Jaws of Death

Primal Fear

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 27, 1999)
• Original Release Date: July 27, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
• ASIN: B00000JIR8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #159,086 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jaws of Death

2. Final Embrace

3. Save a Prayer

4. Church of Blood

5. Into the Future

6. Under Your Spell

7. Play to Kill

8. Nation in Fear

9. When the Night Comes

10. Fight to Survive

11. Hatred in My Soul

12. Kill the King

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

1999 and sophomore release by this metal band featuring Ralf Scheepers (Gamma Ray) and former Sinner members Mats Sinner and Tom Nuamann.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Judas Priest clone? eh, maybe not..., February 8, 2007

By	Lincoln 6 Echo "Power Metal Head" (Harrisburg, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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OK, first a little background on the formation of Primal Fear. From a German Power Metal band called Gamma Ray that spawned from the '80s band Helloween came Ralf Scheepers. Ralf Scheepers left Helloween to form Gamma Ray. He sang for Gamma Ray for their first four albums. By this time, Judas Priest was doing auditions for the replacement for Rob Halford. Ralf Scheepers tried out for the job. Didn't get it. Came in third. Of course, Tim "Ripper" Owens got it. Anyway, Ralf was determined to show the metal world that he had the pipes to replace Halford and formed Primal Fear. OK, got it? Good.

Well, Primal Fear's first debut 'self-titled' album was what some people thought that Judas Priest should have done instead of "Jugulator". Which may be true. It sounded very Judas "Painkiller" Priesty. But now with their second album "Jaws of Death", the band has expanded their sound which gives them a slightly more original sound. EDIT: Actually, after futher and closer listening, Primal Fear, at least with this album, sound like what early '80s Ozzy Ozbourne and Def Leppard would have sounded like had Rob Halford been the singer. You get guitar wails similar to what Rhandy Rhoads did and later what Zakk Wylde would do. You also get a bit of that High N' Dry and Pyromania guitar riff sound from Def Leppard. But mostly an Ozzy sound over-all with Halford on vocals, but updated to the new millenium's metal scene.

That said, if you like old school metal from the early to mid '80s especially Judas Priest and Ozzy, but can't really stomach Hammerfall's really, really old school sound, then Primal Fear is a great alternate choice.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning!, September 28, 1999

By A Customer

This album is stunning! This release might even be better than their stellar self titled debut. No sophomore slump here! Incredible vocals from the vastly underrated Ralf Scheepers, an awesome twin guitar attack from Tom Naumann and Stefan Leibing, and a pounding solid delivery from bassist Mat Sinner and drummer Klaus Sperling make this a must buy for metal fans! Standout tracks include: Final Embrace, Under Your Spell, When The Night Comes, and an EXCELLENT cover of Rainbow's "Kill the King"! Primal Fear proves that great music is still being made! My favorite 1999 release hands down!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jaws of Death Explodes!!, May 2, 2002

By	"bks1023" (Redding, CA) - See all my reviews

This piece of primar fear work is definitely their best effort...more driving riffs, and very catchy, yet not trendy choruses (save a prayer, church of blood) that even have harmony!!! Like three step harmony....not quite Alice In Chains "Dirt" harmony (the best metal harmony album ever), but pretty close. The combo, of slow, crunchy riffs (church of blood, When the night comes) and heavy, somewhat faster crunches (save a prayer) mixed with Ralf's kickin' vocals and backup harmonies, makes this definitely Primal Fear's best effort, and one of my favorite CD's (Have had it in my CD player for over a month straight, you know that's good). I have been listening to metal for almost 20 years and have only a handful of bands that I really look forward to hearing new music from (Maiden, Slayer, Megadeth, Priest,). But, this band is one of if not the best new straight ahead metal band without the stupid Alt Rock trendiness to come about in the last 5 years. The reason for this is due to the fact that they're from Europe where the metal has stayed pure when America metal turned into Alt Rock/watered down ... music. Primal Fear Kicks [bootie]..........Anyway, Jaws of Daeth really is good to listen to.

Brian, Redding CA