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PRIMAL FEAR Release 12th Studio Album ‘Apocalypse’
April 10th, 2018

German power metal group Primal Fear issued 12th full-length studio album Apocalypse on August 10th, 2018 through Frontiers Music Srl.

Apocalypse was made available in the following formats: standard CD, deluxe edition digipak CD / DVD, box set (including CD / DVD and T-shirt), black vinyl LP, red vinyl LP (exclusive to U.S. indie retail stores), and blue vinyl LP (exclusive to Frontiers’ EU webstore).

The outing was once again produced by bassist Mat Sinner, and engineered and mixed by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark.

Mat Sinner commented: “My personal highlight of recording the album was the fantastic teamwork. Peaceful, focused and really creative. No big discussion, no heated arguments. Everybody did a fantastic job and the performances were top notch. This was the key to improve every little detail of the songs, from old school to epic, from modern to symphonic, from fast to slow – you will hear it all on Apocalypse.

“Ralf [Scheepers, vocals] is more motivated and ambitious than ever before. The band vibe is extremely peaceful and creative these days and this really elevates Ralf. He had the opportunity to try different things on the songs and even some extreme ideas, which are always welcomed. Ralf sounds good in every pitch from a very deep sonor voice, to a mid-range power vocal to extreme high-pitched screams, so we could fool around with all different scales and scenarios. For example, I think the vocal performance on the song ‘Supernova’ speaks for itself. The result on Apocalypse is utter satisfaction paired with maximum enthusiasm and we’re really happy about the final result – I hope the fans will enjoy the record as much as we do!”

The track listing is as follows:

CD

01. ‘Apocalypse’
02. ‘New Rise’
03. ‘The Ritual’
04. ‘King Of Madness’
05. ‘Blood, Sweat & Fear’
06. ‘Supernova’
07. ‘Hail To The Fear’
08. ‘Hounds Of Justice’
09. ‘The Beast’
10. ‘Eye Of The Storm’
11. ‘Cannonball’
12. ‘Fight Against Evil’ *
13. ‘Into The Fire’ *
14. ‘My War Is Over’ *

* bonus tracks for deluxe edition digipak CD / DVD, and box set versions only

DVD

01. ‘King Of Madness’ (video)
02. ‘The Ritual’ (video)
03. ‘Making Of Apocalypse’ (Mini-Documentary)

Primal Fear’s line-up was as follows:

Ralf Scheepers (vocals, ex-Tyran’ Pace /ex-Gamma Ray)
Tom Naumann (guitar, Sinner)
Alex Beyrodt (guitar, Silent Force / Voodoo Circle)
Magnus Karlsson (guitar and keyboards, Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall)
Mat Sinner (bass, Sinner / Silent Force / Voodoo Circle)
Francesco Jovino (drums, Edge Of Forever / Sinner / Silent Force / Voodoo Circle)

Music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘King Of Madness’, ‘Ritual’ and ‘Blood, Sweat & Fear’. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘Hounds Of Justice’. All four clips can be viewed below.

Eleventh studio record Rulebreaker was released in January 2016.

Promotional photograph by René van der Voorden.

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