Rosetta
Philadelphia quartet Rosetta push the boundaries between post-hardcore, sludge, post-metal, progressive rock, post-rock, ambient, drone, noise and space rock, with influences as diverse as Neurosis, Isis, My Bloody Valentine, Frodus, and Stars of the Lid. The band somewhat humorously self-describes its music as metal for astronauts, and its members are very interested in astronomy and space travel. Their first album (The Galilean Satellites, 2005) was an especially ambitious project: the goal was to record two discs of equal length (one a metal album, the other a noise/ambient/drone album), each of which could stand on its own, but played together would create a third, more intense experience. The technique fits well with the band's unique experiments in noise, sampling, feedback and power. The sheer amount of aural input means every listen becomes a new experience, allowing the listener to pick up on more and more layers within the sounds. They got the inspiration for this from the Tribes of Neurot ambient/drone companion record to 1999's Times of Grace by the mighty Neurosis. Their next album (Wake/Lift, 2007) was a bit more restrained, but for this reason, really allows the band's songwriting to solidify and proves them worthy of the mainstream of the avant-metal world. It should be noted this record also has an ambient/drone/noise counterpart entitled Cleansing Undertones of Wake/Lift but this time, it was not released as part of the same album as with Satellites, it i...
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Ayil
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Je N'en Connais Pas la Fin
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Wake
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Red in Tooth and Claw
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Release
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Blue Day for Croatoa
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Revolve
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Renew
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A Determinism of Morality
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Europa
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Lift (Part 1)
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Monument
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Absent
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Lift (Part 2)
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Lift (Part 3)
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Départe
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(Temet Nosce)
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Au Pays Natal
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Deneb
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Itinérant
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Capella
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Beta Aquilae
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Ross 128
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Sol
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Ryu / Tradition
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Homesick
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Fudo / The Immovable Deity
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In & Yo / Dualities of the Way
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Hodoku / Compassion
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Oku / The Secrets
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Clavius
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Myo / The Miraculous
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TMA-1
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Hara / The Center
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Ku / Emptiness
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Soot
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Shugyo / Austerity
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Absent/Beta Aquilae
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Europa/Capella
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Seven Years With Nothing To Show
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Au Pays Natal/Sol
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Départe/Deneb
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So Warm A Solitude
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Les Mots Et Les Choses
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Pegasus
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Homesick (The Cure Cover)
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Itinérant/Ross 128
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TMA-3
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After the Funeral
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(Untitled I)
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