PRIMORDIAL: 'Imrama' Reissue To Include Bonus DVD
February 19, 2009Metal Blade Records and Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL have decided to upgrade the upcoming reissue of the band's 1995 album "Imrama" by including a bonus DVD instead of the previously announced CD. The DVD includes a live recording from 1994 in Cork City, Ireland and also features an audio commentary by vocalist Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill about the early days of the band and that gig in particular.
Recorded in late 1994 and originally released by Cacophonous Records in the autumn of 1995, "Imrama" 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 CD/DVD package 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 digipack with the original artwork, the two discs and a 16-page booklet with new liner notes and additional photos.
"Imrama" CD:
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 tracks
"Dark Romanticism" 1993 demo:
11. To Enter Pagan
12. The Darkest Flame
13. Among The Lazarae
14. To The Ends Of The Earth
Bonus DVD "Live In Cork City February 1994":
01. Among The Lazarae
02. Let The Sun Set On Life Forever
03. To Enter Pagan
04. The Darkest Flame
05. The Fires
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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