Imrama [ENHANCED] [EXTRA TRACKS]

Primordial

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 31, 2009)
• Original Release Date: March 31, 2009
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Enhanced, Extra tracks
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B001QF733A
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #173,142 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Fúil Arsa

2. Infernal Summer

3. Here I Am King

4. Darkest Flame

5. Fires...

6. Mealltach

7. Let the Sun Set on Life Forever

8. To the Ends of the Earth

9. Beneath a Bronze Sky

10. Awaiting the Dawn

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Among the Lazarae [DVD][Live]

2. Let the Sun Set on Life Forever [DVD][Live]

3. To Enter Pagan [DVD][Live]

4. Darkest Flame [DVD][Live]

5. Fires [DVD][Live]

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the Irish Death Metal band's 2002 album includes a bonus CD with unreleased demos and live recordings, packaged in a precious black linen slipcase with glossy golden hot foil print. It's hard to put the Primordial experience into words. This Irish band has managed to establish their own territory, away from the clich‚s of the Metal scene in general and the Pagan Metal 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. 2009.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The beginning of one of the more interesting BM bands, May 29, 2002

By	Mark R. Guglielmo "markgugs" (Wood Ridge, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Imrama (Audio CD)

Let me preface this review by pointing out that this is the first time I've heard anything by Primordial. They came to my attention as a band whom I might like due to their eclectic mixture of black metal, Celtic and Pagan-infused rhythms and lyrical content, and technical mastery. So what better place to start than the recently re-release (and re-mastered) debut album from this underground/cult Irish black metal band?

Right from the get-go, it's apparent that this release is a much more raw and much more black metal style album from what I understand their later albums come to be. It's one of the reasons I normally start with a band's early catalogue (so I can pay attention to, and hear their growth and maturity over time). "Fuil Arsa," "Infernal Summer," and "Here I Am King" all call to mind strong mid-paced black metal. Full-on screeching vox with sparsely placed clean singing (which is where A.A.N. Nemtheanga - yes, that's his name - brings to mind doomy gothic bands like My Dying Bride) complement fairly standard swirling guitar rhythms. "The Darkest Flame" changes the pace of the album a bit, slowing down further and incorporating some nice spoken word passages that continue the Pagan(?) themes prevalent throughout the album. The 'quiet' doesn't last long, as "The Fires..." is one of the more ferocious tracks on the disc, both lyrically and musically. Yes, the more I listen to that song, the more I like it. "Mealltach" is a skip track, but "Let the Sun Set on Life Forever" is gorgeous, beautifully haunting and scary at the same time. By far the strongest track on the album, one can tell that Primordial spent some time listening to the early 90s black metal masters before jumping in the studio to record this one. The sheer emotion of the song gives you shivers!

All in all, this is far from a subpar release; it's just not anything groundbreaking. It's a fair debut, and I am planning on following their growth through future albums, but if you're new to black metal, this might not be the greatest place to start...