Good, The Anaesthete sucked.

"On a reflective note, in many respects The Anaesthete was our darkest and most anger-filled record. This new album is possibly the lightest and most hopeful body of work we’ve ever produced, the yang to The Anaesthete’s yin. It’ll be out this summer, and we are excited for everyone to hear it."

For if you're too lazy to click the link. It's a short post, the quote above is all they said about the new album's sound.
EDIT: Not directed at you Dodenakker dude nor anyone in particular lel, sorry

I did read it. I'm just hoping on a more post-rock driven sound.

not arguing dude, just leavin it there because

sweet, The Anaesthete was pretty good imo, it's quite interesting to see their 'hopeful' side

Maybe I need to listen to Flies to Flame a little bit more but I thought that was worse than The Anaesthete. However, I'm still looking forward to this new LP. I have faith that Rosetta has another post-metal masterpiece like their first 3 records still in them.

i dunno why people hate the anaesthete. it's not on par with the first three but it's still a sweet listen. not sure if this anti-anaesthete direction is gonna turn out to be better but at least they're gonna try something different

Looking forward to this.

If it's anything like flies to flame, i'd be happy. And amen artuma, Anaesthete wasn't the best but it was in no way terrible.

moar post-rocky yay yay yay

Their ambient stuff on Flies to Flame was really lazy and bland, hoping they don't make this album too sedate.

Seven Years really grew on me though.

The middle section of FTF was OK
Pegasus alone gives me a soft spot for that ep

Pegasus was one of the best tracks of the year for sure, if the post-rock still has that sort of tempered aggression in them I'm excited

space metal pls thx

they should just rehash galilean satellites

the anaesthete was great and i hope this will be too

fuck yeah *fanboy-hype mode activated*

Good news. Still in the process of getting into these
guys... like a big black o=====3

So I just did a dance all around my living room. Great news.

Im sitting in the dentists waiting room. No dancin here sry :s

If my dentist told me the news then I'd have a mouthful of blood quicker than you can say 'open wide'

Rosetta should go back to their roots and play metal for astronauts (Wake and GS).Rosetta created this genre
and absolutely own it.

in the 'space metal' style i doubt they're going to top those records, it's a good thing they're branching out into different atmospheres

why strive for the same goal twice

To DarkNoctus. I disagree. The album reviews above speak for themselves. I believe Rosetta is talented and capable enough to still create album(s) on par or even better than Wake and GS. I read on an interview with one of the Rosetta band members explained that the overall vocals on the Wake album was accidentally toned down on the master copy. I believe that the band was not able to go back and correct this mistake so they just settled with it. To me, this mistake paved the way for an original sound that still to this day many progressive metals bands have failed to accomplish or recognize. Rosetta definitely have the time and ability as musicians to top Wake and GS. I just think the band needs recognize what sound and albums made them great instead of changing their genre in each new album that follows. I know by reading countless comments that many Rosetta fans feel the same as I do. I just wish Rosetta would stop making albums for themselves and instead for once listen to their fans.

But 'A Determinism of Morality' was a success, and featured a lot of minor changes to their sound, why is that album being ignored? The Anaesthete gets way more flak than it deserves, it was still a great album and had a lot of interesting changes. I actually think they nailed the darker, more aggressive aesthetic - it just needs a bit of refining. Flies to Flame pretty much showed that they're not as enamoured with their older music anymore, the spacier tracks were incredibly bland and the most powerful track 'Pegasus' was easily the highlight of the EP. It's the minor changes to their base formula that would help them progress, not retreading the same ground.

"The album reviews above speak for themselves."

i think the musicians themselves are far more aware of their own capabilities and inspirations as musicians than misguided fans who are insatiable do

all musicians should EVER do is make music for themselves. they should NEVER give into the pressure of what fans 'want'.

^ [2] so hard

'all musicians should EVER do is make music for themselves. they should NEVER give into the pressure of what fans 'want'.' - How very, very true. It detracts from their love of what they do and normally the music suffers as a consequence.

I just keep reading countless fans commenting on how they would like to see Rosetta resort back to Wake and GS genre (metal for astronauts). I have to admit that I agree with them. The album ratings are dropping with each new release because the band members want to explore new genres like adding death metal etc etc. I really love Rosetta's music and very much want them to be successful with each new album. I am afraid their fan base would potentially fall if their albums continue to get worse bringing about a possible disbandment. Don't get me wrong I liked some elements in Determinism and the Aesthetic but overall those two albums were very weak compared to Wake and GS. In regards to the comment I wrote "Rosetta should record new music for fans and not themselves". I still think a balance should occur where the musicians can explore new sounds on albums but they should not change the genre that made them stand out as a original band. Imagine in the 70's if if the band members of Pink Floyd said; fuck our sound, let's go death metal now. This may sound cool at first but I highly doubt they would be as successful as they are today. PF would lose a large fan base in this shifting process. Instead Pink Floyd kept tweaking sounds on various albums but stayed within their genre and eventually mastered it to a point where mostly anyone can know by hearing a few seconds of one of their songs on the radio that it is PF.

"Imagine in the 70's if if the band members of Pink Floyd said; fuck our sound, let's go death metal now."

-Well, I guess it would be a shame but if that's what Pink Floyd would have wanted to do, good for them.
From another perspective: what if Pink Floyd really wanted to make a progressive album, but their fans suddenly forced them to play death metal instead? It would not only be a shame to constrict musicians like that, but also I'm sure the quality of their material would sink too; art's all about inspiration, and forcing yourself to play a genre you no longer want to play would certainly affect the album's quality (as Noctus and AaronIsCrunchy already explained).


"This may sound cool at first but I highly doubt they would be as successful as they are today. PF would lose a large fan base in this shifting process."

- Not everything is about money or fans; don't be so conceited dude.

"Instead Pink Floyd kept tweaking sounds on various albums but stayed within their genre and eventually mastered it to a point where mostly anyone can know by hearing a few seconds of one of their songs on the radio that it is PF."

- Yeah sure but that's what Pink Floyd wanted to do as a whole! I don't think the same would have happened if they didn't like their sound so much.

EDIT: Damn spaces -_-

I obviously failed to make my point which is this: If Rosetta continues doing what they are currently doing now, they will break-up sooner rather than later. Rosetta does have a fan base but it is obviously not very extensive. I think just for the next album they should finally listen to their fans and make an effort to do a metal for astronauts album and save the experimentation for other collaborations. I mean this in the most respectable none conceited way possible. I want them to succeed and play for many years.