PRIMORDIAL · How It Ends | DIGIPAK 2CD

Double CD in 6 panel digipak with 16 page booklet.

Background information about 'How It Ends'

Primordial delivers their most emotionally devastating statement yet with "How It Ends", a towering monument to Celtic metal that feels like watching the world burn through ancient eyes. This isn't just another album – it's a funeral pyre for civilization itself, wrapped in the most gorgeous melodies the Irish legends have ever conjured. A.A. Nemtheanga's voice has never sounded more prophetic, weaving tales of cultural decay and spiritual emptiness over Ciáran MacUiliam's most inspired guitar work to date.

The ten tracks on the main album flow like chapters in an epic poem, each one building toward an inevitable apocalypse that somehow feels cathartic rather than hopeless. From the crushing opener "How It Ends" to the haunting closer "Victory Has 1000 Fathers, Defeat Is An Orphan", every moment crackles with the kind of passion that made Primordial legends in the first place. The bonus disc "No Sleep Till The Mountain" adds incredible value with rare gems including an orchestral version of "As Rome Burns" and previously unreleased demos from 1991 that show the band's raw power from their earliest days.

For fans of:
Bathory, Moonsorrow, Drudkh, Agalloch, Falkenbach, Solstafir

Track listing

CD 1:

1. How It Ends
2. Ploughs To Rust, Swords To Dust
3. We Shall Not Serve
4. Traidisiúnta
5. Pilgrimage To The World's End
6. Nothing New Under The Sun
7. Call To Cernunnos
8. All Against All
9. Death Holy Death
10. Victory Has 1000 Fathers, Defeat Is An Orphan

CD 2:

1. As Rome Burns (Orchestral Version)
2. Mouth Of Judas (Live 2015)
3. Nefarious Affliction (Unreleased Demo Sept. 1991)
4. Prince Of The Sky (Unreleased Demo Sept 1991)
5. Here I Am King (Live Summer 1994)
6. Infernal Summer (Live Summer 1994)

Manufacturer: Metal Blade Records GmbH, Friedrichstr. 38, 73033 Göppingen, Germany, Contact: www.metalblade.com