Rose Funeral Albums (2)
'The Resting Sonata'
Release Date 1/20/2009
Tracks 11
Label Metal Blade
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What The Critics Say
The delightful sounds of agonizing torture -- a fitting description of Rose Funeral's 2009 release, Resting Sonata. You can run but you can't hide from this hailstorm of part Cookie Monster/part Wicked Witch vocals and mathematically improbable riffs and blast beats. The lyrics? Good luck trying to decipher them without the aid of a lyric sheet, but with such titles as "Sodomizer," "Remain in Dirt," and "Left to Rot," it's all one long flogging of extreme metal fury. As with many bands that fit under the "extreme metal" umbrella, there's not an awful lot of variety here, but by this point, it's almost become a prerequisite with this metallic style/approach. Prepare to be dominated! ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide
'E Crucify Kill Rot'
Release Date 3/5/2007
Tracks 10
Label Siege Of Amida
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What The Critics Say
Cincinnati metal band Rose Funeral revel in metal at its most brutal and bludgeoning. This is ominous and imperative death metal, right down to the downtuned, chugging guitar riffs and low, incoherent growls (which are often counterpointed by witchey shrieks). "The Well" is an upbeat earthquake of stuttering staccato drum-batteries and power chords, while "Sledge Hammer Face-Lift" is a sort of piece de resistance of darkness and scariness, dropping brutal drum and guitar bombs, with the low gurgling vocals and the feline shrieks casting off against each other in vicious parries. While some death metal ends up cartoonish or caricatured while aiming at morbidity, Rose Funeral's Crucify Kill Rot never flinches or shows its hand or humanity: Prepare to have the bejesus scared out of you. This Ohio quintet is deadly serious in intention. ~ Erik Hage, All Music Guide
