|
PRIMORDIAL to embark on European Paganfest tour in March!
Ireland's PRIMORDIAL will be co-headlining the Paganfest tour 2012, which is kicking off in Oberhausen, Germany the 16th of March 2012!
PRIMORDIAL singer A.A. Nemtheanga comments: "Never say never right? So we announce our participation in next March's Paganfest festival tour across Central Europe. Anyone who has read any of my various ramblings and musings over the last year or two will know my feelings about the current state of club touring and the industry in general. It's an ugly business but we are definitely ugly enough and getting uglier every year so strangely enough the stars aligned and the dates fell into place for us. Anyone who knows anything about Primordial knows how hard it has become for us to commit to lengthy touring as the years go by. The window of opportunity represents possibly the only opportunity we will have to do a longer tour for 'Redemption' across Europe so as they say…needs must and better the devil you know. Never as I say say never.
Regardless of the fact that the general tone of this tour is a little different. It has a more pronounced mix of light and shade. We have our Icelandic brethren Solstafir taking part which I would have thought alongside ourselves should sweeten the deal for those who may feel the pagan/heathen festival tour holds nothing for them, Romanian shamans NeguraBunget also filling out the darker quotient of the tour. Heidevolk stand firm for proud old values and having taken part in Eluveitie's acoustic album personally my feeling on those guys and girls should be apparent! I support them and the cultural significance they represent. I'm not here to sound the rallying cry for a dying venture (i.e touring) or sound the death knell for Primordial club touring we are simply taking part, we have some interesting and new things planned and the tour has some light and shade, which may be difficult for some people to take but this is how it is. Of course some territories are missed and we apologize for this but this is a mixture of market forces and pragmatism and unfortunately nothing to do with us, we hope to fill in the blanks over time. Bottom line, Primordial is touring….this is the most important fact and you know what you are gonna get…blood sweat and fire so see you on the field…"
PAGANFEST 2012
ELUVEITIE
+ PRIMORDIAL
+ NEGURA BUNGET
+ HEIDEVOLK
+ SOLSTAFIR
16/03/12 - DE – Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle *Extended*
17/03/12 – DE – Stuttgart - LKA Longhorn *Extended*
18/03/12 - NL - Tilburg - O13 *Extended*
19/03/12 - DE – Herford - X
20/03/12 – CH – Pratteln - Z7
21/03/12 - IT – Bologna - Estragon
22/03/12 – AT – Graz - PPC
23/03/12 - AT – Wien - Arena *Extended*
24/03/12 - DE – München - Backstage *Extended*
25/03/12 - DE - Leipzig - Hellraiser
26/03/12 – DE – Hamburg - Markthalle
27/03/12 - DE – Berlin - Postbahnhof
28/03/12 - NL – Haarlem - Patronaat
29/03/12 - DE – Saarbrücken - Garage
30/03/12 - DE – Giessen - Hessenhalle *Extended*
31/03/12 - DE – Geiselwind - Music Hall *Extended*
01/04/12 - BE – Antwerpen - Trix
*extended = + EQUILIBRIUM + KORPIKLAANI
PRIMORDIAL's Redemption At The Puritan's Hand was released in April of 2011 and entered the official album charts in Germany (#31), Finland (#23), Sweden (#54) and Switzerland (#90)!
http://www.facebook.com/primordialofficial
http://www.primordialweb.com
http://www.myspace.com/primordialofficial
http://www.metalblade.com/primordial
PRIMORDIAL win Best Underground Band Award at Metal Hammer Golden Gods
PRIMORDIAL were voted Best Underground Band at Metal Hammer’s Golden Gods Awards 2011, which were held at The O2 on Monday night.
Nemtheanga was there to pick up the award and wants to thank everyone who voted for the band:
"First things first we have to thank all the Primordial fans out there who voted for us in the Golden Gods awards, the fact that it was not an Industry insider awards makes it that more important and a small victory for real music made with honesty, passion, craft and guile. It's not every day a band like us who stand well outside the general confines of the mainstream receive awards so we take it in the good grace it was meant and thank Hammer and Metal Blade UK for all their efforts, hopefully we will be over for some UK gigs before the end of the year. No compromise, not now, not then not ever."
