More Constant Than the Gods
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| Released | September 17, 2013[1] | |||
| Recorded | March–May 2013 in Salt Lake City[2] | |||
| Genre | Doom metal, sludge metal, funeral doom metal[3] | |||
| Length | 67:34 | |||
| Label | Profound Lore Records | |||
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More Constant Than the Gods is the third album by Salt Lake City-based doom metal band SubRosa. It was SubRosa's second album released via Profound Lore Records.[4]
Glyn Smyth of Stag & Serpent created the album artwork, having also done so for SubRosa's previous album, No Help for the Mighty Ones.[4] The artwork, which depicts a female personification of Death, was inspired by vocalist and guitarist Rebecca Vernon's mother, who died in 2007.[2][5]
After the album was recorded in Salt Lake City, Magnus "Devo" Andersson performed mixing and mastering throughout June and July 2013 at Endarker Studios in Sweden.[2]
To promote the album after it was released, SubRosa toured North America with bands such as Samothrace,[6] The Atlas Moth, and Boris.[7] Their tour with Samothrace was cut short in Sacramento after a vehicle break-in resulted in equipment and multiple instruments stolen.[8]
Subsequent festivals SubRosa performed at include the Ruins of Intolerance Festival in Prague, Czech Republic on June 26, 2014[9] and the Psycho California Festival in May 2015.[10]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
| Dead Rhetoric | 8.5/10[12] |
| Invisible Oranges | (Positive)[13] |
| Metal Injection | 8/10[3] |
| Pitchfork | 8.3/10[14] |
| Scene Point Blank | 9.4/10[15] |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.3/5[16] |
| Treble Zine | (Positive)[17] |
The album received generally positive reviews from critics. Grayson Haver described it as folk-influenced, noting the album's heaviness and use of violin and referring to its songs as "Leadbelly kicked forward several decades".[14] J. Andrew of Metal Injection stated that the album's sound "evokes such dark and strong imagery, with a landscape both heavy and doom-laden, but with an almost 19th-Century-like aesthetic."[3] In 2014, Decibel Magazine ranked the album as #88 in its Top 100 Doom Metal Albums of All Time list.[18] In 2019, they ranked the album #35 in their list of Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the 2010s.[19]