Jaws of Death (0:22) 2. Final Embrace (5:07) 3. Save a Prayer (3:37) 4. Church of Blood (5:14) 5. Into the Future (4:05) 6.
Under Your Spell (5:36) 7. Play to Kill (4:01) 8. Nation in Fear (5:24) 9.
When the Night Comes (5:15) 10. Fight to Survive (5:59) 11. Hatred in My Soul (4:55) 12. Kill the King (4:32) Total Time: 54:11 Line-up/Musicians - Ralf Scheepers / Vocals - Tom Naumann / Guitars - Stefan Leibing / Guitars - Mat Sinner / Bass - Klaus Sperling / Drums About this release Nuclear Blast Records, June 1999 Thanks to, for the updates PRIMAL FEAR MP3, Free Download/Stream.
Swooping out of the night like their mascot, Primal Fear offer up a tough, hard-edged, heavy style of power metal which should shut down any suggestion that good German power metal necessarily comes with a generous helping of cheese. With, tougher, thrashier riffs than is typical for the European power metal scene (reminiscent of perhaps the faster, darker moments of early Iron Maiden) and Ralf Scheepers' knack for investing his vocals with a suitable sense of urgency, this album is likely to win over even those who are otherwise lukewarm to power metal. Like any crow or raven, Primal Fear ignore the cheeseboard in favour of tearing off tasty chunks of meat. Do you like Judas Priest?
What about Accept? Or the heavier Iron Maiden stuff? Do you also like Helloween, or indeed Gamma Ray? Well then I think I’ve got a recommendation for you. Germany’s Primal Fear, featuring ex-Gamma Ray singer Ralf Scheepers play a very traditional and blistering take on Power Metal. Lucis pro 6 review. Does all of Blind Guardian’s prog or Freedom Call’s happy vibes make you yearn for something a bit more simplistic and earthy?
Do you wish Stratovarius didn’t have so much keyboard? Do you wish Hammerfall were a bit heavier? Then, as this album puts it, welcome to the church of blood The usual media line on this band is ‘Its as if Judas Priest’s Painkiller album was a whole band’ and although in the long run its slightly inaccurate, it does set you up for the right ballpark. Imagine a Thrash band covering ‘Bloodstone’ off of Screaming For Vengeance, or Gamma Ray covering a mid-tempo Accept track like ‘Dogs On Leads’ or even at a push imagine one of Kreator’s more melodic moments but with Rob Halford guest-singing.
Mix all that in a blender, add a chunky, crisp ’90s production job, a bird-mascott and a few surprises and you’ve got Jaws Of Death. Its an album of straight-forward Priest-worshipping Power Metal with incredible vocals and lead guitar, but distinctly German. Its Thrashier than the bands you’d jokingly call Flower Metal instead of Power Metal, and less folky or proggy than some Power Metal bands went in the mid-to-late ’90s, yet harder and heavier than the NWOBHM influenced and ballad filled likes of Hammerfall. There’s a nice bit of diversity too, to break things up a bit. ‘Into The Future’ has that slightly disorientating, pulsing vibe you’d almost expect from Voivod. ‘Under Your Spell’ starts off with a synth line before evolving into a heavy yet slow track you’d expect in the middle of a Tornillo-era modern Accept album, ‘Play To Kill’ on the other hand sounds like it came straight off of Peace Sells But Who’s Buying for the first 40 seconds or so.
After all that has you reeling there’s even a Rainbow cover song on there. So yeah, its kind of hard to even talk about this album without making comparisons to other artist’s work, but you know whatso what? I love this album. I love this album because I like Hammerfall. I love this album because I like Accept. I love this album because I love the Painkiller album and wish there was more of it. I love this as a Gamma Ray fan.
But I also love it on its own merits! Jaws Of Death is a catchy, well written, entertaining heavy metal album that hits all the right sweet-spots, that has the heavy guitars I like, that has the anthemic choruses I want, that has double-kicks more often than not. That has a powerful and technical singer who has a broad range of squeals, shouts, shrieks, and clean singing styles, propped up by those Teutonic gang backing vocals every now and again.and best of all the album is absolutely slathered in heroic guitar solos. In terms of the band’s back catalougue; Jaws Of Death (their 1999 sophomore release) is certainly one of the best. Its a lot stronger and more defined than the debut, its more focused and pure than some of the newer stuff and just has that indefinable x-factor about it. If you like Power Metal, Thrash Metal or especially if you like Traditional Metal you’d probably love this band’s whole output, and if you’re going to try out the band for the first time I’d say there’s no better place than here. Just listen to the vocals on ‘When The Night Comes,’ the chorus of ‘Final Embrace’ or the superb lead guitar on ‘Under Your Spell’ this is the pure essence of Heavy Metal right here.
Primal Fear
This is what its all about. This is what Manowar spent their lives banging on about. This is something you should probably add to you collection if you haven’t already.
The European power metal combo Primal Fear has been kicking around the metal underground for years, refining their brand of melodic riffing and soaring vocals. Their sound, highly influenced by Gamma Ray (who has traded members with this band) and Judas Priest, was introduced on their 1998 eponymous debut.
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The following year found them gathering a press following when Jaws of Death garnered positive reviews from most respectable metal critics. On top of that, their European popularity flourished as power metal enjoyed moderate success in the overseas mainstream. Nuclear Fire followed in 2001, leading to their first U.S. Appearances in the guise of several large metal festivals throughout the year. They returned to the studio in early 2002, recording and releasing Black Sun by the end of spring. 2004's Devil's Ground and 2005's Seven Seals saw the band expanding their fan base via a run of heavy touring, including a European and Japanese tour with Helloween, and 2007's New Religion featured a guest vocal from Epica's Simone Simons, as well as ambitious orchestral arrangements from Matz Ulmer and Mat Sinner.
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2009 saw the release of the band's eighth studio long player, 16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead), followed in 2012 by a string of well-received LPs that included Unbreakable (2011), Delivering the Black (2014), and Rulebreaker (2016). In 2017, they issued the live album Angels of Mercy as well as the single 'If Looks Could Kill.'
Bradley Torreano. ORIGIN Germany. GENRE. FORMED 1997.
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