iTunes

Opening the iTunes Store.If iTunes doesn't open, click the iTunes application icon in your Dock or on your Windows desktop.Progress Indicator
iTunes

iTunes is the world's easiest way to organize and add to your digital media collection.

We are unable to find iTunes on your computer. To preview and buy music from New Religion by Primal Fear, download iTunes now.

Already have iTunes? Click I Have iTunes to open it now.

I Have iTunes Free Download
iTunes for Mac + PC

New Religion

Primal Fear

Open iTunes to preview, buy, and download music.

Album Review

German power metal quintet Primal Fear spent years building up a smallish but devoted audience entirely based on their ability to sound like late-'80s Judas Priest. Vocalist Ralf Scheepers can deliver a pitch-perfect Rob Halford imitation, and the band (bassist Matt Sinner, drummer Randy Black, and whoever's playing guitar) deliver the riffs in spades. And for much of this album ("Sign of Fear," "Blood On Your Hands," the title track), they do what's expected of them, with maybe a little more melody than before. But there are quite a few stylistic left turns that make New Religion a controversial album among Primal Fear fans. First and foremost, there's "Every Time It Rains," a duet with Epica vocalist Simone Simons on which guitars are replaced by synth strings, and Scheepers actually sounds more like Axl Rose than Rob Halford. "Face the Emptiness" features such a heavy dose of keyboard sweetening, it could appear on the soundtrack to a Japanese animated cartoon. It's far from a total washout; Primal Fear still hold power metal close to their hearts, and there are plenty of anthemic, fist-pumping tracks here. But this shouldn't be anyone's introduction to the band.

Customer Reviews

New Religion for Metal Gods!

This is Metal-Heavy Metal! New Religion is metal for today's die-hards wanting what we heard and cherished in the 80's! Listen to Psycho and tell me you don't feel it! Its Epic with the trilogy of Fighting the Darkness! It also adds dark diversity and ballad elements with Every Time it Rains and The Man (That I Don't Know) A worthy addition to your collection!

The German Metal Masters Do It Again

This band gets better with every new release. The Duet with Simone Simons on "Everytime It Rains" is awesome. The guitar work blows me away. Thank You Primal Fear for this latest offering, and Thank You iTunes for making it available to the USA before its Jan. 29, 2008 US release date.

This stuff is ILL!

wow, these guys are ILL. definitly a catchy and powerful band. I love their music. They're very original. My two favorite songs are as following... 1)Fighting the darkness:Fighting the Darkness 2) Everytime it rains keep it up PRIMAL FEAR!!

Biography

Formed: Germany

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '00s

The European power metal combo Primal Fear has been kicking around the metal underground for years, refining their brand of melodic riffing and soaring vocals. Their sound, highly influenced by Gamma Ray (who has traded members with this band) and Judas Priest, was introduced on their 1998 eponymous debut. The following year showed them gathering a press following when Jaws of Death gained them positive reviews from most respectable metal critics. On top of that, their European popularity flourished...
Full Bio
New Religion, Primal Fear
View In iTunes
  • $9.99
  • Genres: Rock, Music, Metal
  • Released: Jan 01, 2007

Customer Ratings

Contemporaries

Become a fan of the iTunes and App Store pages on Facebook for exclusive offers, the inside scoop on new apps and more.