Other winners were:
* Best New Band - THE DAMNED THINGS
* Metal As Fuck - Nergal (BEHEMOTH)
* Best Underground – PRIMORDIAL
* Dimebag Darrell Shredder(s) - Gus G. (FIREWIND, OZZY OSBOURNE)
* Breakthrough Artist - SABATON
* Best UK Band - IRON MAIDEN
* Best Live Band - SKINDRED
* Inspiration Award - TWISTED SISTER
* Best International Band - AVENGED SEVENFOLD
* Best Album - "Absolute Dissent" by KILLING JOKE
* Event of the Year - "Big 4" coming together for first time ever in the U.K.
* Riff Lord(s) - Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein (DOWN)
* Spirit of Hammer - DIAMOND HEAD
* Icons - JUDAS PRIEST
* Golden God - Rob Zombie
‘REDEMPTION BY THE PURITANS HAND’ is out now on Metal Blade
http://www.metalblade.com/primordial
PRIMORDIAL post second song taken off upcoming new album 'Redemption At The Puritan's Hand'!
Irish pagan metal masters PRIMORDIAL have posted the second single taken off their upcoming new album Redemption At The Puritan's Hand due April 23/26 via Metal Blade Records in Europe, April 26 in North America!
In collaboration with Metal Hammer Germany, PRIMORDIAL and Metal Blade Records are happy to offer you the streaming off the album opener No Grave Deep Enough. Please click HERE to play the song!
PRIMORDIAL singer A.A. Nemtheanga comments No Grave Deep Enough: "This song always suggested itself to me as the opener. It has a furious swirling chaos at its heart that kicks off the album like a boot to the head. The structures and notes are inherently Irish in almost every way, you can almost feel the sodden dank earth and the cobalt grey clouds pregnant with rain storms skirting over the mountains! it reminds me somehow musically of Thin Lizzy on amphetamine! The lyrics are a stark proclamation, whoever you are whichever god or gods you pray to when the moment comes we are all the same and nothing but food for worms, but death, stay your hand and hold your reins, we are not finished here yet."
Tracklisting Redemption At The Puritan's Hand
1. No Grave Deep Enough
2. Lain With The Wolf
3. Bloodied Yet Unbowed
4. God's Old Snake
5. The Mouth Of Judas
6. The Black Hundred
7. The Puritan's Hand
8. Death Of The Gods
PRIMORDIAL have also announced two release shows in Essen and München, Germany. The shows will take place on the weekend of release of their new album Redemption At The Puritan's Hand due April 23/26 via Metal Blade Records in Europe! Support comes from TODTGELICHTER!
PRIMORDIAL
+ TODTGELICHTER
23/04/11 – DE – Essen – Turock (special release show!)
24/04/11 – DE – München – Backstage (special release show!)
To make these two nights not just shows but PRIMORDIAL events celebrating the unleashing of the new album, there will be a couple of extras only available on these two nights! Surely something you don't want to miss out and nights to be remembered!
• low ticket prices (12 Euro pre-sale; 15 Euro box office)
• Redemption At The Puritan's Hand CD + LP available for purchase at show
• exclusive free A1 poster with every purchase of new CD/LP
• signing session and meet & greet with all band members
• special release show merchandise available only at these two shows
PRIMORDIAL live schedule:
16/04/11 – DE – Würzburg – Hammer Of Doom Festival
23/04/11 – DE – Essen – Turock (release show!)
24/04/11 – DE – München – Backstage (release show!)
06/05/11 – NO – Haugesund – Karmoygeddon Festival
14/05/11 – RO – Bucharest – Wings Club
27/05/11 – DE – Dessau – Metalfest Open Air
28/05/11 – AT – Mining am Inn – Metalfest Open Air
29/05/11 – CH – Pratteln – Metalfest Open Air
30/05/11 – NL – Tilburg – 013
31/05/11 – NL – Nijmegen – Doornrosje
01/06/11 – BE – Vosselaar – Biebob
02/06/11 – DE – Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal
03/06/11 – SI – Ljubljana – Stuk
04/06/11 – HU – Budapest – Metalfest Open Air
05/06/11 – CZ – Plsen – Metalfest Open Air
10/06/11 – DE – Gelsenkirchen – Rock Hard Festival
17/06/11 – FR – Clisson – Hellfest
20/08/11 – DE – Dinkelsbühl – Summer Breeze
24/09/11 – IE – Dublin – The Academy
http://www.facebook.com/primordialofficial
http://www.primordialweb.com
http://www.myspace.com/primordialofficial
http://www.metalblade.com/primordial
PRIMORDIAL singer A.A Nemtheanga talks about new album 'Redemption At The Puritan's Hand'!
