VIVA LA SWABIA continues
Primal Fear & Brainstorm:
06.11.2009 DK - Kopenhagen - The Rock
07.11.2009 GER - Olsberg - Schuetzenhalle
08.11.2009 GER - Bochum - Matrix
09.11.2009 GER - Munich - Backstage
11.11.2009 GER - Ludwigsburg- Rockfabrik
12.11.2009 NL - Kerkrade - Rocktemple
13.11.2009 CZ - Pilsen - Serikovka
14.11.2009 CZ - Kurim - House Of Culture

Nov 04th 2009 - Nightmare In Norway!



Alex & Toni's birthday bash turned into a birthday crash in the morning. The good news is - no injuries, everybody is ok. The Bergen show is postponed, the show on Friday in Kopenhagen will go ahead as planned!


Oct 30th 2009 - Tour News & Statement!
Leider haben sich an den ersten 3 Tagen der Europa Tour von Primal Fear & Brainstorm Backstage Sachen ereignet, die uns dazu zwangen eine weitere Zusammenarbeit mit Jaded Heart zu beenden und dies einstimmig vom Tourmanager, Primal Fear, Brainstorm & der Tourcrew.
Wurde die Entschuldigung von JH über ihr Backstageverhalten nach dem ersten Tourtag noch angenommen, gab es am dritten Tourtag leider nur eine Entscheidung.......

Zu den Vorwürfen, die jetzt aus dem JH Lager kommen nimmt Tourmanager Arne Lakenmacher Stellung:

Weniger Spielzeit als zugesichert
Der Tourrider war vor Tourbeginn allen verantwortlichen Personen bekannt. Für Kritik an den Spielzeiten wäre nach Kenntnisnahme jederzeit Gelegenheit gewesen.

Keine Garderobe
Barcelona: Backtagebereich mit Stühlen, Tischen im Vorraum
Madrid: Es stand eine Gemeinschaftsgarderobe (der größte Raum) für alle drei Bands zur Verfügung
Villaba: Raum gegenüber des Caterings stand vollständig der BandJH zur Verfügung
Es durften jederzeit die zur Verfügung stehenden Duschen genutzt werde. Bei Vorhandensein von nur einer einzigen Dusche (z. B. lediglich in der P. F. Garderobe) würde zu keinem Zeitpunkt der Zugang verwährt. Es gab noch nicht einmal vom T.M vorgegebene Duschzeiten.

Kein Catering
Für J. H. stand jederzeit angemessenes Catering zur Verfügung. Jede das Catering betreffende Problematik wurde sofort vom Tourmanager beseitigt.

Vor Einlass auf der Bühne
In Barcelona und Villaba wurden die Zeiten im Tourrider 100% eingehalten. In Madrid gab es einen frühen Disco Curfew des spanischen Veranstalters und deswegen musste die Band fünf Minuten NACH Einlass auf die Bühne.

Mit JH wurde jederzeit ein respektvoller Umgang aller Tourmitglieder gegenüber gepflegt - trotz der Vorkommnisse. Wir nehmen lediglich zu de nan uns gerichteten Vorwürfen Stellung, wollen aber nicht zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt auf das Backstageverhalten von Jaded Heart, im Interesse aller Beteiligten eingehen.

Wuerzburg, 30.10.2009
Arne Lakenmacher, Primal Fear und Brainstorm

On a more positive side of things, we want to thank our fans for the great response & feedback on this tour. Last night in Switzerland was a fantastic night for metal and we're looking forward to some more great shows!

Oct 25th 2009 - Tour Update!
Hi from Pampelona in Spain! We've finished the first two shows of the "Viva La Swabia" tour and had a great time in Barcelona & Madrid. The Brainstorm guys are playing great shows and we're very happy about the feedback of the fans reg the Primal Fear show - let's rock for another 17 shows!


Oct 17h 2009 - Tour & News Update!
After a little rest and the great UK gigs and a killer show in Belgium, we will start our 4 week European Tour on Friday in Barcelona. We've added two shows in Norway and an additional show in Germany / Berlin on Nov. 1st - we're looking forward to meet you on the road and have a blast out there! Check the updates in our Tourdates Section and we hope to see you soon!

We've made some more future plans for next year with another bunch of European shows and we're in negotiations for another North American tour. We will soon confirm some fantastic summer open air festivals and we're working on a document of this years 16.6 tour! Have a great weekend!


Sept 18th 2009 - Back From North America & More News!!
We had a blast on the shows in the US & Canada - some photos are posted in the Gallery section. Thx a lot to all our fans attending the concerts and had such a great time with us. We promise to come back soon! New shows in Norway announced!



left to right: Neil (BL), Arne (FoH), Alex, Mat, Tommy (BL),Pamela Moore (Guest), Ralf,
Henny &Randy after the final show in Montreal, Canada






Aug 24th 2009 - South America Tour Report Online!
Check out the new Tour Blog on our My Space Page with a lot of pictures and behind the scene news! The bands thanks all the fans in South America for a great time and fantastic concerts as in Snina Slovakia, last weekend. Check out a great picture of Stani below. Now preparing for the North American dates in September!




Aug 19th, 2009 - Gallery Updated!
The Gallery is upodated with a lot of new pictures. The report about the tour in South America with more pictures with follow next. Great time in South America, great fans, maybe the best time over there ever! Another fantastic show over the weekend in Snina Slovakia - great fans - check the pictures! Next stop - our first headlining North America tour ...... we can't wait to come over!


