Drudkh - Microcosmos
2) Cobalt - Gin
3) Katatonia - Night Is The New Day
4) Morrissey - Years Of Refusal
5) Heartsounds - Until We Surrender
6) Magrudergrind - s/t
7) Wodensthrone - Loss
8) Asphyx - Death The Brutal Way
9) Absu - s/t
10) Destroyer 666 - Defiance

So there's the list. Check out some of that stuff if you haven't. It's pretty good.

January 15th

2009-12-10T10:31:00.000-08:00

Here's one of our January shows. Be there.

News - 12/3/2009

2009-12-03T10:50:00.000-08:00

Some news to relay. Thanks for being patient with us as we gather our collective thoughts in preparation for 2010.

New Album
- We are currently in the writing process and we are becoming extremely excited about this new record. We have about 9 songs ready to go, some of which will be played next year, maybe even starting in January. We'll probably be recording sometime early to mid next year. Song titles and album name will be decided upon later, so we'll announce that once it's set.

- We are currently in talks with doing a split cassette tape with our friends in The Dolemite Project. This would be an extremely limited tape, probably 100 copies.

- We'll also have a new 7" out next year, after our record, which will also contain new songs. Will it be a split? We're not quite sure at this point.

Touring/Shows
- As you know, we are playing SXSW (South By Southwest) We are currently unsure of when/where we'll be playing. But given this opportunity to play, this means we'll be doing about a week tour around it. We'll have a routing soon, so please get in contact if you can help out.

- We currently have 2 shows just about ready to go in January
January 15th - The Blvd Cafe in Boyle Heights w/Landmine Marathon and The Network + more.
January 16th - TBA - Riverside w/Landmine Marathon

Merch
- We're working on new merch for the new year. I realize a lot of our stuff is old and crappy, but hey, we have to get rid of it. So please, if you can, spend a little bit of cash to clear us out of this bullshit and we'll get some new stuff up there as soon as possible.

That about brings us up to speed. There's a lot going on but without a new record, we're kind of at a hault. We'll have more details on everything in the coming months and we'll be sure to let you know asap.

Thanks again,
The Funeral Pyre

Webshop / Mailorders

2009-09-28T14:13:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,
So, some of you have been e-mailing us about where your order is. That's all fine and dandy, and we're happy to help you. But there are sometimes a few issues.

- I understand that instant gratification is a big thing for people, but please bare with us, we run this mailorder on our own and try to get everything out as quickly as possible. Our merch is not next to us at all times of the day and we all don't have time to mail orders out every single day. So please understand that it may take a couple of weeks! If we're on tour, it'll take even longer. We apologize, but that's just how it is.

- Sometimes, you'll order a shirt, that we may be out of stock on, but because it's hard to keep up to date with all stock inventory (becuase we play so many shows and the stock levels are always bouncing around) we could be out of your size even though you ordered it. We try our absolute hardest to stay on top of this, but hey, it happens. So, with that being said, CHECK YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS THAT YOU USED TO PAY VIA PAYPAL WITH. We'll always e-mail you back about your order is there is a problem. A LOT OF YOU DON'T WRITE BACK BECAUSE YOU DON'T CHECK YOUR JUNK FOLDER.
So check that out, make sure you're in contact with us, rather than posting comments like "where's my order assholes. it's been 3 weeks." Cause in all honesty, we'll tell you to fuck off! We don't like being treated like shitheads, so don't do it!

- Remember, this is DIY shit we're talking about. We're not professionals, we're not a full time band that makes money. We're a band, that practices in a garage. Just like you. So be respectful and supportive and we'll be the same way. Believe me, we can be fucking ASSHOLES if you want us to!

Thanks again for helping us out and supporting. Just understand where we're coming from!

The Funeral Pyre

The powers that be.

2009-09-17T10:55:00.000-07:00

After a year hiatus, we are welcoming back Justin Garcia to the line up. During that time, Justin had issues beyond our control that he had to tend to. Now, that the issues have been resolved, he could no longer resist the urge to join the army of Satan. So welcome him back, into your cold black hearts. He'll be apart of our new record which we are going to be finishing up.

In other news, we'll be playing some shows coming up. Some in LA and some in La Habra. So keep up to date on the shows. They'll most definitely be an exciting time.

Until then.

The Funeral Pyre

2009, ending already.

2009-09-04T15:09:00.000-07:00

So we've been home for a week, I'm just now getting around to doing this blog to wrap everything up. This was by far one of the best tours we've done. Everything ran smoothly (for the most part) and we didn't kill each other. Well, maybe one time 2 of us tried to kill each other but hey, it happens. Anyway, we finally got back over to the east coast, played some awesome shows and had a great time. There are a lot of you to thank, so I'm going to do this as quickly as possible! If I forgot your name, I'm really sorry. So here's the wrap up.

Thanks:landmine marathon, my son my executioner, andy in alabama, withered, clinging to the trees of a forest fire, broadslab, andrew va house shows, sourvein, corporeal, scott lee, nick at money shot, fred for showing us "the teachings of john", luis and liz/tones of death, borealis and alex, stephen @ init records, justin and too much distortion promotion, joe book of black earth, samothrace, the helm and immiserate, arkham (sp?), josh & idekay, early graves, tc at the cretin hop, elitist, and anyone who came out to see us. We hope we didn't disappoint.

Now that we've got that out of our system, we have some other news.
We're going to be finishing up the writing for our new record. We try and stay as busy as possible. We'll probably have a preproduction track up sometime later this year. So keep checking back for that. We're also going to put up a new shirt on the webshop. We're running super low on a lot of the shirts, so get what you can as most of those will never be reprinted again.

That about does it. When we have more info on the new record, we'll post it.

Until then,
The Funeral Pyre

it's been a month

2009-07-07T14:28:00.000-07:00

since the last update. so we'll get going on this. the tour is almost happening. we've been booking this thing for a long time and still some of the shows aren't coming through, but we have more shows booked than not, so it's a go!

we're going to try to get a new shirt design done before the tour, so hopefully we'll have it. sorry the update is lagging so much, there just isn't too much to report.

oh! except that we'll have our new split with Landmine Marathon VERY VERY VERY SOON!
so be sure to pick that up.

Listen to Cult Of Luna's "The Eternal Kingdom"
shits great.

TFP

summer summer summer

2009-06-05T08:45:00.001-07:00

it's been a month since the last post, so i figured i'd liven this place up and do something. this post may not be informative or worthwhile, but i just don't want to feel complacent. you get me? ok then. so basically this blog is for me to just make me feel like i have self worth, which i don't. anywho, onto stuff and more stuff.

- we are getting the summer tour booked, even though some areas are taking a tad longer than others, i feel like it's coming together fairly well and right on schedule. but of course, as the weeks go by, i'll start freaking out. so, YOU see any dates that are TBA and YOU feel like you can help, please feel free to e-mail ME (john) at Myfinalautumn(at)aol(dot)com

i like doing that.

- split 7" with landmine marathon. all the parts are done, we worked out a price with the printers and now on monday, i think we're going to give it to the plant to print. we're super excited about it just because we like putting stuff out for no reason other than to just add to our cataloge. well, that and landmine rules. so, if you haven't ordered it, please do so - forestmoonproducts.bigcartel.com

- oh, we also have a twitter now. just because we don't have enough outlets for me to talk about basketball and black metal. twitter.com/thefuneralpyre

i don't know what else to say, there's no important information at all.

Hardcore

2009-05-05T10:22:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. We've finished the tracking for our split with Landmine Marathon. It's sounds pretty rad. Super harsh recording, dirty, fucking aye. It was recorded with our friend Roger. It's low budget, but fuck it, it's awesome. So here are the tracks that we did.

1. Torched Sky (New song!)
2. Attempt (ACME cover)

There are limited quantities of this bad boy, so be sure you check out the forest moon page and pick it up. It's available for preorder, so do it up.

forestmoonproducts.bigcartel.com

thanks again
tfp

Split news/Tour news

2009-04-27T11:28:00.000-07:00

Been laying low for a few months, not really doing anything. I guess it's a much needed break from the "metal" world. But that's what we need as we get ready for the long summer tour which will inevitably leave us all broke and disheartened again, by the so called "metal community." So why stop there? Maybe we'll write another full length record for all of you kids to complain about, maybe tell us how our "older" stuff was superior? Yes, we'll be writing another record, regardless of what the internet "elitists" think, or what you kids think. It'll be full of early Swedish black metal worship because, let's face it, there's nothing left we can offer that is original. On to other news, we still need help booking our upcoming tour. So if you see a date that you could help with, please e-mail me, john, at this e-mail MYFINALAUTUMN@AOL.COM and we'll hopefully get it all sorted.

