Primal Fear - Metal Commando - Limited 2x 12” Marbled Vinyl - NEW & SEALED
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2020 release from Primal Fear, ‘Metal Commando’ comes in a Limited (500 Worldwide copies only) 2x Clear/Black Marbled 12” Vinyl format and is presented in a beautiful gatefold sleeve. The album is Brand New and Still Sealed.
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While the old adage of the times continuing to change has largely held true, there are certain bands where it applies only to the bare minimum.It may seem a misnomer, but there is actually a fairly prominent degree of metal conservatism afoot even in this newly birthed decade, and one of the more stalwart examples of not messing with a winning formula inPrimal Fear has offered up yet another example of why less can indeed be more wherein stylistic evolution is concerned. Although they’ve been quite consistent in their qualitative output over the years, something lit a fire beneath this German speed metal outfit’s proverbial ass in 2016, and thus one of their most ambitious offerings in “Rulebreaker” was unleashed. It was immediately followed by a humbler and less overtly epic retread of the band’s early period at around the turn of the millennium dubbed “Apocalypse”, an album that was impressive but was just a tad shy of the end all, be all power metal opus that the title might suggest.
In a shell casing, “Metal Commando” could be seen as the unofficial sequel to the colossal undertaking that was “Rulebreaker”, as it follows a similar formula of rounding out crushing speed metal and old school bangers with more ambitious compositional fair, all the while showcasing a stellar engineering/production expertise of Jacob Hansen. The landscape is naturally not identical as then drummer Francesco Jovinodeparted the fold a year ago, but a more than apt replacement has been acquired in ex-Metalium and current Gamma Ray kit man Michael Ehre, who achieves an equally thunderous sound as his predecessor.Likewise, this newest outing sees the Primal Fear brand returning to its former home at Nuclear Blast Records, about 14 years to the day that they had moved for an extended stay with Frontiers Records after bassist Mat Sinner left his position at the former label. If nothing else, this being the 13th endeavor by this fold suggests a luckier outcome than what the number would otherwise entail.
Despite the signature sound of this band being far more straightforward and streamlined back in the mid-2000s when they ended their first run with Nuclear Blast, their return sees them maintain their more grandiose and power metal-steeped formula that they’ve been developing since 2007’s “New Religion”. The majority of the included material conforms to that modernized, punchy extension of Judas Priestand Accept influences that spanned the 80s and early 90s, but touched up with a richer and denser mixture of melody and harmony, made possible in no small part by the participation of three highly skilled guitarists. Thudding metallic anvils like the opener “I Am Alive” and “Howl Of The Banshee” walk a similar beaten path to that of Priest’s “Painkiller”, but dressed up with more thematic lead guitar lines, while overt crushers like “My Name Is Fear” and “Afterlife” blur the lines between speed and thrash metal, whereas the swift yet tuneful fanfare of “Halo” ups the power metal ante and flirts more with Helloween territory.
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