PRIMORDIAL: 'Imrama' Reissue Detailed

January 9, 2009

2008 was a great year for Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL. After the release of their magnum opus, "To The Nameless Dead", in late 2007, the band played shows and festivals all over Europe and gained loads of new fans.

The Pagan metallers have lots of plans for the New Year, including a tour through North America and the writing of a new album. Apart from that, the band will reissue its catalog during the year. All reissues will be made available in high-quality packaging and will include bonus material.

The reissue series starts with PRIMORDIAL's debut album, "Imrama". Recorded in late 1994 and originally released by Cacophonous Records in the autumn of 1995, it already displayed the band's sense for overwhelming melodies, epic drama and total commitment, wrapped in a raw sound with a much stronger black metal influence than is apparent in the band's more recent output. The reissue comes as a double CD, including the remastered album plus unreleased demos and live recordings, packaged in a precious black linen slipcase with glossy golden hot foil print, containing a six-page digipak with the original artwork, the two CDs and a 16-page booklet with new liner notes and additional photos.

"Imrama" reissue track listing:

01. Fuil Arsa
02. Infernal Summer
03. Here I am King
04. The Darkest Flame
05. The Fires...
06. Mealltach
07. Let the Sun set on Life Forever
08. To the Ends of the Earth
09. Beneath a Bronze Sky
10. Awaiting the Dawn

Bonus Disc:

"Dark Romanticism" 1993 demo:

01. To Enter Pagan
02. The Darkest Flame
03. Among the Lazarae
04. To the Ends of the Earth

Live in Dublin 1993:

05. In Graciousness
06. A Blacker Art

The "Imrama" reissue will be made available on March 13 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy; and March 16 in the rest of Europe via Metal Blade Records.

PRIMORDIAL's January 24, 2009 concert in Dublin, Ireland will be professionally filmed for a possible DVD release.

PRIMORDIAL, Finland's KORPIKLAANI, Switzerland's ELUVEITIE, Finland's MOONSORROW, Canada's BLACKGUARD (formerly known as PROFUGUS MORTIS) and New Jersey's SWASHBUCKLE will team up for this year's PaganFest USA tour, set to take place in May/June.

Watch footage of PRIMORDIAL performing in Dublin, Ireland - January 2008:

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