Re-issue of 'Storm Before Calm' out now remastered including bonus-DVD 'Live At Summer Breeze 2004!
Irish pagan metal masters PRIMORDIAL have just released the reissue of their classic Storm Before Calm album in Europe. The album is available in a remastered version as a double digipak with new artwork. The package also contains the bonus-DVD Live at Summer Breeze 2004!
Storm Before Calm track listing:
1. The Heretic Age
2. Fallen To Ruin
3. Cast To The Pyre
4. Suns First Rays
5. What Sleeps Within
6. Hosting Of The Sidhe
7. Sons Of The Morrigan
Live at Summer Breeze 2004 DVD track listing:
1. Gods to the Godless
2. A Journey's End
3. The Heretic's Age
4. The Soul Must Sleep
5. Sons of the Morrigan
6. To Enter Pagan
Head over to the MetalBlade.com and check the order options as well as the live video of the album track Sons Of The Morrigan taken off the Summer Breeze 2004 show by clicking HERE!
Meanwhile PRIMORDIAL have finished the recordings on their seventh studio album, Redemption At The Puritan's Hand, with producer Chris Fielding (Napalm Death, Electric Wizard) for a April release via Metal Blade Records.
PRIMORDIAL vocalist A.A. Nemtheanga comments on Redemption At The Puritan's Hand:
"If I had to sum this album up I would say this is the 'death' album. Plain and simple. There isn't exactly a whole concept but many of the themes deal with mortality, how we deal with it. The spiritual structures we place around us to make sense of it. Sex, death, procreation and god. As we get older our relationship to our lives changes, the realization you will not live forever, the grand plan you hoped to uncover never materializes, food for worms and nothing more.
We are animals, beasts and making peace with that beast might be your life's work but more often than not he is never tamed.
Once a wolf always a wolf. We all seek redemption in one way or another, from lies or from truth. Those of us who are godless or faithless often envy the man of faith for his life seems to have an extra purpose, despite the fact that logic, pragmatism, science and realism should crush any sign of faith, we still persist in lying to ourselves. Perhaps the alternative is too much to bear. So the themes of religion, mortality and death occur over and over again, along with continuing themes of alienation, martyrdom, sacrifice, violence and retribution. Occasionally, very occasionally a chink of light breaks through.
This is our seventh album, you know what to expect, passion, intensity, commitment and sheer bloody mindedness. Don't expect fantasy or escapism. No remorse, no regret."
PRIMORDIAL will release their new longplayer, Redemption At The Puritan's Hand, on April 23rd/26th, 2011 via Metal Blade Records in Europe and April 26th in North America! Stay tuned for track listing, album art, pre-order deals and the first sound samples in the coming weeks!
http://www.facebook.com/primordialofficial
http://www.primordialweb.com
http://www.myspace.com/primordialofficial
http://www.metalblade.com/primordial
Metal Blade Records teams up with Alan Averill 'Nemtheanga' of Primordial for distribution of his label POISON TONGUE RECORDS
Alan Averill 'Nemtheanga' works with Metal Blade Records' A&R department; first bands signed are Sweden's PORTRAIT and Ireland's DARKEST ERA!
Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce it has inked an imprint deal with Alan Averill 'Nemtheanga' of Primordial to handle distribution of his label POISON TONGUE RECORDS. Alan's POISON TONGUE RECORDS has already begun to gain notice as a promising label in the underground scene in Europe and now with distribution being handled by Metal Blade Records in North America, the label will be able to further expand its reach into States.
Alan Averill 'Nemtheanga' elaborates; "so after twenty years experience in the music industry I am starting my own imprint label called Poison Tongue Records through Metal Blade Records, working in conjunction with Darragh at Invictus Productions and Cyclone Empire. The reasons are many fold and despite the confused state the industry itself is in I felt it was time to step up and make a few things happen. Poison Tongue will be underground, make no bones about it and will concentrate on a couple of releases a year together with Invictus dealing with the underground traders, Cyclone hitting the middle ground and Metal Blade taking care of the shops, main mail-orders and bigger advertisements. Attack on all fronts!
The first release is the BLOOD REVOLT Indoctrine album. Poison Tongue is responsible for the limited digi version available right now through Metal Blade (listen to the track 'Year Zero' on the website) in conjunction with Profound Lore in the States and Invictus here in Europe taking care of the jewel edition.
