Cincinnati, Ohio’s ROSE FUNERAL will release their Metal Blade debut, The Resting Sonata, on January 20th. The cover art is pictured at left.

An update from the group reads: "Rose Funeral is currently gearing up for their CC release show and tour featuring ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, BURNING THE MASSES, CONDUCTING THE GRAVE and THE BREATHING PROCESS.

The CD release show will be on January 23rd in Nashville, TN, which the band declares as their second home.

Rose Funeral also has launched a Fan Artwork Contest for the release which can be viewed here.

For tour dates and other info please check out the MySpace here."

According to a press release, Rose Funeral bring fast paced riffs, bone crushing breakdowns, and just the right amount of melody to make the group brutal yet still catchy. Their style of death metal and their unquenchable drive to be successful has helped them rise among the ranks of the finest in underground American metal bands.

Rose Funeral’s first demo, Buried Beneath The Blood, was self-recorded and self-released in March of 2006. The demo was followed quickly by the release of their EP, Crucify.Kill.Rot, in August of 2006. The EP was well accepted among their fans in the tri-state area and helped to further their national presence. It was enough for them to get picked up by Siege of Amida Records, who re-released Crucify.Kill.Rot in March of 2007.

While promoting their debut, they toured and played shows with: THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, UNEARTH, WALLS OF JERICHO, THE RED CHORD, ANIMOSITY and more.

Their numerous regional and national tours helped gained the attention of Metal Blade Records and by early 2008, they had landed a deal. Since then, Rose Funeral has been hard at work continuing to tour across North America as well as writing their Metal Blade debut. The Resting Sonata is the title of that debut and will, no doubt, solidify them as one of the best up and coming young death metal bands in the US.

The Resting Sonata will contain the following 11 songs: 'Exordium The Fall Of Christ' (intro), 'Sodomizer', 'God Demise', 'Remain In Dirt', 'Left To Rot', 'The Resting Sonata', 'Redeemer', 'Created To Kill', 'Embalming', 'Buried Beneath', 'Dawning The Resurrection: Verse II'.