Ελληνικά
Last Updated on 04:16 PM by Giorgos Tsekas
Genre: Black Metal, Celtic, Folk, Pagan
Country: Ireland
Label: Metal Blade Records
Year: 2016
Generally speaking, I really love live releases. I grew up with albums such as “No Sleep ‘Till Hammersmith”, “Live & Dangerous”, “Unleash in The East”, etc. The list is endless… I was never really interested in overdub or prerecorded parts and you won’t find these here anyway. I wasn’t interested back then in them and I’m not interested now either. I’m interested in the attempt to render -as close to reality as possible- the band’s momentum and dynamic at that specific period of time, and not in a vinyl (or cd) of the live show itself or an album showing their ability to play live those album tracks that made them famous, in the first place. I could easily just copy/paste the article I wrote for the Obituary live album since, if you can’t tell already, when we’re dealing with such big names as these, the standards on their releases aren’t that much different after all. Recorded at “Bang Your Head” festival in Germany at 2015, “Gods to the Godless” catches Primordial in great shape, supporting the very good “Where Greater Men Have Fallen” that I will remind you that Metal Invader team voted as the “Album of the year 2014” which is represented with 3 tracks. AA Nemtheanga (Alan Averill) is impressive and you can undoubtfully tell that he is in charge. The stage isn’t just his natural habitat, is his kingdom. The melodic fortress the guitars build, isn’t meant to act as a defensive wall but more like a strike zone which will crush all critics and those unable to gasp how timeless Primordial are and their overall quality. The rhythm section is grandiose yet meaningful; it creates a proper path for the epic invasion of the 11 highly charged compositions that -exactly as the band promises- will give you 3 things: Blood, Guts and Passion. For those of you that have seen them live, it will bring back beautiful memories, while for those of you that haven’t, here is an excellent chance to get a taste of what Primordial can do on stage. We’re dealing with a perfect and flawless album. Obviously, since there aren’t any overdubs, it has a few “booboos”, which only make the result appear realistic and humane without dragging it down to earth.
5/6
