Origin: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA  
Genres: Stoner Rock, Sludge Metal
DISBANDED
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Page online: February 5, 2009
Last update/review: January 20, 2020

SubRosa

Strega, the debut album by one SubRosa, arrived in 2008 and presented itself as somewhat of an oddity, for several reasons, what with the interesting band name and odd album title, and, really, how many bands can be described as "all-female sludgey stoner-doom from Utah"? So, yes, this was a bit different, with clear nods to bands such as Kyuss but with a darker, moodier bent, heightened by the mournful, PJ Harvey-like vocals. It didn't all work, as some of the experimentations didn't quite hit the mark, but at times ("Black Joan" and the title track, to name two favorites) they hit just the right chord of psychedelic stoner doomy heaviness. They continued on for several years with a mutating lineup (in the end they were neither all-female nor all-Utah), finally deciding to amicably part ways in 2019. The majority of the final lineup later became The Otolith.

Last Lineup

Kim Cordray

vocals (The Otolith)

Rebecca Vernon

guitars/vocals

Levi Hanna

bass (The Otolith)

Sarah Pendleton

violin/vocals (The Otolith)

Andy Patterson

drums (ex-Insect Ark, The Otolith)

Former Members/Guests

Leena Rinne

bass

Rachel Hatsis

bass

Dave Jones

bass

Christian Creek

bass

Bonie Shupe

drums

Zach Hatsis

drums



Discography


Strega  
2008 I Hate
  1. Sugar Creek
  2. Crucible
  3. Christine
  4. Strega
  5. Isaac
  6. Black Joan
  7. The Hours I Keep
  8. Go Down Moses
  9. How To Neglect Your Heart
  10. Self-Rule
  11. Cradles
  • Rebecca Vernon
  • Leena Rinne
  • Sarah Pendleton
  • Bonie Shupe



Trapped In Ice  EP
2009
  1. Sexual Collateral
  2. Dark Country
  3. Attack on Golden Mountain
  • Rebecca Vernon
  • Rachel Hatsis
  • Sarah Pendleton
  • Zach Hatsis



No Help For The Mighty Ones  
2011 Profound Lore
  1. Borrowed Time, Borrowed Eyes
  2. Beneath the Crown
  3. Stonecarver
  4. The Inheritance
  5. Attack on Golden Mountain
  6. Whippoorwill
  7. House Carpenter
  8. Dark Country
  • Kim Cordray
  • Rebecca Vernon
  • Dave Jones
  • Sarah Pendleton
  • Zach Hatsis



More Constant Than The Gods  
2013 Profound Lore
  1. The Usher
  2. Ghosts of a Dead Empire
  3. Cosey Mo
  4. Fat of the Ram
  5. Affliction
  6. No Safe Harbor
  • Kim Cordray
  • Rebecca Vernon
  • Christian Creek
  • Sarah Pendleton
  • Andy Patterson



For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages  
2016 Profound Lore
  1. Despair Is a Siren
  2. Wound of the Warden
  3. Black Majesty
  4. Il cappio
  5. Killing Rapture
  6. Troubled Cells
  • Kim Cordray
  • Rebecca Vernon
  • Levi Hanna
  • Sarah Pendleton
  • Andy Patterson




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