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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Primal Fear - Delivering The Black + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jan-24-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2014 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.primalfear.de ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Primal Fear Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Delivering The Black Label : Frontiers ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Primal Fear, around since 1997, and with the ║ │
│║ release of Delivering The Black they are about ║ │
│║ to drop their tenth studio album onto mankind. ║ │
│║ This begs the question whether the world really ║ │
│║ needs another Primal Fear album? The answer is ║ │
│║ sweet and simple; YES! ║ │
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│║ If you thought their 2012's Unbreakable album ║ │
│║ was the cream of the crop you will be amazed by ║ │
│║ Primal Fear's new long player. It is a, in your ║ │
│║ face, take no prisoners, shut up and take my ║ │
│║ money kind of opus. With Delivering The Black ║ │
│║ the band definitely dialed it up to eleven. ║ │
│║ (Spinal Tap anyone? ) ║ │
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│║ Starting off with the up-tempo piece "King For A ║ │
│║ Day" you get riffage up the wazoo and Primal ║ │
│║ Fear sets the standard very high right off the ║ │
│║ bat. But can they keep it up? Yes Sir, and then ║ │
│║ some. Throughout the entire album it's obvious ║ │
│║ that Scheppers & Co had the mindset of "go big ║ │
│║ or go home" and they did an awesome job of ║ │
│║ keeping the listener excited with the ║ │
│║ arrangements on Delivering The Black. Naturally, ║ │
│║ while some songs are stronger than others, the ║ │
│║ overall vibe remains the same: metal at its ║ │
│║ finest, and I truly believe there is not one ║ │
│║ filler track on the album. ║ │
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│║ Primal Fear added some nice, and sometimes ║ │
│║ unexpected, touches to the songs. For instance, ║ │
│║ the dramatic and bombastic intro to "Rebel ║ │
│║ Faction" hints to a mellower piece but instead ║ │
│║ it turns out to be the most aggressive song on ║ │
│║ the album and grabs you by the balls with its ║ │
│║ fast double bass action and speed metal riffing. ║ │
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│║ Why Primal Fear chose to release "When Death ║ │
│║ Comes Knocking" as the first single is beyond me ║ │
│║ since, let's face it, singles released these ║ │
│║ days really do not disclose the albums full ║ │
│║ potential. While the song is not bad and it ║ │
│║ actually did grow on me the second time around, ║ │
│║ I just can't shake thinking about Gamma Ray ║ │
│║ while listening to it. The oriental sounding ║ │
│║ bridge is a nice touch though. ║ │
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│║ Albeit Judas Priest decided to go with "Ripper" ║ │
│║ Owens after Rob Halford left, it is clear why ║ │
│║ Ralf Scheppers was on the shortlist of vocalists ║ │
│║ to replace the Metal God. During the entire ║ │
│║ album, Ralf's vocals are spot on and on "Alive & ║ │
│║ On Fire" he not only shines but also proves ║ │
│║ that, other than the high pitched vocals, he is ║ │
│║ also very confident with a deeper and aggressive ║ │
│║ styles of singing. Seriously, this song could be ║ │
│║ on any (newer) Judas Priest album; not just ║ │
│║ because of the vocals, but also because of the ║ │
│║ swaying guitars. ║ │
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│║ Not nearly enough can be said about the axe ║ │
│║ slinging of Alex and Magnus. Be it the ║ │
│║ aforementioned dual harmonics, the "Zakk Wylde" ║ │
│║ squealing, the solos, the rhythm sections, the ║ │
│║ chugging - in short, a delight for any metal ║ │
│║ fan's ear. Mat Sinner on his 4-string provides ║ │
│║ the necessary heaviness to all the songs and ║ │
│║ Randy Black is flat out "the man" behind the ║ │
│║ kit. I think his drumming on Delivering The ║ │
│║ Black is his best work yet. ║ │
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│║ Primal Fear always had at least one ⁿber-long ║ │
│║ song on their albums, but with "One Night In ║ │
│║ December" they went above and beyond the call of ║ │
│║ duty. Clocking in just under ten minutes this ║ │
│║ song - so atmospheric and mind blowing, could be ║ │
│║ a part of any Trans-Siberian Orchestra's set ║ │
│║ list. ║ │
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│║ Like I already mentioned, there is not one ║ │
│║ filler track on the entire album and while I am ║ │
│║ not necessarily a fan of ballads, with "Born ║ │
│║ With A Broken Heart" Primal Fear did a great job ║ │
│║ of slowing down this, otherwise very intense, ║ │
│║ album. Leaves' Eyes Liv provided the guest ║ │
│║ vocals, but instead of featuring her in a full- ║ │
│║ fledged duet with Ralf, they opted to just have ║ │
│║ her provide the backing vocals on the chorus. ║ │
│║ This sounds really good and a female voice gives ║ │
│║ the song more feeling for sure. ║ │
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│║ Besides the pounding, heavy, fast and furious ║ │
│║ "Road To Asylum", "Never Pray For Justice" is, ║ │
│║ hands down, my favorite song on the album; such ║ │
│║ a fun, sing-along and happy go lucky piece. ║ │
│║ Primal Fear came to rock and they owned the ║ │
│║ night. Leading off with a subtle Jackyl ║ │
│║ reference made my day to say the least. (check ║ │
│║ the chainsaw solo on Jackyl's "Lumberjack") ║ │
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│║ I believe with Delivering The Black Primal Fear ║ │
│║ delivered their strongest album thus far and ║ │
│║ hopefully it will get the recognition it ║ │
│║ deserves. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - King For A Day [03:44] │
│ 02 - Rebel Faction [04:42] │
│ 03 - When Death Comes Knocking [06:58] │
│ 04 - Alive & On Fire [04:48] │
│ 05 - Delivering The Black [04:01] │
│ 06 - Road To Asylum [03:48] │
│ 07 - One Night In December [09:19] │
│ 08 - Never Pray For Justice [04:23] │
│ 09 - Born With A Broken Heart [04:37] │
│ 10 - Inseminoid [05:02] │
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│ Total Length : [51:22 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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