Release Date: June 14th 2026. Record Label: Skullism Recirds. Formats: DD
Funeral Wounds - Tracklisting
1.BURN THE BADGE 05:08
2.CULT SHIT 03:13
3.UNDER THE CURSE (Ft. Bagus Arya) 04:39
4.WE GONNA DIE 02:02
5.FUNERAL WOUNDS 07:35
Review
Funeral Wounds is the debut release from Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metallers Ganar Fvzz who take influence from the likes of Church Of Misery, Electric Wizard, BONGZILLA and WEEDEATER with a fast-paced violent FUZZ METAL energy being present throughout. This isn’t the most original music you’ll hear but if you’re a dedicated follower or practitioner of the LOW & SLOW and DISTORTED AMPLIFIER movement then you’ll find much to enjoy here.
There are some epic sludgy grooves that edges Ganar Fvzz to the likes of High On Fire in places which you can hear on the superb opening tracks of Burn The Badge and Cult Shit. The EP is quite forthright with the song titles and Doom Metal imagery that appears within the lyrics which is made even more threatening by the excellent lead vocals.
The vocals are quite harsh but very easy to understand. The seedy Sludge/Stoner Metal landscape soon goes fully into WEEDIAN territory where the music becomes heavier, aggressive and faster which allows everything to flow with a more dominant DOOM & GLOOM energy on the later stages of the record.
Funeral Wounds is quite a nasty record but it’s one with the usual Stoner Metal charm where the music is quite direct with a sludgy and fuzzed up metal attitude allowing the band to generate some epic riffs that fill the atmosphere with pure OCCULT based tension. The LOW & SLOW approach wins the day though especially on tracks Under The Curse, We Gonna Die and the sublime title track which allows the EP to end on a quite dramatic and droned out finish.
Funeral Wounds is a solid and highly satisfactory EP from the Indonesian Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal scene and I’m hoping to hear more great records from that part of the world especially if they’re musically and technically impressive as Ganar Fvzz.
Words by Steve Howe
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