PRIMORDIAL Mainman: 'I Never Wanted To Be One Of Those Fantastical History-Lesson Bands'

May 6, 2009

Vocalist Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill of Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL has told Fawnda Mithrush of Canada's Vue Weekly that he is eager to distinguish his band from the silly mythical bent of the Scandinavian metal movement.

"I never wanted to be one of those fantastical history-lesson bands. I'm not interested in singing songs about mythical wars that happened 2000 years ago," Averill explained. "I know that the syntax, the language of those stories and the imagery is perfect for heavy metal fans, but I always wanted to say something about the modern world."

He continued, "PRIMORDIAL is more about modern politics than it is about brave heroes that did amazing things. I'm too old to care for that sort of thing. People that just want soundtracks for their gaming, maybe they'll find PRIMORDIAL boring. Where is the solo, where is the chorus? People want fantasy, they want escapism — it's just never what we wanted, we wanted to actually say something about this world.

"Let me put it this way: I don't have any kids now, but if I'm 50 and I have kids and they pick up my CD and go, 'This is what you wasted your life doing, songs about dragons and musclebound warriors rescuing fair maidens?' I'd be ashamed that we lived in this day and this culture and we didn't try and say anything about it."

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