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June 19th, 2010 - Back From the North America & All New My Space Page!
My new MY SPACE page is online today - enjoy & check it out with a new gallery of the tour in North America. US & Canada was great. Thx to the fans and all supporters for a great time & experience. I'm back with more news later!
May 18th, 2010 - Primal Fear North America Tour & Tribute to RJD
...... arrived in NYC and already enjoyed some hrs of sleep ...... let me pass you some lines aboutthe tragic loss of Ronnie James Dio. I've toured with him twice and played a lot of festival with him & his bands over the years. I never recognized that he had just one average day on tour. Not even on a longer tour. He was a phenomenon and a very friendly & positive gentleman.
There was one great moment I want to share with you, as we played a festival together in Granada Spain and the backstage area was packed with bands, crews, friends, guests etc. and just minutes after his show he was walking straight into my direction with his roadmanager Willie Fyffe and hugged me. This was a moment I will never forget - Ronnie James Dio will be alive in my heart and one of my biggest inspirations forever!
Mat Sinner, NYC - May 2010
May 04th, 2010 - Enjoy the new Primal Fear video clip "Killbound"!
April 01st, 2010 - Kiske/Somerville Videoshoot!
Videoshoot in the Opera House Nuernberg with Michael Kiske & Amanda Somerville for the first single of the album "Silence" - joining us on the clip Sander Gommans (guitar), Ramy Ali (drums) and Jimmy Kresic (keyboards)
here the link to a great report by Carl Begai .....
March 01st, 2010 - News Update!
Primal Fear is getting busy again and here are some latest news what’s going on in the PF camp.As Ralf got a heavy cold, SINNER stepped in from out of nowhere and played the headlining show on March 6th at the Rock For One World benefit event. On March 26th Primal Fear we will play for the first time ever in Luxemburg - Moulfort / Kulturzentrum. In April we’re coming back to Sweden – April 7th in Gävle/Maxim with supports “Saint Demon” and ”The Murder Of My Sweet” and on April 8/9th we will join the Sweden Rock Cruise with “Death Angel”, “Heat” and more …… tickets for the Primal Fear North American tour "The Fear Is Here 2010" in May/June are on sale and HAVOK are already confirmed as the first support band. Halford's Metal Mike and Roy Z.will join us on several locations. Great news from Pamela Moore – she will be joining Primal Fear on stage on ALL dates of the North American tour!
The Rock Meets Classic tour 2010 was a nice success iMusic One TV will broadcast a one hour special of the event on the Easter weekend! Take a look at the preview HERE
Studio & Production News
Primal Fear is busy at work on the new DVD “16.6 – All Over The World”. The DVD will feature mainly the 2009 concerts in Switzerland and Atlanta/USA, plus a lot of interesting shots from Japan, Colombia, Brazil, Germany, Sweden etc etc. – still a long way to go, but it will be a killer package incl. the first official Live CD of Primal Fear “Live In The USA” recorded in Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York. Achim Koehler is already working on the mix of the audio stuff. We’re pleased to announce that Frontiers Records will be our partner again and will release the package worldwide in mid June 2010. Primal Fear will be on the road again in Europe after the festival season in Mid September, to present their new DVD & Live CD in Concert!
Voodoo Circle finished the drum recordings for their new album “Broken Heart Syndrome” with new drummer Markus Kullmann @ the U3 studios in Stuttgart and Alex Beyrodt will start recording his guitar parts during the next days. The release of the second Voodoo Circle album is set for September 2010 by AFM Records.....
The plans for the long awaited Ralf Scheepers Solo Album are shaping up. The song writing is in full swing and the recordings will start during the summer in Sweden, when Ralf will join forces again with his former “Gamma Ray” partner & drummer extraordinaire Uli Kusch. An impressive list of some very prominent guests is already confirmed for Ralf’s first solo album. Frontiers Records plans to release the yet untitled album in January 2011
Mat is still busy producing the highly acclaimed first album of Michael Kiske and Amanda Somerville - simply named Kiske/Somerville. Michael is already recording his final vocal parts and Mat is working simultaneous with Jimmy Kresic on some orchestra and keyboard arrangements. Two video clips will be shot for the album with director Martin Mueller @ the Opera House in Nuernberg in the last week of March.
Short News Updates – Mat will be in the studio with Elvenking and Dennis Ward, to produce their new album for AFM Records in April. SINNER will start the songwriting for the “Crash & Burn” follow-up and their new album “ONE BULLET LEFT” soon. Magnus Karlsson’s third album with Russell Allen and Jorn Lande titled “Allen/Lande III” is mixed at the moment by Achim Koehler with the supporting ears of Mat & Magnus. More updates soon!
