Primordial - Academy 18th Oct Spirit/Gathering/Nameless Set

[Snare]

Anyone know what's going on? Main floor roped off still.

They're letting Alan have a wee rant about lockdown again in a tapered off section, so he can get it out of his system before the show?

    

[Snare]

Are people still in the queue for their first pint at the after party in the Grand Social??

I went in for a pint before the bus back to Cork and it was mental to say the least, so I headed downstairs instead and that was perfect (bar meeting Mael Mordha folk  )

[Pagan Saviour]

Lads who replaced Mick? Didn't recognise the other guitarist?

[Blizzard Beast]

Lads who replaced Mick? Didn't recognise the other guitarist?

Is it not Gerry from Mael Mordha?
He used fill in for Mick before.

[Don Gately]

Great gig, really liked Saor, Bolzer decent too.
Primordial were the biz as usual, love the Gathering wilderness so delighted with setlist.

[Naraka]

I missed Coscradh due to shitty traffic on the quays.
Really enjoyed Bolzer, my first time seeing them, great energy for a two piece.
Saor were terrible, no stage presence, songs that go nowhere.
Primordial were class as always. Traitors Gate was the highlight for me.

[Grim Reality]

Thought Primordial were class. That's the band I know and love. Brilliant set list. So refreshing to hear much of the classic era delivered with such intensity. AA is a great vocalist if only he would stick to that gravely style which was the hallmark of that era. Very little in the way of the modern clean wail last night. I would have preferred if they did Storm instead of TTND. I think those three albums would run better together and TTND was the beginning of the end for me.

Coscradh was decent. A band that never fully clicked with me. Think they started late and only got 20 minutes.

Bolzer was fine but are much diminished from the act that blew minds when they emerged first around 15 years ago.

I had a snooze up in the balcony area during Saor. Great band for that. I don't mind pagan/folk metal but it's extremely difficult to do right. They lack a bit of an edge. Too soft. Your man's first band Askival were better. Polish band Stworz are an example of a band who pull off the pagan/folk style convincingly.

Good turn out. Crowd seemed well in to it. The pints I was drinking were 8.80 robbing cunts. Also the after party seemed a bit flat. Emptied out early I though.

Top night anyway and again hats off to Primordial for proving they are the top dogs in Irish metal.

[Malco]

€8.80 for a pint of session IPA? That's not a price, that's a ransom.

Thought Primordial were class. That's the band I know and love. Brilliant set list. So refreshing to hear much of the classic era delivered with such intensity. AA is a great vocalist if only he would stick to that gravely style which was the hallmark of that era. Very little in the way of the modern clean wail last night. I would have preferred if they did Storm instead of TTND. I think those three albums would run better together and TTND was the beginning of the end for me.

Coscradh was decent. A band that never fully clicked with me. Think they started late and only got 20 minutes.

Bolzer was fine but are much diminished from the act that blew minds when they emerged first around 15 years ago.

I had a snooze up in the balcony area during Saor. Great band for that. I don't mind pagan/folk metal but it's extremely difficult to do right. They lack a bit of an edge. Too soft. Your man's first band Askival were better. Polish band Stworz are an example of a band who pull off the pagan/folk style convincingly.

Good turn out. Crowd seemed well in to it. The pints I was drinking were 8.80 robbing cunts. Also the after party seemed a bit flat. Emptied out early I though.

Top night anyway and again hats off to Primordial for proving they are the top dogs in Irish metal.

[Speedhaak]

Great gig that. Really enjoyed Bolzer! Top night. Some poor cunt lost his show during Primordial 🤣

[Metaldude666]

Great gig that. Really enjoyed Bolzer! Top night. Some poor cunt lost his show during Primordial 🤣

haha i was there helping to look for it   deadly gig!!