Aug 03rd, 2009 - On Our Way To Mexico!
Check out our new My Space Blog with a full news roundup from Primal Fear and all other projects of the company, you coudln't read in any magazine so far. We're on our way to South America with concerts in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil and additional stops in Panama and Peru. We're thrilled to come back to our maniacs in South America. Enjoy the new blog and we will be back with a tour report as soon as we are back.

Don't forget to check our new Merchandise Online Shop with new stuff now!


July 21st, 2009 - News Update!
Check out the tourdates section - we've updated some information with links from Metaltix ticket service, where you can buy tickets for the European leg of the "Viva La Swabia 2009" tour!

The band is preparing for the dates in South America & the US at the moment - check out the news from Brave Words - be there and rock with us! Don't forget to check out our new webshop & have a great weekend!



July 21st, 2009 - News Update!
Good News from the US & Canada - Tim Henderson, Mark Gromen and the fantastic team of Bravewords will present the "16.6 North America Tour 2009" - Cheers!




We're back from our first 16.6 headlinershow and we played close to two hours in Austria. Thanks to the fans for showing up and it's always nice if some familiar faces are rocking with us. Thanks to the local promoter for a great time and check out some new pictures from Saturday's show, even the busride was nearly neverending! Thx to Metal & Rock Impressions!




July 10th, 2009 - New Webshop Launched!
We're happy to announce the launch of our own webshop - you can find a lot of Primal Fear and Sinner stuff and some specials from time to time. Check out the link - if you have a question, don't hesitate to ask. Our team will answer every question asap! Enjoy!





July 04th, 2009 - Some Weekend News!
Great news from the German magazines Rock It! (16.6 Pos.1 in the Soundcheck) and Breakout (Hall Of Fame). We will have some more interesting news and a new look for our Tourdates section. We will open our own merchandise store during the next days too with some exclusive offers! Stay tuned and have a great weekend! Here's the latest shot from the Metalway festival in Zaragoza Spain featuring Voodoo Circle guitarist Alex Beyrodt!





June 29th, 2009 - Metalway & Unholy News!
Sorry for our friends in the Czech Rep, we have to cancel our appearance at the Unholy Fest as many other bands, because this is just a fake and not a serious metal event!

The Metalway Festival in Spain was just great! Cool location, hot signing session, fantastic fans, great show and we've met a lot of friends! Thx for showing up and we will be back in Spain on the fothcoming European Tour in October!




June 19th, 2009 - Congratulations Magnus!
BW&BK reports - PRIMAL FEAR Guitarist Becomes A Father, Voodoo Circle Axe Steps In As Temporary Replacement!

PRIMAL FEAR guitarist Magnus Karlsson has checked in with the following update: "The twins Sixten and Svante were born yesterday 11:00am and everyone is fine! Big babies that were singing the latest ARCH ENEMY hit the moment they came out! Goodbye to sleep :-) Glad Midsommar!"

The band, meanwhile, has offered the following update with regards to the new touring situation: "Congratulations Magnus and his wife Elisabeth – they will stay some more days in the hospital. We’re waiting exactly for this moment to post the news. Alex Beyrodt came in last minute to help out at our first 16.6 show in Mainz and will be on stage with us, until Magnus gives us the go-ahead to come back! We wish Magnus all the best with his new backing choir and thanks to Alex for rocking with us again AND be a real friend!

See you next Saturday in Zaragoza Spain at the Metalway festival! Here's a new picture from the show in Mainz last Saturday!




June 08th, 2009 - Quick Update!
Germany #46, Sweden #52 and now Japan on Pos. 28 - it's unbelieveable and we want thank all of you out there for your help. We've never received such a good feeback for an album and it's a great time for Primal Fear. On Saturday we will play our first 16.6 live show in Mainz / Germany and we're looking forward to play some of the new songs in our live set! We can't wait to start touring!

We hope the fans in the US can make the same buzz this week regarding the release of 16.6 :-)

FYI - we have to change one date of the South America Tour - we play Colombia/Bogota on August 6th - cheers!


June 02nd, 2009 Chart Update From Germany!
Great news from Germany - 16.6 enters the charts in Germany on Pos. 46 - the second highest chart entry in the history of Primal Fear. Thanks to all of you out there for believe & faith - it's now an even bigger motivation for the forthcoming tour and the future of Primal Fear! Thanks to the fantastic team who helped to create this album, our agency, crew, fanclub & supporters!

Now we need some drinks :-)
THANKS! Ralf, Henny, Magnus, Randy & Mat



May 31st, 2009 News Update - First Charty-Entry Announced - Sweden!
After some confusion on Friday evening, we can announce that our new album 16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead) entered the album charts in Sweden on Pos. 52 ...... the highest charty entry for Primal Fear in Sweden so far! We can announce some more chart action next week!

Thanks for the overwhelming response on 16.6- released now in Europe and Asia! All the interviews, the release-parties and the response from the fans, friends and supporters are great - thx!

The tourdates section is updated - more dates will be announced soon!


May 10th - Enjoy the new Primal Fear video clip and don't support illegal downloads!

Primal Fear - Six Times Dead (16.6)



April 15th, 2009 - North & South American Tourdates Announced!
The 16.6 World Tour is coming to North & South America - please check the news:

PRIMAL FEAR have scheduled the following US dates:

Sep. 07 - St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
Sep. 08 - West Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
Sep. 09 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Sep. 10 - Atlanta PPX @ Center Stage
Sep. 12 - New York, NY @ The Blender Theater
Sep. 13 - Montreal, QUE @ FouFounes Electriques

Tickets go on sale today exclusively through EnterTheVault.com until May 2 at which point they will be made available through all normal ticketing systems. PRIMAL FEAR will return to Atlanta, Georgia to headline this year's ProgPower USA showcase on September 10!

