''Primal Fear'' is the debut studio album by the German
power metal
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in co ...
band
Primal Fear, released in 1998. The album was re-issued in 2005 by
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast Records is a German record label with subsidiary, subsidiaries located in Germany, the United States and Brazil. It was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Donzdorf. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on ...
in a multibox containing the 1999 album ''
Jaws of Death.''
Track listing
Personnel
Band members
*
Ralf Scheepers – vocals
* Tom Naumann – guitars, keyboards
*
Mat Sinner – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
* Klaus Sperling – drums
Additional musicians
*
Kai Hansen
Kai Michael Hansen (born 17 January 1963) is a German musician who is the founder, lead guitarist and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray (band), Gamma Ray. He is also one of the co-founders of another power metal band Helloween, which he was ...
– lead guitar on "Formula One", "Dollars" and "Speedking"
*Frank Roessler – additional keyboards
Production
*Stephan Lohrmann – cover art
*
Mat Sinner – producer
*Achim "Akeem" Köhler – engineering
*Tom Naumann – co-producer
*
Ralf Scheepers – co-producer
*Rainer Ill – photography
*H. P. Pietschmann – art direction
References
1998 debut albums
Primal Fear (band) albums
Nuclear Blast albums
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