Rosetta

Hailing from the great city of Philadelphia Rosetta is an American art metal band incorporating elements of post-hardcore, drone music, and ambient music creating a sprawling, atmospheric sound similar to Neurosis and Isis.

Rosetta brings an original mix of styles to the table they have mesh a good mix of ambient and minimalistic melodies that bring to mind the powerful easy listening sounds of pelican. Yet the still can categorize themselves into the metal ranking by having a dark and sludge world wind of riffs and creative song structure. It seems like the mighty Isis has left many young bands with a raw taste of experimenting in the post-metal scene then it has in recent years.

They presents a rich sonic environment where elements are progressively constructed in a linear manner and broken down with a hauntingly subtle brute force. Compositionally, Rosetta can be likened to a band exploring the post-rock or metal into something that keep your ears hooked.Rosetta is a perfect example that this style of music is going to be rising up and hopefully taking over the boring At The Gates Rip-off metalcore bands.

Their debut album, The Galilean Satellites, featured two separate hour-long discs (one of more metal-oriented music, and one of ambiance) that synchronize together. Although originally intended to be one disc of metal tracks sandwiched by ambient ones, the band had enough material to cover two discs.

Tracklist
01. Red In Tooth And Claw
02. Lift (Part 1)
03. Lift (Part 2)
04. Lift (Part 3)
05. Wake
06. (Temet Nosce)
07. Monument
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[The band's name does not come from the Rosetta Stone, but was chosen rather for its femininity and beauty. It is also, coincidentally, the name of a satellite used to study comets and an orbit type.]