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Primal Fear - Metal Commando



7.6 | 115 votes |
Release date: 24 July 2020
Style: Power metal

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61 have it
6 want it


Disc I
01. I Am Alive
02. Along Came The Devil
03. Halo
04. Hear Me Calling
05. The Lost & The Forgotten
06. My Name Is Fear
07. I Will Be Gone
08. Raise Your Fists
09. Howl Of The Banshee
10. Afterlife
11. Infinity

Disc II [Digipak bonus]
01. Rising Fear
02. Leave Me Alone
03. Second To None
04. Crucify Me

Staff review by
nikarg
Rating:
8.0
Back during Primal Fear's very first U.S. tour, someone gave the band the nickname 'German Metal Commando'. According to mastermind, bassist, and producer Mat Sinner, this is why the title of their latest album, Metal Commando, was chosen. Yes, it is not the most ingenious title, and the same goes for their lyrics. But does anyone really listen to Primal Fear to get into a pensive mood?

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published 16.08.2020 | Comments (5)

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13.04.2020 - 02:08
Aries Rising
I hope they change things up a bit. They, like many successful bands these days, are dying this death of 1,000 cuts. Same shit every album but with a slow degradation in quality.
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15.05.2020 - 17:18
Cynic Metalhead
Ambrish Saxena
New song

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15.05.2020 - 19:36
JoHn Doe
Way too predictable song, the lyrics are pretty bad, too.
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15.05.2020 - 22:33
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
They did copy them selves
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27.05.2020 - 02:56
Jaro
Written by Aries Rising on 13.04.2020 at 02:08

I hope they change things up a bit. They, like many successful bands these days, are dying this death of 1,000 cuts. Same shit every album but with a slow degradation in quality.

I mean, with a title like "Metal Commando" what can you realistically expect? :/ I liked all of their records since 2012 (when I discovered them) but it's always a mixed bag when it comes to song quality through an album with them IMO.
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19.06.2020 - 11:23
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Irritable Ted on 19.06.2020 at 10:45

New track called I Am Alive. Better than first song, but still disappointing. Primal Fear got boring really quick after decent previous album.

can you post link please man
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Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"

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Album Release day (July 24, 2020)
25.07.2020 - 20:24
Rating: 9
Metalcoder
I just listened to the album and it looks pretty good to me. It's Primal Fear at its best. If you want something different then you should turn to another band cause this folks are true to their sound, and they do it very well.
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Heavy Metal and coding makes me the Metalcoder.
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26.07.2020 - 23:27
Rating: 8
The same old (and great) Primal Fear. Loving "infinity", awesome song.
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31.07.2020 - 11:30
Rating: 6
metalbrat
Written by JoHn Doe on 15.05.2020 at 19:36

Way too predictable song, the lyrics are pretty bad, too.

True and also very cheesy and radio friendly. A big fall from Rulebreaker.
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In the beginning I was made of clay. Then I bit the apple and they changed me to metal 🤘
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05.08.2020 - 13:23
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
I like CD2 better as 1. Its let down, band sond, vocals, but let down. Seems old dilemma new direction and experiment or play same same same old sound and be let down? Seems band in studio front is not promising, its more live band now. Its a bit softer album, if we can say so.

Best songs

02. Along Came The Devil
04. Hear Me Calling
09. Howl Of The Banshee
11. Infinity

and I also like Leave Me Alone

But those are best in album, but dont stand close to band old albums best songs.
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.

Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"

I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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05.08.2020 - 23:16
nikarg
Staff
I have not listened to any of the bonus tracks. The album is good, Primal Fear doing what Primal Fear do, nothing more nothing less. I don't understand what people find wrong about it, it is more of the same (I get that) but when was it not more of the same exactly? Also I don't find it softer at all, to me it is actually heavier, many songs carry a Painkiller vibe, which I personally like a lot.
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06.08.2020 - 14:50
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by nikarg on 05.08.2020 at 23:16

I have not listened to any of the bonus tracks. The album is good, Primal Fear doing what Primal Fear do, nothing more nothing less. I don't understand what people find wrong about it, it is more of the same (I get that) but when was it not more of the same exactly? Also I don't find it softer at all, to me it is actually heavier, many songs carry a Painkiller vibe, which I personally like a lot.

I think they want band write killer songs as they did before, lyrics, songs what you can jump and jump as whit radio hits, maybe thats why
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.

Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"

I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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07.08.2020 - 15:01
Rating: 7
tominator
At best deranged
Contributor
Solid record, never really had a wow-feeling when listening to it. But nothing that I really disliked either. Fans of the band will enjoy this.
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11.08.2020 - 18:36
Rating: 7
Mountain King
K i K o
I was a little skeptical prior to its release and despite the band using the formula over and over, this album has some really solid tracks. My favorite tracks are the fast double bass attack songs which show the power metal side rather than the simple hard rock side they create at times. "Halo" & "My Name is Fear" are personal highlights followed by the epic long track "Infinity" which I am happy to see from PF since I am fond of such long epics. Other good tracks are the opener "I Am Alive" & "Howl Of The Banshee".

Overall it's not close to their best but doesn't disappoint at the same time. I think it's slightly better than Apocalypse.
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13.08.2020 - 14:01
fenchik
Good solid album except for the single "Along came the devil" who is pretty Bad!!! Fave song I am alive. Halo Howl Of The Banshee and Infinity
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16.08.2020 - 13:50
Rating: 10
NAmaral9
Great album! Really solid. There's no bad song. Perfect production as always. I bought the digipak bonus edition.

Best songs: Infinity, Howl of the Banshee, My Name Is Fear, Halo, Raise Your Fists
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22.08.2020 - 21:19
Rating: 8
sbgmetal
I like it, gots some catchy song cool nuances within the drumming, some JP Firepower feels, cool guitar solos
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10.09.2020 - 17:24
Rating: 8
joshsteph
Reading the comments the same thing comes to my mind over and over again: you can't please the 21st century metalhead, no matter what. If a band changes style, why did they change? If a band doesn't change their style, why didn't they change? No matter what a band would do, these days metalheads would still be worst than beliebers. It's Primal Fear, it's power metal at its finest with a brilliant voice and some really talented musicians. What the heck did people expect from this band?
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04.07.2022 - 08:02
Rating: 8
GrimReaper85
Wow, Infinity, their last track and it's their best one. The length is just perfect, even when you think it is already over, there comes the perfect ending.
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06.12.2022 - 05:28
Rating: 5
majormalfunction
This album feels like it's going on autopilot, sure it's competent but it's boring. Huge step down from the really strong Apocalypse
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