Unbreakable (Primal Fear album)

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Unbreakable
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Released20 January 2012 (2012-01-20)
Recorded2011 at House of Music Studios, Winterbach, Germany
Genre Heavy metal, power metal, speed metal
Label Frontiers
Producer Mat Sinner
Primal Fear chronology
16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)
(2009)
Unbreakable
(2012)
Delivering the Black
(2014)
Singles from Delivering the Black
  1. "Bad Guys Wear Black"
    Released: 5 December 2011
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Unbreakable is the ninth studio album by the German heavy metal band Primal Fear, and the first album with guitarist Alex Beyrodt. The album was released on 20 January 2012 in Europe, [2] and 24 January in North America. [3] Recording began at House of Music studios in Winterbach, Germany [4] [5] on 10 July 2011. [2]

Contents

A music video was made for "Bad Guys Wear Black".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mat Sinner, Magnus Karlsson, Ralf Scheepers, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Unbreakable (Part 1)" (Intro) 1:37
2."Strike" 4:39
3."Give 'Em Hell" 3:05
4."Bad Guys Wear Black" 3:31
5."And There Was Silence" 5:13
6."Metal Nation"Sinner, Alex Beyrodt, Scheepers5:11
7."Where Angels Die" 8:09
8."Unbreakable (Part 2)" 6:05
9."Marching Again" 5:41
10."Born Again"Sinner, Karlsson, Scheepers, Ronny Milianowicz4:48
11."Blaze of Glory" 3:56
12."Conviction"Sinner, Beyrodt, Scheepers3:49
Total length:56:24
Digipak Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Night of the Jumps"3:55
2."Bad Guys Wear Black" (Video) 
Total length:59:39
Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Night of the Jumps"3:55
2."Born Again" (Acoustic Version)4:48
Total length:64:27

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

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