“Our target was to write and produce the most diverse and interesting album in the history of Primal Fear and combine our past with the future” says Mat Sinner. ”The result went truly beyond our expectations and it will be a huge challenge to play these new songs on stage! The entire band is very proud of 16.6 and we hope all our old and even new fans will be totally satisfied!”

The album was recorded at the House Of Music studios with engineer Dennis Ward, mixing engineer Achim Koehler and producer Mat Sinner. Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound New York. Once again Primal Fear display a very high standard of song writing, sound and production. New guitarist Magnus Karlsson and Henny Wolter shine with a new dimension to the guitar work, and lead vocalist Ralf Scheepers reaches a new level to his vocal performances. Nothing can go wrong if you’re backed by one of the best rhythm sections in metal with Randy Black and Mat Sinner and you can hear the result on Primal Fear’s outstanding new message called 16.6!


Some of the feedback gathered from the press after the listening session include:
“Primal Fear top themselves one more time again with their unique mix out of traditional Metal sounds and modern melodic power metal. How can do they that again and again?” Andreas Schöwe (Metal Hammer Germany)

"Primal Fear manages to take at least one step forward, one backward and still stand for what Primal Fear always has been standing for - pure metal." David Bergström (Sweden Rock)

“First impressions: more variety without losing the Metal balls! Fresh blood and ideas combined with the Primal Fear trademarks, outstanding vocal performance by Ralf again and great guitar work by both Magnus and Henny. Some immediate live favourites, other tracks definitely need time to grow, but sound more than promising and won't disappoint any metal fan that wants more than easy listening stuff” – Martin Römpp (Heavy! Germany)

“To date “16.6.“ is Primal Fear ‘s most diversified record; containing a spectrum from Hard Rock up to double-bass driven Power Metal Songs. But one thing is always consistent – the quality!!! – Gerald Siebenmorgen (Rock It, Germany)

"As the cover artwork shows, Primal Fear ride fiery bullets, play with demons...and fly on butterfly leaded wings. '16.6' marks the evolution of groundbreaking hard rock and power metal, filled with open-minded styles. The Devil knows they're alive!" - Filippo Pagani (Metal Hammer, Italy)

After the Primal Fear / Sinner show in Moscow on April 4th, the band will appear in Norway on April 25th at the Haugesund Festival and in some summer Festivals. More shows are being booked in South America (with Sinner) in August, USA incl. PPX and the UK in September, followed by Europe kicking off at the end of in October(with Brainstorm) plus Japan & Asia t.b.a.

More news, confirmed dates in South America and the video report of the listening session soon!


March 22nd, 2009 - A Round Of News!
.... dont' forget Primal Fear / Sinner - Moscow/Russia - 1 Rock Club - April 04th 2009!

The 16.6 listening session in Cologne was great and everybody was happy about the sound & the new album overall! Thanks to Sandra of Underdawg Promotion for setting up a great event!

The official 16.6 release date for Europe will be May 22nd 2009, in the US June 7th 2009 – more release dates will be posted soon! Here’s the songlist and more information:

01. Before the Devil knows you`re Dead
02. Riding the Eagle
03. Six Times Dead (16.6)
04. Black Rain
05. Under the Radar
06. 5.0 /Torn
07. Soar
08. Killbound
09. No Smoke without Fire
10. Night after Night
11. Smith & Wesson
12. The Exorcist
13. Hands of Time

The limited edition witll include two exclusive bonus-tracks:
14. Cry Havoc
15. Scream
plus the video clip for „Six Times Dead (16.6)“
the version for Japan will include a special single remix of the song „No Smoke Without Fire“

Look out for the release of the cover artwork in the next days and the world premiere of the video clip onthe bands official website www.primalfear.de - the series of studio reports will continue in the next week with part IV – you can check them out on My Space, the official band page or the fan-club page (www.primal-fear.de)

We plan to appear on some summer festivals as every year and we’re booking tours & shows in South America (with Sinner), five shows in the US incl. PPX and more dates early next year, Europe kicking off at the end of September (with Brainstorm) and Japan at the moment.

S I N N E R  – playing Moscow for the first time, then Romania plus coming to Mexico, Chile, Brazil and Argentina are hot targets around the total focus on the new Primal Fear release. Anyway, it will be a big thrill for us to take the „Crash & Burn“ album in new territories! We will work on new songs and a strategy for the next album. We’re still very happy with the „Crash & Burn“ album and will to continue in this vein, attitude and vibe! Because the first Sinner unplugged show in Wuerzburg @ the end of February worked out so exciting, we ‚re planning to play a little SINNER Unplugged tour in Germany around Xmas. We plan a very special event, in spezial selected places, with great guests, the Sinner music from a different kind of view incl. a nice party - every night!

Voodoo Circle – the first live shows are done and I feel a lot of potential in this band. There’s some kind of magic on stage and all the jamming or not planned moments are really something great. We’ve already written more than 30 songs for the second album and will prepare the next recordings soon. If you live in CET, you can watch the next Voodoo Circle show on April 17th in Ingolstadt/Germany! www.voodoocircle.com

My Final Day – most of the vocals are recorded. Alex Scholpp recorded his lead guitar parts over the weekend and we will record some more of my vocal parts tomorrow. We have five songs ready in the near future and then working on the mixes at Martin Schmidt’s Audiospezialist Studio near Stuttgart. The music shapes up unbelievable cool, with cool grooves, great riffs, diverse vocals and a lot of energy. More information on the band and some song samples will be released soon on our forthcoming My Space page!!

After the Moscow show I will realize another project which is in the making for some time now. I will join the ITM Agency in Bruchsal and have a second office in the company of my friend Frank. More news on this matter soon! I’m writing songs together with Magnus for a forthcoming project of Michael Kiske and I’m doing remixes together with Matz Ulmer for a brandnew exciting band called „Dara“ – but ..... enough now J

My favorite album atm: Metamorphosis – Papa Roach
My favorite song atm: Nobody Drinks Alone by Keith Urban
My favorite movie atm: Gran Torino with/by Clint Eastwood


March 11th, 2009 - Breaking News - Moscow Show announced!
Good news for our loyal fans in Russia - for the third time in our history, we're planning a very special double concert with Primal Fear & Sinner @ the 1 Rock Club in Moscow, Russia on April 04th 2009 - be there and join us for one evening of metal, rock'n roll & a big party! We are very proud to come back to Russia!


March 09th, 2009 - News Update!
II just came back from two great shows with "Voodoo Circle" in Frankfurt & Oberhausen. If you have the time - check out the band on Saturday March 14th in Munich or on April 17th in Ingolstadt, great band & great music!

This week, we will finalize the new video clip from Primal Fear - Six Times Dead (16.6) and we have the listening session lined up on Friday for the media in Cologne. I'm really looking forward to hear the album for the first time in the public and discuss the feedback! The studio report part II is online now on the official PF pages!

The "My Final Day" project shapes up and we've recorded some more vocal parts! I'm really happy about the progress and the work of all the guys iinvolved! Great stuff is coming up!

SINNER played their first "unplugged" show at the end of February in Wuerzburg and it was a great feeling to play this stuff in totally new versions and a different vibe. We plan full electric shows in Russia and South America now together with Primal Fear, but maybe we will find the time to play some very special unplugged shows around Xmas!


February 21st, 2009 - More News!
The Primal Fear crew is in full swing - cover artwork, photos, booklet & the video clip are in progress and will be be finalized during the next two weeks. Dennis Ward worked on a remix for the song "No Smoke Without Fire" for a release in Japan!

Primal Fear are confirmed for the Metalway Festival 2009 in Zaragoza - in addition we play festival shows in Austria, Romania (with SINNER), Czech Rep. etc - an update on the festival schedule will be posted here soon! We plan to tour South America in August, US East Coast in September and when we're back from the States, we will start our European Tour at the end of September & October together with our friends of "Brainstorm". Be prepared for some more Primal Fear action soon!

Check out the Fanclub page Metal Commando for great news on the forthcoming Listening Session!

The Place Vendome video clip we did with Michael Kiske is online - check it out HERE! The song was written by Magnus Karlsson! I wrote some great new songs with Magnus during the week for a forthcoming project. Next week - studio recordingws for the "My Final Day" soundtrack with Alex Scholpp, Nena & Timo ..... and upcoming shows with Sinner and Voodoo Circle! More news soon!

February 02nd, 2009 - News Update!
Some little news today - Sinner will play a one off show for our former manager Manfred Hertlein's birthday bash on Feb 28th in Würzburg. If everything works out great, Sinner will join Primal Fear on their next South America Tour in August 2009! Crash & Burn appeared on the readers charts of Rock Hard & Heavy! (Pos. 4) and now in the Burrn charts on Pos. 21 in Japan!
Voodoo Circle will play their first live shows on March 06th Frankfurt, 07th in Oberhausen and 14th in Munich!

The new Primal Fear album 16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead) is recorded & mixed! Here's the official newsmail by Frontiers Records:
Produced again by Primal Fear's own Mat Sinner and engineered & co-produced by none other than Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69), the new Primal Fear album marks the first full comeback by guitarist Henny Wolter and the debut by one of the worldwide most respected guitarists Magnus Karlsson, since he joined the band one year ago! Wolter & Karlsson both participated in the songwriting and pre-production, which took place at Karlsson's Stuntguitar Studio in Sweden. The band recorded 4 weeks at the famous House Of Music studio incl. Randy Black (drums) and vocalist extraordinaire Ralf Scheepers. After the Xmas break the band recorded some small overdubs and started the mix with long time collaborator Achim Koehler. Finally Ted Jensen mastered the album at the Sterling Sound in New York.

