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, although it is his baritone lows which give him a near four-octave range in the modal register. He has also sung in

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and Tyran' Pace. Scheepers has also done guest vocals for the bands

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, Scanner, Therion,

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, and

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, and worked with Tom Galley on

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's ''Blind Faith'' album. He currently provides instruction for all around singing, music, studio and recording/processing techniques at RS Vocal Works in Baltmannsweiler, Germany. Writer

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has described him as "the greatest example of strength in metal."

Discography

Primal Fear

*'' Primal Fear'' (1998) *'' Jaws of Death'' (1999) *''

Nuclear Fire ''Nuclear Fire'' is the third album by the German heavy metal band Primal Fear. It was released in 2001. A music video was made for "Angel in Black". Track listing Credits *Ralf Scheepers – vocals *Stefan Leibing – guitar *H ...

'' (2001) *''EP - Horrorscope'' (2002) *'' Black Sun'' (2002) *''DVD - The History of Fear'' (2003) *''

Devil's Ground ''Devil's Ground'' is the fifth album by German power metal band Primal Fear. It was released on 23 February 2004. Music videos were made for "Metal Is Forever" and "The Healer". Track listing All songs written by Mat Sinner, Ralf Scheepers ...

'' (2004) *''

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'' (2005) *'' Metal Is Forever : The Very Best of Primal Fear'' (2006) *'' New Religion'' (2007) *'' 16.6: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' (2009) *''Live in the USA'' (2010) *''DVD - 16.6 All over the World'' (2010) *''

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'' (2012) *''

Delivering the Black '' Delivering the Black ''is the tenth studio album from German heavy metal music, heavy metal band Primal Fear (band), Primal Fear, which was released on 24 January 2014 via Frontiers Records. Music videos were made for "When Death Comes Knocki ...

'' (2014) *'' Rulebreaker'' (2016) *''DVD - Angels of Mercy: Live in Germany'' (2017) *''Best Of Fear'' (2017) *''

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'' (2018) *''

Metal Commando ''Metal Commando'' is the thirteenth studio album by German heavy metal band Primal Fear. The album was released on 24 July 2020 via Nuclear Blast. It is also the first album with drummer Michael Ehré. Track listing Personnel All info ...

'' (2020) *''I Will Be Gone feat.

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'' (2021)

Tyran' Pace

* ''Eye to Eye'' (1983) * ''Long Live Metal'' (1984) * ''Watching You'' (1986)

Gamma Ray

* ''

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'' (1990) * ''DVD/VHS/LASERDISC - Heading for the East'' (1990) * '' Sigh No More'' (1991) * '' Insanity and Genius'' (1993) * ''DVD/VHS/LASERDISC - Lust for Live'' (1993) * ''DVD/VHS/LASERDISC Power of Metal (1994)'' ''live compilation together with Rage, Conception, and Helicon'' * '' The Best (of)'' (2015) * ''30 Years of Amazing Awesomeness'' (2021) * ''DVD - 30 Years Live Anniversary'' (2021)

F.B.I.

*''Hell on Wheels'' (1993)

Solo

*''

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'' (2011)

Blackwelder

*''Survival of the Fittest'' (2015)

Enzo and the Glory Ensemble

*''In the Name of the Father'' (2015) *''In the Name of the Son'' (2017) *''In the Name of the World Spirit'' (2020)

Michael Schenker Group

*’’Immortal’’ (2021)

Guest appearances

*'' Scanner'' - '' Hypertrace'' (1988) *''German Rock Project'' - ''Let Love Conquer the World'' (1991) *'' Sinner'' - ''

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'' (1992) *'' Brainstorm'' – ''

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'' (1997) *''

Roland Grapow Roland Grapow (born 30 August 1959 in Hamburg) is a German professional guitarist and music producer. Grapow is best known for his time in the power metal band Helloween, with which he played for 12 years after replacing founding member Kai Hans ...

