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.Primordial interviewed for DVD preview, Primordial DVD Preview , Metal Injection, accessed 8 March 2010
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
With Primordial Imrama (full-length, 1995) Primordial / Katatonia (split, 1997) A Journey's End (full-length, 1998) The Burning Season (EP, 1999) Spirit the Earth Aflame (full-length, 2000) Storm Before Calm (full-length, 2002) The Gathering Wilderness (full-length, 2005) Primordial / Mael Mórdha (split, 2005) To the Nameless Dead (full-length, 2007) Redemption at the Puritan's Hand (full-length, 2011) Where Greater Men Have Fallen (full-length, 2014) Exile Amongst the Ruins (full-length, 2018) How It Ends (full-length, 2023)
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 Rom 5:12 – Marduk (full-length, 2007) Evocation I – The Arcane Dominion – Eluveitie (full-length, 2009) Rise of the Bastard Deities – Morphosis (full-length, 2009) Aealo – Rotting Christ (full-length, 2010)Rotting Christ: 'Aealo' First-Week Sales Revealed blabbermouth.net. 18 March 2010. Retrieved on 2010-04-30. Vuur van Verzet – Heidevolk (full-length, 2018)Heidevolk – Vuur van Verzet Metal Exposure. 11 January 2018. Retrieved on 2018-03-13. Ächtung, Baby! – RomeROME releases new single "Ächtung, Baby" ahead of upcoming album Music:LX. Retrieved on 17 August 2020. Mother Bury Your Sons – Me and that ManMe And That Man Stream "Mother Bury Your Sons" And "Down Below" The Imperious Horizon (2024) – Winterfylleth – vocals on the song "In Silent Grace" Ascension - Paradise Lost - vocals on the song "Salvation"
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