The new Primal Fear album titled with the codename of “16.6” (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead) will be released in May 2009 by Frontiers Records. The new songs will include a lot of the Wolter/Sinner/Scheepers vibe from the “Nuclear Fire” album, then follow the path of “New Religion” and some real surprises! Mat Sinner comments: “I'm really proud of our work. The guys of the band and the entire team did a killer job! I love the crystal clear sound of the album and total dedication of the players. The fans of our first albums will really love the new tracks, plus there are a lot of sophisticated more stuff on 16.6 following the path of Seven Seals or New Religion“

Guitarist Henny Wolter added some notes to some song titles:
Riding The Eagle – is bringing back that Nuclear Fire vibe with a full speed double bass groove and those typical heavy guitar-Riffs and high speed twin leads that Primal Fear stands for. Above all it's that mix between full throttle metal and melody with Ralf Scheepers powerful vocals on which Primal Fear built their reputation.
Six Times Dead (16.6) – the title track and a super heavy guitar riff, stomping groove with a new approach and a message to the fans; 100% Primal Fear!
Black Rain – a nearly 7min. epic with big instrumentation, and a heavy Arabian atmosphere. Lots of variations and sophisticated playing & singing. This song strongly carries the handwriting of the new band member Magnus Karlsson, who is known for these skilful and tasty arrangements.
Under The Radar – another traditional Primal Fear speed rocker, a hymn with the classic Scheepers vibe.
Torn – seven minutes of pure music and the most ambitioned song & riff we've ever recorded, killer stuff, very groovy and a great melodic vocal line.
Soar – pure energy combined with a driving groove, a majestic halftime chorus and a great experimental breakdown part – one of my favourite tracks on the new album.
Hands Of Time – this will be a real surprise for everybody. There is always at least one track on a new PF album, that is different – this time it's Hands Of Time with four guys sharing the lead vocals – a very cool song!

We will shoot the video clip on February Friday 13th for the titletrack of the album "Six Times Dead (16.6)" - more news on the song titles, running order, cover artwork, video clip & tour activities soon! Stay tuned - May 2009

December 23rd, 2008 - Review 2008!
The Year 2008 – great music, new inspiration, many new options and some of my views changed.......
The year started with a goodbye to Stefan. Even it was not like a shock out of the blue and we were all prepared for this moment, it just hurts after rocking nearly for 10 years side by side .... and Stefan is a great character. There's one chance - you can try make the best out of this situation and look for some new blood with a different background. Magnus Karlsson was just like a lucky punch for Primal Fear .....

One of the best experiences in my entire career took place in April/May 2009 – the new Sinner recordings Crash & Burn! All the songwriting sessions was just fun, as I wrote songs for this album together with Igor Gianola, Magnus Karlsson & of course my partner in crime Henny Wolter. We recorded at the House Of Music studio with our touring line up and for the first time with engineer Dennis Ward, even we know us as musicians since ages..... great vibe, no discussions, just rock – wonderful and the final result is just the Sinner album I’ve always wanted to record. Thanks to Klaus, Henny & Christof for a great time – I hope we can come up with the same kind of vibe next year!

Later this sping, I played bass in the studio for Alex Beyrodt’s new band „Voodoo Circle“ and in the same time for the new „Driver“ album and my friends Rob Rock & Roy Z. plus I wrote the titletrack for the new Vengeance album "Soul Collector"
Primal Fear 10 Years Anniversary Tour was just great.... the most touching moment was as Stefan & Klaus joined the band at the show @ the H2O – Magnus proved that he’s not only agreat songwriter and guitarist – NO – he’s a fantatsic performer and a sensational combination with Henny! This was a new dimension for Primal Fear on all shows and the following 16 festival appearances with highlights like Sweden Rock, Bestfest, Bloodstock or Summer Breeze
Höör , Sweden– was the place we laid the foundation for the new Primal Fear album. Magnus owns a nice house with a recording studio at a lake in the south of Sweden. Henny, Magnus & me had a very creative & magic week @ Magnus studio, followed by two more shows with Primal Fear for the first time in Russia. Especially the show in Moscow was incredible with a fantastic & loud audience!

My new project ..... in January08 I met my friend Alex Scholpp again and as always we’ve talked about writing and recording some songs together, but this time it was for real and we needed just some more months to realize a new project or better – to form a new band and write a soundtrack together for "My Final Day". Together with my former Shiva brother and Ex-Leaves Eyes & Atrocity drummer Martin Schmidt, we worked very hard over the summer on a strategy and modern musical direction for this new band. Joining us is singer Nena Schock (Sincezero), in the meantime one of my closest friends in real life and Timo from the band “Mindead“. I really love this band and it’s just a nice fresh breeze in my musical life. We will continue in early 2009 with our recordings & more songwriting!

Voodoo Circle received a lot of good feedback by the media, and we signed a deal with AFM Records for a December 08 release. The new band by guitarist Alex Beyrodt has a lot of potential. With Simple Minds drummer Mel Gaynor and PC69 singer David Readman plus keyboarder extraordinaire Jimmy Kresic, a hell of a Line-Up with cool musicians. The music is just classic rock with a lot of attitude. Let’s wait what will happen next year with some sonic shows!

SINNER was ready to go on tour again in November and for the first time in 10 years we came back to the stages of Spain and Italy. The band could keep their great spirit and rocked every entire night like it was just for the last time! We had a bar on stage instead of a side-drop built by my friend Tommy and behind the bar was stage-manager Neil Witchard to sing backing vocals and serve some special drinks for the ladies. This was not only a concert, it was entertainment for the band AND the fans and 80 minutes of total mayhem, fun, spirit & attitude! Crash & Burn!

Primal Fear entered the studio straight after the Sinner tour and even there was not a lot of time to recover, we had a main target – after all the trouble at the New Religion recordings, we want to do a lot of things different this time! We worked a lot on the pre production this time, even we were always on tour, but finally it was just the right vision. .... Maybe it is not a wise decision to record music with over 80 minutes playtime in these days, but we were just in a great spirit and very well prepared. The recordings were totaly different this time – creative, smooth, rocking, focused and always peaceful – the first part of this creation of an new album is already done and we’re damn proud of the result. Primal Fear will go 3 steps back to their Nuclear Fire roots and another two steps ahead ....... real metal, but we would not be known as Primal Fear if we wouldn’t have some real surprises in our pockets – we will continue to work on the album, we will call 16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead!) on January 5th with Dennis Ward and this time again with longtime friend Achim Koehler. The album will be released in May 2009 and a extensive touring will follow in 2009 soon after the release!

My favorite albums 2008
Disturbed –Indestructible
Justin Currie (Del Amitri) – What Is Love For
Shinedown – The Sound Of Madness
Slipknot – All Hope Is Gone
Hinder – Take It To The Limit....
My favorite festival 2008 - Sweden Rock Festival

My favorite movie / TV series 2008
The Black Kinght, Taken with Liam Neeson / Prison Break Season 4

My favorite book 2008 - Jean-Christophe Grangé – Das Herz Der Hölle....

Preview 2009
Primal Fear (new album & tour), My Final Day recordings, Voodoo Circle shows, to continue with my book & updated bio „Six Times Dead“ together with Christof, 24 Season 7 and a better season for my soccer club Schalke 04 .... and a visual update to my website!

Thanks to all friends, supporters, fans & partners for a great year 2008 - I wish you all a peaceful Xmas and a great, exciting & rocking 2009

Rock’n Roll
Mat

November 25th, 2008 - Sinner Tour Done / Primal Fear Recording !
The Sinner/Ross The Boss tour is history with 10 great shows over Europe. Well, to be honest we expected more fans in the venues, but in the end both bands did a great exciting shows show every night and all the fans in the clubs were fantastic. I'm very proud of my Sinner guys, for a great experience and all the reviews will tell us some nice things .... thanks to our crew feat. Neil (Stagemanager), Kurtchen (Backline), Bigi (Tourmanager), Achim (Sound, formerly known as Bacardi), Michl (Merch), Ron (driver) - RTB = Ross, Patrick, Carsten & The German Hammer, Gun Barrel, plus all the true believers who travelled from us from show to show & Frank Suepfle & M&S Promotion! Great moments and great fans everywhere! You can find a lot of pictures in the GALLERY sections - thx for all the shots and that we can use them!

THANK YOU & see you soon, Mat-Christof-Henny-Klaus

Reviews:
http://osnametal.de/art_konzerte.php?limit=10&id=398
http://www.powermetal.de/content/konzert/show-1537.html
http://www.heavyhardes.de/live-401.html

We will start with the recordings of the new Primal Fear on Thursday @ the House Of Music studio. Updates soon!

November 06th, 2008 - Latest NEWS!
The start of the SINNER tour is coming closer and we will meet on Sunday for the last preparations and drive together to Spain to play the first show in Barcelona on Tuesday!
Everything is prepared so far. Great crew, great guys on board and a nice setlist, based on a lot of new Crash & Burn songs and of course some classic tracks plus some surprises! I'm looking forward to rock again with 'The Fabolous Sinner Four' ;-) - we've added a special guest band to the tour - GUN BARREL will open the shows and be there when they start their set - cool band!

