Channeling melodic death metal and Norwegian black metal alike, LA"s " takes on the two legendary genres in what has to be billed as a welcome addition to LA"s crowded extreme music scene. Locking in over 100 shows throughout 2006 alone in support of the band"s second full length album, The Nature of Betrayal, THE FUNERAL PYRE is down and dirty, do-it yourself metal for the common man. Mixing haunting Swedish-style melody with grim blackened voices and swirling, ethereal keyboard, THE FUNERAL PYRE might best be described as a modern conglomeration of black and death metal.