Delivering the Black

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Delivering the Black
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Studio album by
Released22 January 2014 (JP)
24 January 2014 (EU)
28 January 2014 (US)
RecordedHouse of Music Studios, Winterbach, Germany
Genre Heavy metal, power metal, speed metal
Label Frontiers Records
Primal Fear chronology
Unbreakable
(2012)
Delivering the Black
(2014)
Rulebreaker
(2016)
Singles from Delivering the Black
  1. "When Death Come Knocking"
    Released: 2 December 2013
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Review scores
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Ultimate-Guitar8.2/10 [4]

Delivering the Black is the tenth studio album from German heavy metal band Primal Fear, which was released on 24 January 2014 via Frontiers Records. [5]

Contents

Music videos were made for "When Death Comes Knocking", "King for a Day" and "Alive & on Fire".

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mat Sinner, Magnus Karlsson and Ralf Scheepers

No.TitleLength
1."King for a Day"3:44
2."Rebel Faction"4:41
3."When Death Comes Knocking"6:58
4."Alive & on Fire"4:48
5."Delivering the Black"4:01
6."Road to Asylum"3:48
7."One Night in December"9:18
8."Never Pray for Justice"4:23
9."Born with a Broken Heart"4:36
10."Inseminoid"5:01
Total length:51:18
Limited Edition Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Innocent Man"4:12
2."Man Without Shadow"4:03
3."When Death Comes Knocking" (Single Edit)4:25
Total length:63:58
Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Innocent Man"4:12
2."Man Without Shadow"4:03
3."When Death Comes Knocking" (Single Edit)4:25
4."Born with a Broken Heart" (Edit Version)4:13
Total length:68:11

Note

Charts

ChartPeak
position
German Albums Chart [6] 13

Personnel

Additional Musicians

Production

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  4. Ultimate-Guitar Review
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