Seven Seals (album)

Seven Seals
Studio album by Primal Fear
Released	15 October 2005
Studio	House of Music Studios (Winterbach, Germany), The Warehouse Studio (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Mat Sinner Stefan Leibing & Charlie Bauerfeind
Primal Fear chronology
Devil's Ground (2004) Seven Seals (2005) Metal Is Forever – The Very Best of Primal Fear (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	8.5/10 [2]
Metal Crypt	5/5 [3]
Metal Temple	8/10 [4]
Rock Eyez	[5]
Sputnikmusic	4.5/5 [6]

Seven Seals is the sixth album by the German power metal band Primal Fear, released on 15 October 2005. It is the first album with artwork which does not contain a scene depicting their bird-of-prey mascot, but instead a logo based upon it (a burning version of which is also seen on their next studio album New Religion ). It is also the first album recorded in Standard D Tuning.

A music video was made for "Seven Seals". The album has received highly positive reviews. ^[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Mat Sinner, Stefan Leibing, Tom Naumann and Ralf Scheepers, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Demons and Angels"		5:32
2.	"Rollercoaster"		4:28
3.	"Seven Seals"	Sinner, Tobias Lundgren, Ronny Milianowicz	3:54
4.	"Evil Spell"		4:32
5.	"The Immortal Ones"		4:19
6.	"Diabolus"	Sinner, Lundgren, Milianowicz	7:54
7.	"All for One"		7:53
8.	"Carniwar"		3:17
9.	"Question of Honour" (Sinner cover)	Sinner, Naumann	7:26
10.	"In Memory"		5:07
Total length:			54:22

Limited Edition Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"The Union"	5:11
12.	"Higher Power"	4:30
Total length:		64:03

Japanese Bonus Track

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Union"	5:11
Total length:		59:33

Personnel

• Ralf Scheepers – lead vocal
• Stefan Leibing – guitars, keyboards
• Tom Naumann – guitars
• Mat Sinner – bass guitar, backing vocal
• Randy Black – drums

Additional musicians

• Matz Ulmer – keyboards, string arrangements

Production

• Mat Sinner – producer
• Charlie Bauerfeind – producer, engineering
• Mike Cashin – mixing (additional)
• Nikolai Wurk – engineering (additional)
• Mike Fraser – mixing
• Achim "Akeem" Köhler – mastering
• Paul Silveira – engineering (additional)
• Katja Piolka – photography, layout, design
• Martin Häusler – cover art

References

1. Seven Seals - Primal Fear
2. Reviews - Seven Seals - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
3. The Metal Crypt - Review of Primal Fear - Seven Seals
4. Primal Fear - Seven Seals - Metal Temple Magazine
5. Primal Fear - Seven Seals CD Review
6. Primal Fear - Seven Seals (album review)
7. Primal Fear – Seven Seals Review