Project Mercury (album)

2007 studio album by Rosetta/Balboa

Project Mercury

Studio album by

Rosetta/Balboa

Released| April 24, 2007 (2007-04-24)
Recorded| 2006
Studio| Jane Doll Studio
Genre| Post-metal, post-hardcore
Length| 47:29
Label| Level Plane
Producer| BJ McMurtie, J. Matthew Weed
Rosetta chronology
| The Galilean Satellites
(2005)  | Project Mercury
(2007)  | Wake/Lift
(2007)

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Balboa chronology
| split with Aussitôt Mort
(2005)  | Project Mercury
(2007)  | split with Plague Sermon
(2010)

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Project Mercury is a split album by American heavy metal bands Rosetta and Balboa. It was released on April 24, 2007 through the now defunct record label Level Plane. The title is derived from the 1959 United States human spaceflight of the same name.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Absolute Punk| (85%) [1]
Metal Review|  [2]
Punknews.org|  [3]
Scene Point Blank|  [4]

Michael of Scene Point Blank called the album a "dynamic adventure in music," and gave it four stars out of five. He said, "Balboa and Rosetta both deliver the goods on Project Mercury, but I found the Rosetta tracks to be a bit more deserving of praise."[4] In a review for Punknews.org, Brian Shultz gave the release three and a half stars out of five. He praised Balboa's tracks, calling "Planet of Slums" "some of the most ambitious and emotional hardcore you can find hanging around." He went on to say, "Balboa manage to reinvent themselves a bit with their anguished arts of Envy-like work, and Rosetta offer some prolonged pieces of guitar-heavy ambience. For those who follow the style closely, this should be a hell of a treat."[3] In Jason Jordon's review for Last Rites, he gave the album a 7.9/10 rating. He wrote, "Project Mercury features a...curious partnership between Neur-Isis-inspired  [sic] Rosetta and the political, post-hardcore outfit Balboa. Somehow, the marriage flourishes."[2]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Primitive Accumulation"| Peter Bloom| Balboa| 2:52
2.| "Kaddish"| Bloom| Balboa| 9:52
3.| "Planet of Slums"| Bloom| Balboa| 3:15
4.| "TMA-1"| J. Matthew Weed| Rosetta| 10:21
5.| "Clavius"| Weed| Rosetta| 12:18
6.| "Project Mercury"| Weed & Bloom| Rosetta & Balboa| 8:51

## Personnel

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Rosetta

* Michael Armine – vocals, samples
* David Grossman – bass
* Bruce McMurtrie Jr. – drums, engineering, mixing
* J. Matthew Weed – guitars, engineering, mixing

Balboa

* Peter Bloom – vocals
* Armando Morales – bass
* Dave Pacifico – guitars
* Drew Juergens – drums

Additional personnel

* Alan Douches – mastering
* Paul Jeffrey – art design

## References

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1. ^ "Review:Balboa / Rosetta - Project Mercury Split". Absolute Punk. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
2. ^ a b Jordan, Jason. "Review:Rosetta/Balboa Project Mercury (Split CD)". Metal Review. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
3. ^ a b Shultz, Brian (July 6, 2007). "Balboa / Rosetta Project Mercury (2007)". punknews.org. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
4. ^ a b Michael (August 28, 2007). "Review Balboa / Rosetta Project Mercury". Scene Point Blank. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

## External links

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* Project Mercury at Discogs (list of releases)

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Rosetta

* Michael Armine
* David Grossman
* Bruce McMurtrie Jr.
* James Matthew Weed
* Eric Jernigan

Studio albums|

* The Galilean Satellites
* Wake/Lift
* A Determinism of Morality
* The Anaesthete
* Quintessential Ephemera
* Utopioid

Soundtracks|

* Rosetta: Audio/Visual Original Score

Compilations|

* A Dead-Ender's Reunion

Extended plays|

* The Cleansing Undertones of Wake/Lift
* Flies to Flame

Split releases|

* Project Mercury (with Balboa)
* Junius / Rosetta (with Junius)

Related articles|

* Albums

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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