New Religion (album)

New Religion
Studio album by Primal Fear
Released	21 September 2007
Studio	House of Music Studios, Winterbach, Germany Galaxy Studios, Mol, Belgium
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Label	Frontiers Records
Producer	Mat Sinner
Primal Fear chronology
Metal Is Forever – The Very Best of Primal Fear (2006) New Religion (2007) 16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Metal Crypt	3/5 [2]
Metal Express Radio	9/10 [3]
Metal Temple	8/10 [4]
Power of Metal.dk	88/100 [5]
Rock Eyez	[6]
Sputnikmusic	2/5 [7]
Truemetal	85/100 [8]

New Religion is Primal Fear's seventh full-length album, released on 21 September 2007.

Music videos were made for "Fighting the Darkness" and "Sign of Fear".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sign of Fear"	4:47
2.	"Face the Emptiness"	4:35
3.	"Everytime It Rains" (featuring Simone Simons)	3:52
4.	"New Religion"	4:04
5.	"Fighting the Darkness"	3:36
6.	"The Darkness"	3:51
7.	"Reprise"	1:16
8.	"Blood On Your Hands"	4:02
9.	"The Curse of Sharon"	4:40
10.	"Too Much Time"	5:13
11.	"Psycho"	3:54
12.	"World on Fire"	3:53
13.	"The Man (That I Don't Know)"	6:13
Total length:		53:56

Enhanced Digipak Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fighting the Darkness" (Video)
2.	"Sign of Fear" (Video)

Japanese Bonus Track

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Fighting the Darkness" (Orchestral Version)	2:48
Total length:		56:44

Personnel

Primal Fear

• Ralf Scheepers – lead vocals
• Henny Wolter – guitars
• Stefan Leibing – guitars
• Mat Sinner – bass guitar, vocals
• Randy Black – drums

Guest/session musicians

• Simone Simons – female vocals on "Everytime It Rains"
• Magnus Karlsson – lead guitars on "Everytime It Rains"
• Tobias Lundgren – backing vocals
• Ronny Milianowicz – loops
• Matthias Ulmer – keyboards, orchestral arrangements

Production

• Mat Sinner – producer, engineering (additional)
• Charlie Bauerfeind – producer (additional), engineering
• Ralf Scheepers – engineering (additional)
• Achim "Akeem" Köhler – engineering (additional), mastering
• Ronald Prent – mixing
• Macela Zorro – mixing (additional)
• Katja Piolka – cover art, photography

References

1. New Religion - Primal Fear
2. The Metal Crypt - Review of Primal Fear - New Religion
3. PRIMAL FEAR – New Religion
4. Primal Fear - New Religion - Metal Temple Magazine
5. Primal Fear - New Religion
6. Rock Eyez Webzine: Primal Fear- "New Religion"- CD Review
7. Primal Fear - New Religion (album review)
8. Primal Fear New Religion Review - truemetal.it