I like Thergothon and the other cool crushing stuff from Finland such as Unholy and Skepticism. diSEMBOWELMENT are also amazing, although they may be a little closer to doom/death, but they were influential on funeral doom!
Funeral doom was actually most favourite at a time, particularly Thergothon. Both the theme and the music. Lovecraft and Tolkien have indeed inspired a lot many bands.