Primordial "Exile Amongst the Ruins" 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 it's predecessor. Hitting home with what vocalist A.A. Nemtheanga describes as "a direct energy" and wielding an urgency that is undeniable, the Irish quintet once again effortlessly blend elements of tragedy and might like no one else. 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. PRIMORDIAL line-up: A.A. Nemtheanga - Vocals Ciarán MacUilliam - Guitar Michael O'Floinn - Guitar Pól MacAmlaigh - Bass Simon O'Laoghaire - Drums, Runningtime: 00:00:00, Administrator [Administered By]: Bmg Rights Management, Artwork [Booklet Pictures]: Alan Averill, Artwork, Layout, Edited By [Photos processed by], Edited By [Pictures processed by]: Costin Chioreanu, Bass: Pól MacAmlaigh, Booking: Jörg Düsedau, Drums: Simon O'Laoghaire, Guitar [Guitars]: Ciáran MacUiliam, Guitar [Guitars]: Michael O'Floinn, Mastered By: Chris Common, Photography By [Members Photos]: Mihai Anghel, Photography By [Picture of Alan]: Gareth Averill, Producer [Produced], Engineer [Engineered], Mixed By: Ola Ersfjord, Vocals: A.A. Nemtheanga, Lyrics By: A.A. Nemtheanga, Music By: Ciáran MacUiliam, Music By: Primordial, Lyrics By: A.A. Nemtheanga, Music By: Ciáran MacUiliam, Music By: Primordial, Lyrics By: A.A. Nemtheanga, Music By: Michael O'Floinn, Music By: Primordial, Lyrics By: A.A. Nemtheanga, Music By: Ciáran MacUiliam, Music By: Primordial, Lyrics By: A.A. Nemtheanga, Music By: Michael O'Floinn, Music By: Primordial, Lyrics By: A.A. Nemtheanga, Music By: Ciáran MacUiliam, Music By: Primordial, Lyrics By: A.A. Nemtheanga, Music By: Ciáran MacUiliam, Music By: Primordial, Lyrics By: A.A. Nemtheanga, Music By: Ciáran MacUiliam, Music By: Primordial, Labelcode MTB155502.2 (3984-15550-2), Phonographic Copyright (p) Metal Blade Records Inc., Copyright (c) Metal Blade Records Inc., Published By Crushing Skulls Music, Glass Mastered At Sony DADC, Produced At Camelot Studios, Dublin, Engineered At Camelot Studios, Dublin, Produced At Herbert Place Studios, Engineered At Herbert Place Studios, Mixed At Cuervo Recording Service, Mastered At Twin Hills Mastering
This last album builds its merit in not limiting itself to the usual structures and well-established compositional dynamics, lacking efficiency on an expressive level. In fact "Exile Amongst the Ruins" represents the traditional Primordial's sound elements but it strongly reaffirms their poetic aims: a personal voice, powerfully dramatic like that of Alan Averill, able to give body and soul to words, enveloped by a martial and full-bodied riffing, firmly supported by a compartment of bass and drums able to work the raw marble of the texts. Chapeau!