The Funeral Portrait Teams Up With Ivan Moody For Cinematic Video For "Holy Water"

Emo rock band The Funeral Portrait has just unveiled "Holy Water" featuring Five Finger Death Punch's Ivan Moody. The Funeral Portrait, formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2014, consists of members Lee Jennings on vocals, Cody Weissinger on guitar, Caleb Freihaut on guitars and back up vocals, Robert Weston on bass, and lastly Homer Umbanhowar on drums. On Friday, March 21st, 2024, the band has just unleashed new cinematic music video for "Holy Water" via Better Noise Music.

With the combination of Jennings' and Moody's vocals, both vocalists brought the song to life. The music video as a whole symbolizes it's dark, gothic, spooky-macabre aesthetic. The track will be featured on The Funeral Portrait's deluxe album of 'Greetings From Suffocate City', known as 'Greetings From Suffocate City From Beyond The Abyss: (DELUXE)', which will be released to the public on June 13th, 2025 via Better Noise Music.

The guys in The Funeral Portrait are known for putting out extremely powerful singles that shares the theme of overcoming mental health struggles and overpowering your inner demons. You must not give those demons controlling your life the strength; you must fight those demons in order to be let free. Vocalist Lee Jennings has dedicated so much thoughts and emotion within his song writing to create catchy riffs, and choruses to fans to sing along to. I've seen The Funeral Portrait twice and seeing the growth all of these guys have is absolutely insane. Throughout their discography, the band has released numerous collaborations to their tracks, for example: Lilith Czar, Amanda Lyberg of Eva Under Fire, Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills, Danny Worsnop of Asking Alexandria and now Ivan Moody from Five Finger Death Punch. The band has shared yesterday how they have also reached one million monthly listeners on Spotify.

Lee Jennings shares to fans about the track:

“‘Holy Water’ has always been one of the most personal and cathartic songs I’ve ever written...It’s about confronting your darkest moments and finding the strength to cleanse yourself of the weight they carry. Seeing the connection it’s made with fans, especially during our live shows, has been beyond powerful—watching the crowd scream the lyrics back at us is proof that music really can heal. Having Ivan Moody join us on this track took it to another level. His energy, passion, and personal story made him the perfect voice to help tell this chapter, and we couldn’t be more honored to have him be part of it.”

About the track, Ivan Moody shares:

“Before our tour together, I wasn’t too familiar with The Funeral Portrait’s music, so I didn’t know what to expect.. But after watching them night after night, seeing how they commanded the stage and connected with the crowd, I was absolutely hooked. The passion, intensity, and raw emotion they bring to their performances make them one of the most exciting new bands out there. And Lee’s voice? Absolutely incredible—one of my favorite new singers! We had talked about collaborating before the tour, but the timing never worked out. Then, while speeding down the highway, I heard ‘Holy Water’ on the radio and couldn’t help but sing along. What an amazing track! It immediately brought back the idea of working together, so I hit up Lee about the possibility of me redoing the song with them. Luckily, he was all in—and here we are….the rest is history."

After wrapping up a tour with Catch Your Breath, The Funeral Portrait has a handful of shows coming up that you do NOT want to miss out on. I've seen this band live and they put on an insane theatrical performance. The band will be seen on a mini run with Underoath that will begin on April 14th until April 16th. The Funeral Portrait will also be hitting the road with horror fanatics Ice Nine Kills, starting on April 30th until June 11th. They will also be making their grand appearance on the 30th anniversary of Vans Warped Tour in Long Beach, California on July 26th and July 27th as well as other festivals such as Louder Than Life, Rocklahoma, Welcome To Rockville and Rock Fest. Make sure to go catch these talented guys live, I am telling you, you will NOT regret it.