How it ends

Description

Primordial truly has nothing to prove. After 32 years of existence, the Irish band returns with their devastating tenth album and has clearly shown that they are a primal force that lays everything on the line. Following 2018's Exile Amongst The Ruins, How It Ends offers a fresh blend of black metal and Celtic music, with an added sense of urgency and an eye turned towards the apocalypse. With founding members Pól MacAmlaigh (bass) and Ciáran MacUilliam (guitar) and long-time drummer Simon O'Laoghaire, the band began serious writing in the fall of 2022, after setting their minds on working quickly and productively. Primordial never plans an album in advance, letting it come naturally, even if 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, provocative, visceral, and rebellious album, and as we worked, it began to take shape. It might 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!"