In addition, following dates in South America are confirmed now:

Aug 5 - Mexico - Mexico City - Circo Valador
Aug 7 - Chile - Santiago - Industria cultural
Aug 8 - Agrentina - Buenos Aires - Teatro Flores
Aug 9 - Brazil - Sao Paulo - Carioca

PRIMAL FEAR's new album, "16.6: (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)", will be released in Europe on May 22, Japan on May 29 and in the U.S. on June 7 via Frontiers Records.

March 27th, 2009 - 16.6 Official Announcement & Cover Artwork revealed!
Frontiers Records proudly announces the release of PRIMAL FEAR new studio album 16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead) on May 22nd in Europe and June 9th in the USA.

Anticipated by a successful listening session held in Cologne, Germany, attended by the cream of the European Metal press, the new album is about to bring back Primal Fear to the throne of Heavy Metal. 16.6 is easily the most powerful, ambitious and interesting album in the band’s history. The vibe of songs like the opening track “Riding The Eagle”, “Killbound” or “Under The Radar” are reminiscent of the “Nuclear Fire” album but eh whole album features all the trademarks of the Primal Fear sound a the total dedication to pure Metal. There is also a new approach mixed with the trademark PF riffs in tracks like “Six Times Dead (16.6)”, “Soar”, “Smith & Wesson” as well as the epic stories, consummate musicianship, courage and fantastic melodies in songs like “Black Rain”, “No Smoke Without Fire”, “Torn” and the stylistically new ballad “Hands Of Time” with 4 band members all sharing the lead-vocals.



“Our target was to write and produce the most diverse and interesting album in the history of Primal Fear and combine our past with the future” says Mat Sinner. ”The result went truly beyond our expectations and it will be a huge challenge to play these new songs on stage! The entire band is very proud of 16.6 and we hope all our old and even new fans will be totally satisfied!”

The album was recorded at the House Of Music studios with engineer Dennis Ward, mixing engineer Achim Koehler and producer Mat Sinner. Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound New York. Once again Primal Fear display a very high standard of song writing, sound and production. New guitarist Magnus Karlsson and Henny Wolter shine with a new dimension to the guitar work, and lead vocalist Ralf Scheepers reaches a new level to his vocal performances. Nothing can go wrong if you’re backed by one of the best rhythm sections in metal with Randy Black and Mat Sinner and you can hear the result on Primal Fear’s outstanding new message called 16.6!

Some of the feedback gathered from the press after the listening session include:
“Primal Fear top themselves one more time again with their unique mix out of traditional Metal sounds and modern melodic power metal. How can do they that again and again?” Andreas Schöwe (Metal Hammer Germany)

"Primal Fear manages to take at least one step forward, one backward and still stand for what Primal Fear always has been standing for - pure metal." David Bergström (Sweden Rock)

“First impressions: more variety without losing the Metal balls! Fresh blood and ideas combined with the Primal Fear trademarks, outstanding vocal performance by Ralf again and great guitar work by both Magnus and Henny. Some immediate live favourites, other tracks definitely need time to grow, but sound more than promising and won't disappoint any metal fan that wants more than easy listening stuff” – Martin Römpp (Heavy! Germany)

“To date “16.6.“ is Primal Fear ‘s most diversified record; containing a spectrum from Hard Rock up to double-bass driven Power Metal Songs. But one thing is always consistent – the quality!!! – Gerald Siebenmorgen (Rock It, Germany)

"As the cover artwork shows, Primal Fear ride fiery bullets, play with demons...and fly on butterfly leaded wings. '16.6' marks the evolution of groundbreaking hard rock and power metal, filled with open-minded styles. The Devil knows they're alive!" - Filippo Pagani (Metal Hammer, Italy)



After the Primal Fear / Sinner show in Moscow on April 4th, the band will appear in Norway on April 25th at the Haugesund Festival and in some summer Festivals. More shows are being booked in South America (with Sinner) in August, USA incl. PPX and the UK in September, followed by Europe kicking off at the end of in October(with Brainstorm) plus Japan & Asia t.b.a.

More news, confirmed dates in South America and the video report of the listening session soon.


March 22nd, 2009 - News Update!
The 16.6 listening session in Cologne was great and everybody was happy about the sound & the new album overall! Thanks to Sandra of Underdawg Promotion for setting up a great event!



The official release date for Europe will be May 22nd 2009, in the US June 7th 2009 – more release dates will be posted soon! Here’s the songlist and more information:

01. Before the Devil knows you`re Dead
02. Riding the Eagle
03. Six Times Dead (16.6)
04. Black Rain
05. Under the Radar
06. 5.0 /Torn
07. Soar
08. Killbound
09. No Smoke without Fire
10. Night after Night
11. Smith & Wesson
12. The Exorcist
13. Hands of Time

The limited edition witll include two exclusive bonus-tracks:
14. Cry Havoc
15. Scream
plus the video clip for „Six Times Dead (16.6)“
the version for Japan will include a special single remix of the song „No Smoke Without Fire“

Look out for the release of the cover artwork in the next days and the world premiere of the video clip onthe bands official website www.primalfear.de

The series of studio reports will continue in the next week with part IV – you can check them out on My Space, the official band page or the fan-club page (www.primal-fear.de)

After the Primal Fear / Sinner show in Moscow, we plan to appear on some summer festivals as every year and we’re booking tours & shows in South America (with Sinner), five shows in the US incl. PPX and more dates early next year, Europe kicking off at the end of September (with Brainstorm) and Japan at the moment.


