Primordial Issues "Where Greater Men Have Fallen" Track-By-Track Breakdown
Band Photo: Primordial (?)
"Where Greater Men Have Fallen" (reviewed here) is the new studio album from Ireland's revered metal craftsman, Primordial.
Released via Metal Blade late last month, the record debuted at #24 on Billboard's Top New Artist Chart, #43 on Billboard's Top New Artist Chart, and #104 on Billboard's Independent Albums Chart.
In commemoration of its release, today Revolver Magazine brings fans a thorough track-by-track breakdown of the offering as told by vocalist Alan Averill. The first two entries can be read below, while the full track-by-track is available at this location.
“Where Greater Men Have Fallen”
A no-brainer of an opener, we knew that when we wrote it that it would be track one. Quite traditional Primordial fare but centered around a big hook for the chorus so in that sense it’s quite a classic metal song. Drop alternate tuning which gives it a slightly heavier tone. Lyrically it deals with the turning of the 19th century and the path to WW1, the promise of a new century of advancement only brought bloodshed on a scale no one imagined.
“Babels Tower”
The first track written for the new album. Slow burning track that builds to a crescendo complete with an old school Candlemass style solo which is a rare thing for Primordial. The track we chose to make our first video recently. Lyrically it has a simple message wrapped in some quite Poe-esque language. It’s about miscommunication and misunderstanding, it revolves around the line, “I preached that world was flat."
See the band live on these dates:
1/24/2015 Magazin4 - Brussels, BE
2/05/2015 Audio - Glasgow, UK
2/06/2015 Sound Control - Manchester, UK
2/07/2015 Islington Academy - London, UK
2/19/2015 Blastfest 2015 - Bergen, NO
2/21/2015 Volta Club - Moscow, RU
4/04/2015 Radau gegen HIV - Münster, DE
4/05/2015 Dark Easter Metal Meeting - München, DE
6/13-14/2015 Metalhead Meeting 2015 - Bucharest, RO
6/19-21/2015 Graspop Metal Meeting - Dessel, BE
7/17/2015 Bang Your Head - Balingen, DE
What's Next?
To minimize comment spam/abuse, you cannot post comments on articles over a month old.