Dark Funeral

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating

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Last 12 Months Rating

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Critic Consensus

Based on 28 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Dark Funeral is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Dark Funeral concert reviews describe live shows and performances as raucous.

ON TOUR

House of Blues Anaheim, Anaheim, CA, United States (October 19); The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, United States (October 20); Showbox SoDo, Seattle, United States (October 22); The Rave / Eagles Club, Milwaukee, United States (October 31); Agora Theatre & Ballroom, Cleveland, United States (November 1); Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, United States (November 6); New Brookland Tavern, Columbia, United States (November 12); The Beacham, Orlando, FL, United States (November 13); Vibes Event Center, San Antonio, United States (November 16); Heaven at The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA, United States (November 19); Eriksbergshallen, Göteborg, Sweden (November 23); Effenaar, Netherlands, Netherlands (December 13); Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland (December 14)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

Maryland Deathfest 2025

May 21 - 25, 2025

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Latest Release

Dark Funeral (30th Anniversary Edition) (9 August 2024)

Artist Info

Genre

metal

Origin

Stockholm, Stockholm municipality, Stockholms lan, Sweden (1993 - present)

Bio

Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.

Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

New Noise Magazine (USA)

June 5, 2023

Dark Funeral, Cattle Decapitation, and More at The Metro in Chicago, IL

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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

May 9, 2023

Death Metal Has Undergone Significant Evolutions Since Its Unholy Inception Forty Years Ago. What Was Once A Small Pocketed Collection Of Bands Pushing Heavy Music To Unfathomable New Depths, Today, The Scene Is Enormous With A Large Quota Of Killer Bands Deploying A Host Of Varying Soundscapes From Death Metal’S Diver

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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

August 28, 2022

As the first festival in our world to make its triumphant return last year following the pandemic, Bloodstock Festival was a saving grace for so many people who had been starved of live music in the age of lockdowns.

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Ambient Light (New Zealand)

April 1, 2019

On the eve of September 11th, a date in recent history synonymous with infamous tragic events, Auckland's extreme metal fans gathered at Whammy! to acknowledge and dwell upon the horrific capabilities of the human species at its very core alongside Swedish black metallers Dark Funeral.

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