Die irischen Pagan Metal Helden von PRIMORDIAL hauen ihr sehnlichst erwartetes neues Album Redemption At The Puritan's Hand am 23./26. April via Metal Blade Records in Europa raus. In Nordamerika erscheint die Scheibe am 26. April.

Sanger A.A. Nemtheanga erläutert das textliche Konzept hinter Redemption At The Puritan's Hand: "The themes have altered and changed a little. Again there could be a loose concept between some of the songs if you went looking for it as with most of the albums but they don’t all step in line. This is what I concocted to try and explain it all. If I had to sum this album up I would say this is the 'death' album. There isn't exactly a whole concept but many of the themes deal with mortality, how we deal with it. The spiritual structures we place around us to make sense of it. Sex, death, procreation and god. As we get older our relationship to our lives changes, the realization you will not live forever, the grand plan you hoped to uncover never materializes, food for worms and nothing more.

We are animals, beasts and making peace with that beast might be your life's work but more often than not he is never tamed.

Once a wolf always a wolf. We all seek redemption in one way or another, from lies or from truth. This is one of the central themes as you can tell from the title. How we seek redemption from our lies, from the evil that is at the heart of men. Forgiveness, salvation and redemption.

"When the shadow fell upon me
I knew I was running with the wolf
And it was his eyes I saw staring back
And this I learnt and this I know
You cannot escape the beast when you wear his mark"

Those of us who are godless or faithless often envy the man of faith for his life seems to have an extra purpose, despite the fact that logic, pragmatism, science and realism should crush any sign of faith we still persist in lying to ourselves. Perhaps the alternative is too much to bear. So the themes of religion, mortality and death occur over and over again, along with continuing themes of alienation, martyrdom, sacrifice, violence and retribution. Occasionally, very occasionally a chink of light breaks through."

Besucht PRIMORDIALs Landing Page auf http://www.metalblade.com/primordial. Dort könnt ihr den Track Bloodied Yet Unbowed, die erste Single von Redemption At The Puritan's Hand, streamen. Außerdem stehen Pre-Order-Möglichkeiten für euch bereit, wo ihr die Platte als Digipak (inkl. Bonus DVD), Jewelcase, Vinyl oder im Bundle mit Digipak und Shirt kaufen könnt.

Tracklist Redemption At The Puritan's Hand
1. No Grave Deep Enough
2. Lain With The Wolf
3. Bloodied Yet Unbowed
4. God´s Old Snake
5. The Mouth Of Judas
6. The Black Hundred
7. The Puritan´s Hand
8. Death Of The Gods

PRIMORDIAL haben außerdem zwei Release Shows in Essen und München angekündigt. Die Shows finden statt am Veröffentlichungswochenende ihres neuen Meisterwerkes Redemption At The Puritan‘s Hand statt, welches am 23./26. April in Europa auf Metal Blade Records erscheint! Supportact werden TODTGELICHTER sein!

PRIMORDIAL
+ TODTGELICHTER
23/04/11 – DE – Essen – Turock (special release show!)
24/04/11 – DE – München – Backstage (special release show!)

Um diese beiden Abende zu ganz besonderen PRIMORDIAL-Events zu machen und die Veröffentlichung der neuen Scheibe gebührend zu feiern, gibt es einige Extras, in deren Genuss Fans nur auf besagten Shows kommen werden. Verpasst diese beiden denkwürdigen Ereignisse also auf keinen Fall!

• niedriger Ticketpreis (12 Euro im Vorverkauf, 15 Euro an der Abendkasse)
• Redemption At The Puritan's Hand CD + LP Verkauf auf beiden Shows
• exklusive kostenlose DIN A1 Poster zu jeder gekauften neuen CD/LP
• Autogrammstunde + Meet & Greet mit allen Bandmitgliedern
• spezielles Release Show-Merchandise, das nur an diesen beiden Abenden verkauft wird