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

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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 Nick Barker (ex-

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), guitarist

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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) * 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) *

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(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

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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 Irish heavy metal singers Living people