Funeral For A Friend – Chapter And Verse

It’s been a long road for Funeral For A Friend: since emerging at the turn of the millennium they’ve solidified themselves as stalwarts of British post-hardcore. Following up 2013’s ‘Conduit’, the Welsh band are back with ‘Chapter and Verse’ and, after returning to their more aggressive roots with the last record, they’re even more wonderfully rough-around-the-edges this time around.

With their most recent offerings, the band were heralded for their return to the melding together of metal and melodic hardcore but it’s on ‘Chapter and Verse’ that that rings most true. While ‘Stand By Me For The Millionth Time’ blasts into life with a guttural punch, ‘You’ve Got A Bad Case Of The Religions’ captures that same shot of adrenaline that punctuated so much of their early material. ‘Modern Excuse of a Man’ is relentless throughout its 110 second lifespan, while ‘You Should Be Ashamed Of Yourself’ is another glorious slice of impassioned energy.