Iota - Tales
by Andrew Carver
published: 24 / 8 / 2008
Label:
Small Stone Records
Format: CD
intro
Engaging space metal on excellent debut album from Salt Lake City power trio, Iota
Small Stone serves up another winning platter of space metal with the debut release from Salt Lake City’s Iota. Ears familiar with the genre will pick up a marked resemblance to Monster Magnet in the five tracks on ‘Tales’ – in a good way. Kicking off with ‘New Mantis’, the power trio get right down to business with some pile-driving riffs. A fairly brisk tune, like its follower ‘We Are The Ythians’, it sets the listener up for a pair of lengthy tracks. The band has been practicing its trade (and drinking a lot) since 2002, and it shows in the way they can pull a track like ‘Dimensional Orbiter’ out past 22 minutes without losing the listener’s attention. Guitarist Joey Toscano is also an able singer whose melodic voice puts the band in the same realm as acts like Torche, Goathorn and the aforementioned Monster Magnet. It’s a winning debut by any standard.
Track Listing:-
1 New Mantis2 We Are the Yithians
3 The Sleeping Heathen
4 Dimensional Orbiter
5 Opiate Blues
Label Links:-
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https://www.youtube.com/user/SmallStoneRecords
https://smallstone.bandcamp.com/
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