NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Mazur PR/ Frontiers Records) - Frontiers Records proudly announces the release of Primal Fear's new studio album '16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)' on May 22 in
Europe and June 9 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 the 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,' and 'Smith & Wesson,' as well as the epic stories, consummate musicianship, and fantastic melodies in songs like 'Black Rain,' 'No Smoke Without Fire,' 'Torn,' and the stylistically new ballad 'Hands Of Time,' with four 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,' said 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 the House of Music studios with engineer Dennis Ward, mixing engineer Achim Koehler, and producer Mat Sinner. Once again Primal Fear displays 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 in 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 includes:
'Primal Fear top themselves one more time again with their unique mix out of traditional Metal sounds and modern melodic power metal. How can they do that again and again?' - Andreas Schowe (HAMMER magazine, Germany )
'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 Rompp (HEAVY magazine, 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 magazine, 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 Bergstrom (SWEDEN ROCK MAGAZINE , Sweden)
'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 magazine, Italy )
'16.6' track listing:
1. Before the Devil Knows You`re Dead
2. Riding the Eagle
3. Six Times Dead (16.6)
4. Black Rain
5. Under the Radar
6. 5.0 /Torn
7. Soar
8. Killbound
9. No Smoke Without Fire
10. Night After Night
11. Smith & Wesson
12. The Exorcist
13. Hands of Time
The first pressing limited edition in digipak will include two exclusive bonus tracks, plus a multimedia video clip of Six Times Dead (16.6):
14. Cry Havoc
15. Scream
