Exile Amongst the Ruins

Exile Amongst the Ruins is the ninth studio album by Irish extreme metal band Primordial. The album was released on March 30, 2018 through Metal Blade Records. It is the last album with Michael O'Floinn as the group's second guitarist.

Exile Amongst the Ruins
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 30, 2018[1]
RecordedSeptember – November 2017[2][3]
StudioCamelot Studios (Dublin, Ireland)[4]
GenreBlack metal, folk metal
Length65:33
LabelMetal Blade
ProducerOla Ersfjord
Primordial chronology
Where Greater Men Have Fallen
(2014)
Exile Amongst the Ruins
(2018)
How It Ends
(2023)

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by A.A. Nemtheanga

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Nail Their Tongues"Ciáran MacUiliam9:00
2."To Hell or the Hangman"MacUiliam7:16
3."Where Lie the Gods"Micheál O'Floinn9:11
4."Exile Amongst the Ruins"MacUiliam7:59
5."Upon Our Spiritual Deathbed"O'Floinn8:28
6."Stolen Years"MacUiliam5:15
7."Sunken Lungs"MacUiliam7:52
8."Last Call"MacUiliam10:32
Total length:65:33

Personnel

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Primordial

  • A.A. Nemtheanga – Vocals, lyrics
  • Ciáran MacUiliam – Guitars
  • Michael O'Floinn – Guitars
  • Pól MacAmlaigh – Bass
  • Simon O'Laoghaire – Drums

Production and art

  • Ola Ersfjord – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • Costin Chioreanu – Artwork, Layout
  • Chris Common – Mastering
  • Mihai Anghel – Photography
  • Gareth Averill – Photography

Charts

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Chart (2018) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 197
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[7] 35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 27

References

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  1. ^ "Primordial - Exile Amongst the Ruins on the band's official website". Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Primordial on Facebook". Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Primordial on Facebook". Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. ^ "PRIMORDIAL To Release 'Exile Amongst The Ruins' In March". Blabbermouth.net. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Primordial – Exile Amongst The Ruins" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Primordial – Exile Amongst The Ruins" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2018. 14. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Primordial – Exile Amongst the Ruins" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  9. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Primordial – Exile Amongst The Ruins". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2021.