March 11th, 2009 - Breaking News - Moscow Show Announced!
Good news for our loyal fans in Russia - for the third time in our history, we're planning a very special double concert with Primal Fear & Sinner @ the 1 Rock Club in Moscow, Russia on April 04th 2009 - be there and join us for one evening of metal, rock'n roll & a big party! We are very proud to come back to Russia!


February 24th, 2009 - New Festivals Confirmed!
Primal Fear will come back to the US and headline the Thursday night of the ProgPower X festival in Atlanta. We're working on more eatcoast shows from Florida to New York - wait for an update on the US shows soon! We're working on a tour in South America for August and the first show of the European Tour is confirmed. The Metalfest at the JBs in Dudley UK will be part of the European Tour 2009!


February 18th, 2009 - News Update!
The Primal Fear crew is in full swing - cover artwork, photos, booklet & the video clip are in progress and will be be finalized during the next two weeks. Dennis Ward worked on a remix for the song "No Smoke Without Fire" for a release in Japan!

Here are two shots from the video shoot:


Primal Fear are confirmed for the Metalway Festival 2009 in Zaragoza - in addition we play festival shows in Austria, Romanian, Czech Rep. etc - an update on the festival schedule will be posted here soon! We plan to tour South America in August, US East Coast in September and when we're back from the States, we will start our European Tour at the end of September & October together with our friends of "Brainstorm". Be prepared for some more Primal Fear action soon!

Check out the Fanclub page Metal Commando for great news on the forthcoming Listening Session!


January 30th, 2009 - FRONTIERS RECORDS - 16.6 UPDATES
Produced again by Primal Fear's own Mat Sinner and engineered & co-produced by none other than Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69), the new Primal Fear album marks the first full comeback by guitarist Henny Wolter and the debut by one of the worldwide most respected guitarists Magnus Karlsson, since he joined the band one year ago! Wolter & Karlsson both participated in the songwriting and pre-production, which took place at Karlsson's Stuntguitar Studio in Sweden. The band recorded 4 weeks at the famous House Of Music studio incl. Randy Black (drums) and vocalist extraordinaire Ralf Scheepers. After the Xmas break the band recorded some small overdubs and started the mix with long time collaborator Achim Koehler. Finally Ted Jensen mastered the album at the Sterling Sound in New York.

The new Primal Fear album titled with the codename of “16.6” (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead) will be released in May 2009 by Frontiers Records. The new songs will include a lot of the Wolter/Sinner/Scheepers vibe from the “Nuclear Fire” album, then follow the path of “New Religion” and some real surprises! Mat Sinner comments: “I'm really proud of our work. The guys of the band and the entire team did a killer job! I love the crystal clear sound of the album and total dedication of the players. The fans of our first albums will really love the new tracks, plus there are a lot of sophisticated more stuff on 16.6 following the path of Seven Seals or New Religion“

Guitarist Henny Wolter added some notes to some song titles:
*Riding The Eagle* – is bringing back that Nuclear Fire vibe with a full speed double bass groove and those typical heavy guitar-Riffs and high speed twin leads that Primal Fear stands for. Above all it's that mix between full throttle metal and melody with Ralf Scheepers powerful vocals on which Primal Fear built their reputation.
*Six Times Dead (16.6)* – the title track and a super heavy guitar riff, stomping groove with a new approach and a message to the fans; 100% Primal Fear!
*Black Rain* – a nearly 7min. epic with big instrumentation, and a heavy Arabian atmosphere. Lots of variations and sophisticated playing & singing. This song strongly carries the handwriting of the new band member Magnus Karlsson, who is known for these skilful and tasty arrangements.
*Under The Radar* – another traditional Primal Fear speed rocker, a hymn with the classic Scheepers vibe.
*Torn* – seven minutes of pure music and the most ambitioned song & riff we've ever recorded, killer stuff, very groovy and a great melodic vocal line.
*Soar* – pure energy combined with a driving groove, a majestic halftime chorus and a great experimental breakdown part – one of my favourite tracks on the new album.
*Hands Of Time* – this will be a real surprise for everybody. There is always at least one track on a new PF album, that is different – this time it's Hands Of Time with four guys sharing the lead vocals – a very cool song!

January 23rd, 2008 - 16.6 Mix Done!
16.6 Recorded & Mixed!A very long recording period is finished now and we're all very satisfied about the result. We've recorded nearly 80 minutes of music and finally 14 songs plus some introductions. Now after two days without any mixin, decisions, fresh air and sleep, it looks like we'd created the most sophisticated and diversified album in our career.

What can we say, the music includes a lot of the vibe of our very first albums like "Chainbreaker", "Running in the dust", "Nuclear Fire" or "Metal is forever" - some real dedicated trad. metal! But a new Primal Fear album always contained some new musical challenges, real suprises ... and a lot of fresh and new elements this time! We are working on the final tracklist at the moment and we will master 16.6 with Ted Jensen @ the Sterling Sound NY in early February. More news on the final songtitles and the releasedate soon!


January 2nd, 2009 - Happy New Year!
We wish all our supporters, friends, partners & fans a great exciting New Year and yes, of course with a new Primal Fear album 16.6 in May 2009. Holidays? Well, not a lot - Ralf was recording some more parts for the final two songs and we are ready and thrilled to mix the album, starting on January 5th @ the House Of Music studio. We will post some more updates on f nal songtitles etc. soon!

