{"artists":[{"idArtist":"116551","strArtist":"Primordial","strArtistStripped":null,"strArtistAlternate":"","strLabel":null,"idLabel":null,"intFormedYear":"1987","intBornYear":"1987","intDiedYear":null,"intPopularity":"33","intFollowers":"84556","strDisbanded":null,"strStyle":"Rock/Pop","strGenre":"Metal","strMood":"","strWebsite":"www.primordialweb.com","strFacebook":"www.facebook.com/primordialofficial","strTwitter":"1","strBiography":"Primordial is an extreme metal band from Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland. It was formed in 1987 by Pól MacAmhlaigh (bass) and Ciarán MacUiliam (guitars). Their sound melds black metal with Irish folk music.\nThe band's roots stretch back to 1987 when Pól and Ciarán first began playing together with Pól's brother, Derek. The band (who were called Forsaken for a brief period) initially played a rough, hybrid mix of early, primitive thrash and death metal (playing covers of Death, Sepultura and the like).\nVocalist Nemtheanga joined the band after seeing an advertisement for a singer in Dublin specialist Metal store The Sound Cellar in 1991. According to Primordial lore, the ad was pasted over no more than 2 hours after it being put up.\nUpon Nemtheanga's joining the band, the band started to pursue a darker direction citing influence from Bathory, Celtic Frost and the emerging Greek and Norwegian black metal scenes.\nPrimordial was the first black metal styled band to emerge from Ireland with the release of their Dark Romanticism demo in the early summer of 1993 (Cruachan were also active at this time combining black metal with folk music). The band initially came to the attention of Lee Barrett from the UK label Candlelight Records but he failed to move on signing the band, so after a live soundboard recording from Dublin from 1994 was sent to Cacophonous Records (Cradle of Filth, Bal Sagoth, etc.), the band signed with them for the release of their debut album Imrama.\nAlthough their debut album, Imrama, was characteristic as being in a more melodic black metal musical direction, they gradually came to refine their sound with A Journey's End, which included the use of mandolins and whistles and a more epic style. The two subsequent releases, The Burning Season and Spirit the Earth Aflame, showed the band's reflection of cultural geist and emotion, woven into an amalgam of black, celtic, and folk metal musical styles. They have toured with various metal bands in the extreme metal genre, including Norwegian black metal band Immortal.\nThe band's fifth album The Gathering Wilderness turned out to be a much darker and bleaker record than any Primordial had made before, providing the listener with a rawer sound as well. It was chosen as album of the month in Terrorizer Magazine and appeared in lots of top lists of the year 2005.\nIn January 2006 the band played their first US show alongside Thyrfing and Moonsorrow at the Heathen Crusade metalfest in Columbia Heights, Minnesota.\nTo the Nameless Dead, was released on November 16, 2007.\nThey are currently signed with Metal Blade Records.\nIn November and December 2010, the band entered Foel Studio in Wales to work with producer Chris Fielding once again. The resulting album, Redemption at the Puritan's Hand was released via Metal Blade on 26 April 2011.","strBiographyDE":"Primordial ist eine extreme Metal-Band aus Skerries, County Dublin, Irland. Es wurde 1987 von Pól MacAmhlaigh (Bass) und Ciarán MacUiliam (Gitarren) gegründet. Ihr Sound verbindet Black Metal mit irischer Volksmusik.\nDie Wurzeln der Band reichen bis ins Jahr 1987 zurück, als Pól und Ciarán zum ersten Mal zusammen mit Póls Bruder Derek spielten.\nDie Band (die für kurze Zeit Forsaken genannt wurde) spielte zunächst eine raue, hybride Mischung aus frühem, primitivem Thrash und Death Metal (Cover von Death, Sepultura und dergleichen).\nDie Sängerin Nemtheanga trat der Band bei, nachdem sie 1991 eine Werbung für einen Sänger im Dubliner Metal-Fachgeschäft The Sound Cellar gesehen hatte.\n \nAls Nemtheanga der Band beitrat, begann die Band eine dunklere Richtung einzuschlagen, unter Berufung auf den Einfluss von Bathory, Celtic Frost und den aufkommenden griechischen und norwegischen Black Metal-Szenen.\nPrimordial war die erste Band im Black Metal-Stil, die mit der Veröffentlichung ihrer Dark Romanticism-Demo im Frühsommer 1993 aus Irland hervorging (Cruachan war zu dieser Zeit auch aktiv und kombinierte Black Metal mit Volksmusik).\n \nObwohl ihr Debütalbum Imrama charakteristisch für eine melodischere Black Metal-Musikrichtung war, verfeinerten sie ihren Sound allmählich mit A Journey's End, das die Verwendung von Mandolinen und Pfeifen und einen epischeren Stil beinhaltete. Die beiden folgenden Veröffentlichungen, The Burning Season und Spirit the Earth Aflame,\nzeigte die Reflexion des kulturellen Geistes und der Emotionen der Band, verwoben in einem Amalgam aus schwarzen, keltischen und Folk-Metal-Musikstilen. Sie tourten mit verschiedenen Metal-Bands des Extreme-Metal-Genres, darunter der norwegischen Black-Metal-Band Immortal.\nDas fünfte Album der Band, The Gathering Wilderness, erwies sich als viel dunkler und düsterer als jedes andere Primordial zuvor und bot dem Hörer auch einen raueren Sound. Es wurde als Album des Monats im Terrorizer Magazine ausgewählt und erschien in vielen Top-Listen des Jahres 2005.\nIm Januar 2006 spielte die Band ihre erste US-Show neben Thyrfing und Moonsorrow beim Heathen Crusade Metalfest in Columbia Heights, Minnesota.\nTo the Nameless Dead wurde am 16. November 2007 veröffentlicht.\nSie sind derzeit bei Metal Blade Records unter Vertrag.\nIm November und Dezember 2010\nDie Band betrat die Band das Foel Studio in Wales, um erneut mit dem Produzenten Chris Fielding zusammenzuarbeiten. Das resultierende Album Redemption at the Puritan's Hand wurde am 26. 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