If you’ve been sleeping on Rosetta West, consider this your divine wake-up call. Their latest release ‘Snake 25’ doesn’t so much arrive as it emerges– coiled in shadows, smouldering with esoteric tension, and then striking with full-force blues-inflected fury.
Clocking in at a sprawling six minutes, this track is a slow-burning transformation. It opens with a cinematic crawl- brooding, atmospheric, almost ritualistic- before metamorphosing into a roaring hard-rock tempest. Once the guitars kick in, it’s all fire and fangs. Frontman Joseph Demagore channels a primal howl, his vocals teetering between incantation and invocation, while the instrumental behind him builds a storm that feels both ancient and alive.
What sets ‘Snake 25’ apart is its spiritual undertow. Rosetta West don’t dabble in cliché; they plunge headfirst into the arcane. With lyrical allusions that seem plucked from forgotten manuscripts and a delivery that suggests revelation through distortion, this song carries the weight of something sacred and savage. It’s rock music that seeks more than catharsis, it seeks truth.
Jason X’s bass lines grind and pulse like a second heartbeat, anchoring the track’s shifting sands, while Nathan Q. Scratch’s drumming adds a chaotic pulse that feels ritualistic rather than random. And just when you think you’ve caught your breath, the band launches into a frenzy of tangled riffs and wailing synths, like Led Zeppelin dragged through a stargate.
Rosetta West have always operated outside the mainstream, but ‘Snake 25’ feels like a spell cast specifically for those of us who crave the wild and the weird, the mystical and the molten. This is music for fans of visionary rock for seekers, outsiders, and sonic alchemists.
