How it ends

Description

Primordial truly has nothing to prove. After 32 years of existence, the Irish band returns with their tenth devastating album and has clearly shown they are a primal force that puts 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 towards the apocalypse. With founding members Pól MacAmlaigh (bass) and Ciáran MacUilliam (guitar) and long-time drummer Simon O’Laoghaire, the band began writing seriously in the autumn of 2022, after making it their goal to work quickly and productively. Primordial never plans an album in advance, letting it come naturally, even 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, provocative, visceral and rebellious album, and as we worked, it started to take shape. It may be the note we go out on, but it will be a note of defiance, in musical terms. I think it’s also more metal! And more epic!”