Primordial
Primordial are an Irish extreme metal band from Skerries, County Dublin, with roots stretching back to 1987, becoming one of the first black metal-influenced acts to emerge from Ireland. With vocalist Nemtheanga at the helm since the early 1990s, the band developed a singular sound fusing raw black metal with Celtic folk instrumentation and a deeply Irish sense of cultural mourning, producing landmark albums including A Journey's End (1998) and The Gathering Wilderness (2005).
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Primordial Discography
16 tracks
- 1 No Grave Deep Enough 7:10
- 2 Lain with the Wolf 8:25
- 3 Bloodied Yet Unbowed 8:47
- 4 God's Old Snake 6:25
- 5 The Mouth of Judas 8:53
- 6 The Black Hundred 6:19
- 7 The Puritan's Hand 8:36
- 8 Death of the Gods 9:21
- 9 No Grave Deep Enough (Demo) 6:53
- 10 Lain with the Wolf (Demo) 8:46
- 11 Bloodied Yet Unbowed (Demo) 8:47
- 12 God's Old Snake (Demo) 6:27
- 13 The Mouth of Judas (Demo) 9:47
- 14 The Black Hundred (Demo) 6:18
- 15 The Puritan's Hand (Demo) 8:35
- 16 Death of the Gods (Demo) 8:55
18 tracks
- 1 Graven Idol 8:05
- 1 Children of the Harvest - Live 6:49
- 2 Dark Song 5:04
- 2 The Burning Season - Live 8:28
- 3 Autumn's Ablaze 8:16
- 3 The Purging Fire (Gods to the Godless) - Live 6:38
- 4 Journey's End 8:00
- 4 Autumn's Ablaze - Live 8:04
- 5 Solitary Mourner 2:53
- 5 Let the Sun Set on Life Forever - Live 7:10
- 6 Bitter Harvest 10:33
- 6 Graven Idol - Live 8:03
- 7 An Aistear Deirneach 4:25
- 7 To Enter Pagan - Live 5:35
- 8 And the Sun Set on Life Forever - Bonus Track 9:17
- 9 Infernal Summer - Live 5:58
- 10 The Calling - Live 4:51
- 11 Journey's End - Live 7:21
7 tracks
- 1 The Heretic's Age 6:16
- 2 Fallen to Ruin 9:29
- 3 Cast to the Pyre 7:06
- 4 Suns First Rays 4:57
- 5 What Sleeps Within 3:12
- 6 Sons of the Morrigan 8:09
- 7 Hosting of the Sidhe 7:09
7 tracks
- 1 The Golden Spiral 8:03
- 2 The Gathering Wilderness 9:13
- 3 The Song Of The Tomb 7:56
- 4 End Of All Times (Martyrs Fire) 7:42
- 5 The Coffin Ships 9:58
- 6 Tragedy's Birth 8:31
- 7 Cities Carved In Stone 8:07
8 tracks
- 1 Empire Falls 8:03
- 2 Gallows Hymn 5:55
- 3 As Rome Burns 9:16
- 4 Failures Burden 6:37
- 5 Heathen Tribes 8:19
- 6 The Rising Tide 1:34
- 7 Traitors Gate 6:49
- 8 No Nation on This Earth 8:12
14 tracks
- 1 Fuil Arsa 4:44
- 2 Infernal Summer 6:11
- 3 Here I Am King 4:24
- 4 The Darkest Flame 5:18
- 5 The Fires... 5:23
- 6 Mealltach 1:27
- 7 Let The Sun Set On Life Forever 4:26
- 8 To The Ends Of The Earth 5:29
- 9 Beneath A Bronze Sky 3:26
- 10 Awaiting The Dawn 5:00
- 11 To Enter Pagan (Demo) 5:49
- 12 The Darkest Flame (Demo) 4:36
- 13 Among The Lazarae (Demo) 5:52
- 14 To The Ends Of The Earth (Demo) 6:03
13 tracks
- 1 Empire Falls 7:39
- 1 The Coffin Ships 7:59
- 2 Fuil Arsa 4:32
- 2 Traitors Gate 6:45
- 3 Gallows Hymn 5:05
- 3 Journey's End 7:05
- 4 Sons Of The Morrigan 7:05
- 4 No Nation On This Earth 7:01
- 5 Cast To The Pyre 6:29
- 5 Gods To The Godless 6:41
- 6 The Golden Spiral 7:19
- 6 Heathen Tribes 8:21
- 7 As Rome Burns 8:21
8 tracks
- 1 No Grave Deep Enough 7:10
- 2 Lain with the Wolf 8:25
- 3 Bloodied Yet Unbowed 8:47
- 4 God's Old Snake 6:25
- 5 The Mouth of Judas 8:53
- 6 The Black Hundred 6:19
- 7 The Puritan's Hand 8:36
- 8 Death of Gods 9:21
17 tracks
- 1 Spirit the Earth Aflame 2:23
- 1 The Darkest Flame 6:23
- 2 Gods To The Godless 7:47
- 2 In Graciousness (Live) 3:41
- 3 The Soul Must Sleep 6:37
- 3 The Black Art (Live) 5:00
- 4 The Burning Season 8:42
- 4 Total Destruction (Live) 3:36
- 5 Glorious Dawn 7:22
- 5 Inside the Eye of Algond (Live) 4:06
- 6 The Cruel Sea 4:03
- 6 To Enter Pagan 5:24
- 7 Children of the Harvest 8:29