PRIMAL FEAR 16.6 - we've cut the Primal Fear song list for the 16.6 recordings from 20 to 15 songs last weekend, as we played the final shows of the year. Thanks to Hammerfall's Joacim for inviting us and the guys & promoters in Switzerland - cool show!
Back to the 16.6 songs .... it will be a heavy decision which final 12 songs we will record for the new album! We're all so excited of the material, that we could record easily a double album! But anyway, we have to make our decision soon. We will finally start tracking the drums, on November 26th @ The House Of Music studios near Stuttgart, with engineers Dennis Ward and Achim Koehler. We're already talking to the promoters in various territories about the next world tour and some very special events in 2009 in support of the 16.6. release!

MY FINAL DAY - we've recorded some more vocals on the songs and the project is shaping up fantastic - wow, to be honest I'm really excited and I had the same kinda feeling as we started Primal Fear in'98. We're working on some more vocal lines these days and we will go back to finish the vocals all 3 singers in January incl. Nena's lines and our new guy Timo from Mindead. Later maestro Alex Scholpp has to record some crazy lead guitars and Martin has to finalize his drums, before we can mix the first five songs and present the soundtrack to the public!

VOODOO CIRCLE release dates are finalized now: Japan Nov. 22nd (King Records) - Germany Dec. 5th, RO Europe Dec. 7th (AFM Records) - expect some acivities from Voodoo Circle to be announced soon!

I'm working on a brandnew look for my Website and make it even more crazy and easier to communicate. I hope I can publish the brand new MatSinner.Com page in December! At the moment, I can highly reccomend the new HINDER album "Take It To The Limit" and I'm still listening a lot to the new Shinedown album. Just finished reading another killer book by my favorite Jean-Christophe Grange called "Flight of the Storks" and I will start reading Nick Hornby's "A Long Way Down" (thanks :-) - that's my update for today - enjoy your life!

Hope to see you all on tour during the next days, some chats & some drinks!
Rock'n Roll
Mat

October 29th, 2008 - More NEWS Today!
The new Voodoo Circle website is online - check out the news & forthcoming annoucements on http://www.voodoocircle.com

"Vengeance" Producer Michael called me this morning and told me, that the title track of the just finished mew Vengeance album is called "Soul Collector" and a Mat Sinner song - great news and cool song btw :-)

Primal Fearwill play on Friday this weekend @ Joacim Cans festival in Mora/Sweden and on Sat. @ Sounddock 14 in CH/Dietikon - be there for the very last shows this year before we enter the recording studio again!

Don't miss to buy your tickets for the forthcoming SINNER / Ross The Boss tour, starting on Nov. 11th in Barcelona!

October 15th, 2008 - NEWS Update!
Yes it's time for a big update, because too many things happened and will happen during the next months! Let's start with a sincere THANK YOU  to everybody for giving the new SINNER album such a great feedback! Please use the ticket service on this page for the forthcoming shows in Germany & Switzerland to buy your tickets! It's great to bring the Crash & Burn songs and of course some Sinner classics to the road and it's so cool to come back to Spain & Italy after such a long time! Let's have a big party, some drinks & Born To Rock! I've uploaded some full new Sinner songs on my official My Space Page, if you haven't listened to some new songs yet ;) and here's a new interview from Powermetal.De in German

Last week, we could finalize the last parts for the forthcoming VOODOO CIRCLE album, the new band put together by my good friend Alex Beyrodt, with PC69 singer David Readman, Simple Minds drummer Mel Gaynor and keyboarder Jimmy Kresic. AFM Records will release our debut album on December 04th and if you like classic rock in the Rainbow/Purple vibe, you have to check out this album - you can already listen to some soundfiles here - Voodoo Circle on My Space!

Primal Fear is busy with arranging and pre-producing the final songs for the forthcoming album - working title 16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead!) - everybody is thrilled about the so far 16 songs, we really can't believe it! Our guitar dream team is all fired up and Magnus adds a new dimension to our songwriting. And even this time, we can promise another modification in the Primal Fear sound, a surprising album with some very new elements and a lot of real back to the roots Primal Fear metal! We will start to record at the end of November '08 until January '09 with the plan to release the album in late May 2009 on Frontiers Records and their partners! Watch out for some more updates on the songs, team & touring plans in the next couple of weeks!

If this is not enough, I can report about a very new project, we've started some days ago. I always want to start a project with my good friend and guitarist extraordinaire Alex Scholpp (Tarja, Farmer Boys, Dacia), but our both schedules were too busy during the last years and even now. But we've received an offer to write some music for the forthcoming apocalyptic movie MY FINAL DAY and this was our now or never wake-up call! Joining us are former Atrocity drummer Martin Schmidt and Nena Schock on vocals. We've recorded four songs so far and we're working with an additional singer now. The music is groovy, brutal, modern ..... something different and we have a great vibe in the band! Watch out for first photos and soundfiles from the MY FINAL DAY project soon!

More plans for 2009 ..... aside I'm working with some great artists on their new video clips (more new reg. this later), I have plans to work on a new edition of my book, released on Dec. 2006 as The Book Of Seven Seals, this time as an international version with a lot of updates and new stories under the working title SIX TIMES DEAD!

........ and last not least some music I'm listening at the moment - strange, but amazing songs are coming from Del Amitri 's singerJustin Curries first solo album What Is Love For. Then I can highly recommend the new Shinedown album - The Sound Of Madness .... till the next time!


September 29th, 2008 - SINNER "Crash & Burn" On Tour - Confirmed!
SINNER will hit the road in November on a Double Headliner Tour with former Manowar guitarist Ross The Boss!

September 18th, 2008 - Crash & Burn Only One Day Away - News - Primal Fear In Russia!
IPrimal Fear will play their first shows in Russia in their ten years history this weekend in St. Petersburg (2o) and Moscow (21)! Be there for a two hour concerts, shirts, signing, meet & greet! Crash & Burn', the upcoming album of German hard rock legends SINNER, hits the stores on Friday (Sep 19) in Germany, on Monday (Sep 22) in the rest of Europe! The band has posted another snippet - this time from the track 'Connection' - on their MySpace page!

There's one band in the history of Rock that all SINNER members really love - can you guess? Also still streaming on the MySpace page are samples of : 'Heart Of Darkness', 'Unbreakable' and 'The Dog' (full song as free download!), not to mention the brandnew clip for 'Revolution' - just head over to www.myspace.com/sinnerofficial!

Release dates for "Crash & Burn":
Germany: Sep 19th on AFM Records
Rest of Europe: Sep 22nd on AFM Records
Brazil/Argentina/South America: Oct 13th on Laser Records & Icarus Music
Japan: Nov 22nd on King Records
USA/Canada: Nov 25th on Candlelight Records

September 15th, 2008 - News Update !
II'm back home after some days of pre producing songs in Sweden for the next Primal Fear album! Great stuff - I'm really looking forward to record this new songs. Great metal with some real surprises! On Friday we will fly to Russia for the first time with Primal Fear. Really looking forward to these concerts and meet the fans! Btw SINNER will tour Europe in Novermber together with Ross The Boss as announced earlier. The final list of tourdates will be posted later this week! Please check my My Space page for a new sample of the forthcoming album Crash & Burn and don't forget - the album will be released on Friday or maybe Monday in other European countries! Here are two more nice reviews in German language from the mighty Rock Hard magazine and Nuclear Blast web:

Auf SINNER ist Verlass. Anstatt sich bei Bruder Zeitgeist anzubiedern, ziehen Namensgeber Mat (v/b) und Konsorten seit mittlerweile zweieinhalb Jahrzehnten konsequent ihr Ding durch. So steht auch das aktuelle Langeisen nach einigen metallischeren Veröffentlichungen wie Judgement Day, The Nature Of Evil oder Execution mehr denn je im Zeichen von Trditionellen Heavy Rock., der von den beiden Thin Lizzy Hommagen Heat Of Darkness und Connection, sowie Mats starkem Gesang gekrönt wird. Aber auch Songs wie das flotte Fist To Face, die stampfende Hymne Like A Rock oder die bandtypischte Nummer Break The Silence haben das Zeug zu SINNER LIve Favoriten und dass der ehemalige Thunderhead Klampfer Henny Wolter mit Crash & Burn in den Schoß der Bandfamilie zurückgekehrt ist, hat dem Kleeblatt zusätzlich Antrieb gegeben (Buffo 8,5/10)

Sinner in Bestform: Die deutsche Hard Rock-Institution beeindruckt auf ihrem neuen Album 'Crash & Burn' mit Konsequenz, Variantenreichtum und genau dem, was eine gute Rock'n Roll-Scheibe ausmacht: Spielfreude und Spaß an der Sache! Der Vierer um Mat Sinner (Primal Fear) legt nach der Rückkehr von Gitarrist Henny Wolter (Ex-Thunderhead) mit Crash & Burn ein reichhaltiges, höchst unterhaltsames Heavy Rock-Album mit einem erstaunlich breiten Spektrum vor: Hier finden sich die typischen, bärbeißigen Sinner- Rocker (Crash & Burn, Break The Silence) neben getragen-harmonischen Thin Lizzy-Reminiszenzen (Heart Of Darkness, Connection) oder stampfenden Hymnen wie Like A Rock. Es fehlen weder impulsiv nach vorne rockende Up-Tempo-Granaten (Fist To Face) noch cooler, erdiger Rock'n Roll (Revolution, The Dog), der durch die kraftvolle, natürliche Produktion von Sinner/Wolter, dem Engineering von Dennis Ward und Mix von Achim Köhler optimal seine Stärken entfaltet. Die ersten Hörproben vor internationaler Presse machten bereits deutlich: Crash & Burn beherbergt mindestens ein halbes Dutzend zukünftiger Klassiker, die problemlos neben Hymnen wie Born To Rock oder Knife In My Heart?bestehen können und Crash & Burn zu einem der Rock-Highlights des Jahres 2008 machen!


