Rosetta (band)
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Rosetta performing in Richmond, Virginia in 2008
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Post-metal, sludge metal, space rock |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Translation Loss |
| Website | www |
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Rosetta is an American post-metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania incorporating elements of post-hardcore,shoegazing, drone, post-rock, avant-garde and ambient, with influences as diverse as Neurosis and 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.
Rosetta's members were all acquaintances in high school, and had played in various bands until they decided to play a last minute gig on August 20, 2003, after only three practice sessions, and improvised the entire show. Following this, they proceeded to write more songs, play more shows, and eventually record a four-song demo album, which picked up interest from Translation Loss Records.
Their debut album, The Galilean Satellites, featured two separate hour-long discs (one of more metal-oriented music, and one of ambience) 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.
The band's second release, Project Mercury, a split with Balboa, was released April 24, 2007. After a full United States tour in July, the band's second full-length album, entitled Wake/Lift, was released on October 2, again through Translation Loss. The release of Wake/Lift was accompanied by selected United States touring and followed by a June 2008 Australian tour.
In 2009, the band released a 3-way split EP on vinyl only with Year of No Light and East of the Wall. One song called "Homesick" (a cover originally by The Cure) is available on the band's Myspace. A European tour followed in June of the same year.
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