Funeral Oration were a hardcore punk band from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, formed in 1983 and split up in 1999.
The band started off in 1983 releasing a few demo tapes and long since out of print albums that never gained any attention outside of the local scene in Amsterdam.
After the release of their second LP in 1987 another 7-inch EP, "The More We Know", was released in 1989 and at the end of the year material for a new album was recorded, but a hiatus in the band caused its late release. "Say No To Life" LP was finally put out in 1993 on WRF Records.
This record gave a hint of what would become their definitive sound in the 1990s catchier melodies and better production, still keeping the edge of their previous albums.
After almost five years of silence the band recorded their CD debut "Punk Rock Nation". The album was released by WRF Records in 1994.
In the mid-1990s, the launch of American punk label Hopeless Records brought a request to have the band revived for a second run. The band recorded three albums for Hopeless, along with a discography collection. Funeral Oration called it quits for a second time in 1999.
Band members:
Peter Zirschky - vocals, guitar
Tos Nieuwenhuizen - guitar
Hayo Buunk - guitar
William Steinhauser - bass
Ferry Fidom - drums.
"The Godsend" is a cassette by Funeral Oration, self-released in 1984.
The demo came in a brown bag and included a 2-sided insert, folded poster and a sticker.
Tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Silent Majority
3. Hell-Age
4. Kill Kill
5. Walls
6. Demented
7. Sacrificed
8. Could Have Known
9. Going Further
10. Send From Heaven
11. Why Should I
12. Getting Nowhere
13. Nothing To Give
14. Sinking Down
15. A.W.S.
16. Poison
17. For Miles
18. Outro
VBR ~262K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Communion" is the debut studio album by Funeral Oration, released in 1985 on Diehard Records.
The album was reissued in 1997 on Nasty Vinyl including the 12" "Shadowland", self-released in 1984.
Tracks:
1-15 LP Communion
16-22 12" Shadowland.
Tracklisting:
1. For The Better
2. Go Free Go Home
3. Day Fall
4. Slipping Out
5. Down On Me
6. Anyone Can Tell
7. Deep In Ground
8. The Heart Of All
9. Without Name
10. Motherlode
11. Like Dying
12. Nothing Is Sacred
13. Emptiness
14. I Don't Need It
15. Communion
16. Live In Lies
17. Never Change
18. Get By
19. Ultra-Waste
20. For Miles
21. The Wishing
22. Shadowland
VBR ~285K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Survival" is a 7" by Funeral Oration, released in 1986 on Remedy Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Lies For Survival
2. Days
3. Isn't It So/Tomorrow Never Comes
VBR ~267K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Funeral Oration" is the second studio album by Funeral Oration, released in 1987 on Swaddle Records.
Tracklisting:
1. Here We Go Again
2. This Time
3. No Longer
4. The Wishing
5. Overland
6. The Aim I Choose
7. Used To Be
8. It Ain't Easy
9. Like Any Other Life
10. We Are Not One
11. Failers Fall
12. If You Can
13. Didn't Want To Die
14. To The Fire
15. Would You Understand
16. Find A Way
17. Tell It Like It Is
18. This Ain't Heaven
VBR ~262K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