We also have some news about the upcoming split with our friends in Landmine Marathon. The artwork which is just about completed is being done by Matt Martinez of Landmine Marathon. The artwork is awesome, so we're all stoked on it. Once we have our song fully mastered and done, we'll be sending it to print. Which could be as early as next week. Preorders will be launched on the Forest Moon page as well as our webshop very soon, probably by the end of the week. So stay tuned as this is going to sell quickly. Thanks again for all the support, to those who actually support.

In Time,
The Funeral Pyre

News / Summer Plans / Records

2009-03-13T16:19:00.001-07:00

Hey,
It's been a while since I've posted anything. So here you go. We'll get caught up a little bit and keep it relatively short.

- We are doing the split with Landmine Marathon, our 2 songs are just about finished, we'll be recording with our friend Roger (Cerberus) so be on the look out. We'll have one brand new song and we'll be doing a cover of the song "Attempt" by ACME.

- We will be doing some summer touring, I can't say how much, for how long, and with who yet, but once we know, we'll tell you!

- After the split is recorded and ready to go, we'll start writing for our next record. This will be our 4th full length record. Not sure what to expect yet, but we'll do updates frequently throughout the writing and recording process. It will probably be out in early 2010.

- We're going to get some new merch, we're just trying to sell off the last of the other stuff, so please help out, spend a few bucks, get a cool shirt.

thefuneralpyre.bigcartel.com

Until then,
The Funeral Pyre

update / update / update

2009-02-20T16:07:00.000-08:00

So it's been about a month since I last posted something, so I figured I'd get you all caught up to speed on the happenings within The Funeral Pyre. So, let's get started.

We've finished up the "December" ep and should be receiving the product next week, then we will ship all of the preorders we've gotten. We'll also have some new t-shirt designs for sale soon. I know we have a bunch right now, but you should definitely just buy those cheap ones that we're trying to clear out, help us out and in return we'll get some awesome shirts up on that webshop.

thefuneralpyre.bigcartel.com

We have some shows coming up, be sure to check out the Myspace page, including our record release show with Crom, The Dolemite Project, Ghostlimb, Landmine Marathon and Bomb Raid. It's going to be an amazing show.

Well, that about does it for now. Let me know what kind of records you've been listening to. Post them in the comments section, i want to know.

Cheers
JS
TFP

NAMM convention and some venting

2009-01-19T11:07:00.000-08:00

So, I recently spent the last couple of days down at the NAMM convention down in Anaheim, CA. It was the first one I'd ever been to so naturally I was pretty excited to get in there and see what's going on. I mean, I'm not an instrument buff, but I can definitely appreciate the skill of a player. With that being said, let's talk about why NAMM sucks. Don't get me wrong, I think it's an amazing place for people who are involved in selling guitars, owning a shop, technology advances for instruments and what not. But all you assholes who show up and think that you're going to "make it big" by getting a pass somehow and passing out demos or trying to get endorsements when you haven't even put in the time with your band. This just pisses me the fuck off. I was there with some friends who got me in and asked if I would like to go and just check out all of the latest guitars, drums, and whatever else, but not once did I go in there thinking that soliciting my band, when these companies are trying to do business to make a living, would be a priority for myself or my band. Also, wearing leather pants, with bandanna's in your back pocket, hair down blowing in the wind, playing the most dipshit ass solo ever heard, just stop this garbage now. 80's metal is not back, it's not cool. Let's just stop this right now. You're embarrassing to yourself and to metal in general. I'm not saying everyone has to be "black metal" cause hey, I really do enjoy Saxon, Skid Row and other bands of the genre, just, now, 25-30 years later, you can stop dressing like a fucking moron. ok i'm done.

Cut the shit.

2009-01-09T11:06:00.000-08:00

There are times when I really just want to hang myself and a lot of people around me. Now, feels like one of those times. Reason why? Now, you people don't take offense to this, but there are TOO MANY FUCKING BANDS. Ok, you might think, "Well funeral pyre, you guys are a band that's polluting the earth just like any other fucking band out there right now." And, you're kind of right. Like or dislike us, we have still tried to produce quality music for people since '00. Before that, we were in bands as young teenagers playing the most god awful music you will ever imagine. But you know what, we didn't try to take over the world without some of our chops ready to go. My point being, it's not that i don't support bands as a whole, it's that every band wants to be huge right off the bat! That's not the way shit works. I'm sorry everyone. A blunt look at reality for you. Creating a myspace, not having songs, yet trying to take professional promo pictures before you've laid any type of foundation in music what so ever! I'm not trying to be negative, just realistic. So, for today's lesson, just remember this - write songs first. Music is more important than what you look like or what you're mission statement is. Please, just take this as advice and continue to write songs until you're ready to actually play shows. Then, play some shows, DON'T TRY AND TOUR THE COUNTRY RIGHT OFF THE BAT! So, let's just calm down everyone and remember, music is about songs. Speaking of which, here are some records which has some great songs!

Grand Magus - Iron Will
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Trap Them - Seizures In Barren Praise
Samothrace - Life's Trade

There, i'm done. have a good weekend everyone.

666

December

2008-12-17T16:56:00.000-08:00

Two pictures of James in the studio, the other guy is Ryan Butler recording the new ep. We do have some footage available, I'm just lazy and haven't put it up yet. So let's wrap up the year...

Many thanks to everyone that has supported The Funeral Pyre in 2008, we had an excellent year. We put out a record that we love and recorded another record that we love. It doesn't stop there, we'll have a split with Landmine Marathon coming out next year as well, then we'll work on our 4th record. Staying busy, always. So thank you to all you kids and bands who have helped us out this year. We really do appreciate it.

In other news, we have some local shows in the new year, be sure to scope those.

Here's to 2008, we'll see you soon. Be safe, treat each other well and remember, always support the underground.

In Time,
The Funeral Pyre

The Manifest Blasphemy Tour

2008-11-26T10:20:00.000-08:00

The above picture should be kind of confusing you. If it is, then that's why I put it there. But the picture does also, explain the past 2 1/2 incredible weeks that were the "Manifest Blasphemy" tour with us and Early Graves. Now, what the picture is, is our guitarist Jimmy flat on his ass after drinking to much and falling on stage knocking all of his equipment completely off the stage in Portland, Oregon. Yes, damage was done, we only were able to play 1 and 3/4 songs because of this, but we'll forever remember that show. It's something to pass down to our kids as well, that's if any of us even have kids. Anyway, this tour is one for the record books, also, the history books to each person who was involved in this tour.

We have always done DIY tours, we've never been on a real "packaged tour" or had catering or anything like that. We have always done this ourselves and this time we felt it should be documented via photo. That's why I asked Aaron Melendrez (www.myspace.com/aaronsruin) to come along and document this entire thing. Aaron's skills behind the camera are amazing, he's one of the best I have ever seen. If you want to see the photos, go to the F Pyre myspace (myspace.com/thefuneralpyre) and check them out. Otherwise, hit up Aaron and give him some business!

Ok, now that I'm done with that, I want to give some thank yous to all the people who helped in anyway with this tour, or just showed up and came out to the shows and supported underground touring bands. Let's get started - First and foremost a thank you to our best friends and peers Early Graves, Aaron Melendrez, Brian the Reno Riot (Tigersharks!), Shawn Whore for satan, Ben, Laura, Pomroy, Joe Joe Potato for always being there and supporting, you know we love you guys and gal! josh tahoe, kyle unlearn, jozy portland, Book Of Black Earth and Adam Superfan, the kids in Boise and Courtney for watching merch! Luke Gaza for saying some of the weirdest shit I've ever heard, Keith Deadspeak (Support Ernie November in Cheyenne WY!), Ethan from Clinging To The Trees Of A Forest Fire, Tronzie and Joaquin for letting us have the most ignorant night of our lives, Ashley in Tucson, the Alec & Alex in Tucson for their undying support and love (we love you guys!), everybody in Landmine Marathon for coming out and having a great time!, Danny Northside for being the funniest dude I've ever met, Colleen in Phoenix, Ryan in Brawley for being one of the best dudes in music, and finally Eddie at the Relax Bar/Southern Lord for honestly always helping us out, giving us shows when nobody else wants to book us. All of you, thank you so much for everything. 2008 was an amazing year, we released a record that we love, hopefully 2009 can be a step in the right direction. To all of you, thank you again, I'm sure we'll be seeing each other in the future.

Cheers, and Hail Satan.

The Funeral Pyre - 2008

Ignorance at it's finest.

2008-11-16T12:43:00.000-08:00

The date now is November 16th. The Funeral Pyre and Early Graves played at Telo's Campus House in New Mexico. There were maybe 15 people at the show, but that never stops the train. Consider these people, future victims of what is about to take place. The story I'm about to tell you, really happened, I will not name names, I will not expose one person's identity for the sake of laughter. Just take in the story, the events, and quite possibly the worst/best day that we have ever had. Shall we....

