Alan Averill Explained

Alan Averill
Birth Name:	Alan Maurice Averill^[1]
Birth Date:	1975 8, df=yes
Origin:	Ireland
Instrument:	Vocals, bass guitar
Occupation:	Musician
Years Active:	1991–present^[2]

Alan Maurice Averill (a.k.a. A.A. Nemtheanga; born 26 August 1975) is an Irish musician most notable for his vocal duties for the folk/black metal 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 Mount Temple Comprehensive School. Averill joined Primordial in August 1991 after seeing an advertisement posted by the band in a local music store.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6] 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

• – Marduk (full-length, 2007)
• Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion – Eluveitie (full-length, 2009)^[7]
• Rise of the Bastard Deities – Morphosis (full-length, 2009)
• Aealo – Rotting Christ (full-length, 2010)^[8]
• Vuur van Vurzet - Heidevolk (full-length, 2018)^[9]
• Ächtung, Baby! - Rome^[10]
• Mother Bury Your Sons - Me and that Man^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ALL AGAINST ALL . ASCAP . American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . November 15, 2023.
2. http://www.bravewords.com/news/108711 Primordial Vocalist Alan Averill "Nemtheanga" – "It Has Been A While Since My Last Confession": News @ bravewords.com
3. Primordial interviewed for DVD preview, Primordial DVD Preview, Metal Injection, accessed 8 March 2010
4. Web site: Void of Silence Parts Ways With Vocalist Alan 'Nemtheanga' Averill. https://archive.today/20120910160245/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=118329. dead. 10 September 2012. blabbermouth.net.
5. Web site: TWILIGHT OF THE GODS: Entire 'Fire On The Mountain' Album Available For Streaming. Blabbermouth.net. 25 September 2013. 31 May 2021.
6. Web site: Zero Tolerance magazine Staff Page.
7. https://archive.today/20120910210925/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=113240 ELUVEITIE: New Album Track Listing, Guest Musicians Revealed – News @ blabbermouth.net
8. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=136926 Rotting Christ: 'Aealo' First-Week Sales Revealed
9. https://metal-exposure.com/heidevolk-vuur-van-verzet/ Heidevolk – Vuur van Verzet
10. https://musiclx.lu/news/499_rome-releases-new-single-aechtung-baby-ahead-of-upcoming-album/ ROME releases new single “Ächtung, Baby” ahead of upcoming album
11. https://metalanarchy.com/tag/new-man-new-songs-same-shit-vol-1/ Me And That Man Stream “Mother Bury Your Sons” And “Down Below”