The Funeral Orchestra [TFO]

Biography

Born from the abyss in the year 2002, The Funeral Orchestra emerged as an omen of desolation and decay. Draped in black robes and veiled by golden masks, their presence is both haunting and unrelenting. What began as the solitary creation of Nicklas Rudolfsson, initially bearing the name Total Funeral Omega, soon transformed into the apocalyptic entity known as The Funeral Orchestra.

Through two decades of darkness, Rudolfsson, under the alias Priest I, has remained the unwavering architect of this auditory void, crafting hymns of doom and death that resonate like the final tolling of a funerary bell. The project’s essence has been fluid; members have come and gone, their shadows flickering like dying candles, yet the core - Priest I’s vision remains unbroken.

The current lineup comprises three so-called Priests, cloaked in mystery and unified in their apocalyptic purpose. Among them, one is also enshrouded in the esoteric blackness of Irkallian Oracle, further entwining the band’s lineage with the realms of arcane and ritualistic death.

To call The Funeral Orchestra a band would be a misstep. It is a ritual, a project summoned in sporadic bursts of creation, its existence tethered to nothing but the pull of the abyss. Live appearances have been scarce and solemn, their echoes heard in the shadows of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark - each performance a singular descent into oblivion.

Only two full-length albums have risen from the tomb, "Feeding The Abyss" in 2003 and "Negative Evocation Rites" in 2020. Yet, the echoes of The Funeral Orchestra’s despair stretch far beyond. Countless primitive demos, raw and visceral, have seeped into the world like toxic fumes, many finding their way to obscure releases. Songs exist in multiple incarnations, shifting and evolving like specters trapped between dimensions.

The future of The Funeral Orchestra is as uncertain as the end of days. While no path has been carved in stone, whispers from the void suggest a third full-length album may emerge, an inevitable prophecy of doom yet to be fulfilled.

The Funeral Orchestra: a minimal, apocalyptic death ritual. An eternal lament in the face of the end.

Discography

Main albums

Negative Evocation Rites
Year: 2020
Label: Nuclear War Now! (LP)

Feeding The Abyss
Year: 2003
Label: Aftermath Music (CD), Parasitic Records (DLP)

Other releases

Inexistentia
Year: 2022
Label: Parasitic Records (CD, LP)
Note: Split with Grave Upheaval. Featuring the tracks "Emptiness Exists" and "Death Persists".

Funeral Death - Apocalyptic Plague Ritual II
Year: 2022
Label: Ablaze Productions (CD)
Note: This should not be considered an official main full-length album, as it only includes one new song and a session of re-recordings of older tracks.

Total Funeral Omega - Compilation of demos 2002
Year: 2022
Label: Ablaze Productions (CD)
Note: This should not be considered an official main full-length album. Compilation of old demos from 2002.

Negative Evocations
Year: 2020
Label: Nirucon Productions (CDr, digital)
Note: 3 track EP.

Apocalyptic Plague Ritual
Year: 2020
Label: Eclectic Records (DCD)
Note: Double CD with Feeding The Abyss CD reissue. This should not be considered an official main full-length album, as it includes a session of re-recordings of older tracks.

Vomit Desolation (Korp - Four No! Reason)
Year: 2017
Label: Aftermath Music (Vinyl)
Note: Compilation vinyl featuring the track "Vomit Desolation" from demo recorded 2011.

The Northern Lights II
Year: 2010
Label: Aftermath Music (LP)
Note: Split with Ocean Chief. Featuring the demo session track "Den Mörka Shamanens Glöd".

ODO
Year: 2008
Label: Aftermath Music (7" vinyl)
Note: Two tracks from rough demo session.

Slow Shalt Be The Whole Of The Law
Year: 2006
Label: Aftermath Music (CD)
Note: This should not be considered an official main full-length album. Reissue of demo session recorded 2002.

We Are The End
Year: 2003
Label: TFO (CDr)
Note: Demo session recoreded 2003.

Total Funeral Omega
Year: 2002
Label: TFO
Note: Demo session recoreded 2002.

Necronaut Demo 2002
Year: 2002
Label: TFO
Note: One track demo. Early version of the track "Necronaut" recoreded 2002.