- 7 The Calling 4:54
- 8 To Enter Pagan 5:41
- 8 Among the Lazarae 7:51
- 9 Soul Must Sleep (Live) 5:31
16 tracks
- 1 No Grave Deep Enough 7:10
- 1 No Grave Deep Enough (Demo) 6:53
- 2 Lain with the Wolf 8:25
- 2 Lain with the Wolf (Demo) 8:46
- 3 Bloodied yet Unbowed 8:47
- 3 Bloodied yet Unbowed (Demo) 8:47
- 4 God's Old Snake 6:25
- 4 God's Old Snake (Demo) 6:27
- 5 The Mouth of Judas 8:53
- 5 The Mouth of Judas (Demo) 9:47
- 6 The Black Hundred 6:19
- 6 The Black Hundred (Demo) 6:18
- 7 The Puritan's Hand 8:36
- 7 The Puritan's Hand (Demo) 8:35
- 8 Death of the Gods 9:21
- 8 Death of the Gods (Demo) 8:55
8 tracks
- 1 Where Greater Men Have Fallen 8:06
- 2 Babel's Tower 8:14
- 3 Come the Flood 7:16
- 4 The Seed of Tyrants 5:31
- 5 Ghosts of the Charnel House 7:28
- 6 The Alchemist's Head 6:06
- 7 Born to Night 8:54
- 8 Wield Lightning to Split the Sun 7:03
11 tracks
- 1 Gods to the Godless (Live) 8:08
- 2 Babels Tower (Live) 7:03
- 3 Where Greater Men Have Fallen (Live) 8:04
- 4 No Grave Deep Enough (Live) 6:12
- 5 As Rome Burns (Live) 8:10
- 6 The Alchemists Head (Live) 6:11
- 7 Bloodied yet Unbowed (Live) 7:51
- 8 The Coffin Ships (Live) 7:58
- 9 Heathen Tribes (Live) 8:07
- 10 Wield Lightning to Split the Sun (Live) 6:33
- 11 Empire Falls (Live) 7:37
1 track
- 1 Gods to the Godless (Live) 8:08
8 tracks
- 1 Nail Their Tongues 9:00
- 2 To Hell or the Hangman 7:16
- 3 Where Lie the Gods 9:11
- 4 Exile Amongst the Ruins 7:59
- 5 Upon Our Spiritual Deathbed 8:28
- 6 Stolen Years 5:15
- 7 Sunken Lungs 7:52
- 8 Last Call 10:32
1 track
- 1 Exile Amongst the Ruins 7:59
1 track
- 1 To Hell or the Hangman 7:16
1 track
- 1 Stolen Years 5:15
5 tracks
- 1 Babels Tower (Rehearsal) 7:57
- 2 Come the Flood (Rehearsal) 7:25
- 3 Where Greater Men Have Fallen (Rehearsal) 10:29
- 4 Ghosts of the Charnel House 7:47
- 5 Seed of Tyrants (Rehearsal) 5:05
6 tracks
- 1 To Enter Pagan 5:49
- 2 The Darkest Flame 4:36
- 3 Among the Lazarae 5:52
- 4 To the Ends of the Earth 6:03
- 5 In Graciousness (Live 1993) [Bonus Track] 3:46
- 6 A Blacker Art (Live 1993) [Bonus Track] 4:59
10 tracks
- 1 How It Ends 7:50
- 2 Ploughs to Rust, Swords to Dust 7:35
- 3 We Shall Not Serve 7:18
- 4 Traidisiúnta 2:12
- 5 Pilgrimage to the World's End 7:07
- 6 Nothing New Under the Sun 7:11
- 7 Call to Cernunnos 5:59
- 8 All Against All 8:48
- 9 Death Holy Death 5:40
- 10 Victory Has 1000 Fathers, Defeat Is an Orphan 6:14
1 track
- 1 Pilgrimage to the World's End 7:07
1 track
- 1 Victory Has 1000 Fathers, Defeat Is an Orphan 6:14
6 tracks
- 1 Where Greater Men Have Fallen (Live at Party San Open Air, 2015) 9:05
- 2 No Grave Is Deep Enough (Live at Party San Open Air, 2015) 7:00
- 3 Gods to the Godless (Live at Party San Open Air, 2015) 15:54
- 4 Coffin Ships (Live at Party San Open Air, 2015) 8:40
- 5 Wield Lightning to Split the Sun (Live at Party San Open Air, 2015) 6:18
- 6 Empire Falls (Live at Party San Open Air, 2015) 8:46
13 tracks
- 1 As Rome Burns (Live in New York City) 8:53
- 2 No Grave Deep Enough (Live in New York City) 6:34
- 3 The Golden Spiral (Live in New York City) 7:35
- 4 How It Ends (Live in New York City) 8:04
- 5 To Hell or the Hangman (Live in New York City) 7:11
- 6 Lain with the Wolf (Live in New York City) 8:19
- 7 Gods to the Godless (Live in New York City) 7:11
- 8 Gallows Hymn (Live in New York City) 5:22
- 9 Bloodied Yet Unbowed (Live in New York City) 8:38
- 10 The Coffin Ships (Live in New York City) 8:49
- 11 Victory Has 1000 Fathers, Defeat Is an Orphan (Live in New York City) 6:22
- 12 Empire Falls (Live in New York City) 8:01
- 13 Heathen Tribes (Live in New York City) 8:34
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