It started merely with being in New Mexico. It's almost like a home away from home for The Funeral Pyre, so as we arrived at the location of the show, we decided to pick up some beer and get the night started in our usual fashion. We hang out, drink, have a dandy ol' time waiting for our great pals in Early Graves. Upon their arrival, beer is in full swing. Load into the show, set up merch, hang out, continue to drink.

During the small show, we realized that the Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Coture fight is on, so immediately after we play we haul ass up to the Campus House and watch the fight. Which was a great fight, too bad Lesnar won, as we were not pulling for him. But there was some retarded motherfucker who was watching with us and giving his UNWANTED OPINION about the fight. Anywho, that guy is an asshole and needs not to be talked about anymore for the duration of this blog.

Our New Mexico friends decide to have a gathering at their house, and like the gentlemen we are, we oblige and head on over to the house after we pick up some more alcohol to ease our pain of life. We arrive at the house where ignorance happened. Now, there is just somethings that happen at "parties" that piss me the FUCK off, well that is when a stupid fucking girl has to be the center of attention while drinking, then this girl drinks way too much and passes out in the middle of the gathering. Other people were in and out of the house and people were having a grand time. Then as the night, what we thought was winding down at about 3 am, just got real. This passed out girl wakes up to a person advising this young girl that passing out on a couch in the middle of the party wasn't such a good idea. That's when we were shown her shoe full of semen. Well, neither The Funeral Pyre nor Early Graves condone this type of action, we didn't really laugh at it, in fact, it was pretty fucking creepy to say the least. After we were presented with the semen shoe, we decided to wake her up and tell her to get to a bed upstairs and sleep in peace. Well peace was the last thing this smart mouth asshole had on her mind. Waking up and giving a piece of her mind to individuals who are MUCH smarter than her, not a good idea girly! Not good at all. So as she gathers her things and calls her EX BOYFRIEND to come pick her up, she decides to say how all of us are "bigots" and that she is a "feminist." To which we replied with, "you're such a feminist that you pass out at a party with a bunch of guys, now you're walking with cum in your shoe. you're definitely not a smart girl." We'll return to her in a minute, because as this was happening, there was also fighting going on between most everyone in the house.

As we're all in a drunken state of mind, yelling and calling each other the worst names ever seems the most appropriate. Well it turned into a fight which lead to an upstairs fight that almost had 2 people falling off of an indoor balcony and breaking through a wall. In fact, it would have been about a 15 foot drunken fall. Intense as shit. Everyone is basically brawling upstairs with each other, but all in good fun. But not really. We are yelling, punching, farting and doing everything that juvenile guy wants to do. After the dust settles, we have another plan...

Back to the girl who was mentioned before, we get her phone number and immediately decide to make this girls life hell. Hell wasn't what she got, this "feminist" willingly invited somebody from our group of people over to her apartment/dorm what have you. Now, does that sound very self respectable? Well it's not girl, you're not fooling anyone! We send over troops to investigate the situation, equipped with a camera and a predator mask. Yes, a predator mask.. As the infiltrate the dorm, our predator mask individual, who was there to take pictures of a girl who was drunk out of her mind and just basically embarrass her and to teach her a lesson! None of this was malicious and rude, we were merely giving a clinic in who not to mess around with. Are we so wrong? Girl, self respect doesn't come from inviting band guys back to your dorm, it doesn't come from reading a book about feminism, believe what ever lie you want. We also know you're christian! After one of our toops made it into the dorm, the others had to split as to not be caught by any type of pig or law enforcement, whatever you want to call them.

At about 5 am the night was called off, we eventually made our way to our sleeping arrangements, laughing at the fact that such idiotic people actually do live. Hypocrites, they walk among us everywhere. They're in our scene! Do not be afraid or let them be your friend, destroy the weak!

In the morning, said person who made it into the dorm returned to the homestead where we exchanged stories of the night and ate veggie breakfast burritos. Not to mention, a peddler who came up to us while we're eating breakfast with a scam that his nephew or whatever's dad had just passed away and they needed money for a funeral. Now, we're not bad guys, but come on! Eating breakfast? Dead guy? Not fucking cool man...

All in all, it was a great night, we had a blast, made some enemies, made some friends. Fought, yelled crude names, and just made everyone feel uneasy.

Oh and the picture above is from the movie No Country For Old Men. Get some.

In time,
The Funeral Pyre

The road

2008-11-08T11:16:00.000-08:00

We played our first show in San Francisco as the first show, on a thursday night in SF, you're lucky if people show up. And well, some people did show up. We hung out with some old friends, which is always nice. We drank too much as usual, woke up at Chris Early Graves' house and decided to head to Tahoe for the second show. The second show was at the always fun Whiskey Dicks. Good turnout, and we had a blast. Already it's becoming cold as shit and my warm blood isn't handling it too well.

The picture above is shot out in front of our friend Josh's house.
Enjoy.

The Funeral Pyre

ps - More blogs coming soon, more pictures as well..

tour

2008-11-02T16:53:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone,
Here are some fliers for the shows coming up. It's kind of nice knowing that people are actually starting to promote shows. Makes my black little hart glow just a little bit... Anywho, come out to these shows, these are just some of the tour stops we'll be on. Let's party, let's have a good time.

In other news, I picked up some new cds today. None of which are metal, but great bands.

Neil Young - Harvest
Crosby Stills Nash And Young - Deja Vu
CSS - Donkey
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See

In time,
The Funeral Pyre

Something to talk about - New Releases from good bands

2008-10-28T09:23:00.000-07:00

Recently, for some reason, there's been an influx of good music. There are times when I feel like nothing good has come out forever. But recently, I'm kind of happy with what's been going on. Here's a run down of what I suggest buying. I'm not going to give you examples of why, just go and check it out for yourself.

1. Behexen - My Soul For His Glory
2. Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
3. Landmine Marathon - Rusted Eyes Awake
4. Misery Index - Traitors

That's really all I can think of at the moment, I know that there are more things I can recommend my brain is just being a bastard right now. Why don't you recommend us something to listen to?

December EP pushed back...

2008-10-21T18:20:00.000-07:00

Only because we procrastinate, we won't be releasing the "December" ep this year like we had planned. Instead, look for a March, 09' release via Creator Destructor. The first run will be only 500 copies printed. I'm not sure at this point if there will be a second run. So please be patient with us. I know most of you won't even bother to purchase this, but for those of you who actually do spend time on music buy purchasing records, cds, 7"s and what not, we appreciate it. So yes, March looks like the approximate time. We'll have cover art solidified soon, I promise. Even maybe a preorder will go up.

We also have just about all of the dates with Early Graves booked, so if we're coming to your neck of the woods please come out and share the moment with us. We would really enjoy that. Since that's all this is right? Just a series of moments. Beware of Manifest Blasphemy and be sure to welcome hell into your life.

Get some,
TFP

Some items worth purchasing.

2008-10-17T13:14:00.000-07:00

A long time ago there was a magical record store that existed in a nearby city where we, The Funeral Pyre grew up. This record store, in it's hey day, was on top of the game. It had every kind of new metal/black metal/punk/grind/death metal and even indie rock band you could ever want! Tons of new releases, knowledgeable staff, fliers for shows. Oh it was a grand ol' time. When music was music, and shows were shows. But as we grew up and as we kept on frequenting this store, our music tastes constantly grew. At the end of the day though, there are 3 records that really stuck with me over my 12 years of attending that store.

1) Dawn - Slaughtersun
The almighty Dawn. So essential to Swedish black metal and metal in general. This band is probably one of the biggest influences for us. If you can find this record, I highly suggest you pick it up. 9-10 minute epic songs of pure Swedish black metal. Amazing.

2) In Aeternum - The Pestilent Plague
God damn this record is amazing. I remember, I was in high school at the time, and I went down to the record store and was just browsing. I was at the black/death metal section when from behind the counter came an employee, whom we knew each other by recognition, but not really by names and he points out this record and literally made me buy it. I'm glad he did cause this is a record i still play at least 5 times a week. Such a great Swedish death record. God damn.

3) Crescent - By The Roads And Fields
On a total non-metal tip, Crescents stunning record "By The Roads And Fields" is a lo-fi, incredible indie record. Tons of emotion is in this, not in a whiny way either, this is more depressing and was most definitely recorded on a tape player or reel to reel. It's fucking beautiful.

I wish that record stores were still around the same way they used to be. But times have changed. It's quite a bummer considering how much I used to learn about music just by going to the store. I guess this next generation will never get to know what it's like. Sucks for you guys, but you know, just keep downloading, I'm sure things will get better.

In Time,
JS

Contrary to popular belief...

2008-10-09T11:42:00.000-07:00

Here's the tour flier for the Manifest Blasphemy tour with Early Graves. This will be our last outing for the year, then we will focus on finishing the "December" ep.