September 04th, 2008 - THE DOG Get Your Free Download Now !
Good news today - you can download the first Sinner Single THE DOG taken from the forthcoming album "Crash & Burn" HERE !

August 08th, 2008 - REVOLUTION Video Clip Online!
Here's the first video clip of the forthcoming CRASH & BURN album "Revolution" - have fun! FYI - more sound samples of the new album are uploaded on the bands official My Space page

Stay tuned for some more news soon incl. the official release of the first single THE DOG online - plus two killer bonus tracks! We will update you soon, where you can download the tracks over the weekend!


August 08th, 2008 - Breakout Review "Crash & Burn" !
Der Name Mat Sinner steht schon immer für Qualität , egal ob Solo, mit Sinner oder mit Primal Fear, aber "Crash & Burn" ist etwas Besonderes! Das ist definitiv das beste Sinner Album seit den glorreichen 80er .... und ich würde sogar noch weitergehen und behaupten, dass dies die beste Scheibe ist, die Mat jemals gemacht hat! Eine Superproduktion, kein einziger Ausfall, sondern nur starke Songs oder wahlweise exzellente Hymnen. Im Studiobericht der aktuellen Breakout Ausgabe habe ich ja schon einiges über die Songs geschrieben, aber nach mehrmaligem Hören entwickeln sich plötzlich einige Stücke, die damals noch nicht bei mir zündeten, zu hochwertigen Krachern. Etwa "Connection", das ich zwar nicht schlecht fand, mehr aber auch nicht .... hey, das ist die beste Thin Lizzy Hommage die man sich vorstellen kann! Was für eine Verbeugung vor Phil Lynott, die auch gut zu "Thunder & Lightning" gepasst hätte! Und dezente Lizzy Verweise gibt es auch auf "Heart Of Darkness" und "Unbreakable" - einfach nur geil! Auch "Little Head" entwickelt sich zum richtigen Ohrwurm, ebenfalls mit Lizzy Feeling! Top-Melodien im typischen Sinner Stil sind Trumpf! "Break The Silence", "Revolution" und "Like A Rock" sind Hits wie seinerzeit "Germany Rocks" - "Until It Hurts" ist eine geile Halbballade und "Fist To Face" geht ab ohne Ende! Im traditionellen Metal Bereich ist "Crash & Burn" bis dato das Highlight des Jahres 2008 für mich, das eigentlich kaum noch zu toppen ist! Chris Glaub/Breakout 4/2008


August 08th, 2008 - News - Listen to the new SINNER single on My Space!
................. ,you can liusten now to the new SINNER single "THE DOG" on My Space - cklick on the cover artwork to rock!

August 07th, 2008 - The first single of the CRASH & BURN now online!
Friends, the world premiere of the first single from the forthcoming SINNER album Crash & Burn - The Dog' is online now! Head over to BW&BK's KnuckleTracks Audio Player for a first taste from our upcoming album 'Crash & Burn', to be released on Sep 19th worldwide.

Here's the full link: www.bravewords.com/knuckletracks/?tid=0

Let us know what you think. 'The Dog' has got some bite, huh? It's coming, friends, it's coming! We can't wait...
Mat, Henny, Klaus, Christof

Regarding the release of Crash & Burn, here are some new infomation about our partners in other territories:

Japan - King Records
Russia - CD Maximum
USA - Candlelight
Canada - PHD
Brazil - Lazer Company
Argentina - Icarus Records

July 18th, 2008 - Weekend News Update!
After a nice visit in Romania and a great festival incl. Judas Priest, Ross The Boss and others, we have to give credit to the fans in Romania. It was great to rock there for the first time in our history! Cool to hang out with the Priest & RTB guys - great event! You can find a lot of pictures on the Primal Fear page!

The work on the new SINNER album CRASH & BURN is done now. AFM Records will release the album on Sept 19th in three different versions - the Limited Edition with 2 new bonus tracks and the video clip "Revolution", the "normal" Jewelcase version and the album will be released on VINYL!
In other news, AFM Records will re-release the SINNER live album "In The Line Of Fire". Achim Koehler is remastering the album at the moment and Katja Piolka is working on a new cover artwork. We could add 4 sensational bonus tracks of lost jewels. The legendary Comin'Out Fighting line up with Sinner, Schleifer, Dieth & van der Graaf recorded a concert for a radio station in quiet good quality and we could add 4 songs to the new reloaded live album. Great stuff!

My friends Rob Rock & Roy Z. have finished the recordings for their forthcoming DRIVER album "Sons Of Thunder" - killer songs by a killer band! King Records will release the album in Asisa and Metal Heaven in Europe in late September! I play bass on the titletrack "Sons Of Thunder"! Check out this great piece of music!

Alex Beyrodt's new band "Voodoo Circle" is ready to rock! Dennis Ward is working on the final mixes for the debut album! Aside of Alex and me, the other guys are outstanding musicians: Pink Cream 69 singer Dave Readman, drummer legend Mel Gaynor (Simple Minds) and keyboarder Jimmy Kresic, plus a lot of well known guests! I will keep you updated on the release dare and futrure plans - check out the Voodoo Circle My Space!!

Next shows: Primal Fear playing the Inferno Boom festival in Slovakia and the Brielport festival in Belgium July 26th/July27th 2008

BTW - as you noticed my new URL - www.matsinner.com is working :-) - have a nice weekend!


July 10th, 2008 - SINNER CRASH & BURN Cover Artwork Update!
As promised, here's the preview of the new SINNER Cover artwork for CRASH & BURN!

July 06th, 2008 - SINNER News Update!
Here's the big news update you're waiting for - the new SINNER album "Crash & Burn" is finally finsihed and delivered to AFM Records. We're all very satisfied with the final outcome - please take a look at the SINNER PAGE for a lot of news, information & photos! Next event: Primal Fear Playing with Judas Priest in Romania, next weekend!

June 09th, 2008 - First Videoclip Preview
Well it's Saturday and always a good moment to give you a little photo preview from the new SINNER video clip REVOLUTION - more updates will be posted during the next days! Have a great weekend! Next weekend, Primal Fear will rock Italy!

June 09th, 2008 - The Metal Commando rocked Sweden Rock Festival
What a great show, overall event and loud fans @ the Sweden Rock Festival 2008! The gallery section is updated with some pics from the show! It was a real pleasure to be there and to talk to a lot of great guys! Check out this LINK! Well the festival overall was great - my top 3 performances: Disturbed, Avantasia & Saxon! 

Next up - SINNER videoshoot report for the song REVOLUTION!

June 03rd, 2008 - Listening Session
Last weekend we had a great listening session with a 6 hr interview marathon and a concert at the Ballroom in Hamburg with our friennds of Ross The Boss. AFM Records did a great job and CRASH & BURN got a fantastic response by the media. The show was fun and around 70 degrees in the club. Overall a great weekend. Find some nice pictures in the SINNER section! This weekend Sweden Rock Festival with Primal Fear!

May 20th, 2008 - News Update!
After the fantastic PRIMAL FEAR show in Cremona on Sat., SINNER is in the middle of mixing their new album "Crash & Burn" with engineer Achim Koehler and the band is preparing to shoot the video clip for the first single "Revolution" in Stuttgart, Germany this weekend. The video will be directed by Katja Piolka! According to the band's guitarist Henny Wolter, the track is pure fun and Rock'n Roll. Expect some funny & strange moments in the clip! On Friday May 30th, the band will be in Hamburg for the album listening session for the media and in addition, the band will play a very special concert at the Headbangers Ballroom!

May 12th, 2008 - The Fabulous Sinner Four & A Journey To Kurim!
Primal Fear’s show at the Rockfest in Kurim was cancelled, because Ralf hat a bad cold and a laryngitis. He couldn’t even speak last Wednesday and he's still taking very strong medicaments. The only offer we could make to the organizers was to check the Sinner guys, show faith and play a show, be there and give the fans a good time! Of course, the flight tickets for Henny, Mat & the crew were already booked. Klaus & Christof agreed to travel with us and we arrived together on Saturday 13h in Vienna Airport. The shuttle broke down on the way to Vienna and we had a lot of time to drink a lot of coffees. Achim was permanently on the phone with the local dudes in Brno and after even a longer time, the shuttle dude arrived and took us to Kurim .... Formula 1 style ;)
We arrived in Kurim after another 2hrs drive. The stage looked cool, fans were great and the locals organizers were doing a good job. The hotel was just around the corner and we had some great steaks and prepared for the show – Showtime 23h – after our alltime classic Introduction „Gravyard Symphony“ our backline genius „The“ Neil Witchard entered the stage and introduced the band. Watch a fan filmed clip on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPvoOlo4JgU

Mat is enjoying the drumsolo of Klaus!

We started the set with Sammy’s „One Way o Rock“ .... well and Henny’s amp was exploding during Comin'Out Fighting. Our other great technician Kalle was fast like hell and within 30 seconds we got another amp running – bad enough, only with one channel. Well, that’s the reality & rock’n roll. We played following set incl. one song from the forthcoming album „Revolution“ – it was cool to see & hear how great this song was received by the crowd!

