Primordial (album)

Primordial
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2016 (2016-01-10)
GenreSymphonic metal, progressive metal, melodic death metal, technical death metal, deathcore[1]
Length52:48
ProducerChris Wiseman
Shadow of Intent chronology
Inferi Sententia
(2014)
Primordial
(2016)
Reclaimer
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
New Transcendence9/10[2]
Sputnikmusic4/5[1]

Primordial is the debut album by American deathcore band Shadow of Intent. The album was released on January 10, 2016. It is the band's only studio album to be a two-piece and to feature programmed drums.[2] The tracks "The Prelude to Bereavement", "The Shaping Sickness", "The Cosmic Inquisitor", "The Last Bastion" and "The Indexing" were all originally on the band's 2014 debut EP Inferi Sententia, and were re-recorded for this album.[3] The album is compiled as an instrumental edition along with their second studio album Reclaimer on the album The Instrumentals, released on October 20, 2017.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Review: Shadow Of Intent - Primordial". Sputnikmusic. August 26, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Welsh, Connor. "Review: Shadow of Intent – Primordial [2016] – New Transcendence". New Transcendence. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "Shadow of Intent". TheAudioDB. January 14, 2022.
  4. ^ Kendrick, Monica (January 10, 2020). "Deathcore wizards Shadow of Intent shred with or without vocals". Reader.