December 06th, 2008 - PRIMAL FEAR Studio News
After weeks of pre-production and preparation, we entered the House Of Music studio on November 28 to begin recording our new album, 16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead!) released in May 2009 via Frontiers Records. The band is in the process of laying down the following 14 tracks for the new CD (working titles; in no particular order):
01. Six Times Dead (16.6), 02. Smith & Wesson, 03. Soar, 04. Riding The Eagle, 05. Black Rain, 06. Lightning, 07. Time, 08. Night After Night, 09. Killbound, 10. Don't Fuck With My Life, 11. No Smoke Without Fire, 12. The Exorcist, 13. Torn, 14. Scream .... but be sure, some songtitles will be changed shortly, after Ralf has finished his vocal trakcs!

Drummer Randy Black already finished his drum recordings on Friday with producer Mat Sinner and engineer Dennis Ward. Guitarist Henny Wolter is busy working on his guitar parts, while Mat will start with his bass parts on Sunday. Guitarist Magnus Karlsson will join the crew on Thursday!

Commented Primal Fear frontman Ralf Scheepers: "It's very unusual for one band member to see and listen how the other band member is delivering the goods on his instrument. When we perform together live, you can also judge what's going on each instrument but not as clear and obvious as in the studio where you can concentrate on each tone or note or beat from your mates. From what I have heard so far, I can really say it's the best performance I have ever heard from Randy [Black] on the drums and also from Henny [Wolter] on the guitar. Of course, some people might think, 'What else should he say, he has to promote the new album and that's what every musician would say just to keep the ball running.' But these words are my true impression and I really can't wait for Magnus [Karlsson, guitar] and Mat [Sinner, bass] to nail their parts to see the whole building growing and growing."


October 20th, 2008 - Pre Production News!
The pre-production for the new Primal Fear recordings is close to be finished and the studio & crew are finally booked. We've finished the songwriting & pre-production on 10 songs so far and have some more little things to do on another 4 songs. The material so far makes us all very happy. Between real back to the roots Sinner/Wolter/Scheepers vibe incl. the Karlsson touch, we have some very new surprises planned as always! Some more news on song titles & our crew later this week.


September 23rd, 2008 - Back From Russia!
After 10 years, we finally made it to Russia b/w Moscow & St. Petersburg. We had a great time and could meet a lot of great fans! The Moscow concert was maybe one of the Top5 club shows in our history, an unbelievable loud & exciting audience and a wonderful moment of metal! Thanks to everybody who helped to make this trip happen - M&S Promotion, Flaming Arts, Irond Records & most of all our fans! Keep the faith - the next shows in Russia will happen soon and we don't let you wait that long again! Promised!


August 18th, 2008 - Back From A Weekend Of Metal!
The UKs Bloodstock Open Air and Germany's Summer Breeze are history and a successful weekend for the Metal Commando - here's the German review from the Summer Breeze Page:

Nun folgte die geballte Power Metal-Attacke, und es wurde Zeit, denn der Sound war dieses Jahr nicht gar so präsent auf dem Breeze. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt also genau das richtige Futter für die dürstenden Fans. Das Quintett um Mat Sinner und Ralf Scheepers kam sah und siegte. Im Sog der unzähligen modernen und todesmetallischen Kombos war diese Power Metal-Einlage eine willkommene Abwechslung. Herr Scheepers bediente dabei alle gängigen Heavy Metal Klischees und formierte in schöner Regelmäßigkeit die Saitenfraktion zum kollektiven Posing um sich.Ein besonders bemerkenswerter Moment war die grandiose Powerballade „Fighting The Darkness" in die nahezu die versammelte Mannschaft vor der Bühne einstimmte und für massig Gänsehaut sorgte. Nicht minder spektakulär drückten Klassiker wie „Nuclear Fire" eine Soundwand der Extraklasse ins Volk. Zu "Mr. Drum himself" Randy Black gab es eigentlich nur eine Sache anzumerken: auch wenn sein Drumkit wie eine Festung anmutete, war es sagenhaft mit anzusehen, wie er dieses Equipmentmonster mit einem Lächeln und jeder Menge Spaß und Brillanz bediente! Das abschließende "Metal Is Forever" knüppelte dann aber noch mal ordentlich nach vorne und beendete das Set mit jeder Menge gute Laune.

Thanks to the Summer Breeze & Bloodstock Crews for a great finale of our summer festival tour, our great fans everywhere and our fantastic crew & agency! We will start the pre production of the new Primal Fear album in early September and then we will play for the first time Russia and three new shows are announced too in Sweden, Switzerland and Norway! Stay tuned!



July 13th, 2008 - Gallery Updated - Primal Fear Summer 2008!
We've played another great festival on Friday, for the first time ever in Romania Bucharest together with Judas Priest, Ross The Boss and others - great event, great fans and a very good local organization! The gallery is updated with a lot of photos of our trip to Romania and more shots of the festivals in the Czech Republic! Enjoy Primal Fear Summer 2008!


June 25th, 2008 - Back From Italy!
We've spend the last weekend near Venice @ the Morarock and we had a great time - thanks to the promoters for all their great work & Milan & family for showing up, rocking & some nice pictures! Next destination: Czech Rep

June 09th, 2008 - Sweden Rock Festival was rocked by the Metal Commando!
We're back from a killer week in Sweden, saw a lot of fantastic bands, meet a lot of good friends and had an unbelievable show - thanks to the fans & the promoters @ SRF for an unforgettable concert! And if a lot people said, this was our best show ever, we don't think so .... but of course we're proud of the show, the fans and the packed & loud audience! The Gallery section and later our My Space pages will be updated with a lot of photos! ..... and please check out this LINK!

May 06th, 2008 - New Religion Summer Tour!
Primal Fear’s “10 Years Of Metal” tour continues with the confirmation of the bands summer festival schedule!

