Description

Philadelphia post-metal veterans ROSETTA returned in 2017 with Utopioid, their sixth, critically acclaimed full-length album and most concept-driven work to date.

The band will be embarking on an extensive tour of Europe in October and November supporting THE OCEAN on their upcoming albums headline tour. On the occasion of this, we are re-issuing the preceding 2 albums on vinyl: 2013s The Anaesthete and 2015s Quintessential Ephemera.

While the latter saw ROSETTA expand to a 5-piece and use melodic vocals for the first time, The Anaesthete emphasizes the dark and dismal side of ROSETTA.

After concluding a decade-long partnership with Translation Loss Records in 2013, ROSETTA embraced their newfound independence in 2013 with this self-funded, pay-as-you-wish album a great success, recouping costs in 24 hours and remaining the top-selling release on Bandcamp for nearly a month.

Informed as much by the minimal soundscapes of STARS OF THE LID as by the pulverizing weight of GODFLESH and drone / doom influences, ROSETTAs compositions have a spaced-out, exploratory feel, appropriately dubbed metal for astronauts.

2LP Coloured Vinyl pressing

1. Ryu / Tradition
2. Fudo / the Immovable Deity
3. In & Yo / Dualities of the Way
4. Oku / the Secrets
5. Hodoku / Compassion
6. Myo / the Miraculous
7. Hara / the Center
8. Ku /emptiness
9. Shugyo / Austerity