Alan Averill
A.A. Nemtheanga | |
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| Also known as | Alan Nemtheanga |
| Born | Alan Maurice Averill[1] 26 August 1975 |
| Origin | Ireland |
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| Years active | 1991–present[2] |
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Alan Maurice Averill (born 26 August 1975), also known as A.A. Nemtheanga, is an Irish musician best known as the lead singer of the pagan black metal band Primordial. He has also participated in several side projects, including Dread Sovereign (doom metal), Blood Revolt (war metal), and Twilight of the Gods (heavy metal).
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Averill was raised in Sutton on Dublin's Northside and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School. Averill joined Primordial in August 1991 after seeing an advertisement posted by the band in a local music store.[3]
He was the vocalist for the doom metal band Void of Silence and sung on the band's third album, Human Antithesis, before departing in 2009.[4]
Averill traveled to Canada early to record vocals for Indoctrine, the debut album from Blood Revolt with Vermin and J. Read (Axis of Advance, Conqueror). The album was released by Profound Lore and Invictus in late 2010.
He also fronts Twilight of the Gods, a supergroup, originally intended as a live-only Bathory tribute, that includes drummer Nick Barker (ex-Cradle of Filth, ex-Dimmu Borgir, ex-Testament, ex-Exodus), guitarist Rune Eriksen (Aura Noir, ex-Mayhem), guitarist Patrik Lindgren (Thyrfing), and bassist Frode Glesnes (Einherjer). The band released its debut, Fire on the Mountain, on 27 September 2013 on Season of Mist.[5]
Averill also contributes to other aspects of the music industry. In 2008, he received a journalism degree from Dublin City University and is a staff writer for Zero Tolerance magazine.[6] In 2010, he started working as an A&R representative for Metal Blade Records and formed the Poison Tongue Records imprint.
Discography
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With Primordial
[edit | edit source]- Imrama (full-length, 1995)
- Primordial / Katatonia (split, 1997)
- A Journey's End (full-length, 1998)
- The Burning Season (EP, 1999)
- Spirit the Earth Aflame (full-length, 2000)
- Storm Before Calm (full-length, 2002)
- The Gathering Wilderness (full-length, 2005)
- Primordial / Mael Mórdha (split, 2005)
- To the Nameless Dead (full-length, 2007)
- Redemption at the Puritan's Hand (full-length, 2011)
- Where Greater Men Have Fallen (full-length, 2014)
- Exile Amongst the Ruins (full-length, 2018)
- How It Ends (full-length, 2023)
With Blood Revolt
[edit | edit source]- Indoctrine (full-length, 2010)
With Dread Sovereign
[edit | edit source]- All Hell's Martyrs (full-length, 2013)
- For Doom the Bell Tolls (full-length, 2017)
- Alchemical Warfare (full length, 2021)
With Plagued
[edit | edit source]- Plagued / Trimonium (split, 2007)
With Twilight of the Gods
[edit | edit source]- Fire on the Mountain (full-length, 2013)
With Void of Silence
[edit | edit source]- Human Antithesis (full-length, 2004)
As a guest or session musician
[edit | edit source]- Rom 5:12 – Marduk (full-length, 2007)
- Evocation I – The Arcane Dominion – Eluveitie (full-length, 2009)[7]
- Rise of the Bastard Deities – Morphosis (full-length, 2009)
- Aealo – Rotting Christ (full-length, 2010)[8]
- Vuur van Verzet – Heidevolk (full-length, 2018)[9]
- Ächtung, Baby! – Rome[10]
- Mother Bury Your Sons – Me and that Man[11]
- The Imperious Horizon (2024) – Winterfylleth – vocals on the song "In Silent Grace"
References
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- ^ Primordial Vocalist Alan Averill "Nemtheanga" – "It Has Been A While Since My Last Confession": News @ bravewords.com
- ^ Primordial interviewed for DVD preview, Primordial DVD Preview Archived 20 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Metal Injection, accessed 8 March 2010
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- ^ ELUVEITIE: New Album Track Listing, Guest Musicians Revealed – News @ blabbermouth.net
- ^ Rotting Christ: 'Aealo' First-Week Sales Revealed Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine blabbermouth.net. 18 March 2010. Retrieved on 2010-04-30.
- ^ Heidevolk – Vuur van Verzet Metal Exposure. 11 January 2018. Retrieved on 2018-03-13.
- ^ ROME releases new single "Ächtung, Baby" ahead of upcoming album Music:LX. Retrieved on 17 August 2020.
- ^ Me And That Man Stream "Mother Bury Your Sons" And "Down Below"
External links
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