I want to say thank you to the people who have supported us for the past 7 almost 8 years. It honestly does mean a lot. I know that sometimes when we play we look like the biggest assholes on earth, but it's all in good fun and to get people talking really. I don't need to mention any names or anything, but if you've supported us at any time, then we honestly thank you. Hope to see you out at these last shows for the year.

In Time,
The Funeral Pyre

Interview that was interesting

2008-10-03T16:34:00.000-07:00

Today while in the lavatory, I was catching up on some reading that I may have missed out on. Low and behold, I found a Melvins interview with the magazine Alarm (www.alarmpress.com). There's an awesome interview with the always intriguing Buzz. You should go check it out as I enjoyed myself a read, not to mention they interview Cursed and Boris. Good times. Here's the cover.

Here's a recent playlist as well, maybe you'll check out some of this music?

Carved In Stone - Hear The Voice
Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Yes - Classic Yes
Book Of Black Earth - Horoskopus

Be sure to check out the dates with Early Graves. They're almost complete.

In Time.
The Eff Pyre

Video Documentary - Tour

2008-09-18T13:43:00.000-07:00

We are going to begin production on a project which will start with this tour with Early Graves. We will be documenting the entire experience with a video camera as well as photos. It's something we have thought about before but now, with the help of our good friend Aaron Melendrez, we will go forth and begin the process on the dates of November 6th through November 21st. Now, this is not a narcissistic venture we're going to be doing, but more importantly, documentation about an underground band in today's society. It's not a complex theme, but something that we feel we can share with the few of you who actually pay attention to what we are doing. So I hope that both us, the band, and you, the listener can achieve some sort of satisfaction about this project.

In other news, it has been brought to our attention that at shows, people sometimes are offended by what we have to say. It's not to be malicious toward anyone, so if you were offended, we apologize. But do not take it personally. It's heavy metal.

Anywho, check the tour dates, come and hang out with us. I promise you, we're nice people.

In time,
The Funeral Pyre

News - Info - Satan

2008-08-28T14:03:00.000-07:00

While we may be laying quietly in the shadows right now, we are not dormant. We have some plans coming up, some of it you do know about, some you don't. So we'll continue on with the news that we have.

1) December EP - We have started this, we'll probably be recording in October sometime. We will be re-recording "The Last Breath Of Man" from our 7" split with Leech. This version will NOT have keyboards, but still buy the 7" version as it's the only of it's kind. This split will feature 4 new songs. Maybe some will be on our next full length. We're not entirely sure at this point.

2) Split 7" with Landmine Marathon due out on Forest Moon Products
we'll be doing 1 new song and Landmine Marathon will have about 3-4 new songs.

3) Tour with Early Graves in November 6th - 21st
we'll post the routing asap. don't worry.
November "Manifest Blasphemy" Tour
6th - San Francisco/Oakland, CA
7th - Chico,CA
8th - Medford/Eugene, OR
9th - Portland, OR
10th - Seattle, WA
11th - Boise, ID
12th - Salt Lake City, UT
13th - Cheyenne, WY
14th - Denver, CO
15th - Colorado Springs, CO
16th - Albuquerque, NM
17th - El Paso, TX
18th - Tucson, AZ
19th - Phoenix, AZ
20th - Las Vegas, NV
21st - Los Angeles, CA

After this tour, we will be writing our next full length. Which will be our 4th record for those of you keeping track.

666
The Funeral Pyre

The seasons change... Yet again.

2008-08-08T10:57:00.000-07:00

We have some announcements, well just 2 actually. So let's get right down to the nitty gritty of this.
First off, we'd like to welcome Lanny Perelman of Cerberus (Los Angeles) fame, to the band. Lanny has been a great friend for a while and we are more than excited to have him join and write a new record with us. So please, say thank you to Lanny when you see him. It's much appreciated.

Lastly, we will be releasing a new EP titled "December" which will be released this year on Creator Destructor Records. It will be limited and will contain new songs. If you liked where "Wounds" went, then you will love this. After that EP we will start making preparations to do the new full length. The new record will probably be out Summer of next year.

Thank you to those who have purchased "Wounds" thus far, we hope you enjoy the new material.

666

The Challenge Of The Road

2008-08-01T15:14:00.000-07:00

I've really lost my bearings this time. I was doing very well with all of the updates from the road, but then I guess I just stopped caring. Oh well, I'll recap. We played shows, got blackout drunk, played shows, offended people, played shows, shit on couches, played shows, now we're home. There's the wrap up for everything. Nothing too exciting, nothing too crazy. Just a bunch of losers who play music together traveling around in a van. With all of this being said there really isn't any news except for a few things.

1) There will be a vinyl release of the latest record "Wounds"
2) We're going to start writing already for another record. The title will come soon.
3) We will probably only do 1 more tour for the rest of the year, which I know most of you don't care about, but to those who do, we're sorry, we can't afford to tour anymore.

We're beaten and broke. Recharging the batteries is something that needs to be done. Maybe with some time off we're figure this out, but who knows. If you're interested in the LP version of "Wounds" stay tuned, I'm going to be launching a preorder soon for it. The artwork is being finalized and what not.

666
TFP

Where Dynasties Are Made - Entry 1

2008-07-14T13:27:00.000-07:00

Day 1 - Thursday - July 11th
We left for Tucson this day, being well aware that the heat was going to be out of control. But that's not a big deal, we've dealt with it before. Us and the Antag's had merch to pick up, so naturally things would be running late. We are sharing a van on this trip, much fun shall ensure, i'm positive. As we all gather at my parents hosue, we are already starting the jokes on one another. Making sure that the others know we all came here to have a good time and, well just tease the shit out each other.When you put us two in a van, let alone hanging out with, we all try to rip out each others jugulars instantly. But in the "i'm smarter than you" kind of way. If you don't bring your movie qoutes and wit, you better not even show up. So we trek on out to Tucson to start this tour.

We arrive in Tucson later in the day. Actually, way later as we had lagged for hours at home. We made it on time to the show, which was being held at The Living Room which Ashley helped set up. Ashley is a girl who works or volunteers there, I'm honestly not sure which, but either way, she gave us a place to stay and place to play. The show was pretty good. All the bands played extremely well and there were some kids in attendance who acted like they gave a shit about what was going on. After the show, Ashley invited us to stay at her house, which we kindly accepted. On our way over, we purchased the beer "Session" which we had only had 1 time previous while we were at the Early Graves house in San Francisco. Since it was cheap and had a high alcohol content, we figured this was the best bet for us. As we purchase the beer, we head down the road to Ashley's house to start drinking/eating/shit talking/pooping/being assholes. Ashley offers to make us pasta, which of course we let her make, then we immediately threw all of it on the walls. Just to show her who is boss. Actually, we never did that. But that'd be a better tour story. Instead, we ate the pasta, drank the beer, and smoked the ganja all the while watching some great movies. We started with Die Hard - With A Vengeance followed by Speed. Yeah, those are awesome movies. Eventually everyone passed out or fell asleep. We were all exhausted from the heat, but luckily it started to rain outside which made the night sounds that much more pleasant....

Day 2 - July 12th - Tucson to Oklahoma City
We drove. All day, all night. This drive was awful. Nothing to do, nothing to see. In fact, if I can avoid ever doing that again, I will die a happy man. I honestly can't remember anything really funny happening during this. So I will skip to the next day.

Day 3 - July 13th - Oklahoma City, OK
I'm not really sure what it is, but I get this overwhelming sensation of sadness when I come to Oklahoma. Maybe it's my surroundings. I'm not sure really, but I can't help but feel it. It's nothing personal against the state, it's just how I feel when I step foot in it. Our show was at the venue called The Factory for that night. We had never played there. It is also the first night where we meet up with Sea Of Treachery. One thing I guess I'll never understand is certain alcohol laws that apply in different states. Oklahoma being one of them. It's just incredibly difficult to find and when you do find it, all of the beer is half of the normal content! Remarkable I must say. We met up with a friend that Antagonist knew, a nice guy by the name of Jared. He met us at the local mall, because we love going to the mall. Jared told us where he lived in corellation to the mall so that way we could all go back to his apartment and chill out for just a bit. We all started to get comfortable whene somebody decided to put on the movie "Hitman" which was in theatres earlier in the year. Well, let's just say that movie is the biggest piece of shit movie I have ever watched. Jesus H.fucking Christ. The ONLY upside, and I mean ONLY upside, is that amazingly gorgeous girl gets naked for a bit. Sorry, but it's the truth. I could never sit through such a horrendous piece of trash ever again. In fact, if you even play that video game, you are now the biggest asshole on earth. Yep. It's like that. Nothing will change my view. So, on to the show. Basically, there were only a few kids there who actually cared about music. It's sad really. I'm not talking shit, but kids just don't have their priorities straight. Either way, we played our best and did what we always do. Whether or not kids enjoyed it. Because that's what we do. Music is our art and we will always take the opportunity to play in front of anyone. After the show we all went back to Jared's house where we continued watching movies, like "the Great Outdoors" which is an effing classic. We drank a bit, met the dudes in Sea Of Treachery and eventually fell asleep like tired little kids. All in all, it was a good night. Onto Dallas.

