| Sub-Rosa / No Help For The Mighty Ones |
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| Album: | No Help For The Mighty Ones | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Sub-Rosa | Added: | Sep 2011 | |
| Label: | Profound Lore | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-10-02 | Pull Date: | 2011-12-04 | Charts: | Loud |
| Week Ending: | Dec 4 | Nov 20 | Nov 13 | Nov 6 | Oct 30 | Oct 23 | Oct 16 | Oct 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 23, 2012: | Catharsis Whippoorwill | 4. | Dec 10, 2011: | Overkill: The Final Desecration of the Corpse That Is 2011 Dark Century | |
| 2. | May 05, 2012: | Catharsis: featuring Monkey Power Trio Beneath The Crown | 5. | Dec 01, 2011: | sock hop Beneath The Crown | |
| 3. | Feb 11, 2012: | Catharsis: for Phil Mathieu (1961-2012) Whippoorwill | 6. | Nov 19, 2011: | a brief Overkill Whippoorwill |
| Album Review |
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| D. Cannibal Reviewed 2011-09-30 | ||
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Hailing from the very un-metal Salt Lake City, SubRosa churns out some hypnotic doom metal with a uniquely morbid melodic voice. Oh wait, that’s a violin! That’s right, along with the pentatonic stoner-rock riffs, a violinist is also adding eerie harmonies to this already fantastic slab of Sabbath metal. It actually fits nicely with the lady singer, who sounds lush and wicked, like a lounge witch. Reminiscent of the hypnotic, drifting bliss of White Hills, Dead Meadow, or Bardo Pond, along with the flawless interpretation of the stoner-metal idiom in the vein of Sleep and newer pioneers, e.g. Jex Thoth. Absolutely brilliant. Best tracks: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8. FCC clean. 1. (5:51) Plodding, thick, morose rocking with chilling, bizarre vocal melodies. 2. (8:09) Oozing fuzz-bass intro drones on while violin meanders in some sad key; when the riffs come in, it is MASSIVE. Crushing like a stampede of elephants wading through tar. Interesting time changes and rhythm section interplay. 3. (11:45) Dissonant guitar drone, sinister occult-ish whispers, chanting… then as the violin increases in intensity, DOOM! Thundering, pounding, slow and sticky. 4. (7:07) Massive, epic, monstrous riffs sound like a funeral march for the universe, while the violin wails in its own way. 5. (9:14) Massive, mid-paced riffs ad infinitum with some ritualistic droning interludes. 6. (5:16) A bit more straight-ahead stoner rock. Mid-paced bluesy riff, vocal harmonies, depression. 7. (3:14) What the fuck? Some kind of Irish sea shanty, A CAPELLA… um… 8. (8:23) excellent album closer; all the elements that made this record great are there: depression, doom, stoner-rock, sweeeeet. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Borrowed Time, Borrowed Eyes | 5. | Attack On Golden Mountain | |||
| 2. | Beneath The Crown | 6. | Whippoorwill | |||
| 3. | Stonecarver | 7. | House Carpenter | |||
| 4. | The Inheritance | 8. | Dark Century |