1. Introduction
2. One Way To Rock
3. Comin’ Out Fighting
4. When Silence Falls
5. Born To Rock
6. Badlands
7. Are You Ready
8. Henny Guitar Solo
9. Knife In My Heart
10. The Other Side
11. Judgement Day
12. Klaus Drumsolo
13. Danger Zone
14. Germany Rocks (Kurim Rocks)
15. Rebel Yell
Encores: Revolution & Satisfied

We had an unexpected great weekend, great fans, very friendly local promoters! Thanks to Achim, Kalle & Neil for their endless support & help!
Henny, Christof, Klaus & Mat

April 23rd, 2008 - Sinner Recordings Done!
The last tone is recorded, the rough mixes are done! The harddrive is delivered to Achim Koehler's studio were the mixes & mastering will be done in early May. We are very happy about the new songs, the vibe and we are sure you will like the album too! It was so much fun to record the album, you can see on a photo from the photosession with Katja Piolka.

We will decide now, which 11 songs will end up on the official album, which 2 songs will be our bonus tracks, the videoclip and some cool ideas for a limited edition! Stay tuned for an update from the mixing session! CRASH & BURN was produced by Mat Sinner & Henny Wolter, co-produced & engineered by Dennis Ward. Drums: Klaus Sperling, Guitars: Henny Wolter & Christof Leim, Bass & Vocals: Mat Sinner plus backing vocals by Mat, Henny, Dennis Ward & Since Zero and some fabulous percussion by Dirty Sanchez!

AFM Records will release CRASH & BURN worldwide on September 19th, 2008

April 21st, 2008 - Tournews - Studio Update!
The final preparations for the 10 Years Of Metal tour is in full swing. Magnus & Randy will arrive tormoroow and we have some days of checking the set list and the specials we've prepared to start on Friday in Berlin. We have special merchandise prices on the entire tour and prepared a special Best Of setlist with some nice suprises.

We've updated the SINNER "Crash & Burn" page with some more new about the outcome and the end of Phase 1.! Check it out!

April 11th, 2008 - 10 Years Of Metal Tournews - weitere Support Acts Announced!
Die legendären PROLOPOWER werden Primal Fear auf ihrer Show in Reichenbach am 26.04. unterstützen und den Event mit einer ihrer berüchtigten Comebackshows eröffnen. Prolopower werden natürlich mit Ex-Primal Fear Drummer Klaus Sperling als Sänger antreten! The Claymore werden als Opener der Show in der Bochumer Matrix am 30.04. das Billing als 3. Act vervollständigen!

April 10th, 2008 - SINNER Recording Update!
We have a great time in the studio so far. Klaus Sperling finished drumming his tracks - we've planned to record 11 tracks and ended with 13 - thanks to AFM Markus & Klaus for giving me a hard time in persuading me about a very old track ....... this will have a sequel, dudes! You can find the first pictures on the Studioo Report section b/w SINNER!

March 28th, 2008 - News Update!
Well, another weeks of hellraisin' crazy and busy days. We will enter the studio with Sinner in 10 days and everything is well prepared. Great songs, man I'm so lucky with these tracks and can't wait to record with the guys. On the other side, it's only four weeks to the "10 Years Of Metal" tour with Primal Fear and we have a new guitarist on board - that makes life so exciting! The Tourdates section is updated with the final schedule of the tour and some summer festivals are added finally incl. a show in Romania together with Judas Priest, Ross The Boss and others.

During the last days I've been busy in the studio with Achim Koehler, recording traks for Alex Beyrodt's new Band "Voodoo Circle" - great songs & great vibe. David Readman of PC69 will sing the tracks. Seems to be a great project or band, or whatever the result will be!
Later I've recorded for my friends Roy Z. and Rob Rocks forthcoming "DRIVER" project. It seems again a wonderful album from these outstanding talents! You have to check it out, when the album will be released later this year! Last not least, I've signed some new cooperations in the business, with very interesting visions for the future! and great guys! I have to wait until the official announcement, but a lot of great things going on at the moment! I will be back with the first studio report & pics from the SINNER session!

March 04th, 2008 - Primal Fear News & More!
Well, sometimes live is confusing me. Always up & downs, always changes, always huge mountains to climb. A change can open a creative new door, but it is a sad moment too. Stefan was standing for 10 years on my side and I will miss him. Most important, that we split up in a friendly way and will stay friends. On the other side, I have a lot of respect regarding Stefans decision. In the middle of preparing with Sinner for a show and the new recordings, this move was of course not unexpected, but now we're looking forward for a new chapter of Primal Fear. We worked on some projects with Magnus Karlsson from Sweden. He was chosen to be the main guitar player on Ralf's forthcoming solo album. Then we wrote some cool tracks together in the past and 3 stunning tracks for the new Sinner album. After days of discussions, we've decided for a new face with a new background and of course we're not going the easy way! As Stefan said, it is not a goodbye forever and there's always an open door for him! Now welcome Magnus on the forthcoming tour!

Here's the official announcement from www.primalfear.de:
We’ve decided to continue with one of the most exciting and respected guitar player in the business - Magnus Karlsson from Sweden. Magnus is known from his excellent work as a guitarist, songwriter and producer for Allen/Lande, Magnum’s Bob Catley, Starbreaker and many more. We’re looking forward to hit the road again with a special Best Of setlist and Magnus will be an additional attraction for the shows.

Singer Ralf Scheepers comments: "After working together with Magnus on several songs for our previous albums „Seven Seals“ and “New Religion”, it’s more than a pleasure to have him in the band now. In my ears he is one of the most talented guitarists on this planet and he is also an excellent composer. I absolutely look forward to rock the stages of this world with him!
Magnus Karlsson added: "I’ve been a big fan of Primal Fear since I first heard them. I love their straight forward metal in combination with beautiful melodies and a world class musicianship. That’s why I’m both honoured and excited to join Primal Fear on their mission to show the world that Metal is forever!"
It looks like we’re planning to get back into the recording studio after the summer festival season to work on a new album!

Dear Primal Fear fans,
after 10 years being in Primal Fear I have decided to take a time out from the music business for some time. I do this for my family, especially for my two little sons, who deserve to have more time together with their father. Of course this is no easy decision, even if I know this is the right one. I leave the guys from Primal Fear in friendship and want to thank them at this point for their understanding and supporting me in this decision.I also want to thank you fans for a wonderful time during the last years! I say goodbye to you, having in mind, that this will NOT be a goodbye forever!
Best regards,
Stefan
Please notice, that both Stefan Leibing and Klaus Sperling will perform with Primal Fear at the 10 years anniversary concert in Reichenbach @ H2O and will be on stage for some special songs incl. a meet & greet. This will be a very emotional and unique moment for us all!

Well, live goes on - I'm leaving now to record some bass tracks for my friends Roy Z: & Rob Rock for their forthcoming DRIVER album at Achim Koehlers studio - talk to you soon, Mat

Febuary 15th, 2008 - Crash & Burn Update!
We will update the SINNER section on this page from time to time with news and updates regarding the Making Of Crash & Burn, with comments of the musicians and inside news. Check it out! New songtitles and the production plan is already updated!

January 19th, 2008 - Crash & Burn, News & Updates!
Well,we can announce one of the rare SINNER shows today and it's already around the corner. The band will appear on March 8th at the Komma, Esslingen/Germany to kick ass @ the 3rd ROW Festival, a now traditional and established charity festival, organized by some close friends incl. former Sinner drummer Ralf Schulz. Check out their website here!

In other news, the songwriting for SINNERs new album "Crash & Burn" is in full swing. A first songwriting session with Henny Wolter was unbelievable creative and we wrote some cool stuff, with a smile on our faces and a great foundation for more forthcoming sessions. Klaus & Christof are writing too at the moment. Next week, my friend Igor Gianola (UDO etc.) is coming to my studio, because we have some cool ideas for the new Sinner album and I'm writing with Ronny Milianowicz & company again. The target is loud & clear - the new SINNER album and the first for AFM Records will be a steaming, rocking and very traditional heavy rock album! We plan to start the recordings in late March for a September 2008 release! Later this month In addition, I will record some bass tracks for Alex Beyrodt's first solo album!

And as you think, there's a well deserved break for Primal Fear after 3 months of touring, you're wrong :-) - as promised earlier, we're working hard on our ten years anniversary tour, called "10 Years Of Metal" - it will be around one week with very special concerts, a special setlist and a big party! As all Metal Commando dudes asked us - yes, there will be a show in Reichenbach again! Stay tuned for more information & updates soon!

