No Help For The Mighty Ones

about this album

Positioned somewhere between dark folk and thundering sludge metal, SubRosa creates spatial music with an unorthodox approach to instrumentation. Their lyrics, which revolve around restlessness, despair and death, could very well be the soundtrack to a Cormac McCarthy novel or even a remake of “Mad Max,” but despite this grandiose harshness and instrumental violence, “No Help” is an extremely beautiful sonic journey. – Metalriot.com – Review On “No Help for the Mighty Ones,” Salt Lake City’s SubRosa evokes powerful images of barren landscapes and grim deserts in a dusty western tone similar to the one that catapulted acts like Kyuss and Earth into lasting fame. Positioned somewhere between dark folk and thundering sludge metal, SubRosa creates spatial music with an unorthodox approach to instrumentation. Their lyrics, which revolve around restlessness, despair and death, could very well be the soundtrack to a Cormac McCarthy novel or even a remake of “Mad Max,” but despite this grandiose harshness and instrumental violence, “No Help” is an extremely beautiful sonic journey. “Borrowed Time, Borrowed Eyes” opens “No Help for the Mighty Ones” and does it so well, that it’s hard to imagine how SubRosa is going to keep delivering on the rest of the album. The rhythm section (drummer Zach Hatsis and bassist Dave “The Deuce” Jones) carries off into an Amon Düül II-esque jungle of percussion and groove while the haunting voice of front woman, Rebecca Vernon, is guided along by the

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