I have been a fan of Irish black metal band Primordial for a long time, and they have never disappointed me. Every album they have released is a solid as fuck masterpiece. Don’t believe me? Listen for yourself then come back and give me your answer. Anyway, the wait for their latest album Where Greater Men Have Fallen ended the other day and I was, unsurprisingly, blown the hell away. It was everything I had anticipated and more. The final track Wield Lightning To Split The Sun has burrowed its way deep into my soul and is a firm favourite. I want the lyrics tattooed on my body.
Wield Lightning To Split The Sun
Who would pray to anything but the mountain
And wish for anything but lightening to split the night
Who would praise anything but the sun above
That brings each dawn and our radiant day
What man places faith in his heart
Above the animal that rages deep inside
What man asks forgiveness yet
Lies to himself his whole life
Let the animal hunt on the mountainside
And let lightening split my heart in two
Let me howl at the moon with desire
And stretch my arms wide to embrace the sun
Return to the earth that bore me
For there is nothing more
If you listen to one album this year, make it Where Greater Men Have Fallen.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 