Primal Fear - Unbreakable (#7496)

metalgod · **Joined:** Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:50 am **Posts:** 5515

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Primal Fear - Unbreakable
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MetalStorm · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:03 am

Dang didn't know that PF had a new album out. Going to check this one out.

SolarSoul25 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:14 pm **Posts:** 622

Doubt you will be disappointed. It's Primal Fear, no more no less

Hammer · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:58 pm

Have only heard the samples on Amazon, but agree this sounds like a big step back in the right direction for PF.

They changed labels to Frontiers after Seven Seals and I feel like Frontiers is known more as an 80's revival label than a metal label. Not sure how much influence the label has, but that's exactly what I heard and disliked about the last two albums. They seemed to drift away from straight up metal, and certainly the darker vibe of Seven Seals (their best album IMO), to more of a blatantly 80's worshipping---bordering on cock rock---sound on NR and 16.6 (though I do like a few tracks on each).

To carry on the Priest analogy . . . to me the last two PF albums had more in common with Turbo than Painkiller or SFV.

Looking forward to this release.

SolarSoul25 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:14 pm **Posts:** 622

Hammer wrote:

Have only heard the samples on Amazon, but agree this sounds like a big step back in the right direction for PF.

They changed labels to Frontiers after Seven Seals and I feel like Frontiers is known more as an 80's revival label than a metal label. Not sure how much influence the label has, but that's exactly what I heard and disliked about the last two albums. They seemed to drift away from straight up metal, and certainly the darker vibe of Seven Seals (their best album IMO), to more of a blatantly 80's worshipping---bordering on cock rock---sound on NR and 16.6 (though I do like a few tracks on each).

To carry on the Priest analogy . . . to me the last two PF albums had more in common with Turbo than Painkiller or SFV.

Looking forward to this release.

Pretty much agree with everything you said. The Priest analogies are endless when it comes to PF. I will say that 6 Times Dead from the previous album is fantastic. Not speed metal, but a head banger from hell.

Masshole McDinglenuts · **Joined:** Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:23 am **Posts:** 474

Scheepers sounds like Halford. Primal Fear has never sounded like Priest.

AlexandeR · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:03 am

Masshole McDinglenuts wrote:

Primal Fear has never sounded like Priest.

Of course they do, PF has always been a Painkiller worship band, and I'm fine with it, because they do it wonderfully.

Masshole McDinglenuts · **Joined:** Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:23 am **Posts:** 474

AlexandeR wrote:

Masshole McDinglenuts wrote:

Primal Fear has never sounded like Priest.

Of course they do, PF has always been a Painkiller worship band, and I'm fine with it, because they do it wonderfully.

I've never heard it. Stick another vocalist in the band and no one would ever compare them to Priest.

Ness · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:26 pm

Scheepers sounds like Halford and at times, PF sounds like Priest.

Hammer · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:23 pm

I wouldn't disagree with Masshole's comment, and not just because I'm a fellow MA resident.

Clearly PF is influenced by Priest as much as any power metal band, but Scheepers' voice is the primary reason for the close comparisons. If you take just the riffs and playing and arrangements and put a very different sounding voice in place of Scheepers, then they wouldn't receive half the "clone" comments they do. Again, the strong influence is there, and certainly particular songs are more directly derived from Priest than others, but like a lot of post 1990 power metal bands, PF is Priest and Maiden and others filtered through Helloween and Gamma Ray and others.

MetalStorm · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:55 pm

Who gives a shit what they sound like. They make very good power metal and that's all I care about.

Jeff@Metalreviews · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:35 am

"Strike" should be a killing song! :dio:

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