Do Primal Fear make bad albums? The easy answer is NO! You get exactly what you think is coming: a full on power metal experience with huge fat riffs and searing vocals.
This is a rare commodity in modern metal. Every metal band wants a logo that you can’t even read (never mind pronounce), with tunes that are just a wall of noise with no dynamics.
This is the ninth studio album by the band, and the first with guitar whizz Alex Beyrodt. It sounds huge, with an epic production by the band’s own Matt Sinner. After the classical opening intro, Strike kicks in with a fat monster riff and double kicks a pounding. Give Em Hell has a killer chorus – boy, do these guys know how to write a metal tune. Bad Guys Wear Black is an anthem for all metal heads everywhere – Judas Priest have forgotten how to write tracks like this and Beyrodt’s solo is really nice. And There Was Silence really rips along at a killer pace, and even when the song is this fast, the hook and the melody are front and centre. Metal Nation is a hands in the air anthem that you just know will be killer live. Where Angels Die is a big production number with acoustic into and a huge epic classical vibe.
You get the picture right? This is a great album, and if you are lover of anthemic power metal then you may already own this – if not, then what are you waiting for?
10/10 from The Grooveman.
