Primal Fear | ||||
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Released | 2 February 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1997 at Spacepark Studios, House of Music, Winterbach, Germany | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, power metal | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Mat Sinner, Ralf Scheepers, Tom Naumann | |||
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Primal Fear is the debut studio album by the German power metal band Primal Fear, released in 1998. [2] The album was re-issued in 2005 by Nuclear Blast in a multibox containing the 1999 album Jaws of Death.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Primal Fear" (Intro) | 0:34 |
2. | "Chainbreaker" | 4:25 |
3. | "Silver & Gold" | 3:11 |
4. | "Promised Land" | 4:23 |
5. | "Formula One" | 4:56 |
6. | "Dollars" | 3:57 |
7. | "Nine Lives" | 3:06 |
8. | "Tears of Rage" | 6:47 |
9. | "Speedking" (Deep Purple cover) | 3:59 |
10. | "Battalions of Hate" | 3:49 |
11. | "Running in the Dust" | 4:37 |
12. | "Thunderdome" | 3:45 |
Total length: | 47:29 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Breaker" (Accept cover) | 3:30 |
Total length: | 50:59 |
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