Alan Averill
{{short description|Irish vocalist}}
{{distinguish|text=Alan Averill, a former Nintendo Power writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Alan Averill
| image = Primordial Rockharz 2016 17.jpg
| caption = Averill with Primordial in 2016
| birth_name = Alan Maurice Averill{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/922295249 |title=ALL AGAINST ALL |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=November 15, 2023}}
| alias = {{ubl|Alan Nemtheanga|A.A. Nemtheanga}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|8|26}}
| birth_place =
| origin = Ireland
| instrument = Vocals, bass guitar
| genre = {{hlist|Celtic metal|folk metal|black metal|doom metal}}
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1991–present[http://www.bravewords.com/news/108711 Primordial Vocalist Alan Averill "Nemtheanga" – "It Has Been A While Since My Last Confession": News @ bravewords.com]
| label = {{hlist|Cacophonous|Misanthropy|Hammerheart|Metal Blade|Karmageddon|Sentinel|Code666|Profound Lore|Invictus}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Plagued|Primordial|Blood Revolt|Marduk|Dread Sovereign|Twilight of the Gods}}
| website =
}}
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.Primordial interviewed for DVD preview, [http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/4552/primordial-dvd-preview Primordial DVD Preview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620104655/http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/4552/primordial-dvd-preview |date=20 June 2012 }}, Metal Injection, accessed 8 March 2010
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=118329|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910160245/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=118329|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2012|title=Void of Silence Parts Ways With Vocalist Alan 'Nemtheanga' Averill|publisher=blabbermouth.net}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/twilight-of-the-gods-entire-fire-on-the-mountain-album-available-for-streaming|title=TWILIGHT OF THE GODS: Entire 'Fire On The Mountain' Album Available For Streaming|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=25 September 2013|accessdate=31 May 2021}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ztmag.com/staff.html|title=Zero Tolerance magazine Staff Page}} 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=
- Rom 5:12 – Marduk (full-length, 2007)
- Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion – Eluveitie (full-length, 2009)[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]
- Rise of the Bastard Deities – Morphosis (full-length, 2009){{citation needed|date = April 2010}}
- Aealo – Rotting Christ (full-length, 2010)[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=136926 Rotting Christ: 'Aealo' First-Week Sales Revealed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606100851/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=136926 |date=6 June 2011 }} blabbermouth.net. 18 March 2010. Retrieved on 2010-04-30.
- Vuur van Verzet - Heidevolk (full-length, 2018)[https://metal-exposure.com/heidevolk-vuur-van-verzet/ Heidevolk – Vuur van Verzet] Metal Exposure. 11 January 2018. Retrieved on 2018-03-13.
- Ächtung, Baby! - Rome[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] Music:LX. Retrieved on 17 August 2020.
- Mother Bury Your Sons - Me and that Man[https://metalanarchy.com/tag/new-man-new-songs-same-shit-vol-1/ Me And That Man Stream “Mother Bury Your Sons” And “Down Below”]
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Category:20th-century Irish male singers
Category:21st-century Irish male singers