An Extreme/Classic and Horrid Black Metal solo artist from the US. On May 6th, 2022, Lord Of Horns independently released his debut demo album Few Ever Survive The Night…, which would gratify Carpathian Forest, Dissection, and Satyricon fans.
Introduction:
Lord Of Horns, Few Ever Survive The Night: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of Few Ever Survive The Night
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Lord Of Horns and his album, Few Ever Survive The Night.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Features raw, and blazing (distorted) riffage with dark tremolo pickings and additional atmospheric/ambient keys. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves torturing and demonic vocals. The Third Sin—The Percussions: Delves into the vast world of demonic drumming and grind-blazing blast beats.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: One anthology and collection of (three) short dark fantasy and Horror stories…
Immediately the listener presses that play button, one is welcomed to the opening track, Nightmare Castle. The intro track welcomes the listener with a welcome of hellish instrumentation of raw guitar riffage and drumming … following close behind vocals that are drenched with pure raw-underground attitude.
With the continuation of the last three songs, Ritual Hunt and Screams Of The Oskorei.
Lord Of Horns takes the listener on a dark journey -the three pieces are enveloped into one anthology (a collection of (three) short Dark Fantasy and Horror stories (which are Lord Of Horns’ lyrical themes)).
Simultaneously, Few Ever Survive The Night creates and provides the listener’s ears with a black metal that’s well-executed both in the devilmanship. This not only makes the music extreme or raw -but allures the listener to the music with its dark lyrics and the composing of music. It sounded like it was recorded in a forbidden crypt (how some Dungeon synth artists record their material).
Lord Of Horns’drum artistry gives each piece its own unique identity. Track one feels like the drum work is played by ‘demonic elves.’ Track two drum work has this ritualistic/tribal atmosphere/sound, and closing track three drum work has this atmosphere/sound of being chased by a dark entity.
At the same time, Lord Of Horns delivers the extreme delight of rotting one’s ears with music inspired by classic black metal of the late 80s and early 90s. Even there is some Belphegor and bestial/war black metal thrown into the mix.
Few Ever Survive The Night is a short release! But it plays fast and heavy -pure underground dark metal -I can’t wait for the upcoming release of this demo! (personally) This is for fans of old-school/war black metal and dungeon synth -not to be missed!
The Wild Hunt is folklore in the mythology of various northern European cultures. Wild Hunts typically involve a chase led by a mythological figure escorted by a mysterious or supernatural group of hunters engaged in pursuit. The leader of the hunt is often a named figure associated with Odin in Germanic legends. Still, it may be a historical or legendary figure like Theodoric the Great, the Danish king Valdemar Atterdag, the Welsh psychopomp Gwyn ap Nudd, or biblical figures such as Herod, Cain, Gabriel, or the Devil. Or an unidentified lost soul or spirit, either male or female. The hunters are generally the souls of the dead or ghostly dogs, sometimes fairies, Valkyries, or elves.
The album comes to an end with the last song, Screams of the Oskorei. We want to give a shoutout to Lord Of Horns for letting us review his album, Few Ever Survive The Night. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
You’re Listening to “Ritual Hunt”
PlayThe Last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins, our thoughts on Lord Of Horns and his album, Few Ever Survive The Night.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: Is that for us, Lord Of Horns (mentioned before) has lyrical themes of dark fantasy and horror. The rest of the music provides a good dose of direct intensive lo-fi/raw tempos, torturing vocals, dark and blazing riffage/tremolo pickings, and some additional ambient keys. Some epic atmosphere and audio/sound effects -to bring the stories to life.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
The artwork foretells the lyrical theme. But within the painting, one will find the three stories/stories. At the same time, this old-school/dungeon synth feels and looks.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Lord Of Horns, and his album, Few Ever Survive The Night.
This concludes the Lord Of Horns, Few Ever Survive The Night review.
Track-Listing:
- Nightmare Castle
- Ritual Hunt
- Screams of the Oskorei
Lord Of Horns is:
- Lord Of Horns – all instruments, vocals