10.05.2008 Cz - Kurim - Rockfest
17.05.2008 IT - Cremona - Motorock
05.06.2008 SE - Solvesborg - Sweden Rock Festival
21.06.2008 IT - Moraro - Mora Rock Festival
27.06.2008 Cz - Trinec - Noc Plna Hvezd Festival
28.06.2008 Cz - Porici - Basinfirefest Festival
11.07.2008 RO - Bucharest - B'estfest Aftershock
26.07.2008 SK - Martin - Inferno Boom Fest
27.07.2008 BE - Deinze - Brielpoort Festival
02.08.2008 Cz - Nikolcice - Motonalet Festival
15.08.2008 UK - Derbyshire - Bloodstock Festival
16.08.2008 D - Dinkelsbühl - Summer Breeze Open Air
20.09.2008 RU - St. Petersburg - Orlandino
21.09.2008 RU - Moscow - Tochka Club

More festival dates are under negotiation and will be announced soon! After finishing their successful European anniversary tour, the band featuring Ralf Scheepers – Lead Vocals, Randy Black – Drums, Henny Wolter – Guitars, Magnus Karlsson – Guitars & Mat Sinner – Bass & Vocals will start the songwriting process for their next album under the working title “16.6” now. Recordings will take place in November/December 2008!


May 04th, 2008 - 10 Years Of Metal Blast!
Well, we're finally back home from the 10 Years Of Metal Tour, exhausted and very satisfied. After two days of pracitising with the new line up, we played 9 shows in a row! The tour was a wonderful experience and a worthy operation.

Magnus Karlsson proved, that he's not only one of the best rock guitarists, he is a top teamplayer and a great entertainer. Henny & Magnus are the most exciting guitar team, we could present in the ten years of Primal Fear and it was a lot of fun for everybody. We're still overwhelmed by every crowd's fantastic response! Of course there were special highlights like Berlin was an unexpected cool start with a great crowd! Stefan & Klaus joined us on stage in Reichenbach! We met a lot of long time Metal Commando friends from Japan, France, Slovenia, Netherlands, UK and of course Germany, Bodo & the Bikeschmiede team! Bruchsal was a like sauna and the fans in Bochum rocked like hell. After years, we came back to the mighty Z7 in Pratteln and played a wonderful show together with our friends of Jon Oliva. The Biepop in Belgium was sold out, with an unbelievable crazy audience, that reminded us we're playing in Brazil! In most of the venues, we've played 4 encores and close to 120 minutes. Thanks to all our fans, friends & supporters for showing up and celebrating with us! Thanks to our fantastic crew incl. Bigi, Achim, Neil, Kalle, Crusty, Zottel & Arne, Mystic Prophecy, all local promoters and our live management M&S Promotion!
On Saturday, we will start our festival season in the Czech Reprublic and so far we have a great bunch of 14 more shows lined up in wonderful places & festivals. See you there!
Ralf, Henny, Randy, Magnus & Mat

April 04th 2007 - Primal Fear & Bullet For My Valentine
It’s amusing what a single guitar riff can initiate. Of course we recognized some similarities to our song “Evil Spell” when we heard the opening guitar riff of the new “Bullet For My Valentine” album “Scream Aim Fire”. We know the guys and we shared the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver for some weeks in the end of 2005.
What we think about this? We love metal and we’re adults. We like the music of “Bullet For My Valentine” and we have a lot of respect for their work. Cool songs, a fantastic production and great guys! If the guitar work in one song is very similar to a Primal Fear riff or song, we’re ok with it and not out for any trouble … and we don’t want to receive another 150 mails about this matter – we’re fine and it’s great if “Scream Aim Fire” has a little PF vibe!
In Metal,
Primal Fear

You can buy now the new official Primal Fear Merchandise @ the Art Worx shop and in Japan @ Metal Is Forever!

March 11th, 2008 - Burrn Japan Poll 2007!
Great news arrived this morning by Mari from Japan. In the prestigeous Burrn magazine poll for 2007, Primal Fear voted # 24 of the best rock & metal bands in 2007.
Ralf Scheepers (#16 vocals), Mat Sinner (#16 bass) & Randy Black (#15 drums) voted Top 20 instrumentalists in their categories. New man Magnus Karlsson voted #34 in the guitarists section. We're overwhelmed by such a great feedback from the fans in Japan - Thank You!
In related news Primal Fear's album NEW RELIGION voted #5 album of the year in the "Rock It!" readers poll, while the Primal Fear / Udo tour voted #4 best tours of the year - thanks too!


March 4th, 2008 - Magnus Karlsson joins Primal Fear!
We’ve decided to continue with one of the most exciting and respected guitar player in the business - Magnus Karlsson from Sweden. Magnus is known from his excellent work as a guitarist, songwriter and producer for Allen/Lande, Magnum’s Bob Catley, Starbreaker and many more. We’re looking forward to hit the road again with a special Best Of setlist and Magnus will be an additional attraction for the shows.

Singer Ralf Scheepers comments: "After working together with Magnus on several songs for our previous albums „Seven Seals“ and “New Religion”, it’s more than a pleasure to have him in the band now. In my ears he is one of the most talented guitarists on this planet and he is also an excellent composer. I absolutely look forward to rock the stages of this world with him!"

Magnus Karlsson added: "I’ve been a big fan of Primal Fear since I first heard them. I love their straight forward metal in combination with beautiful melodies and a world class musicianship. That’s why I’m both honoured and excited to join Primal Fear on their mission to show the world that Metal is forever!" - check Magnus My Space page!

