This is the ninth album by US death metallers Drawn and Quartered.
Drawn and Quartered are a very good death metal band, with a history of strong releases. They are the kind of band that can take similar components that are used so well by acts such as Immolation and Incantation, yet manage to fuse these into something that has a personality of its own. At this point in their career Drawn and Quartered have more than shown their talent and longevity in the death metal game, so Lord of Two Horns is an eagerly anticipated release.
Lord of Two Horns contains 33 minutes of old-school death metal carnage, and it’s lethally good fun. Since their last album, (2021’s monstrous Congregation Pestilence), Drawn and Quartered have recruited Brandon Corsair from Azath/Draghkar, (and more), to provide some additional muscular riffage. Get ready for an intense, barbaric listen.
These new songs are brutal. They blast and punish, never outstaying their welcome, and always inflicting the sort of damage that only experienced demolishers can deliver. On their ninth album Drawn and Quartered are not lacking in fiery passion or savage energy, and it’s great to hear. I should mention the singer especially, as his deep guttural growls probably sound more inhuman than ever. Top stuff.
It’s a ferocious album, full of dark hostility and menacing threat. On occasion the band do throw in some grim melody or crushing doom, and these work with the core assault to devastate the listener thoroughly. There’s no filler at all – no pointless interludes, no fat that needs to be trimmed, no deviation from the core vision – just pure death metal supremacy. Yeah, I’m a fan.
Lord of Two Horns is a brutal interpretation of old-school 90s death metal, and it forcefully hits the spot. Utterly destroys it, in fact. Drawn and Quartered’s new record is packed with eight songs that will swallow you whole, spit you out, and then smash you to a grisly pulp. If that’s not a recommendation, I don’t know what is.
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