Where Greater Men Have Fallen

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Where Greater Men Have Fallen
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Studio album by
Primordial
ReleasedNovember 25, 2014
RecordedJune 2014 [1]
StudioGrouse Lodge studios (Westmeath, Ireland) [2]
Genre Black metal, Celtic metal, doom metal
Length58:45
Label Metal Blade Records
Producer Jaime Gomez Arellano
Primordial chronology
Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
(2011)		Where Greater Men Have Fallen
(2014)		 Exile Amongst the Ruins
(2018)

Where Greater Men Have Fallen is the eighth studio album by Irish extreme metal band Primordial. The album was released on November 25, 2014, through Metal Blade Records. [3] A music video for the track 'Babel's Tower' was released on November 24, 2014. [4]

Contents

The album reached #24 on the Top Heatseekers chart, [5] #24 on Billboard's Top New Artist Chart and #43 on Billboard's Hard Music Chart, and #104 on Billboard's Independent Albums Chart. [6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by A.A. Nemtheanga [7]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Where Greater Men Have Fallen"Micheál O'Floinn8:06
2."Babel's Tower"Ciáran MacUiliam8:15
3."Come the Flood"MacUiliam7:16
4."The Seed of Tyrants"MacUiliam5:32
5."Ghosts of the Charnel House"Pól MacAmlaigh7:29
6."The Alchemist's Head"MacUiliam6:08
7."Born to Night"MacUiliam8:55
8."Wield Lightning to Split the Sun"MacUiliam7:04

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
Metal InjectionVery positive [9]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]

The album was generally well received by critics. Pitchfork wrote that "Compared to Primordial’s past successes, the stripped-and-centered approach might seem simplistic, but the hour-long result is more immediate because of it. From beginning to end, Fallen feels like a compulsory listen." [10] About.com's Dan Drago also praised the album, concluding in his review that "Where Greater Men Have Fallen is more proof of their ability to grow and maintain such a high level of songwriting. Equal in stature to their last two releases, they seem to be reaching new heights and very few bands can match their passion. They have once again released a sure candidate for album of the year."

Many critics were particularly complimentary towards A.A. Nemtheanga's vocals on the album. [8] [9] [10] Writing for Rolling Stone, Kim Kelly wrote that "Alan Averill is a vocal powerhouse, soaring atop melodic black/folk metal compositions that channel doom and gloom as well as triumph. [...] When Averill howls "The heart of your motherland will be ripped from her chest," a million ghosts cry out with him."

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [12]

Primordial

Production and art

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [13] 45
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] 34
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 97
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [16] 24

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References

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  3. ↑ "Metal Blade Primordial Where Greater Men Have Fallen" . Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "PRIMORDIAL release official videoclip for 'Babel's Tower'!". 24 November 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "AllMusic Where Greater Men Have Fallen awards" . Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "PRIMORDIAL - Where Greater Men Have Fallen First Week Chart Numbers Revealed". 4 December 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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  9. 1 2 Mathis, Shayne (26 November 2014). "Metal Injection Primordial Where Greater Men Have Fallen review" . Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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  11. ↑ Kelly, Kim (18 November 2014). "Rolling Stone Primordial Where Greater Men Have Fallen review" . Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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  15. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Primordial – Where Greater Men Have Fallen". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  16. ↑ "Primordial Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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