Rosetta - Wake/Lift

Wake/Lift

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1. Red In Tooth And Claw
2. Lift (Part 1 & 2a)*
3. Lift (Part 2b & 3)*
4. Wake
5. (Temet Nosce)
6. Monument


It's taken a whack of sludge post metal to kick me back into the blogging habit, I feel this needs to be shared. This album is everything you could want; it has wonderfully airy moments which make you feel like you could be floating in space, and has a suitable element of guitar sludge for the purists out there.

Red In Tooth And Claw crashes in with walls of guitars and drums. The screaming vocals are there, definetely, but barely audible. Right away you know this isn't going to be an easy listening album, this is thick stuff, drenched in sound. It's a tough album to talk about track by track, since each track lasts about 3 or 4 times as long as a normal song, so I won't.
It's no secret that I am a fan of post rock, however my dabbles into metal are normally in the shallow end of the pool. Here, Rosetta have thrown post rock towards metal and seen what happens. Apart from the vocals, Wake/Lift does tend to lean towards the latter, but still maintains a gritty edge to it. Best listened to for when you have absolutely no plans apart from kick back and relax, although it sounds wierd for a metal album, Wake/Lift's ambient moments truly are beautiful and while they may not be as soft and purdy as a band like Sigur Ros, they are something to be marvelled at (See- Temet Nosce).

There are certainly no shortage of bands out there trying to achieve this sound, and it's a shame that this band hasn't gained more of a reputation in post metal/rock circles. I would reccomend this over the new ISIS record anyday.
If Miley Cyrus is your cup of tea, best to leave it. Then again, if Miley Cyrus is your cup of tea, you......you need help.

An album that will most definetely wake, and lift.

8.4/10