Next up is a joint collaboration on a new DESTRÖYER 666 7" together with Invictus Productions. Something I'm very proud to be connected with having long connections with the DESTRÖYER 666 boys, this should be out to coincide with their tour with Watain in the fall. Then we are going to begin working with fellow Aussies, and one-time DESTRÖYER 666 members, Berserker and ASSAULTER on their new album, having recruited new members this is going to crush, plain and simple. A demo track is now up on the Poison Tongue site so be sure to check it out. More news will follow about releases to follow."
In other news; Alan Averill 'Nemtheanga' works with Metal Blade Records' A&R department and has already picked up two new bands. The first is PORTRAIT from Sweden and the second is DARKEST ERA hailing from Ireland. Metal Blade Records chairmen and CEO, Brian Slagel, comments on teaming up with Alan to assist the label in finding new metal acts: "We are very excited to work with Alan on this project. He has great ears and is really embedded in the underground."
Alan adds; "I'll be working A&R for Metal Blade, bringing some new angles and ideas. The first of which is Swedish old school contenders PORTRAIT. When this NWOBHM 80's magma finally spews to the surface these guys are going to be there. The second is young Irish band DARKEST ERA who will release their debut later in the year. A heady and vibrant mix of sweeping Irish melancholy imbued with Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy, Omen and Slough Feg. Earth pagan power? Sound about right?
There will be more to follow believe me! If you are interested in getting in touch because your band might be what I'm looking for, email: alan.averill@gmail.com."
"We take pride in signing to a label with a legacy like that of Metal Blade," comments Portrait guitarist Richard Lagergren. "And in a way I'd like to say this will be our first 'real' album… You ain't seen nothing yet! Hell awaits!"
Ade Mulgrew, guitarist of Darkest Era, comments; "this is a big step for us and gives us a great opportunity to get our music out to a lot more people. We've got a new album written that we are really excited about and can't wait to get it recorded. Metal Blade has put out some of our favorite records over the years and we're looking forward to working with them as we embark on this journey of conquest!"
Check them both at www.myspace.corm/darkestera and www.myspace.com/portraitmetal.
Primordial's AA Nemtheanga and Metal Blade's Brian Slagel discuss classic metal albums in a 4 part series for Metal Blade TV
Recently, Brian Slagel and Primordial's AA Nemtheanga had a chance to talk about some of their favorite classic metal albums from the Metal Blade vault. The conversation has been broken up into a four part series to focus on each of the four albums that they discussed. In part 2, the metal connoisseurs reminisce about Omen's Warning Of Danger. Nemtheanga talks about that album's influence on himself and Primordial while Brian Slagel talks about what it was like to work with the band back in the early 1980s.
This video series will be a fascinating and enthralling experience for metal heads new and old. Remember some of your favorite classics or discover an album that influenced hordes of modern musicians.
Part 2 of this series is available for viewing on Metal Blade TV HERE. Stay tuned to metalblade.tv for parts 3 and 4!
http://www.metalblade.tv
http://www.facebook.com/primordialofficial
Primordial's AA Nemtheanga and Metal Blade's Brian Slagel discuss classic metal albums in a 4 part series for Metal Blade TV
Recently, Brian Slagel and Primordial's AA Nemtheanga had a chance to talk about some of their favorite classic metal albums from the Metal Blade vault. The conversation has been broken up into a four part series to focus on each of the four albums that they discussed. In part 1, the metal connoisseurs reminisce about Cirith Ungol's King Of The Dead. Nemtheanga talks about that album's influence on himself and Primordial while Brian Slagel talks about what it was like to work with the band back in the early 1980s.
This video series will be a fascinating and enthralling experience for metal heads new and old. Remember some of your favorite classics or discover an album that influenced hordes of modern musicians.
Part 1 of this series is available for viewing on Metal Blade TV HERE. Stay tuned to metalblade.tv for parts 2, 3 and 4 next week!
http://www.metalblade.tv
http://www.facebook.com/primordialofficial
High Def trailer for upcoming PRIMORDIAL DVD 'All Empires Fall' premiering on Bloody Disgusting!
This Friday, horror movie site Bloody Disgusting will be running the exclusive premier of PRIMORDIAL's HD trailer for the bands upcoming, first ever 2-disc DVD All Empires Fall, which will be available March 16th through Metal Blade Records. Head over to Bloody Disgusting starting this Friday to check out the high definition trailer and if you like what you see, head over to the Metal Blade Store to pick up your copy.