Day 4 - Dallas, TX(Lewisville) - Fat Daddy's Soundshack
You know, I'll admit that I can definitely be an asshole. In fact, I'm sure that most of you already think that. But I could care less. But when I attend a show, I never want to be that guy or group of people who are the assholes. Now, I understand that you will definitely not like most of the bands you see during your short time on Earth. That's just life. But rather than sit down in the chairs at the back of the venue, why don't you go outside? Well, we had a great show in Lewisville, the kids who were up front were rocking out and getting their money's worth. Unfortunately, there are those few shithead kids who think they're just the hottest damn spectacle on Earth. Yeah, well if you're one of those kids, fuck you. So that's it for that. I'm sure most of you who love going to shows and supporting bands feel the same way I do about this. Anywho, the show was awesome. The people that were there were into all the bands and had a great time. Therefore, I had a great time. It's always awesome seeing certain kids coming out to shows time and time again. It kind of makes you feel like this whole thing is worth it. So I thank you for your time. Fat Daddy's was an awesome place, great sound, nice staff, the works. We're very rarely treated like that while out on tour, so when it does happen you definitely just want to take in the moment. But it wasn't the show that was on our mind, it was the afterparty that we'd be having at The Clubhouse.Now, we're not "rockstars" in the slightest, shit, we don't want to be a lame ass rock star. But we do like strip clubs and alcohol just like the next guy. So what the hell, let's go to the strip club that Vinnie Paul from Pantera owns! Fuck yes! Most bands do go there and have a great time, mainly cause they have money to spend on girls. Yeah, well we don't have that. We have our beer and imaginations. That's it. So we got in for free, because one thing they do there is offer bands free entry if you're on tour. That's great stuff right there. So without even spending any money we were graced with the presence of fake boobies and baby powder. How delightful. Needless to say, we all got trashed. We were having our own party in the strip club which was being led full force by a friend of ours. (I can't mention any names!) We were feeding vodka to each other and pounding beers and trying to get free lap dances. But of course that never works, these girls are leeches who want the money! Which we didn't have, luckily though, one of my good friends who lives in Dallas bought me a lap dance. Which was actually the worst one I'd ever had. But then, this friend from Dallas knew one of the girls working, who was incredibly cute and nice, so she gave me one for free to make up for it! Talk about customer satisfaction! So a shout out to "the girl at the strip club" and "our great friend from texas" for the incredible night! You guys are amazing. Oh yeah, we met Vinnie Paul as well. So rad..... Stay tuned for more blogs and shit

666

Tour Journal - Starting Thursday in Tucson

2008-07-08T15:32:00.000-07:00

We have been on the road before. Done the whole road thing, it's fun. We have a good time while doing it. We're leaving for tour on Thursday starting with a show in Tucson. Here are the details.

The Living Room
7 pm - $5

Antagonist
The Funeral Pyre
Sarafan
Mammoth Grinder

cool shit. Come out and have a good time. We know we will.
Check out our other dates on our myspace page, I'm just too lazy to post them here.
www.myspace.com/thefuneralpyre

666

Listening To Music - The Wrong Reasons

2008-07-02T10:52:00.000-07:00

You know, The Funeral Pyre gets a good amount of e-mails from all your wonderful kids. Some of you are incredibly smart and very supportive of such assholes, like us. Which we thank you endlessly for. Then, there are some of you who just don't "get it." I'm not talking about the music either, cause, well, we barely get what we're doing. I'm talking about EXISTING ON A NORMAL PLANE WITH OTHER HUMANS. It's like this, why do you want to e-mail us, just to tell us that we suck? Does it make you feel better? Are more "punk" than us? Or more "black metal" than a bunch of poser kids from Southern California? We could care less. We don't play the music in order to call you kids a bunch of idiots, no, we play music because we enjoy it. So you thinking that you're so "in the know" about what music is, is just a bullshit way of saying that you're going against the grain. But you're not! All you're doing is looking like an asshole. You can hate us all you want, but is it really worth it to come out and say "you guys suck. i just thought I'd let you know." The other day, a kid added us on myspace and his message was "crappy name. AMAZING music." Now, I'm glad he liked the music, but adding the "crappy name" part just makes him look like a moron. It's like you meet a friend named Billy and you say to Billy, "Your name fucking sucks. But you're an AMAZING dude!" Totally appropriate! Get real you idiots. The only reason I'm addressing this shit right now, is because some fucking turd kid pissed me off with an e-mail this morning. Now, onto another topic which we have never discussed, but I'm about to bring it up just because of the numerous questions about it.

(The will be no shit talking about either party in this part of the blog)
We did 2 records with keyboards. We loved doing those records with keyboards. Things eventually started to not work out between both parties. That's all guys. We wish the departed party all the best of luck and there are absolutely no hard feelings. And NO we are NOT getting another keyboardist.

If you have anything to say about any of these opinions, feel free to write to us. We're always up for an argument

666

This time. We wage war.

2008-06-24T16:27:00.000-07:00

There's nothing like a boost of confidence. While touring you definitely hit your streaks of bad luck where you feel like nothing can go right at all. We've had a ton of terrible Los Angeles shows, not really sure why, but we have. Maybe it's because people don't like us. Who knows. But last night was an amazing show, the kids, the bands, the feeling. Great night for everyone.

Thanks to everyone who came out and had a great time.

We're leaving for tour soon, check the dates. It's war.

Tour Wrap Up - The End

2008-06-18T10:52:00.000-07:00

So, I didn't really manage to find time to write about what happened in the last few shows. Just know that they were all really good, we had a fun time and then the tour ended. Yeah, I know, not a good wrap up. Oh well. But I'll wrap the rest of this up. We had a fun 3 week tour in support of our new record "Wounds" which came out on May 27th. If you haven't checked it out, please do. We'll be hitting the road here in a few weeks with our best friends in Antagonist and we'll be teaming up with Sea Of Treachery. This will be another 2 1/2 week tour or so, so if you didn't manage to catch us on the last run, come out to these shows. Here's the routing.

22 Jun 2008

7:00 P

Jump n Around-Cattle Decapitation, The Art of tourture, and more

Salinas

23 Jun 2008

8:00 P

The Knitting Factory - Cattle Decap/Phobia/Skarp

Hollywood

10 Jul 2008

8:00 P

The Relax Bar w/Thou, Leech and more

hollywood, California

12 Jul 2008

8:00 P

The Factory-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

13 Jul 2008

8:00 P

Fat Daddy’s-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

Dallas, Texas

14 Jul 2008

8:00 P

Emos-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

Austin, Texas

15 Jul 2008

8:00 P

The War Legion Underground-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

Amarillo, Texas

15 Jul 2008

8:00 P

The War Legion Underground-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

Amarillo, Texas

16 Jul 2008

8:00 P

TBA-Tour with Antagonist, Conducting From The Grave, and Sea of Treachery

El Paso, Texas

17 Jul 2008

8:00 P

Launch Pad-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

Albuquerque, New Mexico

18 Jul 2008

8:00 P

Vertical Venue-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

Scottsdale, Arizona

19 Jul 2008

8:00 P

Nitty Gritty-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

Rancho Cucamonga, California

22 Jul 2008

8:00 P

The Whisky-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

Hollywood, California

23 Jul 2008

8:00 P

Palmdale Vets Hall-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

Palmdale, California

24 Jul 2008

8:00 P

Jumping Turtle-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

San Marcos, California

25 Jul 2008

8:00 P

Chain Reaction-Tour with Antagonist, Sea of Treachery, Conducting From The Grave

Anaheim, California

27 Jul 2008

8:00 P

the Dome-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

Bakersfield, California

28 Jul 2008

8:00 P

The Exit-Tour with Antagonist, and Sea of Treachery

Fresno, California

So yea, we're pretty busy at the moment! Come check out the shows, have a good time.
I'm sure we'll be on tour sometime in September as well.
Cheers.
The Funeral Pyre

June 4th - June 5th

2008-06-10T15:08:00.000-07:00

June 4th - Corpus Christi, TX - The Compound
Jesus christ, it was hotter than shit this day. Humid and just blah. I'm not really sure if anything spectacular happened this night. Oh, we did put duct tape on Jimmy's nipples and tore them off. That was pretty entertaining. This was the last night of the 5 day tour with our new friends in My Son My Executioner. All I know is that we had to drive all the way to El Paso this night and none of us were stoked on that drive. It's a miserable drive. We played and hung out. Oh, the compound is a totally rad place, there just isn't any air ventilation in the venue, so naturally inside the venue it felt worse than outside. Sorry this entry is so short, it was an off night for us. BOO YA!