December 28th, 2007 - Primal Fear Tour, the end of 2007 review & more!
It’s the end of 2007 and we were on tour until Xmas. To be compared with 2006, the year 2007 will enter the books as a great one! The only early downer (the boot for Tom in PF) was re-energized with the wonderful comeback of Henny. New Religion was a monster of a production and I’ve learnt a lot new things again, not only on the musical part! It was great to hit the road again with SINNER and play a little tour incl. a gig with Thin Lizzy and a furious show at the Headbangers OA. The new deal with AFM Records was the final goal of a nice comeback.
The most exciting moment of the year was the release of the new Primal Fear album. With new partners all over the world, it was very unshure, if we can match the numbers of our final Nuclear Blast album Seven Seals. Fair enough, we did! Well, the fans are very self-willed, especially in the metal scene. This is one of the main factors, why this scene is much alive and well against all odds. It was a huge satisfaction as our former (strange to say) A&R Andy told me, that we’ve charted on Pos. 60 in Germany, followed some days later by more chart entries. And the album will be still released in the US on January 29th, 2008 – another important day!
The show @ the ProgPower festival in Atlanta was an unforgettable event incl. the circumstances and the signing session. It was great to play the new songs on stage and Henny gave the band a new positive vibe. Even as Stefan couldn’t play with us Part 1+2 of the shows in Europe, we stuck together and Alex Beyrodt executed a fantastic performance every night! One of the most electrifying moments was the show in Bordeaux, as Henny had to fly home, because his baby was born at the night of the Barcelona show, we decided to play as a four piece for the first time in our history and the show unbelievable good! Japan was exciting as always with a unique organization, the best catering in the world and insane fans! The final 9 concerts took place in Germany and first of all, we have to say, we’re proud of the German fans for their loyalty and support. Every venue was packed! My personal highlights were the shows in Helsinki, Bergara, Bordeaux, Antwerp & Tokyo!

…… and who’s interested in the weird taste of Mat Sinner – here are the most played 5 Songs on my iPod:
1. Sixx A.M. – Van Nuys
2. Fuel – Halos Of The Sun
3. Dolores O’Riordan – Ordinary Day
4. Keith Urban – Nobody Drinks Alone
5. Heinz Strunk – Die Zugansage

Top Music DVD 2007 – Sammy Hagar – Livin’ It Up In St. Louis
Top Movie of 2007 – I Am Legend
Top TV Show – Prison Break

The plans for some more concerts next year are in full swing and aside of all foreign concerts, we plan another handful of very special shows, regarding our 10 years anniversary. Stay tuned and have a great 2008, love, peace & rock'n roll, Mat

November 28th, 2007 - PRIMAL FEAR Tour Update!
After around 8 weeks touring with Primal Fear we have a little break before heading to Japan on Saturday. We had a great time on the road so far and played places in Europe we've never been before. The vibe in the band is fantastic! Alex did a killer job and was more than a replacement! Thanks Alex! A report of the entire tour will be posted asap and more news about more touring and plans for 2008 will be revealed soon!

October 02nd, 2007 - Chart Entry in Germany & Sweden!
NEW RELIGION will enter the official German album charts on #60 in week 40! The highest chart entry since Black Sun in 2002. Thanks to our new partners Frontiers Records, Soulfood Distribution & Undercover Promotion for their fantastic work. Even more thanks & cheers to all fans, supporters and the metal commando out there for keeping the faith!

The album charted in th official album charts in Sweden on #67! Now we're really fired up for the foirthcoming tour! See you out there!


PRIMAL FEAR - Fighting The Darkness



September 17th, 2007 - Former SINNER Guitarist On Tour With PRIMAL FEAR & New Videoclip!
Because of important family obligations, guitarist Stefan Leibing cannot play all shows of the forthcoming UDO / PRIMAL FEAR Double Headlinertour. His substitute is a well-known face - Primal Fear could recruit well known guitarslinger Alex Beyrodt for the European dates. Alex was part of the Primal Fear touring band in 1999/2000 b/w the Jaws Of Death tour and longtime guitarist in SINNER. Stefan Leibing will play the co-headlining show at the Prog Power festival in Atlanta/USA. Alex will play his first show with PF on Oct. 13th, 2007 in Geleen/Netherlands. Stefan will be back with the band for the forthcoming Japan Tour im early December.

PRIMAL FEAR's new album NEW RELIGION will be released in Europe and other parts of the world on September 21st/24th - another reason to announce the premiere of the second video clip from the new album. We will premiere the newest video clip of the New Religion album SIGN OF FEAR on Thursday Sept. 20th!

June 18th, 2007 - SINNER sign new deal with AFM Records! AFM Records are proud to announce the signing of SINNER, the legendary German metal oufit led by Mat Sinner. Right before their headlining appearance at this year's Headbanger's Open Air in Hamburg, the band signed a long term deal and paving the way for what promises to be a very successful cooperation.

Comments Mat Sinner: "It's of course awesome that our new start with SINNER [with this year's "Mask Of Sanity" album after a 3-year-break] received so much praise from fans and media alike. To continue this with a long term deal with AFM Records is even better! We're very proud of this deal, and eager to write and procude a killer new album with this line-up. I'm looking forward to working with my friend Markus Wosgien (A&R at AFM Records) and everyone else from the AFM crew."

SINNER just completed a successful European headlining tour (supported by Vengeance) for their current release "Mask Of Sanity". A new studio album, the AFM debut is planned for fall, 2008, tentatively entitled Crash & Burn.

Henny Wolter, Klaus Sperling, Christof Leim, Mat Sinner & Markus Wosgien

AFM Records sind stolz das Signing der deutschen Metal Legende SINNER um Bandboss Mat Sinner verkünden zu können. Vor ihrem Headliner Auftritt auf dem legendären Headbangers Open Air in Hamburg unterschreib die Band einen langfristigen Vertrag und ebnete den Weg für eine fruchtbare Zusammenarbeit.

„Für uns ist es natürlich großartig, dass unser neuer Anlauf so gute Resonanzen bei den Fans und den Medien bekam. Dass diese Story mit einem langfristigen Deal bei AFM Records seine Fortsetzung findet ist natürlich der Killer. Wir sind stolz auf den Deal und heiss mit dieser Besetzung ein geiles neues Album zu schreiben und zu produzieren! Ich freue mich auf die Zusammenarbeit mit meinem Freund Markus Wosgien (A&R AFM Records), genauso wie mit allen anderen der AFM Crew“, kommentiert Mat Sinner.

SINNER haben just eine erfolgreiche Europatour mit Vengeance gespielt um ihre aktuelle CD „Mask Of Sanity“ zu promoten. Das neue Studioalbum und AFM Debut mit dem Arbeitstitel „Crash & Burn“ ist für den Herbst 2008 geplant.


June 07th, 2007 - Gallery Update!
Brandnew Photos from the SINNER Show with THIN LIZZY are online now in the Gallery section!


May 23rd 2007 - It's Official: PRIMAL FEAR Reloaded!

Henny Wolter is back in Primal Fear!

After a long discussion about the future of Primal Fear, we've decided to bring Henny back to the band. After a four year break, Henny takes over the guitar duties together with Stefan Leibing, who played most of the guitars on the new album "NEW RELIGION".

We decided us against a brandnew face, because Henny is back ready & smoking. Henny's departure 4 years ago was in a very friendly way and the guys stayed in contact during his abscence. Henny did a fantastic job on the new Primal Fear recordings and the following SINNER tour.

We are proud to have the riff master from Hannover back in our ranks. Henny will make his comeback with the band on June 30th at the next Primal Fear Show! Welcome Back, Henny!

And here's one more schocking shot from the forthcoming PF video clip "Fighting The Darkness"

May 21sth, 2007 - Kirchheim Show abgesagt!
Wir haben bis zur letzten Sekunde auf grünes Licht unserer Agentur gewartet, aber die Ampel bleibt leider auf ROT stehen. Es tut uns wirklich leid, denn wir hätten sehr gerne eine Show in der Heimat gespielt, aber die Veranstalter der M&A in Kirchheim haben uns letztendlich an der Nase herum geführt. Da wir mit kompletter Produktion (PA, Monitor und Lichtanlage) gebucht wurden, sind 50% der vertraglichen Gage als Vorkasse absolut üblich. Bis heute hat unsere Agentur weder die vertraglich fixierte Vorkasse, noch einen Rückruf des M&A Teams erhalten. Bands & Booker seid wachsam und lasst die Finger von guten Angeboten aus Kirchheim!

Wir werden auf jedenfall am 04.06. zusammen mit THIN LIZZY in Karlsruhe rocken und auch das nächste Rock For One World Festival im Esslinger Komma unterstützen.

so long,
Klaus, Henny, Christof & Mat

May 14th, 2007 - Thank You!
The SINNER Tour Part 1 is finally over. You can read some little comments about every show, the set list etc. in the Forum. We enjoyed the tour as never before and thanks to all the fans for showing up - we had a great time! Thanks to our incredible crew, M&S Promotion & to our support band "Vengeance" for a great time together on the road - see you soon!

Breaking News: SINNER is confirmed for the THIN LIZZY show on June 4th in Karlsruhe/Germany!

SINNER 2007: Henny Wolter, Klaus Sperling, Mat Sinner & Christof Leim

April 12th, 2007 - Primal Fear New Album Title Revealed!

We've finalized all recordings now incl. the orchestra parts and Ralf recorded lead & backing vocals on his last full song "The Curse Of Sharon" & "Drenched In Blood" over the Easter weekend and today, we can reveal the title of the new PRIMAL FEAR album:

NEW RELIGION

..... and even more - here are the song titles of the recorded tracks:

1. New Religion
2. Drenched In Blood
3. The Curse Of Sharon
4. The Darkness
a. Fighting The Darkness
b. Darkness II
c. Reprise
5. Face The Emptiness
6. Too Much Time
7. Everytime It Rains
8. Burning Bridges
9. Psycho
10. World On Fire
11. The Man (I Don't Know)

March 23rd, 2007 - Tour Update - Henny Wolter Is Back!

