Fear No Evil (Grim Reaper album)

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Fear No Evil
Grimreaperfearnoevil.jpg
Studio album by
Released30 May 1985 [1]
Recorded1985
StudioEbony Studios, Hull, England
Genre Heavy metal
Length38:30
Label Ebony
Producer Darryl Johnston
Grim Reaper chronology
See You in Hell
(1983)
Fear No Evil
(1985)
Rock You to Hell
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [3]

Fear No Evil is the second studio album by English heavy metal band Grim Reaper, released in 1985 under the British independent label Ebony Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Nick Bowcott and Steve Grimmett.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Fear No Evil"3:59
2."Never Coming Back"3:32
3."Lord of Darkness (Your Living Hell)"2:59
4."Matter of Time"4:14
5."Rock and Roll Tonight"4:03
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Let the Thunder Roar"4:05
7."Lay It on the Line"4:08
8."Fight for the Last"2:59
9."Final Scream"5:28

Personnel

Grim Reaper

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Fear No Evil
ChartPeak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 111

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References

  1. "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB . 24 May 1985. p. 32. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Grim Reaper Fear No Evil review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  3. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 140. ISBN   978-1894959315.
  4. "Fear No Evil Billboard Albums". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 November 2012.