June 5th - El Paso, TX - Corona Lounge
After a night of no mischief at all, we decided that needed to change now. We've played El Paso numerous times before, so this was a usual place. But of course we had no idea how the show was going to be. We get the venue and it's all closed up, no worries, Buddy's Beer Barn is down the way. So we head over there to pick up some brew for the wait. We proceed with the drinking outside of the van, the weather was much nicer here so we were all hanging out in front. We noticed some bottles that were just hanging out, so naturally, we would like to destroy them. On this tour, our merch guy had brought his slingshot "Dennis." So, out came the slingshot and firing was underway. Trying to break bottles definitely kills the time, that is, until somebody in the band shits their pants. Now, I won't mention names, but yes somebody sharded in their pants and freaked out. Right after the incident, he's cleaning his backdoor behind the van, and rather than throw the tissue that is now soiled with dookie stains, this clever bachelor THROWS THEM ALL OVER THE GROUND. Now, what's the big deal? Well it was windy the whole day, plus, where the venue was, everything blew up from the streets and up to the venue and against the wall. So there was shit covered tissue napkins flying around everywhere. Good luck dodging those. The show itself was rad. A good amount of kids all there to have some fun. We enjoyed it thoroughly and it helped lift our spirits!

May 30th - June 3rd

2008-06-04T09:41:00.000-07:00

May 30th - Dallas, TX - Renos Chop Shop
Well Dallas was just way too damn hot for living. But we arrive at our friend Joe's (Dryline) to hang out, drink some beers and eat some good food. We were greeted by Joe's roommate, Chris (Jacknife). We were promptly led into the house where we found Joe cooking up some Taco Soup. He even made a vegetarian version for myself. We sat around, talked about the old times we've had, and even listened to some new Dryline material as well as some new stuff from the band Belding which Joe plays in, with his roommate and Richie (Dryline). The afternoon was capped off with a viewing of the always hilarious, "Saving Silverman." After all of the festivities were done, we packed up our things and headed out to Renos. This was a Friday night show in My Son My Executioners home town, so the turn was to be pretty good we all could assume. Which we were right about, the turn out was pretty good. We drank with some friends, did shots, hung out and just enjoyed the Texas hospitality. We settled up the night, knowing that we had to drive to McAllen the next day, which was 9 hours away. We decided to call it a night around 2am. We said our goodbyes and headed on down the road. Continuing the drinking, we did, in the van. By that time, most of us were pretty drunk (of course 2 of us were not drinking and were driving perfectly fine!). In the midst of our drunkenness, I showed the rest of the guys this Anti-Hitler Disney cartoon from the 40's. Where Donald Duck was an SS Troop but quickly finds the way to the American ideals after realizing Hitler's ways were terrible! Oh Donald, how you saved yourself! It was hot and muggy, we had a long night ahead of us.

May 31st - Mission, TX - Smoking Aces
This was to be a weird and longgggggg day. First of all, down in the south of Texas, it's not only humid, but it gets fucking hot as shit. The last thing you ever want to do is wake up and it's 100 degrees with 70% humidity. I don't even know what time we arrived, as I was sleeping sitting up and it caused a pain in my neck that was definitely inhuman. The Barnes And Nobles stores are always a treat on tour, you're surrounded by books, there's usually a cafe, and air-conditioning! We located the nearest one, headed on over to it, grabbed some lunch and just basically were hanging out in the store until it was time to head on over to the show. While I'm doing some book shopping, I receive a call from J. Ortiz who does a lot of shows down in McAllen/Mission area. He has notified me that our show has just been canceled due to the owner being a fucking prick. Now, I know J. I know he wouldn't stiff us or lie to me. So I took his words, even though it was a bitter swallow, with what I could. I rinsed all this information down with some free water courtesy of the cafe and plotted our next move. Now, we're literally 6 hours away from where the other Texas cities are located. The next night we had to be in Austin, but we couldn't afford to just drive up there and not have a show. Luckily, our friends from Houston, As Eden Burns were playing a show and quickly got us a spot on. We were scheduled to go on at 10:10 pm. It's 3:30 and we're 369 miles away. 6 hours. Right then, instinct took over and we buckled down. Jimmy pulled the drive and we made it into houston at about 9:50 and quickly unloaded our shit. At that point, we had driven a total of 15 hours on the day and all we wanted to do was play a show. Luckily we did and sold a few things I might add! Good ol' William from AEB hooked us up with a place to crash, so the night went from bleak to actually being a good show. Thankfully we were only 2 hours or so from Austin.

June 1st - Austin, TX - Red 7
By far one of my favorite venues in the country. There's just something about Austin that is so nice. The music and art culture have a lot to do with it I'm sure. This was only a 3 band show so it wasn't starting until about 9. We ate some Freebirds Burritos with the MSME dudes, had some laughs and Tyler told some total poser kids that we were going to be rocking shit at the Red 7. Of course they didn't show up. The turn out wasn't terrible but it wasn't the best in the world, but that never stops a starving band. Our old friend Joe Vergilio came out from Kileen where is stationed in the Army. It's always great to see him. The night continues and at the point where I had had about 6 of the tall Long Star beers, Joe bought us a shot of Patron. That did it! Now I was drunk and ready to play. Rise Thy Ruin played second, after MSME and they played an amazing set full of Godflesh/stoner rock influenced music with an amazing light show. We did our set and headed out for the evening. I'm sorry to say, but nothing to crazy happened in this night! We were all fucking tired.

June 2nd - College Station, TX - Shotzi's
With the last night being low key, for some reason, things just had to be different this coming night. This venue was upstairs on top of a bar. The dudes in MSME had some friends that they knew in College Station so they went and hung out with them. College Station, well, is basically a city in the middle of nowhere based around a college. Which is totally fine. What's the best thing to do on tour? Go to the mall. haha. Well, to escape the sun mainly. After killing what seemed like forever, at the mall. We met up with our friend Trey. We immediately start drinking in the parking lot while throwing burritos and shooting birds with the slingshot we have. When the venue finally opens, we start loading in our equipment up a flight of stairs to where we will be playing. There are a bunch of kids, mainly there for their friends' bands. Which is totally fine. MSME brought their friends over, who happened to be 2 girls. Now, these girls were a weird bunch. Most definitely out for the attention. They were "together" but were allowed to see other guys. How strange? As the night drags on, of course people in our bands are trying to get at these two girls, seeing how they both loved to flirt and kiss certain people. After we finish our set, one of the guys from our band (name is kept out for personal reasons!) leaves with both the girls to go back to their apartment. Well this apartment was supposedly a shit infested pile of garbage. Nothing kept clean at all. We've been to a lot of places and so far, this holds up in the high rankings. Well one thing lead to another, and this person was starting to have a nice penetration fest with both of the girls at once! That is until, one of them FUCKING FLIPPED OUT AND STARTED CRYING! I'm sure you can tell, that this was definitely the end of the night. As the girl (who was high on cocaine) is wigging out, the person involved with this incident, decided it was a good time to pack up and leave... Well, fellas, when a girl starts crying during the middle of a 3-way, maybe you should just leave, it's just not worth it. Lesson learned, let's keep drinking.

June 3rd - San Antonio, TX - Rock Bottom Bar
Here's something for everyone, don't book with Never Say Die or some shit booking productions. They didn't have the nerve to return calls, or anything. Fuck them. Sorry to the kids that came out in San Antonio to see us. We'll hopefully be back

Tour Journal - May 26th - 29th

2008-05-30T12:05:00.000-07:00

May 26th - Denver, CO - The Underground
After seeing a gorgeous day in Albuquerque, as soon as we started to enter Colorado, the weather changed... It was gloomy all day. Sprinkling, annoying rain. But that never stops you, you keep trucking and do what must be done. We arrive at the venue called "The Underground" which is owned and ran by the sweet dudes in Killing Kings (Go pick up their new record! Awesome hardcore band!). We were greeted by some kids who we knew, they were bearing gifts, well 40oz bottles of Olde English. Happiness and joy ensued. Followed by a feature film in the van, "Wet Hot American Summer." Not even the weather could bring us down then! The show was cool, we hung out, sold a bit of merch, made some new friends as well as hung out with our homeboy Vance from Vale Of Knapth. All in all, Denver was yet again a fun time, when we return, hopefully the weather will be a little nicer so we can see more of the city...