It looks like we’re planning to get back into the recording studio after the summer festival season to work on a new album!


March 3rd, 2008 - The Final Curtain For Stefan!
Dear Primal Fear fans,
after 10 years being in Primal Fear I have decided to take a time out from the music business for some time. I do this for my family, especially for my two little sons, who deserve to have more time together with their father. Of course this is no easy decision, even if I know this is the right one.
I leave the guys from Primal Fear in friendship and want to thank them at this point for their understanding and supporting me in this decision.I also want to thank you fans for a wonderful time during the last years! I say goodbye to you, having in mind, that this will NOT be a goodbye forever!
Best regards,
Stefan

Well it’s hard to see the curtain fall for a friend and a great player after ten years standing side by side. We have all respect for Stefan’s decision. We were realizing the problems he went through the entire last year . He will be missed as a character and a great guitar player. There’s an open door for Stefan in Primal Fear and we're working on the possibility, that Stefan will contribute a typical Stefan style song to our forthcoming album! Good luck Stefan to you and your family!

February 21st, 2008 - New Tourdates added!
We've added 2 additional new shows to the "10 Years Of Metal" tour in Bruchsal/Germany and one show for our friends in Switzerland in Pratteln @ Z7 - in addition, you can find some new summer festival dates in the tourdates section!

February 15th, 2008
As Henny & Mat are busy with the songwriting for the new SINNER album, you can check from time to time the special new section with news and updates regarding The Making Of Crash & Burn, with comments of the musicians and inside news. Check it out! New songtitles and the production plan is already updated!

January 17th, 2008 - US Release Info & Tour News!
Please read here more information about the US Release of NEW RELIGION on Locomotive Records on January 29th

The "10 Years Of Metal" Anniversary Tour shapes up for late April and we will post the dates and locations very soon

December 23rd, 2007 - Back From The Tour!
Well, we're finally made it home after 40 shows, in 15 countries and 3 continents. Everybody is exhausted, but very very happy about the tour and the feeback from our fans - there's only two words for your fantastic support: THANK YOU!

We've updated the Gallery Section with a lot of pics from the European part of the tour, brandnew pics from the dates in Germany and from the exciting tour in Japan.
...and just before Xmas we would like to thank the following people, who helped to make the album & the tour such a success:
Frank Suepfle & all at M&S Promotion,Guitarslinger Alex Beyrodt, the band & crew of U.D.O. especially Stucki, Achim Koehler, Neil Witchard, Marc Hauschild, Volker, Roger, Krusty, Stefan, Jerry, Vroni, Mark,Velby, Charlie, Art-Worx Merchandise, Serafino & all at Frontiers Records, Kaz& King Records, A2 & Avex Live, K2 & his insane crew, Naoko & Creativeman, Masako, Yuko & the Metal Commando worldwide!

Have a merry Xmas and a peaceful & exciting new year!

November 08th, 2007- Good news from Japan! New Religion is still riding high in the charts on Pos. 10 of the current Burrn Charts! We're really looking forward to visit Japan again in December. Check out the tourdates section for the tour schedule in Japan! We're starting later today the second leg of our European tour - see you tomorrow in Antwerp/Belgium!

October 25th, 2007- The first part of the European tour is over and we had a unbelievable great time with a fantastic team. Thanks to the fans for giving us such a loud support! The picutre gallery is updated with some photos from the Metal Commando France b/w Lucie!

In other news, we welcome a new member to the PF family! Short after the show in Barcelona Henny became father for the first time and flew back immediatly to Hannover. Congrats to Henny and his girlfriend Nina! That's why Alex Beyrodt had to play as a single guitar player (for the first time in PF's history) in Bordeaux! Alex executed an awsome job and it was overall a night & party to remember!


October 08th, 2007 - back from a fantatsic weekend in Atlanta and a great performanace at the Prog Power Festival VIII - thanks to all friends & supporters in the US & the loud audience - we will come back! Cheers to Glenn & his crew for a hell of a weekend!

News from Japan -NEW RELIGION charted on Pos. 37 and on the overall Top 200 charts on Pos. 116 - thanks to all fans in Japan for their great support all over the years - we see us in December!


October 02nd, 2007 - Chart Entry in Germany!
NEW RELIGION will enter the official German album charts on #60 in week 40! The highest chart entry since Black Sun in 2002. Thanks to our new partners Frontiers Records, Soulfood Distribution & Undercover Promotion for their fantastic work. Even more thanks& cheers to all fans, supporters and the Metal Commando out there for keeping the faith! We are really proud of this very special result and our new team! Now we're looking forward to start the tour this weekend in Atlanta!


September 28th 2007 - NEW RELIGION entered the official album charts in Sweden on #67

September 24th 2007 - Welcome to the new Primal Fear website! You can find now all video clips on the MEDIA page!

PRIMAL FEAR's new album NEW RELIGION will be released in Europe and other parts of the world on September 21st/24th - another reason to announce the premiere of the second video clip from the new album. We will premiere the newest video clip of the New Religion album SIGN OF FEAR on Thursday Sept. 20th!

July 05th 2007 - Double Headlinertour in Europe announced!
PRIMAL FEAR will tour together in October, November & December with U.D.O. in Europe. It's a real pleasure for us to cooperate with M&S Promotion, the metal legend and his band! A special guest will be announced soon! Please check the tour dates section for daily updates!

July 02nd 2007 - The First Live Show of 2007!
The comeback show with Henny at the Rock Am Haertsfeldsee was a smash. 4000 maniacs rocked with us to the limit and gave Henny a warm welcome. For more information on the set list and photos check out the Gallery section!

