Subrosa - For This We Fought the Battle of Ages

SubRosa releasing new album 'For This We Fought the Battle of Ages,' share "Wound of the Warden"

Salt Lake City doom outfit SubRosa are prepping a new album. For This We Fought the Battle of Ages, their follow-up to 2013’s excellent More Constant Than the Gods, drops on August 26 via Profound Lore, and they’ve shared the first song from the effort, called “Wound of the Warden,” which you can stream below via NPR.

SubRosa have always excelled at a kind of slow-building, tension-and-release model of doom, and here they’ve stretched and amplified their songwriting approach. Clocking in at 13:28 (they’re no strangers to long songs), SubRosa display the kind of dynamic range and tight songcraft that makes a lengthy listen like this worthwhile. Featuring more great melodies than I can keep track of, pivoting from mournful wail to thundering doom-stomp on a dime, showcasing ethereal harmonies, furious tremolo-picking, shattering screams, or their signature violins at any given moment, this is a colossus of an avant-doom song, and an indication that the new album will be required listening. SubRosa just keep refining their craft, have evolved into one of the best art-metal bands in the game today, and have arrived at a sound that’s equal parts fury, beauty, and huge ambition.

SubRosa have announced tour dates behind the new album, heading over to Europe and playing a handful of West Coast dates, including a “record release show” at Psycho Las Vegas. All dates listed, along with a stream of “Wound of the Warden.”

https://soundcloud.com/profoundlorerecords/subrosa-wound-of-the-warden

SubRosa — 2016 Tour Dates
08/26-28 – Las Vegas, NV @ Psycho Las Vegas
09/02 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro (w/Dreadnaught)
09/22 – Berlin, DE @ Urban Spree*
09/23 – Wroclaw, PL @ Asymmetry Festival*
09/24 – Prague, CZ @ Modra Vopice*
09/25 – Wien, AT @ Viper Room*
09/26 – München, DE @ Feierwerk*
09/28 – Milano, IT @ Lo-Fi*
09/29 – Bologna, IT @ Freak Out*
10/01 – Nijmegen, NED @ Merleyn*
10/03 – Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang*
10/05 – Oslo, NO @ Bla*
10/09 – Köln, DE @ Underground*
10/10 – Paris, FR @ Espace B*
10/11 – London, UK @ Underworld**
10/12 – Birmingham, UK @ Rainbow**
10/13 – Manchester, UK @ Rebellion**
11/12 – San Diego, CA @ Til Two Club
11/13 – Glendale, CA @ Complex (w/North)
11/14 – Oakland, CA @ Golden Bull (w/Worm Ouroboros)
11/15 – Sacramento, CA @ Starlite
11/16 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios (w/Eight Bells, Jamais Jamais)
11/17 – Vancouver, BC @ Cobalt
11/18 – Seattle, WA @ Highline
11/19 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
*w/ Sinistro
**w/ Darkher