iota (slc)

Nearly 16 years ago, Salt Lake City's Iota carved a place for themselves in the heavy underground with debut album, Tales. Released by Small Stone Records, recorded by drummer Andy Patterson (The Otolith, ex-SubRosa, etc.), with founding guitarist/vocalist Joey Toscano (who'd form Dwellers after) and bassist Oz Inglorious (ex-Bird Eater, Suffocater) drawing heavy rock impulses across space in a way that was innovative and engrossing. Marked by the 20-minute Dimensional Orbiter, it showed huge potential for Iota, who moved onto other outfits while the cult of those in the know steadily grew.