Primordial - 'How It Ends' (official music video)

Is this how it ends, until only one song remains.
Is this how language dies, one tongue at a time.
Is this the noose waiting at the gallows end.
Necks will crack to the anthem of this world.

It this how it ends.
No more myths to hand from word to mouth.
It this how it ends.
No protest songs, no voices in dissent.
How did you feel when they called your name.
And you stood in line for the last time.

Only one song remains.
And the words are the same.
The anthem of this modern world.
See this world go up in flames!

Could it be the final chapter.
Before they burn the books.
As we pass into the long night of the soul.
Is this how it ends.
Until only one song remains.

Who dares to sing out of tune.
And rewrite the refrain, and live out of time.
We must sing the song of our people.
One of a deep and unyielding pain.
And we must sing, sing our pain,
Of pain, of pain, we must sing!

Full length album νούμερο δέκα στον ορίζοντα για τους Primordial. "How It Ends" ο τίτλος και κυκλοφόρησε προχθές. Πρόκειται για το τρίτο (δισκογραφικό) πόνημα των Ιρλανδών metallers μέσα στο 2023 μετά το live album "A Journey's End Volume 2 - Live at the Ritz, Lisbon, Portugal 9.12.1999" και την συλλογή "Spirit the Earth Aflame Volume 2"...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Primordial has nothing to prove. Having lasted thirty-two years and now returning with their devastating new studio offering, the Irish band has made it clear they are a primal force who consistently lay it all on the line.

The follow-up to 2018’s critically lauded Exile Amongst The Ruins, How It Ends sees them delivering more of their seminal blend of Celtic and black metal, with an extra added urgency, and staring down the apocalypse.

“The title is a question - is this how it ends? How it all goes down: culture, language, history, society - humanity - who knows?”, says vocalist A. A. Nemtheanga.

“Regardless of who you are or were, you get one chance at all of this, and it’s asking is this the end of your town, state, nation? Myths, traditions, relationships, and I suppose it asks the question, who reacts, who rebels - how does it end now for them?”

Working alongside founding members Pól MacAmlaigh (bass) and Ciáran MacUilliam (guitar) and longtime drummer Simon O’Laoghaire, the band started writing in earnest in the Fall of 2022, having lit a fire under themselves to work hastily and productively.

Primordial never plans out a record beforehand, letting them come together naturally, though Nemtheanga knew he wanted something with a bigger, more open sound, and something more aggressive, which is exactly what they achieved.

“How It Ends" is a very angry, defiant, visceral, and rebellious album, and as we worked it all began to take more shape and form itself. It may be the note we go out on but it will be a note of resistance, in musical terms. I think it’s also more metal! And more epic!”»

Band: Primordial
Country of origin: Ireland
Location: Dublin
Formed in: 1993
Lyrical themes: Cultural heritage, History, Struggle
Years active: 1987-1992 (as Forsaken), 1993-present

Video: "How It Ends"
Album: "How It Ends"
Type: Full length
Release date: September 29th, 2023
Label: Metal Blade Records

Track listing:
01. How It Ends
02. Ploughs To Rust, Swords To Dust
03. We Shall Not Serve
04. Traidisiúnta
05. Pilgrimage To The World's End
06. Nothing New Under The Sun
07. Call To Cernunnos
08. All Against All
09. Death Holy Death
10. Victory Has 1000 Fathers, Defeat Is An Orphan

Band members:
Pól MacAmlaigh - Bass
Ciáran MacUiliam - Guitars
A.A. Nemtheanga - Vocals
Simon O'Laoghaire - Drums

Miscellaneous staff:
Chris Fielding - Producer