Forging ahead as a fully-independent band, Rosetta returns in 2017 with Utopioid, their sixth full- length album and most concept-driven work to date. Written as a four-part song cycle that treads multipolar extremes of texture, dynamics, and harmony, it reaches the highest heights and the deepest lows of the band’s career. An unflinching study of human aspiration, frailty, and betrayal, the album is equal parts mysticism and biography. Utopioid tells a story in sounds, encapsulating and transcending the band’s 14 years of sonic experimentation.
Formed in Philadelphia in 2003 as a four-piece, Rosetta’s first two albums—2005’s The Galilean Satellites and 2007’s Wake/Lift—pulled together elements from 90s hardcore, drone, doom, and atmospheric sludge metal. Informed as much by the minimal soundscapes of Stars of the Lid as by the pulverizing weight of Godflesh, the band’s compositions had a spaced-out, exploratory feel, appropriately dubbed “metal for astronauts.” 2010’s A Determinism of Morality moved on from celestial themes, focusing on increased melodic sophistication while honing a confrontational urgency.
After concluding a decade-long partnership with Translation Loss Records in 2013, Rosetta embraced their newfound independence with the self-funded, pay-as-you-wish album The Anaesthete. The darkest, most unsettling album of the band’s career also marked their greatest success so far, recouping costs in 24 hours and remaining the top-selling release on Bandcamp for nearly a month. 2015’s Quintessential Ephemera, Rosetta’s first effort as a five-piece, received widespread critical and audience acclaim for its energized guitar interplay and evolution of the band’s core sound.
With Utopioid, Rosetta has again upended their stylistic palette. But as always, with ever deeper gratitude for the investment of fans around the world, they continue to search for the intersection of heaviness and beauty.
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Tour Dates:
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- 10/05/2017 Scottsdale AZ – Rogue http://ticketf.ly/2vubbIN
- 10/06/2017 San Diego CA – Soda Bar http://ticketf.ly/2f8z6Hu
- 10/07/2017 Los Angeles CA – Five Star http://bit.ly/2v1ThfT
- 10/09/2017 San Francisco CA – Brick and Mortar http://bit.ly/2v2kGyd
- 10/10/2017 Sacramento CA – Blue Lamp http://bit.ly/2vwB3ns
- 10/11/2017 Portland OR – Ash St Saloon http://bit.ly/2hrNj2S
- 10/12/2017 Seattle WA – Studio Seven w/The Obsessed + Cobalt
- 10/13/2017 Vancouver BC – Pub 340 – http://ticketf.ly/2hvwrsk
- 10/16/2017 Edmonton AB – Brixx – http://ticketf.ly/2hosrd3
- 10/17/2017 Calgary AB – The Palomino http://bit.ly/2u8pt25
- 10/18/2017 Saskatoon SK – Amigos http://ticketf.ly/2fcOoew
- 10/19/2017 Regina SK – TBA
- 10/20/2017 Bozeman MT – Zebra Lounge w/InAeona + Dreadnought
- 10/21/2017 Boise ID – Shredder http://bit.ly/2u7WB6f
- 10/22/2017 Salt Lake City UT – Metro Music Hall http://ticketf.ly/2vr1wCP
- 10/23/2017 Denver CO – Globe Hall http://ticketf.ly/2vl2KzE
- 10/24/2017 Lawrence KS – Replay Lounge -Tickets Available at Door
- 10/25/2017 Ft Worth TX – Lolas http://ticketf.ly/2vkLbj9
- 10/26/2017 Austin TX – Lost Well – Tickets Available at Door
- 10/27/2017 Houston TX – Green Room http://bit.ly/RosettaWHL
- 10/28/2017 El Paso TX – Lowbrow Palace http://ticketf.ly/2u5TpI1
- 10/29/2017 Albuquerque NM – Sister http://bit.ly/2u1YPnI
- 10/30/2017 Tucson AZ – Flycatcher http://ticketf.ly/2u6bYjx
