Drawn and Quartered (US) + Noroth (FIN)

DRAWN AND QUARTERED (US)

Drawn and Quartered emerged in the early 1990s under the name Plague Bearer in Seattle's then-small death metal underground. They broke through with their debut demo and a series of heavily praised live performances in 1996, followed by their debut release "To Kill Is Human" in 1998 - first self-released, later reissued on Moribund Records. Two American tours followed, and in 2002 came the follow-up "Extermination Revelry". Three further releases on Moribund Cult followed in relatively quick succession, including "Hail Infernal Darkness" in 2006.

After their sixth album "Feeding Hell's Furnace" on Nuclear Winter Records in 2010 and performances in New York and Texas, a lineup change forced the band to regroup. They returned in 2012 with the demo "Proliferation of Disease" and have since released two albums on Krucyator Productions, most recently "Congregation Pestilence" in 2022 - followed by a US tour and the band's second European visit. Their ninth studio album "Lord of Two Horns" came out in June 2025 on Nuclear Winter Records with more speed and brutality than any previous release.

NOROTH (FIN)

Noroth was formed in 2019 as a trio rooted in death metal of the heavy, slowly decaying kind. Their discography includes three full albums - "It Dwells Amongst Us", "Harbinger" and "Sacrificial Solace" - as well as a split with Grave Infestation. Lyrically and sonically, the band circles around spiritual decay, humanity's decline and religious corruption. No redemption, only descent.