SUBROSA (UT)

Doom Metal / Stoner Metal • United States
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SubRosa is a female-led doom metal / stoner metal band from Salt Lake City in Utah, formed in 2005.

SubRosa features two violinists as co-lead instrumentalists alongside the usual guitar, bass, and drums, as well as multiple vocalists. This lends a hypnotic and incantatory effect to the band's music. SubRosa extrapolates upon sludge, doom, and stoner rock foundations with contrasting elements drawn from goth, psych, indie rock and folk music.

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SUBROSA (UT) Strega album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Strega
Stoner Metal 2008
SUBROSA (UT) No Help For The Mighty Ones album cover 4.10 | 13 ratings
No Help For The Mighty Ones
Doom Metal 2011
SUBROSA (UT) More Constant Than The Gods album cover 3.93 | 5 ratings
More Constant Than The Gods
Doom Metal 2013
SUBROSA (UT) For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages album cover 4.04 | 3 ratings
For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages
Doom Metal 2016

SUBROSA (UT) EPs & splits

SUBROSA (UT) Swans Trapped In Ice album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swans Trapped In Ice
Doom Metal 2009

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SUBROSA (UT) Subdued Live At Roadburn 2017 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Subdued Live At Roadburn 2017
Non-Metal 2017

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SUBROSA (UT) The Worm Has Turned album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Worm Has Turned
Doom Metal 2006

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Key Of The Eidolon
Doom Metal 2016

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SUBROSA (UT) For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages

Album · 2016 · Doom Metal
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Warthur
Another solid doom metal release from SubRosa, enriched as always by distinctive vocals and the twin violin sound of Pack and Pendleton. This time around, it seems to me that the band allow more post-rock influences to creep into their sound, in terms of production style, songwriting, and overall performance and aesthetic. This is not a radical departure - a slight post-rock influence by way of sludge metal has been present in their music for a good long while - and whilst it's not the sort of thing which will win over doom metal purists, SubRosa have never been an entirely purist doom metal act anyway. It is, however, just enough of a twist to keep things interesting, despite SubRosa ploughing this particular furrow since No Help For the Mighty Ones.

SUBROSA (UT) More Constant Than The Gods

Album · 2013 · Doom Metal
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Warthur
The very title of this album suggests consistency, and that's exactly what you get on More Constant Than the Gods - namely, a strong followup to the preceding No Help For the Mighty Ones which continues the doom metal style of that album. Once again, Kim Pack and Sarah Pendleton's violin contributions offer the trump card, giving a unique spin to the classic doom metal approach which keeps things fresh, whilst Rebecca Vernon's crushing lead guitar work provides a gratifyingly heavy foundation for the group's sound. With a mysterious atmosphere magnificently captured by its esoteric cover art, More Constant Than the Gods ensures that SubRosa remain a force in occult doom.

SUBROSA (UT) No Help For The Mighty Ones

Album · 2011 · Doom Metal
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Warthur
Many metal bands include one or two female members, but few have a majority-female lineup - and many of those seem to make a gimmick out of that (either by their own initiative or - as I suspect is more likely - at the prompting of their labels). SubRosa are a welcome exception, presenting a lineup on No Help For the Mighty Ones consisting of three women (including the two band co-founders Rebecca Vernon and Sarah Pendleton) but, in their material and in terms of the marketing, making this seem as though this is the most natural thing in the world rather than a quaint novelty or an opportunity to turn the female band members into eye candy.

Instead, the band offer an intriguing brand of folk-tinged Sabbath-inspired doom metal. Like Blood Ceremony, the band have hit on a way to do the whole stoner 70s revival thing without resorting to rote mimicry of past bands and fruitless ploughing of over-trod furrows by looking at the early 1970s music scenes and thinking "Which musical trends from back in those golden days could have fruitfully crossed over, but didn't?" In the case of Blood Ceremony, it was Sabbathy metal with Jethro Tull-influenced flute prog, whilst SubRosa mash up Sabbath with British folk rock in the tradition of the likes of Fairport Convention, Lindisfarne and Pentangle. The a capella version of the folk standard House Carpenter makes this especially apparent, but the twin violin action (!) of Sarah Pendleton and Kim Pack backing up Rebecca's powerful Tony Iommi riffs give all the tracks on here a unique flavour. It's not an instant classic but it certainly shows a lot of potential, and I look forward to see what they do in the future.

SUBROSA (UT) No Help For The Mighty Ones

Album · 2011 · Doom Metal
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bonnek
It is surprising how artists keep returning to the doom metal format. This oldest of all Metals may be very straightforward to play and write, but apparently its very direct and heavy emotional impact remains an endless source of inspiration. And inspiration is certainly the keyword to this release from SubRosa. Flirting with stoner, shoegaze, folk and indie, this band spices up their doom with an out-worldly space-rock feel, electric violins, majestic vocal melodies and ear-catching songs.

The first thing you come to note are the vocals, female vocals, often harmonically arranged, but nothing like the operatic gimmick that people have come to associate with metal and female vocals. The vocals here are forceful, but very natural, slightly indie, slightly folkish, slightly punk, reminding me of Kylesa's female vocalist actually. There are also some occasional male growls, but very sparse and subdued, offering an extra bit of power on some of the heaviest parts.

Next on the list of fresh elements in this band's sound is the electric violin, present in almost every track and offering the main melodic leads and some occasional freakish psychedelic outbursts. Together with the dynamic songwriting, Subrosa creates a unique style that is thoroughly catchy, and in places stunning and beautiful. The long songs often have a progressive or crescendo post-metal oriented structure, with very effective modulations or rousing finales that manage to turn around the doomy mood into something deeply moving and entrancing, ecstatic almost.

'No Help For The Mighty Ones' is the first 2011 album that manages to surprise me with its fresh approach. Add the excellent songwriting and that kind of sultry mood that I like so much and you're looking at a potential yearlist candidate. Doom and stoner fans should be listening right now, but also the metal crowd that's into dreamy shoegaze and electric violins are invited. 4.5 stars with an option for more. Thanks again Profound Lore records!

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