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Funeral For A Friend

Funeral for a Friend’s energized blend of emo, metal, and post-hardcore was created by vocalist Matt Davies, guitarists Kris Roberts and Darran Smith, bassist Gareth Davies, and drummer Randy Richards. The Welsh quintet first appeared in 2002 with a series of EPs and singles that helped land the group on the cover of Kerrang! magazine, a recognition of the band’s growing hype that, in turn, earned a record deal with Warner Music. Funeral for a Friend’s debut full-length, Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation, was then issued in October 2003. It was not given a concurrent U.S. release; instead, the seven-track mini-CD Seven Ways to Scream Your Name (collecting non-album tracks from the earlier EPs) appeared domestically via the New Jersey indie label Ferret. Meanwhile, Funeral for a Friend embarked on a series of high-profile touring engagements, including a series of European dates opening for Iron Maiden.

Touring continued through summer 2004 and the band returned in June 2005 with Hours, their second full-length; more touring followed, including the band’s first stint on the Warped Tour. The guys also picked up that year’s Kerrang! award for Best British Band. In 2007 Funeral for a Friend issued their next album, Tales Don’t Tell Themselves, subsequently jumping on the road for headlining dates in the U.K. and U.S. before spending the summer on the Warped Tour. Memory and Humanity followed shortly thereafter, arriving during the final quarter of 2008 and featuring the band’s familiar mix of emo-influenced songcraft and uplifting anthemic rock.

Funeral For a Friend released Memory and Humanity (2008) with Victory Records.

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