01/18/2018 17:20

Primordial

Primordial announce new album 'Exile Amongst the Ruins'

Irish Celtic folk/black metal band Primordial have announce their 9th full-length album: 'Exile Amongst the Ruins' will be out on March 30th, 2018, via Metal Blade Records.

Track listing:
1. Nail Their Tongues
2. To Hell or the Hangman
3. Where Lie the Gods
4. Exile Amongst the Ruins
5. Upon Our Spiritual Deathbed
6. Stolen Years
7. Sunken Lungs
8. Last Call

Editions:
- limited 1st edition digibook CD with bonus CD
- jewelcase CD
- limited edition artbook (incl. 5 x 10" in golden vinyl)
- 180g black vinyl
- clear gray-brown marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 700 copies)
- violet red purple marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 300 copies)
- clear pale pink/white splattered vinyl (EU ebay exclusive - limited to 100 copies)
- purple red marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 200 copies)
- transparent green vinyl (Blast exclusive - limited to 200 copies)
- dead gold marbled vinyl (Napalm exclusive - limited to 300 copies)
- rosy brown/purple marbled vinyl (US exclusive - limited to 400 copies)
- tan clear vinyl (US exclusive - limited to 200 copies)

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. 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.

Commenting about the album's first single, 'Stolen Years', A.A. Nemtheanga added: "'Stolen Years' may seem like a strange choice as our lead single, and on the face of if I guess it is. It's not a blood and thunder epic about tragedy and might and the ruin of nations, nor is it 9 minute epistle of doom. Have no fear, the album does contain those also but to open this time we chose something different. This album has some surprises and this is one of them, a short and painfully simple song which almost didn't make the final cut if you can believe so. The video, cut by Costin Chioreanu, is about the journey involved in finally getting to that moment where you walk on stage, the song itself about that last night on earth that comes to us all, sometimes we never know when that might be, hold your loved ones tight tonight, this could be it…"

(source: Primordial / Metal Blade Records)