May 27th - Lincoln, NE - The Ghosthouse
If there's one thing our band loves, it's house shows. Basements especially. Something about being in the the bowels of the house. It's dark, damp, and just, dirty. This was our kind of show. Unfortunately the weather hadn't let up one bit. The rain was coming and there was no stopping it. Luckily that never stops us, taking in our equipment while our shoes were being devoured by mud. None the less, we did what we came there to do. Get drunk and play loud metal. The house owners were super nice, they let us crash and play their playstation 3. We even drank some homemade punk juice which definitely hit the spot. The first band was Labora Tori and they were a fucking awesome band, locals to the Lincoln scene. We played, we rocked it pretty well I think, all I really know is that it got hot as fuck instantly once we played. After us was Mos Giganticus and The Emotron. Both who were fantastic electro bands that I thought played extremely well! Not to metion super awesome dudes! All in all, it was a pretty good night, Al and I slept on a couch together, meanwhile everyone else in the house was sprawled out everywhere. After a night of drinking, I don't really think it would have mattered where we slept, I was going down. It was a great end to an awesome night of nice kids and good music. They way it should be.

May 28th - Salina, KS - The Blue Goat
You know, sometimes small towns can be horrible, and sometimes, they can be fantastic. For Salina, well we've played there 3 times and have always enjoyed ourselves. Not to mention we have a great time with all of the local kids and get wasted! It's always fun. This was our 3rd time back to the town, thanks to our friend Matt who always let's us come back! This time, we just wanted to have a good time. No stress, just a good night full of drinking and hanging out. Not to mention your usual crazy customer who wants to buy a cd for $3 because, and I quote "I need to get fucking drunk before I buy any merch." I salute you, sir. We were joined on that show with Terror Tractor and Swept Aside. Both of whom are incredibly nice guys and who definitely support music. I tip my hat. So we play our set, play a solid show, sell some merch, do our thang. As I'm leaving I'm looking for Al, to help load out the drums. I find him in the office of the club, rolling a fucking FAT ASS JOINT straight out of Cheech and Chong movies. How lovely this was to see. We finish packing instantly so we can all partake in the festivities. What a festivity it was, as I was now stoned.... Back to Matt's we go where Top Ramen was the dinner of choice. It was a good night, in Salina Kansas.

May 29th - Tulsa/Claremore, OK - Under The Mooch/The Tree
This was an interesting day to say the least. We land in Tulsa around 3 in the afternoon. We were scheduled to play the record store Under The Mooch, then head out to Claremore which is 30 miles away and play another show. We get out of the van and go to the local sandwich shop to eat. As we finish, I walk out not thinking about what I just left. Well you can say all of the entire band fund AND MORE were left in this sandwich shop. Yea, I'm a fucking moron. The place closed at 4, we had no money, we didn't know if somebody else picked it up. So we play the show at Under The Mooch to two kids who were still generous enough to buy a couple of shirts and a cd. Now, we have to trek on out to Claremore, hopefully to make some money in the event that our other source of income had been lost. We show up to the Tree. It's a nice looking venue with about 9, 16 year old girls in. Instantly bummed on the situation. I am incredibly hesitant to play.. But finally, we get up there and do our thing. Luckily we got payed a bit and boy did it ever help. This was also our first show on our 7 day run with My Son My Executioner. After we play, all we need is beer. We head off and track some down. As we settle at a house for the evening, we realize all the beer is half the alcohol of any normal state. Fucking great. Now, my bag is still missing in action....

Tour Journal - May 23rd - 25th

2008-05-26T11:45:00.000-07:00

Oh the joys of tour. There are so many, yet so many that can quickly make tour a painful experience. But none of that thus far. We'll get you caught up with what's going on with us, from the dates of May 23rd through May 26th.

May 23rd - Relax Bar - Hollywood
This was to be our "record release show" and while it was, the turn out was a little hazy. But no worries, that doesn't bother us one bit. We always march on and play the shows. But luckily the people who were there to see us, were there for the right reasons. We all met up at the relax bar, cause some of us had work and what not. Upon meeting in this establishment's fine parking lot, a valet guy walks up and rudely charges us $10 per car, plus he told us we had to remove the van. This had never happened to us before, so we got pissed, called him names. Then promptly moved the van. The rest of us are suckers and paid the $10 (myself included, i'm fucking lazy). Our drummer showed up with a friend (girl) so we all started to hang out. The night keeps going, we watched great sets from Death Hymn #9, Don The Reader, Winterthrall (who was so good!) and of course up and comers Snakes Alive (which all of you need to check out now.). As we play our 5 song set, we finish up only to see our drummers friend (girl) completely passed out in a booth by herself. Not waking up for anyone/anything. It was pretty hilarious, she had to be nearly picked up and walked outside. Great times to be had by all. With a few beers in my system, chest congestion kicking up, and a headache, I decided it was time to head on out for home. As we all had to be ready to tackle the drive the next day to Albuquerque.

May 24th - The Desert, CA, AZ, NM
The drive to Albuquerque is one that nobody enjoys. It can quickly test the limit of your sanity. A straight 800 miles through the desert. One can start thinking a lot about everything that has been happening in his/her life. But none of that was to be had on this venture, for we had other plans in mind. 1) Party. 2) Talk shit on assholes, and party. 3) Hopefully drink enough to just pass out and wake up in Albuquerque. While enjoying this scenic (or lack there of, depending on who you ask) route, much Bud Light and Budweiser was consumed. Thus, creating 4 loud and obnoxious guys in the back of the van. As we continue to drink the miracle elixir, showing a movie for the entire van is a must. We decided that "Superbad" would be the movie of choice to start off. Followed by Eddie Murphy's "Delirious." As the night starts to wind down, the stroke of midnight was upon us. All of us were either drunk or asleep, but then, from nowhere, Justin decides he wants to take us all the way to Albuquerque. We were about 400 miles out, then Justin hit the pedal to the metal and next thing I knew, I was in a parking lot getting ready to eat breakfast. Alcohol and Justin, I tip my hat to thee.

May 25th - The Stove - Albuquerque, NM
Upon our arrival at about 7am on Sunday morning, we decided to grab some grub. We all agreed on this place "Mannies" which was according to the place "famous for their breakfast." That's all the marketing I needed, I was sold. Hungover and sick, I sit down with the rest of the guys. We were quickly greeted by some of the nicest servers we have come across in our journey's of the US of A. It's a great feeling to wake up to that. Time passes, breakfast comes and goes. We were now waiting for our friends to wake up so we can nap and watch some movies. Finally, the friends wake up and we head on over. In the blink of an eye I was on the couch ready to pass out, but alas, we were to partake in movies for the afternoon. We started off the afternoon with "Cheech And Chong's Up In Smoke" followed by "Predator" then the entire first season of "30 Rock." I was going in and out of all the movies, sleep was just too good. As the movies ended, we decided to head on over to the venue which was an artspace called "The Stove." This place is normally an art gallery that hosts shows to underground bands. Nothing is more respectable than that. The gentlemen who ran the project were very nice and definitely made us feel welcome. The show was great, the kids were awesome and extremely supportive. All in all it was a great show. As we were hanging and drinking some Tecate in the back patio, we were notified that the movie "No Country For Old Men" was filmed in Albuquerque. Well some of it anyway. So we were told that the climax of the movie at the "Desert Sands Hotel" was just a few short blocks away. Well, there was abolustely no way we were not GOING to see this! We headed on out to go check out some movie history. So we all took pictures out in front of the pool, street sign, and of course the room where it all happens. Pictures are going to come soon... As we arrived back at our friends house, we decided to all clean up and watch the movie our "friends" had been hootin' and hollerin' about all day... CHICANO BLOOD. Let's just say that we lasted about 40 minutes in before there was a revolt from our band to have this movie taken off. I will admit, there are BRILLIANT movie quotes. The comedic value is pretty good. So you should definitely try and watch even just a little bit of this "movie." More to come in the next few days....

Nothing replaces true passion.

2008-04-10T10:32:00.000-07:00

In the music industry, there are always the bands that come and go. This fad will always be an issue within the realms of underground and even main stream music. So what bands have the potential to go on and have successful run at creating the art that is music? What is considered a successful run? For me, I feel that it must be the longevity combined with constant creativity that makes a band successful. The constant progression of a band and their sound is absolutely vital in order to maintain a well oiled machine. What most bands are not understand now a days is that success is not measured on how many kids will mosh at your show, or how much merch you sell. But is measured on how many kids actually "listen" to your music!

With all that being said, we hope that some of you actually listen to music. Not for the cool factor or the most factor. We hope the art will outlive the current times of metal and hardcore, because this is a very dark time.

the funeral pyre

We put up a new song! Finally....

2008-04-03T17:58:00.000-07:00

Here is the official press release for this little snid bit of news....

