Lords of Quarmall (Washington state, USA)

Lords of Quarmall

Iron Exile

C. B. Centauri Productions

January 6th, 2021

1.Inopia Scriptorum 01:24

2.The Prophet's Mirror 03:46

3.Altars & Jesters 01:34 instrumental

4.Iron Exile pt. I: Consigned to the Subterrane 01:41

5.Iron Exile pt. II: Glory Be de'Ath 00:57 instrumental

6.Megapolisomancy 05:23

total time 14:45

released on cassette and CD 2/12/2021; order at http://www.cbcentauri.com

email to order: metalforbreakfast@hotmail.com

Lords of Quarmall seems to be a solo project by Reuben W. Storey, who, according to Metal Archives, has the following names to his credit: Horrible, Yronoxit, ex-Christian Mistress, ex-Funerot, ex-Moldy Castle, ex-Omnicrom, ex-Quayde LaHüe, Restless, ex-Gun Outfit. This EP is a type of rough-around-the-edges heavy metal with several charms. Lords of Quarmall works some elements from the 1970s and 1980s, but it’s relatively heavy as a contemporary recording. These vocals have more in common with Motorhead than with operatic, fancy singing of traditional HM. Musically, Lords of Quarmall may share wavelengths with the 1970s era of Budgie and Motorhead, but also with U.S. bands like Cirith Ungol, Brocas Helm, The Lord Weird Slough Feg, and Ma-nilla Road. This is quite heavier than all of those bands, as the music has a bit of an ex-treme metal feel, but seems strange, maybe literary, perhaps obsessed with kings, queens, battles, magic, curses, spells, mystery, prophets, ancient times or otherwise ob-scure topics from centuries or millennia ago. There is a certain thrash element going on in the music, for plenty of headbanging. The guitar has melodic parts but the rhythms are held up with muscular riffs at the base. Then, in there, the lead guitar does some big 1970s-ish melodies, for a good feel of thrashy heavy rock, as it were. Mr. Storey appar-ently is responsible for guitars, bass and vocals, but he is also a drummer (for example, Christian Mistress and Funerot), and on this recording, the drums sound awesome within this context. This publication is unable to tell readers if these are real drums or not, but they sound very real. It's a strong, lively, noisy sound, as real drums do. Who knows how much the drums have been edited, tinkered, "perfected" with computer software and studio magic, and all that stuff, but the drums do sound good. Might Mr. Storey be making a statement about the sad state of drumming in metal, with all that sampling and editing that avoids real drums? Might Mr. Storey be frustrated with the soft, flaccid, flabby sound of perfectly robotic sampling/programming? Listen for yourself, and see if you hear the difference.

LORDS OF QUARMALL "Iron Exile" DEMO 2021