Alan Averill (a.k.a. A.A. Nemtheanga; born 26 August 1975) is an Irish musician most notable for his vocal duties for the

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band Primordial. He has also participated in several side projects, including Void of Silence, Blood Revolt, and Twilight of the Gods.

Life and career

Averill was raised in Sutton on Dublin's Northside and attended

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. 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

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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 (

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, Conqueror). The album was released by

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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

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, ex-

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), guitarist

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), and bassist Frode Glesnes (

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). The band released its debut, ''Fire on the Mountain'', on 27 September 2013 on

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. 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 ''

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'' 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) *

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(full-length, 2005) *Primordial / Mael Mórdha (split, 2005) *

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(full-length, 2007) *

Redemption at the Puritan's Hand ''Redemption at the Puritan's Hand'' is the seventh studio album by the Irish pagan metal band Primordial, recorded at Foel Studio, Wales, with producer Chris Fielding and released on April 26, 2011. The album charted in Finland (#23), Germa ...

(full-length, 2011) *

Where Greater Men Have Fallen ''Where Greater Men Have Fallen'' is the eighth full-length album by Irish metal band Primordial. The album was released on November 25, 2014, through Metal Blade Records. A music video for the track 'Babel's Tower' was released on November 24, ...

(full-length, 2014) *Exile Amongst the Ruins (full-length, 2018)

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'' –

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(full-length, 2007) *'' Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion'' –

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(full-length, 2009) *''Rise of the Bastard Deities'' – Morphosis (full-length, 2009) *'' Aealo'' –

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(full-length, 2010) *''Vuur van Vurzet'' -

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(full-length, 2018) *''Ächtung, Baby!'' -

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*''Mother Bury Your Sons'' -

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Averill, Alan 1975 births People educated at Mount Temple Comprehensive School Musicians from Dublin (city) Black metal singers 20th-century Irish male singers 21st-century Irish male singers Living people