*Live tracks from the 2-disc DVD will also be available as digital audio tracks.
It's hard to put the PRIMORDIAL experience into words. This Irish band has managed to establish their own territory, away from the clichés of the metal scene in general and the pagan scene in particular. PRIMORDIAL live and breathe the spirit of their ancestors, putting it into captivating creations full of sorrow and pain on the one hand and confidence and strength on the other. Perfectly balanced between slow, dragging anthems and pure metallic fury, they always manage to create a world full of enthralling myths, where mist engulfs wonderful landscapes, only to reveal them in all their glory just at the right time.
DVD CONTENT:
*LIVE in Dublin 2009
*PRIMORDIAL documentary with vintage footage of the band's early years and interview footage with PRIMORDIAL main-man ALAN A NEMTHEANGA discussing lyrics + rehearsal footage
*Ragnorok Festival 2008 (GERMANY)
*Hove Festival 2008 (NORWAY)
*Graspop Metal Meeting 2008 (BELGIUM)
Bloody Disgusting is a leader in the online horror community, delivering sought after content such as horror movie reviews, trailers, interviews, news, and now music content.
The pre-order for All Empires Fall can be found on http://www.metalblade.com/primordial
http://www.myspace.com/primordialofficial
http://www.primordialweb.com/
High Def trailer for upcoming PRIMORDIAL DVD 'All Empires Fall' premiering on Bloody Disgusting!
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. - March 05, 2010 - This Friday, horror movie site Bloody Disgusting will be running the exclusive premier of PRIMORDIAL's HD trailer for the bands upcoming, first ever 2-disc DVD All Empires Fall, which will be available March 16th through Metal Blade Records. Head over to Bloody Disgusting starting this Friday to check out the high definition trailer and if you like what you see, head over to the Metal Blade Store to pick up your copy.
*Live tracks from the 2-disc DVD will also be available as digital audio tracks.
It's hard to put the PRIMORDIAL experience into words. This Irish band has managed to establish their own territory, away from the clichés of the metal scene in general and the pagan scene in particular. PRIMORDIAL live and breathe the spirit of their ancestors, putting it into captivating creations full of sorrow and pain on the one hand and confidence and strength on the other. Perfectly balanced between slow, dragging anthems and pure metallic fury, they always manage to create a world full of enthralling myths, where mist engulfs wonderful landscapes, only to reveal them in all their glory just at the right time.
DVD CONTENT:
*LIVE in Dublin 2009
*PRIMORDIAL documentary with vintage footage of the band's early years and interview footage with PRIMORDIAL main-man ALAN A NEMTHEANGA discussing lyrics + rehearsal footage
*Ragnorok Festival 2008 (GERMANY)
*Hove Festival 2008 (NORWAY)
*Graspop Metal Meeting 2008 (BELGIUM)
Bloody Disgusting is a leader in the online horror community, delivering sought after content such as horror movie reviews, trailers, interviews, news, and now music content.
The pre-order for All Empires Fall will be up shortly on metalbladestore.com
http://www.myspace.com/primordialofficial
http://www.primordialweb.com/
Primordial announce details for “Journey’s End” deluxe re-issue!
After the successful re-issue of Primordial’s debut album, Imrama, the Irish group have announced the details for the next re-issue, Journey’s End.
Originally released in 1998, the deluxe re-issue of Journey’s End has been entirely remastered and includes a bonus dvd featuring a high quality recording of a show performed at The Ritz in Lison, Portugal in 1999. The digipak comes with a 16-page booklet with new liner notes and additional photos.
Journey’s End track listing:
1. Graven Idol
2. Dark Song
3. Autumn’s Ablaze
4. Journey’s End
5. Solitary Mourner
6. Bitter Harvest
7. An Aistear Deirneach
DVD track listing:
Live At The Ritz, Lisbon, Portugal, 12/09/99
1. Infernal Summer
2. The Calling
3. Journeys End
4. Children Of The Harvest
5. The Burning Season
6. The Purging Fire (Gods To The Godless)
7. Autumns Ablaze
8. Let The Sun Set On Life Forever
9. Graven Idol
10. To Enter Pagan
Journey’s End will be available everywhere on September 29th!
http://www.myspace.com/primordialofficial
|
|
