Devils Ground

Primal Fear's fifth full length album, "Devil's Ground" (2004), is not quite at the same level as their two previous releases  Nuclear Fire  and  Black Sun .The album opens with the triumphant "Metal Is Forever", followed by the incredibly catchy "Suicide and Mania". More excellent tracks follow, e.g., "Visions of Fate", "Sacred Illusion" and "In Metal". Overall, this album IS great.However, there are two big problems:1.) The title track. "Devil's Ground" is a two minute dramatic reading, with heavily processed vocals. Had they pared this down to a thirty second intro to a full blown title song, it could have been great. Instead it's dreadfully dull and completely disposable. What a poor way to close the album.2.) "The Healer". This epic ballad is actually a good song, somewhat reminiscent of Queensryche's "The Mission" (from  Operation: Mindcrime ). But "The Healer" proves you can have too much of a good thing. There is a rest at the 4:36 mark, and had they actually ended the song here, it would have been brilliant. Instead the song drones on for another two minutes, while they repeat the one minute long chorus yet again and repeat the intro as an outro. This extra two minutes accomplishes nothing except to pad out the running time and perhaps annoy the listener.A computer and an audio editing program could easily fix these two problems. However, I have to review what Primal Fear actually released, and as is "Devil Ground" rates only four out of five stars. I still recommend this album, but suggest you buy  Nuclear Fire  and  Black Sun  first.

When I listen to Primal Fear I hear mostly Judas Priest with elements of Halford, Iron Maiden and maybe a little Dio thrown in there as well. I love all those bands so to me that is not a bad thing at all. They are definitely old school power metal with some speed metal thrown in for good measure. I just wish there were more bands today like Primal Fear that played this style of metal. My personal favorites on this disc are Suicide and Mania, Visions of Hate, Sea of Flames, and Heart of Brave. I'm not all that crazy about metal anthems. I don't think its necessary to sing about the greatness of heavy metal. You either think its great or don't. That being said, as metal anthems go, Metal is Forever is better than most. Track 12 with the spoken message about hell doesn't really add anything to the album but doesn't necessarily take anything away either. Even though I would have liked to see how great Ralf Scheepers would have been with Priest, in a way I'm glad he didn't get the job. Otherwise we might not have Primal Fear. Sometimes things happen for a reason. Overall a solid effort definitely worth picking up.

Excelente album, totalmente recomendado

I am new to Primal Fear and have recently purchased this one, and two others. I love all three of them. I was wondering if anyone else was having any problems with the two 5.1 mix songs(tracks 14, 15)? They do not play in my CD player. I do not have 5.1, but, I have played other 5.1 CD's without any problem. Thanks!

The licks are fantastic, I just wish they could find a drummer with some rhythm, then they would be an excellent band instead of just good.

I like some of their other ones better but this is still a good CD.. Every song on here is pretty strong.

Ive just recently dicovered Primal Fear and i have to say that these guys are about as good as it gets! They kick my ass on a daily basis! METAL RULES!

GREAT GUITAR . GREAT BAND . LOVE THEM

ありがとうございました。事前対応も親切丁寧でした。

Primal fearらしい楽曲満載です。5,10曲目は最高

近頃まっとうなＨＭに出会っていないなぁ・・・と溜息をついていた今日この頃、伝説のＤＶＤ「ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲＳ　ＯＦ　ＭＥＴＡＬＶＯＬ１、２」で彼らに出会い、ＢＬＡＣＫ　ＳＵＮとともに購入してしまいました。はっきり言って、王道を行く素晴らしいジャーマンＨＭです。しかも、のっけからＭＥＴＡＬ　ＩＳ　ＦＯＲＥＶＥＲ～！！ですもんねぇ・・・思わずニコニコしてしまいます。バンド構成としては、ハイトーンボイスの超絶ＨＭ歌手（？）ラルフ・シーパスと、自身のバンドＳＩＮＮＥＲを率いる歌えるベーシスト、マットシナーのグループ。脇をいぶし銀のプレイヤーが支え、まっとうな、王道メタルをきかせてくれています。４０歳を前にして興奮してしまうくらいですから、この作品と高校生時分に出会ってしまったら、おそらく人生ナンバー１のメタルアルバムとして崇め奉ってしまうこと必定です。とにかく、ものすごい作品ですね。

Also an alle die Primal Fear bisher gemocht haben: Ihr werdet es mehr mögen als vorher! Von einigen als beste Primal Fear CD angepriesen... dem kann ich nur voll und ganz zustimmen! Die Refrains gehen einem nicht mehr ausm Kopf und man muss einfach mitsingen. Der 1. Song, Metal is Forver (na hoffentlich), ist irgendwie anders aber absolut geil! Also das Album wird sicher jedem Power Metal Fan gefallen. 2 von den Bonustracks konnte ich mir jedoch nicht anhören, stand zwar drafu mit dem DVD-Player, aber irgendwie funktioniert das nicht so ganz. Aber ich krieg das schon ans laufen :)Stay True, Stay Metal!

gutes album , viele gute liederaber is geschmacks sache ob man es mag oder nicht1 2 3 4