Erich’s Top 20 Metal Albums 2020 There is no way to talk about metal in 2020 without mentioning the pandemic. Bands delayed albums, were unable to tour, and for people the world over it has been a miserable year. For those bands that did release albums, these are the soundtracks…
PRIMAL FEAR
Michael Schenker On New CD Immortal – It’s Always Been About Creating Magical Riffs!
Interviewed by Robert Cavuoto Michael Schenker will be releasing his newest masterpiece, Immortal, on January 21st via Nuclear Blast to celebrate his 40th anniversary as a solo artist and 50th anniversary of being a musician. Immortal delivers precisely what you would expect from this legendary guitarist; crushing and memorable riffs,…
Primal Fear & Tarja Turunen join forces!
PRIMAL FEAR are Germany’s metal band of the hour. After releasing a string of heavy and hard-hitting singles from “Metal Commando”, mastermind Mat Sinner and vocal force Ralf Scheepers have something extraordinary up their sleeves; a 5-track single, built around an exclusive new rendition of their achingly beautiful ballad ‘I…
Exciting News for Gamma Ray Fans!
In this latest instalment from Gamma Ray’s lead up to their 30th anniversary livestream show, there’s some awesome news for all you old school Gamma Ray fans! Check it out in their Facebook video. Get your ticket here: worldwidelive.kontainer.live/#gammaray
PRIMAL FEAR-Metal Commando
Reviewed: July, 2020 Released: 2020, Frontiers Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Primal Fear is one of the staple bands here at Metal-Rules.com. When we got going all those years ago the staff were excited to discover and enjoy bands like Primal Fear whose career got going at pretty much the same…
Primal Fear – New single & video I AM ALIVE
Taken from PRIMAL FEAR’s 13th studio album, Metal Commando. The title of the album speaks for itself – „Metal Commando“ contains 110% PRIMAL FEAR and is full to the brim with power and energy. The album was produced by Mat Sinner and mixed by Jacob Hansen – an experienced dream-team. „I don’t want to throw around superlatives, but…
PRIMAL FEAR – New Album ‘Metal Commando’ Coming July 17, 2020!
Primal Fear recently finished the recording of their upcoming 13th studio album, set to be titled „Metal Commando“. The title of the album speaks for itself – „Metal Commando“ contains 110% PRIMAL FEAR and is full to the brim with power and energy. The album was produced by Mat Sinner and mixed by Jacob…
RANDY BLACK discusses joining Destruction, and his past work with Annihilator, Primal Fear, W.A.S.P, and more
Randy Black is a Canadian drummer, who currently plays with the German thrash metal legend Destruction. Randy officially joined the band in August of 2018, and his debut album with the group, “Born to Perish,” came out one year later. Randy has been living in Berlin, Germany since 1998. There…
Gamma Ray drummer Michael Ehré joins Primal Fear!
Drummer Michael Ehré of GAMMA RAY (Official) & The UNITY joins Primal Fear as their permanent new drummer with immediate effect. Michael will join the band on their summer festival tour and will record the new Primal Fear album later this year, which marks the first one under their new…
Out Now! CONSTANTINE Returns With His Newest Solo Record Entitled “Aftermath” ft. Guests From Primal Fear, Soilwork, Destruction
“Aftermath” Out May 31, 2019, via Rockshots Records After almost 7 years of absence, renowned Greek guitar hero CONSTANTINE has released his most promising work to date, his second solo album “Aftermath” is now available as of on May 31, 2019 via Rockshots Records. ”Aftermath” itself is a modern metal masterpiece with CONSTANTINE delivering…
PRIMAL FEAR sign a multi album contract with NUCLEAR BLAST
[Photo: Standing f.l.t.r.: Marcus Hammer (Label Manager, Nuclear Blast), Tom Naumann (Primal Fear), Markus Wosgien (A&R, Head of Promotion, Nuclear Blast), Yorck Eysel (Label Manager, Nuclear Blast), Michael Langbein (Head of Production, Nuclear Blast) Sitting: Mat Sinner (Primal Fear), Markus Staiger (Owner, Nuclear Blast), Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear)] Primal Fear…
Primal Fear – Release new video for “King Of Madness”
Primal Fear’s new album, Apocalypse, comes out Aug. 10 through Frontiers Music SRL and pre-orders are available here.
PRIMAL FEAR Announce some details for their upcoming album “Apocalypse”
Primal Fear are back in the studio working on their upcoming new album, “Apocalypse”. 12 brand new crushing heavy metal tracks have been selected, out of 30 newly written tracks, which will be produced by PF’s own Mat Sinner and engineered & mixed by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios in Denmark.…
MATT SINNER – bassist and songwriter of Primal Fear, Sinner, Rock Meets Classic and much more.
MATT SINNER Matt Sinner has several irons in the fire, and he has forged metal since 1982. Sinner is still driven by ultimate passion for music and metal. Primal Fear, Sinner, and Rock Meets Classic are his current priorities but there’s also much more going on in Sinner’s world. Metal-Rules.Com…
SWEDENROCK 2017
SWEDENROCK 2017 Once again, the Finnish Metal-Rules.com two-man-team made their annual road trip to Sweden Rock. The 2017 line up presented a wide range of metal and hard rock as usual. Over 70 bands offered one hell of an experience for the attendees during the four-day festival. Sweden Rock has…