How to Survive a Funeral

How to Survive a Funeral is the fourth studio album by Australian metalcore band Make Them Suffer. The album was released digitally on 19 June 2020, and had a physical release date three weeks later on 10 July.[6] It was produced by Drew Fulk and Jeff Dunne. The album's release date was changed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] This is also the last album to feature keyboardist/vocalist Booka Nile. Metal Hammer named it as the 36th best metal album of 2020.[1]

How to Survive a Funeral
Studio album by
Released19 June 2020 (2020-06-19)
Recorded2019–2020
Genre
Length35:14
Label
  • Rise (Worldwide)
  • Greyscale (Australia & New Zealand)
Producer
Make Them Suffer chronology
Worlds Apart
(2017)
How to Survive a Funeral
(2020)
Make Them Suffer
(2024)
Singles from How to Survive a Funeral
  1. "Erase Me"
    Released: 19 March 2020[3]
  2. "Drown with Me"
    Released: 13 April 2020[4]
  3. "Soul Decay"
    Released: 21 May 2020[5]

Track listing

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How to Survive a Funeral track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Step One"1:57
2."Falling Ashes"2:41
3."Bones"3:01
4."Drown with Me"4:02
5."Erase Me"3:44
6."Soul Decay"3:43
7."Fake Your Own Death"2:54
8."How to Survive a Funeral"4:26
9."The Attendant"4:33
10."That's Just Life"4:08
Total length:35:14

Personnel

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Credits adapted from AllMusic.[8]

Make Them Suffer

  • Sean Harmanis – unclean vocals, additional clean vocals
  • Nick McLernon – guitars, backing vocals
  • Jaya Jeffrey – bass
  • Jordan Mather – drums
  • Booka Nile – keyboards, piano, clean vocals

Production Personnel

  • Drew Fulk – production, engineering, drums
  • Jeff Dunne – engineering, production

Charts

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Chart performance for How to Survive a Funeral
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 17

References

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  1. ^ a b "The 50 best metal albums of 2020". Metal Hammer. Future plc. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Album Review: Make Them Suffer - 'How To Survive A Funeral'". killyourstereo.com. 18 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Make Them Suffer Announce New Album, Stream First Single". MetalSucks. 20 March 2020.
  4. ^ ""Drown With Me": Make Them Suffer Debut "Really F*cked Up Love Song"". MetalSucks. 14 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Make Them Suffer's New Song Could Make Your "Soul Decay"". MetalSucks. 20 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Make Them Suffer Push Forward Release Of New Album "How To Survive A Funeral"". ThePRP. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Make Them Suffer delay fourth album, 'How To Survive A Funeral'!". Dead Press!. 21 May 2020.
  8. ^ "How To Survive A Funeral - Make Them Suffer". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Make Them Suffer – How to Survive a Funeral". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 August 2020.