Funerus is confirmed to Play the NIHIL'zine - Extreme Metal Festival in Milan Italy on Sunday January 4th 2004. The fest will also include Incantation (USA), Zyklon (Norway), Seth (France), Enthroned (Belgium), The Tombers (Italy), Northern Tod (Italy) and more. To download a printable show poster click here.

Finally, Funerus has completed it’s first major tour: the Festering Earth North American Tour 2003! Brutal thanks must go out to Ed (and his band Mortuus Terror) for doing a great job helping all the bands sound sick every night, and DISGORGE for being a great bunch of metal heads to tour with. We hope our paths cross again someday!

Killer thanks to the promoters who really came through in putting on some good shows, keep doing what you do! To those who blew it, well, eat raw sewage! Thanks should definitely go to people like Garth and Trish, as well as Rhonda and Tom for showing us great hospitality. Sorry to those we had to cancel on because of transportation problems. Hopefully we will return in the future.

Also, thanks to Rick and the guys at Dark Realm Records in Downey/LA for letting us stink up the place and sign some flyers, Enrique and his Music Obscured shop; Louis, Erick and Serpens Aeon; Roberto and Infinitum Obscure; Laura and Warface and all of the other sick bands we played with. Also, thanks to Alex/Blackthorn of Thornspawn for being a true metal warrior.

STAY BRUTAL AND HAIL EL DISGORGIO!!!

Photos from the Bloodlust fest in Sydney Australia now up click here to view.

Two new Mp3's from the "Festering Earth" album are now posted. Click here

Funerus is proud to announce the band will be working with SonicDeath records from Brazil for the South Anerican release of the Festering Earth cd. For more info visit the SonicDeath website at sonicdeath.com

The “Rotting with your christ” Show in LA with Incantation, Disgorge, & Funerus is confirmed.
August 4, 2003 at: Stardust, 7643 E. Firestone blvd. , Downey. Ca. Admission is only $8.00, and just blocks down from Dark Realm Records. Club phone 562-928-5503, other info: 323-728-3260
Incantation & Funerus will also be doing a in-store at Dark Realm Records before the LA show on August 4th 2003 at 6PM. For more info call Dark Realm Records at: 562-923-2599

Funerus is proud to announce that their debut cd "Festering Earth" is completed and a hand numbered limited first edition pressing will be available on the upcoming tour with Incantation and Disgorge.
Check the "shows" section for updated list of tour dates.

Funerus was scheduled to play the pre-Blodlust show on Friday June 27th in Sydney Austalia with Oni, Miscreation, Grenade, and Incantation. On the way to the show, being driven by a roadie from Incantations "Blasphemy Down Under" tour, members of Funerus and Incantation were involved in a high speed motor vehicle accident, resulting in ambulance trips to the hospital for John and Jill McEntee, Kyle Severn and his wife Melissa. Both bands missed playing the pre-Bloodlust show due to all night long testing in the hospital.

Fortunatly it turned out that most injuries were minor, although everyone was very bruised and sore! Things were not looking good for Incantation to play the Bloodlust III festival due to Kyles injuries, but luckily things worked out as Dave Haley, drummer for Psycroptic, was able to learn a few Incantation songs within a matter of hours so Incantation could still do, although a very short on as compared to the 90 minute set they were playing for the tour.

Since Incantation was going to play such a short set, there was room for Funerus to be on the Bloodlust bill. Only there was short time to find a drummer to fill Kyles shoes. Cameron from Psycrotic recommened Matt from Oni, who couldn't have been a better choice! Jill was introduced to Matt at the Bloodlust fest, and after Matt listened to the Funerus cd, he eagerly agreed to help out the band. Matt learned 4 Funerus songs within a matter of hours from cd. John and Jill were able to practice the songs a few times with Matt before going onstage in front of 800 to 1,000 people.

As soon as Funerus hit the stage, a short explanation was given by Jill to the crowd as to the line-up change, due to the accident, and also because Funerus vocalist/guitarist Brad Heiple could not make the trip to Australia, leaving John McEntee to do the vocals for the show. So as a 3 piece with John, Jill and Matt, Funerus played 4 songs with a killer response from the crowd. Matt played a flawless set on drums, and Funerus hails Matt for a job well done,a true metal brother!

Funerus would also like to thank Daniel Zajc for the oppurtunity to play Bloodlust III festival in Sydney Australia

Funerus is proud to announce touring plans for this summer to support their upcoming cd. Funerus will be part of the "Rotting with your Christ" North American 2003 tour with Incantation and Disgorge. To view the tour dates please click here.

Finally after 10 years, Funerus has recorded their first cd. The cd will have 10 songs of total sewage onslaught. No decision has been made on the title. The Funerus cd will be released sometime this summer. Keep posted to the website for more info.

Funerus will be playing with IMMOLATION, GRAVE, GOATWHORE and DECEMBER on their Cleveland date at the Agora on June 1st. Funerus will also be making a very special appearance in Australia on the OFFICIAL PRE-BLOODLUST PRE-SHOW. For info on these shows click here.

Funerus will be playing the Central Illinois Deathfest on August 16, 2003. Click the link for more info. Funerus will be doing many shows in the near future, check back to the site for updates, as they will be posted when confirmed.

also new Photos from Mexico added to the Photo page.

Funerus have just returned from a killer show in St Louis. The band would like to thank Jeff and the staff at Creepy Crawl and all the sick metallers for the amazing support!

South of the Border Brutality Tour 2003 Wrap-up:

The mini-tour of Mexico w/Incantation was an awesome experience. Many thanks go out to the people who helped to make that happen, especially: Alberto Gaona and Deimos Productions (Too many thanks! You rule!) and Nelson “Pelon” (best roadie/sound/security person ever!) for everything, Arturo Setilo and his Mom (As Productions) for their help, the IRA guys for the BBQ and drinking, Veronica for the cop stories, bands we played with (Skeptic Universe, Dream of Nebiros, Dragon Spell, Malleus Malleficarum, and others), and definitely the metal warriors of Gomez Palacia/Torreon/Durango/Monterrey for making us feel welcome. And, not to mention, Incantation for having us along on their Blasfemia en Mexico tour.

An In-depth page devoted to this tour will be up soon…

Stay Brutal!

Funerus is confirmed to play a show at Revolution in Parma Ohio on December 28th with Soulless and Embers to Ashes. This is a CD release show for Soulless. For more info check the Soulless website at www.soullessdomain.com.

A Funerus interview can be viewed online at www.voicesfromthedarkside.de and www.brutalism.com (promo section). Also look out for Funerus interviews in upcoming zines "Triumph in Blasphemy" from Slovakia, and "Blood of the Ancient" from Germany.