THE FUNERAL PYRE debuts new music from forthcoming albumLos Angeles’THE FUNERAL PYRE has posted a track from the band’s forthcoming record, Wounds, online at the band’s MySpace page, entitled "Black Earth.
" Scheduled for a May 27 release through Prosthetic Records, Wounds is the follow-up to 2006’s The Nature of Betrayal, which saw an early 2007 re-release through a distribution deal with Creator Destructor Records.

Recorded in February and March with producer John Haddad (Intronaut, Eyes of Fire, Abysmal Dawn), Wounds was mixed by metal legend Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, Cannibal Corpse, Through The Eyes of the Dead) and mastered by Alan Douches (Shadows Fall, Converge, Municipal Waste).
Having most recently completed a West Coast tour with Book of Black Earth, THE FUNERAL PYRE is slated to be part of Los Angeles Murderfest alongside Converge, Baroness, The Red Chord, Genghis Tron April 18 and will be embarking on a CD release-based tour in May and June throughout the United States.
Booking inquiries for TBA dates can be directed to the band’s MySpace page.

THE FUNERAL PYRE
4/18 Hollywood, CA – The Knitting Factory (Murderfest day one with Converge, The Red Chord, Baroness, Genghis Tron, more)

(Wounds US tour)
5/23 Los Angeles, CA – Relax Bar
5/24 Phoenix, AZ – TBA
5/25 Albuquerque, NM – TBA
5/26 Denver, CO – The Kingdom of Doom
5/27 Omaha, NE – TBA
5/28 Salina, KS – The Blue Goat
5/29 Tulsa, OK – Under The Mooch
5/30 Dallas, TX – TBA
5/31 Houston, TX – TBA
6/01 Beaumont, TX – TBA
6/02 Austin, TX – Red 7
6/03 San Antonio, TX – TBA
6/04 Corpus Christi, TX – The Compound
6/05 El Paso, TX – Corona
6/06 Tucson, AZ – TBA
6/07 Yuma, AZ – Bucklin Park
6/08 Las Vegas, NV – TBA
6/09 Stateline, NV – Tahoe Underground
6/10 Portland, OR – Rotture (Joe Preston’s Mancampus)
6/11 Eugene, OR – TBA
6/12 San Francisco, CA – Annie’s Social Club
6/13 Fresno, CA – The Exit

Tracking completed, mixing to take place. Final tracklisting.

2008-02-28T17:23:00.000-08:00

Hey there everybody,

So we have spent the last 2 weeks tracking our new record with John Haddad. What a swell time it was indeed. We're happy with the way it has come out thus far, as we hope you will be too. We're actually sending the record over to Florida to have Eric Rutan mix it down. We will have a finalized cover for you soon, with hopefully a new myspace layout as we are all sure as hell tired of the one we have. With all that being said, I'm going to give you the final tracklisting to our record. The artwork will be posted as soon as we have a finalized version.

"Wounds"

Thieves
Black Earth
The Gathering Bones
Wounds
These Ties That Bind
Arches Of Existence
When The Light Ends
Devourer
Ghost Walker

There it is. The final tracklisting for our 3rd record. We hope that you people will enjoy it. We have worked extremely hard in the last 2 years putting this together. Thank you for your time/patience/support.

Cheers,
The Funeral Pyre

Returning home, recording new album.

2008-01-23T14:04:00.000-08:00

We just wrapped up our west coast tour with the almighty BOOK OF BLACK EARTH. Was it fun, you ask? All you need to do is look at this one picture.

That proof enough? I believe so.

Now that we have that out of the way, I (John) as well as everyone else in The Funeral Pyre would like to collectively thank all of the rad dudes in BOOK OF BLACK EARTH. We had an amazing time and cannot wait to hit the road with you guys again. Many hails.

We record our new album "Wounds" in a few weeks with John Haddad (Intronaut, Abysmal Dawn, Eyes Of Fire) then we send it off to Eric Rutan (Hate Eternal, Cannibal Corpse, TTEOTD) to mix this bad boy down. We are extremely excited to do this record with these two gentlemen and are also excited to have some of you kids hear this new record. We have been playing 3 new songs live at our shows, which we've had really great feedback on. So thank you to those who's attention was on us during the show and not the hot girls walking around in tight pants. We appreciate it.

Lastly, we're going to revamp our merch section, get some new designs, and hopefully you will buy them. Maybe you won't, but we're willing to take that risk.

Don't expect a tour till summer, Southern California, don't expect any shows really, maybe 1 from now until summer.

Until then, stay safe, worship satan, do drugs.

In Time.

The Funeral Pyre

Cleaning the slate, the year is changing.

2007-12-07T17:27:00.000-08:00

Well, another year has passed by us in our short life. A lot has changed, but one thing remains the same. We're still chugging away at our new record. I figured I'd keep you kids posted, well those of you that actually keep tabs on what we're doing. That's probably not a lot of you.... oh well!

In other news, we are gearing up for a little west coast run with the black/death metallers who go by the name of BOOK OF BLACK EARTH. Supreme blasphemy at it's finest. Here's a flyer equipped with tour dates for this little endeavor.

This is DEFINITELY THE LAST tour for our second record, "The Nature Of Betrayal."
We'll have some merch, maybe a new shirt design, we haven't decided yet.
But scope out the dates, promote the show. Help us out.

In time.

The Funeral Pyre

For the true and passionate lovers of music.

2007-11-05T16:26:00.000-08:00

That's such a great Shai Hulud song. Well, I mean, Shai Hulud is probably one of the best bands to ever exist, but that's neither here nor there. On to the news about TFP........

-Album-
In this "blog" you will find information pertaining to our record that is currently in the works. The title I have been kicking around for this 3rd record is "Wounds." I'm not sure how you people will react to this, but, it's not really bothering me. I feel that this title sums up the lyrical content to a T. Which is what I am excited about. We are finishing songs, playing them live and fine tuning what will be the 3rd installment in the Funeral Pyre career of metal. It's been a long time already, to think that we're already on our 3rd record!? Nobody would have ever guessed we'd be here. I mean, we're not popular or anything, but hey, I like to think that we've accomplished a lot! If you have heard any of the new songs live, I'd really enjoy if you could give us some feedback about what you thought of them. These songs will be different then "The Nature Of Betrayal" but yet the same..... It's a big cycle we go through, you hear the same music, but it sounds different. How does that work? I'm not quite sure, but you will find out in 2008.

-Merch-
We still have a bunch of merch for sale. So help us pay off some bills by supporting. We'll also be redesigning our little myspace webshop here in the near future. Once I get my shit together. So look for a hoodie design up there etc. Should be rad.

-Shows-
We'll be playing very select amounts of shows until the new year. But in January, we will be doing 9 shows with Book Of Black Earth from Seattle. So you can keep checking back for the dates on that. After that, we'll be recording the new record. So please do not ask us to play any shows for a while. We need a break. Just keep checking back for the dates in January.

Other than that, we'll be laying low and working a bit. You might see us at some shows or parties, or whatever. So if you do, don't be a schmuck, come up and say hi!

Until then....
Worship satan.

The Funeral Pyre

Tour - Half Way Point

2007-10-13T12:52:00.001-07:00

With the tour starting on a Saturday, we figured we could get this tour off to a great start. Soledad is a always amazing, so we set up and play one of our finest shows. The kids were amazing. Apiary destroyed the stage. Mayhem ensued.

So we head up to Oregon for some rainy and cold weather, but some amazing scenery and great people. Eugene, Portland, and up in Washington with Seattle and Spokane. Great shows all the way around. The Pacific Northwest is an amazing experience and we'll definitely be coming back.

Now, we start the second half of the tour. Tonight, with Downey, CA at the Epic Lounge. There are definitely a lot more experiences awaiting as we start this second leg. So if you're in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and finally San Diego, then come on out to these last shows.

Come on out, we'd love to have you.

Just launched, new blog.

2007-10-03T18:12:00.000-07:00

Well here we have a new chapter for the F Pyre, now, we will be keeping you (those of you who care enough to check this thing) up to date on the haps with us. We don't like using myspace, so essentially, this will become our "Homepage" per se'. So, let's give a warm welcome to thefuneralpyre66.blogspot.com as this is a new chapter in our already undesirable career.

Here's some news for you - 10/3/2007
- We leave for tour on Friday, October 5th with one of the best bands out currently, Apiary. We are so excited to leave with them again it really cannot be explained by words. So, go check them out (www.myspace.com/apiary)

- This week, we spent a few nights with the almighty, Light This City. They were/are on tour with Edguy, so we went to hang out and show our support for one of the best bands in the world, not to mention the best people in the world. www.myspace.com/lightthiscity

- In other news, we'll be receiving some brand new hoodies for you kids to buy. Those will be available on the webshop (myspace shop) once we return home from this trek.

- Lastly, we'll be recording a new album in January. Once we return home from tour, I will announce an album title. We will also be doing daily updates from the road.

Hell Awaits,
The Funeral Pyre