![]() ![]() ![]() It can be hard to focus entirely eight albums into your career, so it was important to step outside of the bubble and be able to analyze whether we still sound vital and like we mean it. “ Personally, it was also a step up vocally, and I think it has some of my strongest lyrics. “ We needed to take a different approach in terms of the studio and engineer we used, and we did that, and I think the resulting sound is pretty expansive and lush,” states Nemtheanga. “ Like all bands on the go as long as us with an extensive discography, individual songs sometimes fall by the wayside, especially as they don’t get the ‘live treatment’, but there are eight powerful songs on that album.” The band – rounded out by bassist Pól MacAmlaigh, drummer Simon O’Laoghaire and guitarist Micheál O’Floinn – also changed up their manner of working, which only served to fortify both the music and their intent. “ The songs have stood the test of time,” asserts guitarist Ciarán MacUilliam. Looking back on Where Greater Men Have Fallen, the members remain understandably proud of the critically acclaimed record and everything they achieved with it. Likewise, the evolution in their sound continues to be organic and unforced, ensuring that Exile Amongst The Ruins is essential listening for both their long term faithful and those only now drawn into their world. ![]() Nemtheanga describes as “a direct energy” and wielding an urgency that is undeniable, the Irish quintet once again effortlessly blend elements of Celtic folk and black metal like no one else. Once again building upon their signature sound, the follow up to 2014′s Where Greater Men Have Fallen is a more raw, “old school sounding” record than its predecessor. 2018 marks the twenty-seventh year of Primordial‘s seminal career, and returning with their ninth full-length, Exile Amongst The Ruins, they have lost none of their vitality. ![]()
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