Alan Averill

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Irish heavy metal vocalist

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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

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.

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.

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.

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. 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

With Blood Revolt

  • Indoctrine (full-length, 2010)

With Dread Sovereign

  • All Hell's Martyrs (full-length, 2013)
  • For Doom the Bell Tolls (full-length, 2017)
  • Alchemical Warfare (full length, 2021)

With Plagued

  • Plagued / Trimonium (split, 2007)

With Twilight of the Gods

  • Fire on the Mountain (full-length, 2013)

With Void of Silence

  • Human Antithesis (full-length, 2004)

As a guest or session musician

References

References

  1. "ALL AGAINST ALL". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
  2. [http://www.bravewords.com/news/108711 Primordial Vocalist Alan Averill "Nemtheanga" – "It Has Been A While Since My Last Confession": News @ bravewords.com]
  3. Primordial interviewed for DVD preview, [http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/4552/primordial-dvd-preview Primordial DVD Preview] {{Webarchive. link. (20 June 2012 , ''Metal Injection'', accessed 8 March 2010)
  4. "Void of Silence Parts Ways With Vocalist Alan 'Nemtheanga' Averill". blabbermouth.net.
  5. (25 September 2013). "TWILIGHT OF THE GODS: Entire 'Fire On The Mountain' Album Available For Streaming".
  6. "Zero Tolerance magazine Staff Page".
  7. [https://archive.today/20120910210925/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=113240 ELUVEITIE: New Album Track Listing, Guest Musicians Revealed – News @ blabbermouth.net]
  8. link. (6 June 2011 blabbermouth.net. 18 March 2010. Retrieved on 2010-04-30.)
  9. [https://metal-exposure.com/heidevolk-vuur-van-verzet/ Heidevolk – Vuur van Verzet] Metal Exposure. 11 January 2018. Retrieved on 2018-03-13.
  10. [https://musiclx.lu/news/499_rome-releases-new-single-aechtung-baby-ahead-of-upcoming-album/ ROME releases new single "Ächtung, Baby" ahead of upcoming album] Music:LX. Retrieved on 17 August 2020.
  11. [https://metalanarchy.com/tag/new-man-new-songs-same-shit-vol-1/ Me And That Man Stream "Mother Bury Your Sons" And "Down Below"]

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