May 23rd 2007 - It's Official: PRIMAL FEAR Reloaded!
Here are some screen shots of our new video clip "Sign Of Fear" and you can see a new/old face in the band.
Yes, after a long discussion about the future of Primal Fear, we've decided to bring Henny Wolter back to the band. After a four year break, Henny takes over the guitar duties together with Stefan Leibing, who played most of the guitars on the new album "NEW RELIGION".

We decided us against a brandnew face, because Henny is back ready & smoking. Henny's departure 4 years ago was in a very friendly way and the guys stayed in contact during his abscence. Henny did a fantastic job on the new Primal Fear recordings and the following SINNER tour. We are proud to have the riff master from Hannover back in our ranks! Henny will make his comeback with the band on the next show on June 30th in Germany. Welcome Back, Henny!

Dec 3rd/ Tokyo @ Shibuya O-EAST Dec 5th/ Nagoya @ Bottom Line
Dec 6th/ Osaka @ Shinsaibashi Club Quattro

March 26th 2007 - Recording - Update Part V - New Festival Appearance!
We had a great vocal/guitar session over the weekend! Stefan finished his guitar work for our new album at the U3 studio with our good friend Achim Koehler engineering. Ralf recorded another vocal track. We're only a few steps away to finalize the recordings and we're ready to mix the album. Swedish guitar hero Magnus Karlsson (Starbreaker, Allen/Lande) played two fantastic lead guitars, alternate guns with Stefan and we're waiting for one spot by Gamma Ray's Kai Hansen and the comeback of doctor Henny Wolter! We will start to mix the album on April 15th with Ronald Prent (Rammstein, Manowar, Iron Maiden) at the Galaxy Studio in Belgium.

First, we didn't want to play any festival shows during this summer, because our new album release is scheduled for August 31st, 2007 - but after a nice discussion, we confirmed to play the Rock Am Haertsfeldsee on June 30th - very close to our home, together with Motorhead, Saxon & more!

In additional news, the "Metal Is Forever" Best-Of album is riding high in Japan for the third month in the Burrn Charts, plus Primal Fear is still in the Japan Top 30 Rock & Metalbands for 9 months now! The Best-Of album will be released in the US/Canada on April 2nd, 2007!

March 1st, 2007 - Recording Update Part 3!
Simone Simons of EPICA joined us for some sensational vocal work and for the first time in Primal Fear's career a vocal duett with a female singer. We are very pround about the final version of "Everytime It Rains", which has a different vibe for Primal Fear and our fans.

Ralf Scheepers will continue to track his fantastic vocal work today, while Stefan Leibing will join the band on Thursday to finalize the basic guitars. Orchestra maestro Matthias Ulmer will join the session today to put some finishing touches on the keyboard & orchestra section during the next week! Enjoy some brandnew pictures - cheers!

January 18th, 2007 - PRIMAL FEAR To Enter Studio In Early February
We will start with the recordings for our new studio album. The final pre-production is running smooth at the moment and we're very satisfied with the songwriting and the creative process. We can't wait to start and are more than a 100% motivated and focused! We will finally enter the recording studio in the beginning of February.

We've decided to record again at the House of Music studio in Winterbach, Germany. Mat Sinner is producing again with engineer and co-producer Charlie Bauerfeind (Blind Guardian, Saxon, Halford, Hammerfall etc.), who recorded and co-produced 'Seven Seals'. We plan to record the first period till March 6th, then we will have a short break and we're goping on the road with SINNER. Later in March we will record another vocal section with Ralf Scheepers and then we will move to the famous Galaxy Studio in Mol, Belgium to mix and master the album with Ronald Prent (Iron Maiden, Def Leppard. Rammstein, Manowar etc). The album will feature 11 tracks, including a duet of Ralf sharing the lead vocals with a very well-known female singer." Songtitles set to appear on the follow-up to 2005's "Seven Seals" include "Save Me", "Fighting The Darkness", "The Curse Of Sharon", "Psycho", "The Final Word", "Every Time It Rains" and some more. The music will follow the path of 'Seven Seals' with orchestral arrangements, but will include some real shredding heavy metal tunes!

"Metal is Forever - The Very Best of Primal Fear" (JVC/Victor) eneterd the Burrn charts in Japan on Pos. 23

November 14th, 2006 - Primal Fear extends partnership with Warner/Chappell!
Regarding all the cooperations and new deals for the future of the band, we're proud to announce today, that we have decided to continue our more than ten years partnership with Warner/Chappell Publishing, for a minimun of another three albums and a brandnew five year worldwide contract! Thanks to Norbert Masch & Hans Barth for their trust & partnership! Rock!

October 08th, 2006 - Reichenbach Show Review!
The Reichenbach show was a huge success and an unforgetable evening. Primal Fear would like to thank everybody involved and all the fans who showed up. This was maybe one of the best shows so far and the loudest audience for a long time. Very nice an uncommon, that it was close to our hometown and a great venue! We were really happy to meet and rock together with our Metal Commando supporters from France, Slovenija, Japan and of course the German MC headquarter! Thanks again to all Primal Fear maniacs!

September 26th, 2006 - METAL IS FOREVER CD release and a weekend in the UK!
Remember - Friday will be a very important day in the history of Primal Fear. Our 2-CD compilation "Metal Is Forever" will be released and we will headline the UKs mighty Bloodstock festival! It's great to come back to Bloodstock and meet all the great fans out there! As this is the day of the release of our Best Of album, we will prepare a special Best Of programme and feature all albums! We are readay to rock Bloodstock!