The SINNER Line Up for the forthcoming tourdates and festivals is Signed, Sealed & Delivered!. Aside of Mat Sinner on vocals & bass, we can confirm Klaus Sperling (drums), Frank Roessler (keyboards), Christof Leim (guitar & vocals) and the comeback of former Sinner, Primal Fear and Thunderhead guitar killer Henny Wolter! Henny is rejoining the band with immediate effect!

Please mail us your favourite SINNER songs you want to hear on this tour! Aside of the songs of our new album Mask Of Sanity, we plan a set of real classic Sinner songs, your favourites and some nice surprises!
"Vengeance" is confirmed as the Special Guest for the tour, "Saidian" will be the Support for the shows in Merchweiler & Kirchheim. "Unrest" will share the stage with us in Bochum and maybe some on more shows! Check the tourdates section for new announcements!

March 18th, 2007 - New SINNER Tourdates!
Please find the rescheduled SINNER Tourdates in the LIVE section!

MASK OF SANITY entered the Burrn Album Charts in Japan on Position 12, the Burrn Import Charts on Pos.9! The German Rock Hard charts on 27 and the German Heavy! charts!

March 03rd, 2007 - News Update!
First of all - thank you for all the mails and messages. It's a sad situation to postpone the SINNER, but our agency M&S Promotion is working hard to reshedule the dates and add some more dates in Spain, Italy etc. I'm doing o.k. and I can still recoridng vocals and guitar tracks with Ralf & Stefan for the new Primal Fear album until next
Tuesday, before we took a break, which was supposed to be the SINNER tour. Crazy things happen at the moment, but in the end, everything happens for a reason! Here are some shots of the Primal Fear recording session! See you soon!

Mat, Simone Simons, Ralf

February 24th, 2007 - GODDESS SHIVA Album out now!
The awaited GODDESS SHIVA album will see the light this week. We still made it after all this years and release an album of classic Shiva tracks and some brandnew songs. Check out this piece of rock history!

February 11th, 2007 - New Videoclip Online!
The new SINNER videoclip BLACK is now online and can be watched on Mat's MY SPACE page. The clip was directed by Katja Piolka - enjoy!


February 06th, 2007 - Ticket Information!
We hope, that all your questions regarding the pre tickets sales, for the forthcoming tour can be anserwered HERE

January 25th, 2007 - News Update!
First of all - thank you all for the fantastic response on SINNERs new "Mask Of Sanity" album! We receive a lot of questions about the second leg of the Tour in Europe. Our agency MS Promotion is working hard on dates in Spain, Italy, France and more for the end of April!

Mat Sinner officially signed an endorsement deal with GIBSON guitars - read the interview on the GIBSON page!
The release date for Brazil is finally fixed - January 29th on HELLION Records

January 08th, 2007 - Watch the new SINNER Videoclip!
The new SINNER videoclip is finsihed now - watch it on Mat's My Space page or HERE and enjoy! Update: here's another triler by MTM Music regarding the new album - check it out! HERE!

December 31st, 2006 - SINNER @ MFF!
We had a nice party last night at the Metal Forever Festival with a lot of good frineds & fans! Thanks for joining and supporting the event. Thanks to Roberto for helping out on bass - good work! We played with "The Sinner 5" party line up: Tom (Guitar/Vocals), Roberto (Bass), Klaus (Drums), Frank (Keys) & Mat (Vocals/Guitar).

A crazy year 2006 ends a chapter and new one is about to begin. Thanks for your support & believe - have a great & exciting 2007 - we see us on a stage somewhere! We will start soon recoring a new PRIMAL FEAR album and in the meantime, the new SINNER album "MASK OF SANITY" will be released worldwide during the next weeks, followed by some shows & festivals! Enjoy your party tonight!

November 28th, 2006 - SINNER News Update!
We're proud to announce the signing of a deal for "Mask Of Sanity" in Brazil with Hellion Records! The release date for Brazil will be announced here shortly. The release date in Argentina is now official: Febraury 5th, 2007

The release date in Japan / Asia is fixed now - "Mask Of Sanity" will be released by Supersonic on January 24th, 2007

In other news, SINNER are confirmed for next years edition of UKs Bloodstock Festival in Derby, on Saturday, September 1st 2007! It will be an exclusive show and the first Sinner show in the UK for a long time!

November 25th, 2006 - SINNER "Mask Of Sanity" Update!
Here we go - the cover artwork and the track list is now official! Please take a look at our partners in your territory and the release Dates are placed between January 19th (Europe) and February 20th (USA):

"Mask of Sanity" track listing:

01. The Other Side
02. Diary of Evil
03. Badlands
04. Black
05. Thunder Roar
06. The Sign
07. Revenge
08. Under the Gun
09. Can't Stand the Heat
10. No Return
11. Last Man Standing
12. Baby Please Don't Go (BT)

Produced by Mat Sinner for Level 10 Music
Mixed and Mastered by Achim Koehler at Indiscreet Studio
Engineered by Martin Winkler, Samson geiger & Achim Koehler
Cover & Photos by Katja Piolka

November 16th, 2006 - SINNER sign with PHD for Canada, USA & Mexico!
PHD is proud to announce that we have negotiated the release of the new Sinner album “Mask Of Sanity” for Canada, USA and Mexico. The CD will probably be released on The Foundry which is one of PHD Canada’s in house labels and released in Canada on January 30th 2007. The street date in the USA will be February 20th 2007 and distribution, promotion and advertising will be handled by Crash Music based in Arizona. The release date for Mexico is still to be determined. Steve Dickson from PHD Canada said “We have had a long and happy association with Sinner and Primal Fear for many years and are thrilled that we will be able to continue that relationship with the release of the new CD “Mask Of Sanity” in North America.”

The release dates & partners for South America and Japan/Asia will be announced here asap! Tourdates for Europe in March 2007 will be announced soon!

October 06th, 2006 - 'Mask Of Sanity' Update
Close to the edge ..... after an unbeliveable week of music, the recordings will come to an end shortly. After Primal Fear's Ralf Scheepers laid down some emotional backing vocals on Monday, Mystc Prophecy's Martin Grimm played a duelling lead guitar with Tom on the mystery track of the album. During the week, we practised the SINNER live show and decided to play a full retro show, with a lot of surprising classic tracks, even Tom & Mat didn't play for a long long time! Be prepared for a roaring Saturday!

Today was an even more exciting day at the Leon Studio. Tom finalized his guitars on the album and everyone who could listen to the songs so far, certified Tom the best guitar work he'd ever tracked down on an album so far! Christof Leim, who will join SINNER on the second lead guitar at the show in Reichenbach, Germany this Saturday, played additional lead guitar on the song "Last Men Standing". Finally Brainstorm's Andy B. Franck joined the party and sung some fantastic backing vocals on three songs, plus a little lead vocal part in the song "Thunderroar". Just a little riddle - what have these four guys, rocking today the Leon Studio in common. Write your answers to: info@levelten.de and the winner will receive an exclusive SINNER CD album from Japan (never released in Europe!). From left to right: Tom, Christof, Andy & Mat

September 28th, 2006 - New Video Clip Online!
Check out the new videoclip by Katja Piolka for the Sinner song "Die On Command" by clicking HERE!

September 25th, 2006 - 'Mask Of Sanity' Update and Breaking News!
Day 16 in the Leon Studio and a former or ex-holy day for us! Over the weekend, we've finialized all basic guitars and bass guitar, even more Mat finished today the 5th song with lead & backing vocals and Tom added his lead & harmony guitar on the 5 songs titled: 'The Other Side', 'Black', 'Diary Of Evil' (co-written by Roy Z.), 'Under The Gun' and 'Badlands' (co-written by Ronny Milianowicz). We will take a little break from the studio and headline the UKs mighty Bloodstock festival with "Primal Fear" on Friday! Here are the news or better some changes we've reported in the last posting. Christof Leim of The Traceelords will take over the position of the second guitarist in SINNER at the event in Reichenbach/Germany on Oct 7th 2006 - please give Christof him a warm welcome!

September 17th, 2006 - Studio in Metal Mode!
Today we finished the 7th song with basic guitars and bass guitar. It smoked & steamed in the control room. Not only the tropic temperatures rocked, Tom's handful of monster guitar riffs drove em to a critical point ...... another 5 songs to go to finish the basic tracks, but the entire studio was in full metal mode today! We will make an announcement about some personal news during the next week. So far enjoy the studio madness and the handsigns changed from thumbs up, to metal plus one more!

September 14th, 2006 - Studio Update!
Klaus finished his drum tracks for the new album bw for 12 new tracks. As 11 tracks were planned to record (as a homage to Tom's amp), but we've added a cover version of one of our favourtite songwriters at the very last minute. As Roy said "I smell the taste of fresh Guinness" ..... let's see, if the result will be a killer, but we're very positive and had a lot of fun to record the drums for the song! Overall the new songtitles are just working titles at the moment and we don't want to publish them too early, regarding some changes here. Now it's time for roaring guitars and pounding bass, but we need definitely more cowbell

August 30th, 2006 - A Sad Day In The History Of Primal Fear, Sinner & the German metal scene!
Our fan, friend and brother Klaus Schmidt lost his long battle against the demon of cancer yesterday! Again an example, that the good guys die too young. We will be at sacred ground In Dublin on Friday during his funeral and we will dedicate our entire show in memory of Klaus! We will miss you - Ralf, Stefan, Tom, Randy & Mat

August 24th, 2006 - First Festival Show for 2007 Announced
Right! The first Open Air festival show is announced - SINNER will rock the 10 Years Anniversary of the Headbangers Open Air in Germany on July 14th, 2007 and in addition, we can present the new updated SINNER logo:

July 22th, 2006 - Collaboration with Roy Z. & Gibson endorsement!
Tom and me can confirm an endorsement deal with Gibson Guitars and we’re very proud to list some new guitars & basses, we’d played anyway all over the years, to our equipment list – www.gibson.com

SINNER is in the final writing process for the new album. We have around 20 plus songs to discuss and will start the final pre-production next week. Our target is to recreate the vibe of the classic Sinner albums, combined with the sound of 2006. Everybody is really excited to start the recordings. Aside of the band, some songs were written together with my songwriting guru Ronny Milianowicz, btw who became a proud dad last week.