'' - '' The Four Seasons of Life'' (1997) *'' Scanner'' - ''

Ball of the Damned ''Ball of the Damned'' is the fourth full-length album by the German speed metal band Scanner. It was released in 1996 by Massacre Records. Track listing #"Puppet on a String" – 6:52 #"Frozen Under the Sun" – 5:55 #"We Start It Tomorrow" ...

'' (1997) *''

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'' - ''

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'' (1998) *'' Therion'' - '' Vovin'' (1998) *'' Sinner'' - '' The Nature of Evil'' (1998) *'' Therion'' - ''

Crowning of Atlantis ''Crowning of Atlantis'' is the eighth album released by the symphonic metal band Therion. In the beginning it was an EP fleshed out with several covers and live tracks from Vovin Tour '98 that the record label and management insisted be plac ...

'' (1999) *''

'' - '' Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator'' (2000) *''VA - Catch The Rainbow : A Tribute to Rainbow'' (2000) *''VA - German Rock Stars'' - ''Wings of Freedom'' (2001) *'' Sinner'' - '' There Will Be Execution'' (2003) *''

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'' - ''

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'' (2005) *'' Sinner'' - '' Mask of the Sanity'' (2007) *''

'' - ''Execution Live Reunion'' (2007) *''Solna'' - ''Sent from Heaven (EP)'' (2008) *''

'' - '' Digital Ghosts'' (2009) *''Solna'' - ''Eurameric'' (2009) *''

'' - ''Blind Faith'' (2010) *'' Dragony'' - ''Legends'' (2011) *''Helker'' - ''Somewhere in the Circle'' (2013) *''Highlord'' - ''The Warning After'' (2013) *''Nergard'' - ''Memorial for a Wish'' (2013) *''Rage of Angels'' - ''Dreamworld'' (2013) *'' Magnus Karlsson'' - ''

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'' (2013) *''

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'' - ''Resurrect Me'' (2013) *''Domination'' - ''Doom in Nation'' (2013) *'' Mägo de Oz'' - ''The Black Book'' (2013) *''Hellcircles'' - ''Prelude to Decline'' (2014) *''Desert'' - ''Never Regret'' (2015) *''Gaelbah'' - ''Häxan'' (2015) *''Graveshadow'' - ''Blink'' (2015) *'' Hansen'' - ''XXX : 30 Years Of Metal'' (2016) *''Derdian'' - ''Revolution Era'' (2016) *''The Rose of Lilith'' - ''Soulless'' (2017) *''Soulspell Metal Opera'' - ''The Second Big Bang'' (2017) *''Europica'' - ''Part One'' (2017) *''Icy Steel'' - ''Guest on Earth'' (2018) *''Constantine'' - ''Aftermath'' (2019) *''Hellrazer'' - ''Bonecrusher'' (2019) *''Trend Kill Ghosts'' - ''Kill Your Ghosts'' (2019) *''Adrian Benegas'' - ''The Revenant'' (2019) *''Vanish'' - ''Altered Insanity'' (2020) *''Hellbound'' - ''Overlords'' (2020) *''Avaland'' - ''Theater of Sorcery'' (2021) *''Marius Danielsen'' - ''Legend of Valley Doom Part III'' (2021) *''

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'' - ''The Unlocked Songs'' (2021) *''

Powerwolf Powerwolf, often stylized as POWERWOLF, is a German power metal band founded in 2003 in Saarbrücken by members of Red Aim. The band consists of vocalist Karsten Brill as "Attila Dorn", lead guitarist Benjamin Buss as "Matthew Greywolf", bassist/ ...

- '' Call of the Wild'' (Deluxe Version)'' (2021) *''Basement Prophecy'' - Metal Zeit (Daalschlag cover) (2021) *''

'' - The Wicked Rule the Night (2022) *''

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'' - You Will Never Be Our God (2022)

Filmography

As actor

*''Dreath: Sidestories Underground (Short 2012) - Soldier *''Devil's Five'' (2021) - Ansel Schneider

Soundtrack

*''Gamma Ray: Skeletons & Majesties Live'' (Video 2012) (lyrics: "The Spririt", "Brothers") / (writer: "Brothers")

References

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