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CD review: ROSETTA, A Determinism of Morality

By Ben Apatoff

The leading force in spacey, ambient art-metal recently announced their demise, leaving their influence to an overwhelming number of subpar imitators who make it clear that droning, slow-paced, high-reverb metal is harder to pull off than it sounds. Of the few metalgazers left with enough panache to bring that style further, Philadelphia's ROSETTA do so by sounding something like NEUROSIS deconstructing early CURE songs on  A Determinism of Morality. (more…)