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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Keeping The Art of True Metal Alive, February 25, 2004
Primal Fear is a band that has taken the influences of Judas Priest,Accept and Helloween and added a few more layers of molten steel to create they're modern day yet ever so classic metal.
Devil's Ground is Primal Fears's 5th record.And other than the first,which is smokin' and was a huge surprise,it is their best.
One reason is because they've added a few new elements.Like some string sections in The Healer.An excellent track,one of their best.
Of course the majority of the record is fast and furious "Painkiller" type metal.Anyone that knows this band knows they're not breaking any new ground here.Just heads up Tradtional Metal.Though they have taken it to a better level in the studio sonically.Making crystal clear blaring recordings that just sound awesome cranked through some decent speakers!
High points on the disc for me are Wings of Desire,The Healer,Suicide & Mania,In Metal and Sacred Illusion.
And Devil's Ground itself is not even a track,it is an ominous spoken word passage about Hell that seems more like something from a Dimmu Borgir album than Primal Fear.
So if you're a fan you'll be very pleased with this CD.If you've never heard of Primal Fear but you're into bands like Priest,Accept,Gamma Ray,Dream Evil or Helloween.You should definitly check this out.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE DEFINITION OF METAL, March 10, 2004
Five albums in, and these guys have put out another complete metal album. I've been a fan since the first album and I know that when a new one is released (five in 6 years!) I will not be disappointed. If you in any way call yourself a fan of the genre of heavy metal and you don't own this or any other of their albums, go break out your George Michael "Faith" c.d.s. The only other band out there right now that is this consistent is HammerFall. I'ts almost impossible to choose one of Primal's albums from my collection now because they are all excellent. A blind purchase for anyone with any metal taste. Why this band isn't bigger in the U.S. is a travesty. Oh, I know why, because everyone's busy listening to Puddle of Dung....Peace.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Devil's Ground/Familiar Ground, December 19, 2007
When I listen to Primal Fear I hear mostly Judas Priest with elements of Halford, Iron Maiden and maybe a little Dio thrown in there as well. I love all those bands so to me that is not a bad thing at all. They are definitely old school power metal with some speed metal thrown in for good measure. I just wish there were more bands today like Primal Fear that played this style of metal. My personal favorites on this disc are Suicide and Mania, Visions of Hate, Sea of Flames, and Heart of Brave. I'm not all that crazy about metal anthems. I don't think its necessary to sing about the greatness of heavy metal. You either think its great or don't. That being said, as metal anthems go, Metal is Forever is better than most. Track 12 with the spoken message about hell doesn't really add anything to the album but doesn't necessarily take anything away either. Even though I would have liked to see how great Ralf Scheepers would have been with Priest, in a way I'm glad he didn't get the job. Otherwise we might not have Primal Fear. Sometimes things happen for a reason. Overall a solid effort definitely worth picking up.
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