Dublin, Ireland-based Pagan metal legends Primordial unveil their video for “Nothing New Under The Sun”. The track comes by way of the band’s acclaimed “How It Ends” full-length, released last Fall via Metal Blade Records.
Comments vocalist A. A. Nemtheanga:
“We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, The Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, ‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.’ I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.”
The “Nothing New Under The Sun” video comes in advance of Primordial’s upcoming European festival run. The journey begins Friday, July 19th, at Rock Unter Eichen and includes stops at some of Europe’s most prestigious festivals including Wacken Open Air, Brutal Assault, and many more. See all confirmed dates below.
Primordial live:
7/19/2024 Rock Unter Eichen – Bertingen, DE
7/20/2024 Nachtleben – Frankfurt, DE
7/21/2024 Luppolo In Rock – Cremona, IT
7/26/2024 Tolminator – Tolmin, SL
7/27/2024 Kanekas Metal Fest – Cangas Do Morrazo, ES
8/03/2024 Wacken Open Air – Wacken, DE
8/04/2024 Vargos Metal Fest – Vagos, PL
8/10/2024 Brutal Assault – Jaromer, CZ
8/23/2024 Neuborn Open Air – Worstadt, DE
8/24/2024 Manegram Open Air – Norrtalje, SE
9/07/2024 Summer Dying Loud – Lodzki, PL
9/13/2024 Willemeen – Arnhem, NL
9/14/2024 Baroeg Open Air – Rotterdam, NL
9/20/2024 Radio Lublin – Lublin, PL
9/21/2024 Metal Im Woid – Schrobenhausen, DE
10/05/2024 Metal Storm Over Luzern – Luzern, CH
11/07/2024 Kulturpalast – Herford, DE
11/08/2024 Factory – Magdeburg, DE
11/09/2024 Hell’s Balls Belgium – Kortrijk, BE
“How It Ends” serves as the follow-up to 2018’s “Exile Amongst The Ruins” and finds Primordial delivering more of their seminal blend of Celtic and black metal, with added urgency staring down the apocalypse.
“The title is a question – ‘is this how it ends? How it all goes down: culture, language, history, society, humanity…’ – who knows?,” considers Nemtheanga. “Regardless of who you are or were, you get one chance at all of this, and it’s asking, ‘is this the end of your town, state, nation? Myths, traditions, relationships…?,’ and I suppose it asks the question, ‘who reacts, who rebels – how does it end now for them?'”
Photo by Fergal Flannery
