Apocalypse (Primal Fear album)

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Apocalypse
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Studio album by
Released10 August 2018
StudioHansen Studios, Denmark
Genre Heavy metal, power metal
Label Frontiers Records
Primal Fear chronology
Rulebreaker
(2016)
Apocalypse
(2018)
Metal Commando
(2020)
Singles from Apocalypse
  1. "Hounds of Justice"
    Released: 22 May 2018 [1]
  2. "King of Madness"
    Released: 29 June 2018 [2]
  3. "The Ritual"
    Released: 3 August 2018 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Apocalypse is the twelfth studio album by German heavy metal band Primal Fear. The album was released on 10 August 2018 via Frontiers Records. [5] [6] It is also the second and last album with drummer Francesco Jovino.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Apocalypse"1:44
2."New Rise"4:13
3."The Ritual"4:05
4."King of Madness"4:25
5."Blood, Sweat & Fear"4:55
6."Supernova"5:21
7."Hail to the Fear"5:05
8."Hounds of Justice"3:51
9."The Beast"3:42
10."Eye of the Storm"8:00
11."Cannonball"4:43
Total length:50:04
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Fight Against All Evil"4:25
13."Into the Fire"4:33
14."My War Is Over"4:41
Total length:63:43

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 43
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 65
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [10] 91
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 12

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