Finally, I am excited to collaborate with my partner in crime and one of the most respected guys in this business on one new song – Roy Z. First, we talked about this project in November, as we played together Brazil. But now it looks like we could realize it and one of the major songs of the upcoming album “Mask Of Smiles”, due out On January 19th, 2007 will be the start of this new collaboration!

You Tube is becoming more and more the best place to watch video clips and more wired stuff of our music check out this LINK and you can watch most of our clips with a fast connection and in good quality!

We have a great concert schedule lined up for Primal Fear in the coming weeks with some fantastic places. Check out the tourdates section, ‘cause the band really kicks ass – hope to see you out there!

July 22nd, 2006 - Mat

June 09th, 2006 - Primal Fear sign multi album deal with Frontiers Records!

Primal Fear is very pleased to announce the signing of a new multi album worldwide deal with Frontiers Records!

Filled with plenty of adrenaline, the steady Primal Fear line-up of vocalist Ralf Scheepers, lead guitarists Tom Naumann and Stefan Leibing, bassist and vocalist Mat Sinner and drummer Randy Black have started the songwriting for their upcoming new album which is going to be released before summer 2007, followed by a headlining tour

Bassist and Producer Mat Sinner: “After weeks of negotiations with a lot of well known record companies, we’ve finally decided to sign with Frontiers Records. Thanks to all the other labels for their interest and fairness”

Frontiers president Serafino Perugino comments: “We are extremely proud and excited to welcome on the Frontiers Records roster a metal legend like PRIMAL FEAR. We plan to have a long-term partnership with them and our aim is to bring their career forward and to new heights!”

In addition, Primal Fear have signed a brand new merchandise deal with Artworx Germany and will sort out a lot of more business affairs within the next couple of weeks. Guitarist Tom Naumann: “This is a new start for us and we will change a lot of business things. We have learnt a lot about the business and the human nature in the past days!”

Vocalist Ralf Scheepers: “After a successful partnership with Nuclear Blast and 6 chart albums, we are all set and fully loaded for the next chapter of Primal Fear, together with a professional and such a motivated label like Frontiers Records! Of course we will have some drinks to celebrate this fantastic event and then we will directly stick our heads together to continue our songwriting for the new album and play some fantastic festivals during the summer - Cheers!”


June 06th, 2006 - PRIMAL FEAR - Greatest Hits To Be Released Worldwide
Aside of all other information on the net, PRIMAL FEAR have re-signed with Nuclear Blast Records, for a 16 track Best-Of compilation "Metal Is Forever", that will also include a special bonus CD of 'Classic Metal Tracks". A release for September 29th is planned by Nuclear Blast. JVC will release the Best Of album in Asia/Japan. Nuclear Blast and Primal Fear will carry on their successful work to make this album a success and a worthy release, with special packaging, photos, story etc. - more information and a songlist with be follow here soon!

Mat is putting the finishing touches on long overdue album from GODDESS SHIVA (his first group, originally going under the moniker “Shiva”). Mat Sinner, guitarist Armin Sabol and drummer Martin Schmidt have recorded 50% new material and 50% of their classic songs for this album release. The album was recorded by Armin Sabol and mastered by Achim Koehler. A release is planned for October 6th on MTM Music/SPV.

IIn addition, Mat Sinner is writing and producing a new SINNER disc with recordings planned for September at Leon Studios, with engineer Achim Koehler. Mat comments: "I haven't been able to do anything with Sinner since Wacken 2003 and now it’s the right time to bring this band back to life. We have a great new line-up and a bunch of great retro songs, that bring back the spirit and the memories of the late eighties, combined with Sinner of the new century!” The new Sinner album “Mask Of Sanity” will be released on January 19th 2007 on MTM Music.

Primal Fear will start writing and pre-production in the autumn for the follow up of their most respected album so far “Seven Seals”. Please check back later this week, when Primal Fear will announce their brand new multi-album recording deal and new partner for their future! Don’t miss Primal Fear at the Monsters Of Rock Open Air in Zaragoza/Spain on June 18th!


May 26th, 2006 - BREAKING NEWS !
For the first time ever in Europe: PRIMAL FEAR and SINNER share one stage, plus Opening Act and a big European fanmeeting! Watch out for more informations soon! Find more new festival and concert appearances of Primal Fear in the Tourdates section!


March 30th, 2006 - The Primal Fear tour is over for now. We had a fantatsic time in Japan and we are ready for a huge announcement in the coming weeks. Japan was a blast, not only the seven crazy shows, the entire trip & the fans were exciting and an overall fantastic experience! We're working on more festivaldates for this summer!

SINNER will be revamped during the summer and we're thinking about to sign a new record deal and recording a new album! More news on SINNER soon!

The SHIVA album is finally mixed and we're talking to a good friend about to master the album. To prevent any name problems, we decided to change the band's name to GODDESS SHIVA, even if we maybe have longer rights than any other band on this planet! A recording contract is very close to be signed within the next days! I will have the latest update on the songlist and the record company for you soon!

So long
Mat

February 06th, 2006 - the second part of the European tour was fantastic again. Great shows, cool vibe & great fans everywhere. We're preparing now for our 7 dates Japan tour together with Helloween and a second date in Tokyo has been added due to public demand. The Live N Louder fetsivals in South America are confirmed - cool! We're working on some more shows in Europe soon!

December 29th, 2005 - a fantastic year is almost over ......for me, the best album I was part of the team during my entire career was released in 2005 - Seven Seals! I finished my own big project - my book and released it nearly in time! I got an overwhelming and warm response by all fans & supporters - thanks you! The tour with Primal Fear and Helloween was an examplary for friendship and cooperation - we will continue in 2006 and check the tourdates

Have a peaceful, healthy & successful 2006 - yours, Mat

Hier eine brandneue Information vom Nuclear Blast Mailorder: Exklusiv beim NUCLEAR BLAST Mailorder: Die Mat Sinner-Biographie: Ca. 150 schonungslose, in edles Leder gebundene Seiten mit über 100 Photos, die eine einzigartige über 20-jährige schillernde Rock’n’Roll-Karriere reflektieren: Ober-Pflicht, nicht nur für PRIMAL FEAR- und SINNER-Fans! Vor allem, weil es dazu noch die aktuelle "Seven seals"-CD, die exklusive "Rare Trax"-Bonus-CD mit Projekten und "Jugendsünden" aller beteiligter Musiker (18 Songs) und die ebenfalls nur in diesem Buch erhältliche 13-Track Bonus-DVD mit Clips von PRIMAL FEAR und SINNER gibt! Limitiert und nummeriert auf 1.000 Stück! Noch Fragen? Wohl kaum bei diesem unschlagbaren Package: Sichert Euch rechtzeitig Euer Exemplar!

SEVEN SEALS is ready to hit the streets - release dates: Oct 5th in Japan/Asia, Oct 15th in the USA/Mexico/Canada, Oct 21st in Germany, Oct 24th Europe & ROW. The world tour will kick off probably with 2 headlining shows in Greece in late October, before joining Helloween as their Very Special Guests in Europe in Nov/Dec2005 and January 2006! Take a look at the cover artwork!


September 02nd, 2005 - The new Primal Fear album SEVEN SEALS is ready to hit the streets - release dates: Oct 5th in Japan/Asia, Oct 15th in the USA/Mexico/Canada, Oct 21st in Germany, Oct 24th Europe & ROW. The world tour will kick off probably with 2 headlining shows in Greece in late October, before joining Helloween as their Very Special Guests in Europe in Nov/Dec2005 and January 2006! Take a look at the cover artwork!


June 18th 2005 - Renato Tribuzy's project "Execution" will be released on June 22nd in South America and Japan, one week later in Europe on July 1st. The album features his version of my song "The Nature Of Evil" played by Kiko Loureiro (Guitar/Angra), Dennis Ward (Bass/PC69) plus others. I sing lead vocals on the song, sharing with Renato and Backing Vocals by Ralf Scheepers. Other tracks on the album feature Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, Roy Z. and Michael Kiske. Check out the album! Could be possible, that the entire line up will play 4 shows in South America in November!

June 9th, 2005 - Here are some pictures from our Mix in Vancouver.

Ralf, Mike Fraser, Mike (assistant), Mat, Randy & Tom at the Warehouse

.......... but some days earlier, on Dec 29th I will present the Platinum Award to my friends of Nightwish for more than 200.000 sold copies and be sure Danne has some Jägermeisters ready

CANS - Joacim´s solo album "Beyond The Gates" charted on Pos. 20 in Sweden and stayed in the charts for 4 weeks. The new HammerFall single "Blood Bound" will be released on Jan 31st 2005! Check out the HammerFall page and Joacim's page http://www.joacimcans.com