Redemption at the Puritan's Hand

Occupation

  • Vocals: A. A. Nemtheanga
  • Guitar: Ciaran MacUiliam
  • Guitar: Michael O'Floinn
  • Bass: Pól MacAmlaigh
  • Drums: Simon O'Laoghaire

Creation and publication

With To the Nameless Dead Primordial was in November 2007 achieved a breakthrough. Then the band until October 2010 played numerous concerts in Europe (eg, Ragnarök Festival, Sweden Rock Festival, Hellfest, Graspop Metal Meeting, With Full Force, Wacken Open Air and Summer Breeze 2008) and North America. After the release of the live DVD All Empires Fall took only Primordial end of 2010 on new pieces. Redemption at the Puritan's Hand was recorded at Foel Studio in Wales, by AA Nemtheanga, Pól MacAmlaigh and Chris Fielding mixed and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano in the Orgone Studios. The album was released on CD, double LP and a limited edition bonus DVD with footage of samples.

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Style

Primordial develop on Redemption at the Puritan's hand a little further, without abandoning their characteristic Pagan metal style with hints of black metal and folk metal. In addition to A. A. Nemtheangas emotional and mostly clean vocals are influenced by the folk, Death and Black Metal guitars as well as the partly ethnic and partly military -inspired drumming in the foreground. The melancholy, anthemic or aggressive pieces are again relatively long and mostly middle tempo. The song lyrics are about mortality and the people dealing with it.

Reception

The album was again well received by the press, but evaluated in comparison to the two predecessors often somewhat weaker. For Stephan Voigt countries of powermetal.de Redemption at the Puritan 's 's Hand "is merely a pretty good record " and " still comes with some great anthems, therefore, but of creeps attack you will hit only sporadically since the Irish a consistently high compositional level this time have not reached ". Phil Freeman of Allmusic criticized the album, although as in parts monotonous, but it is also praised as a troubled, powerful and epic. Markus Endres of metal.de verdict: " Even the seventh Primordials work is inspired by that epic tragedy and passion, this particular intense atmosphere, this distinctive, unique style, as we know it from the albums of the Irish and love. It is these simple but extremely effective, overwhelming, intoxicating riffs, with their grand melodies, the first enchant, right after that also come on Alan's emotionally - mangy - suffering song that comes up completely in his inner life. " In the German Metal Hammer was Redemption at the Puritan's Hand Album of the Month May 2011.

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