Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
Tracklist
Disc I01. Empire Falls
02. Gallows Hymn
03. As Rome Burns
04. Failures Burden
05. Heathen Tribes
06. The Rising Tide
07. Traitors Gate
08. No Nation On This Earth
Disc II [limited edition, live at Rock Hard Festival 2006]
01. The Golden Spiral
02. The Gathering Wilderness
03. Sons Of The Morrigan
04. The Coffin Ships
05. Song Of The Tomb
06. Gods To The Godless
Line-up
Alan Averill - vocals
Michael O'Floinn - guitars
Ciáran MacUiliam - guitars
Simon O'Laoghaire - drums
Pól MacAmlaigh - bass
Alan Averill - vocals
Michael O'Floinn - guitars
Ciáran MacUiliam - guitars
Simon O'Laoghaire - drums
Pól MacAmlaigh - bass
Additional info
Label: Metal BladeThe album is also available as a limited first edition in a digibook, featuring another cover design, 40 page booklet, and a bonus CD of Primordial's performance at the 2006 Rock Hard Festival.
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Did you ever wonder how to make music that is epic and powerful without use of any keyboards, orchestra or samples? Well, if you do not know the answer, you should probably ask Primordial. They certainly managed to achieve that. Primordial never released an album that would be rated less than amazing, and they still follow this trend with their latest called To The Nameless Dead. As I already mentioned, the first thing that came to my mind when I listened to this album was: "This is what I call "epic" metal!" Album has an amazing beginning with song Empire Falls (which is in my opinion one of the best Primordial have ever done) and all the others that follow are also great of course. Here we have again an outstanding vocal performance from Nemtheanga which sings with such passion that only few vocalists really could. His vocal work is always brilliant, no matter if he sings clean parts or he does harsh vocals. Other members are extremely "well-trained" too, especially the drummer which brings even greater epic feel to the album with his very varied and precise drumming. Album is produced and written as it should be, songs are not only very well composed but also have great lyrics which are written of course by Nemtheanga. Most of them begins with slow intros and then slowly evolve into great, timeless, epic masterpieces. Read more ›› |
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Epic black metal
Nov 25, 2017
So yesterday yours truly celebrated two big events: My not-so-young ass turned 25 and one of the modern classics in black metal turned a full decade!
With its' massive riffs, tasteful drumming, and let's not even start with the unique and thundering vocals of Mr. Nemtheanga... To The Nameless Dead is an album you cannot miss.
With its' massive riffs, tasteful drumming, and let's not even start with the unique and thundering vocals of Mr. Nemtheanga... To The Nameless Dead is an album you cannot miss.
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Account deleted Written by [user id=162327] on 14.07.2017 at 17:20 Zeppelin maybe, but Sabbath's first 5 albums  They are still amazing today! Well looking at the top 200 there are not that many albums I like.
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#StaffPickThisAlbumForIts10thAnniversary
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Posts: 18615 Written by Maco on 17.11.2017 at 02:55 Easy to remember. The 24/11 is my birthday.  Fun fact: My copy of this album is gathering quite some dust. I haven't heard the album in its entirety because I keep looking for the right moment. Plus... I got many other albums I bought which remain unplayed, so it's in a queue.
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Posts: 3593 Written by X-Ray Rod on 17.11.2017 at 11:34 Have you listened at least one song from the album?
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Posts: 64399 Written by Sang Dalang Abu on 10.01.2019 at 18:11 Allan is great philosophical poet ---- its deep , true philosophy
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This comment is for you, nikarg. You asked me to remind you what a real masterpiece sounds like.  This is what a real masterpiece sounds like IMO. Again, I just saw that I have never commented here -- probably because I thought its briliance was common sense. Empire falls, Heathen tribes, Rome Burns... that's about as great as it gets, folks.
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Posts: 8244 Written by Redel on 21.12.2020 at 18:41 Couldn't agree more
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Gallows Hymn is a perfect example of how to keep it simple. Amazing song.
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I think I'm in the minority in saying I wouldn't call this either Black Metal or Folk Metal - to me, it sounds more like Doom Metal with hints of Mastodon-esque Stoner riffs/vocals. 8.1/10 for me.
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Just real good fucking shit, seriously
---- You are the hammer, I am the nail building a house in the fire on the hill
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This album is a true epic, folk masterpiece! The music has a rhythm that sounds like Celtic tribal warfare, especially the drumming, in particular on the opening to "As Rome Burns". There is some stunning, epic guitar riffs, aswel that builds up a great atmosphere. He is also one hell of a passionate vocalist, and his lyrics are some of the most meaningful and poetic lyrics I've heard in metal, he has done Irish metal proud with thus one  I admire every song on this fine album but, "As Rome Burns", "Heathen Tribes", and "Empire Falls" really stood out. This album has grown on me more and more over the years, and I can't help but revist this masterpiece every once in a while, it is proberbly in my all time top 10.
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Guess I better listen to this.
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Once again landed on the most emotionally gorgeous album of all time.
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Can you name any folk metal releases better than this?! For me, this stands as one of the greatest folk metal albums ever.
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