Feb 07th, 2010 - Rock Meets Classic 2010 - A Great Team!
....... & check out this VIDEO!
Feb 04th, 2010 - Rock Meets Classic Tour Was A Great Success!
The new year started with a great experience - the Rock Meets Classic tour with the three original singers of Foreigner (Lou Gramm), Toto (Bobby Kimball) and Nazareth (Dan McCafferty), the Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague and conductor Philipp Maier plus the RMC band with Henny Wolter (Guitar), Jimmy Kresic (Keys), Martin Schmidt (Drums) and backing vocalists Amanda Somerville, Verena Schock and Tiffany Kirkland. Every concert was something special and we had a lot of fun and a good time on the road. Hope we can continue with this great project. Here are some photos from the tour. More photos on my Facebook and My Space pages or for ex. Amanda's crazy You Tube blogs - check it out!
Dec 18th, 2009 - Wacken Open Air 2010 Confirmed!
Great Xmas news for all Primal Fear fans & supporters - Primal Fear is confirmed for the biggest heavy metal open air festival in the world - Wacken 2010and in addition to the fantastic Hellfest in France. More shows & festivals for 2010 will be announced soon!
Nov 27th, 2009 - - Recording the Kiske/Somerville album!
I'm working at the moment on the forthcoming Kiske / Somerville album at Martin Schmidt's Audiospezialist Strudio in Stuttgart. Amanda is nearlly finished with her vocal parts and we're all totally impressed by her performance. We have still some more sessions to go, but I'm really looking forward for this release around summer 2010! Magnus Karlsson has recorded some more killer guitars and Sander Gommans will record some add. lead guitars soon! Stay tuned!
Nov 21st, 2009 - News Update!
Our thoughts are with Ralf & his family these days. All things are relative and of course our daily rage & anger regarding the loss of a family member......
The Primal Fear Gallery Section is updated with some pics of the great Viva La Swabia Tour - more to come and we can announce the first shows for the next year. We will play our first ever show in Luxemburg and we will support the Rock For One World festival in our hometown Esslingen/Germany again! We're working on more dates in Europe, a full North American tour and a lot of festival appearances in 2010 - more updates soon!
The Viva La Swabia Tour is finally over and we're still overwhelmed by the positive response and the mostly packed venues. Thanks to our crew - Achim Koehler (FoH), Arne Lakenmacher (Tour Manager), Martin Mueller (Lights), Neil Witchard (Backline), Diac Breenkoetter (Backline), Duce Faradacco (Backline), Krusty Wagner (Merch) & BS' Andy Flache (Backline) for a great time on the road. ITM Agency & all the local promoters. Our supporters & sponsors, Brainstorm - great band & great partners and last not least all the fans out there for joining us on the road - you rule!
Oct 29th, 2009 - News Update - Business & more!
Hello from the Primal Fear Tour! Just finished the show in Milano and it was cool! Spain was a blast and Bordeaux was great as always. Now I'm looking forward for the show tomorrow in Switzerland, where we record the concert as a part of our forthcoming Primal Fear DVD & Live CD!
I have some more business news to offer today:
ITM Agency and Level 10 Music, represented by Frank Suepfle and Mat Sinner, have signed a long-term management cooperation. Both companies have already managed acts like Primal Fear, U.D.O., Sinner & more!
The first signing of this new cooperation are the two 16 year old girls Daria Kips and Raquel Pastrana, simply called DARA. "DARA, is a very promising and professional act. We’re looking forward to our cooperation and a fantastic forthcoming album" says Sinner and Suepfle. DARA is produced by Wolfgang Filz (LaFee) and the songwriter team of Fitty Wienhold & Igor Gianola (U.D.O.).
The second new signing is the five-piece band "Vernissage" fronted by Gabriella and Maria Kim. „Vernissage“ is not only a band. Their music and their visual concept is outstanding and something very special. Atmosphere, guitar riffs and an extravagant visual performance are unique. Currently the band is recording new material with the acclaimed producer Waldemar Sorychta (Lacuna Coil, Moonspell etc.)!
More news soon – contact: www.itm-agency.com
Oct 18th, 2009 - North American Dates & UK done, Update On The European Tour!
We had a blast on the shows in the US & Canada - some photos are posted on the Primal Fear page - Gallery section. Thx a lot to all our fans attending the concerts and had such a great time with us. We promise to come back soon!
After a little rest and the great UK shows in London, Dudley and a killer showin Belgium, we will start our 4 week European Tour on Friday in Barcelona. We've added two shows in Norway and an additional show in Germany / Berlin on Nov. 1st - we're looking forward to meet you on the road and have a blast out there! Check the updates in Live Section and see you soon.
We've made some more future plans for next year with another bunch of European shows and we're in negotiations for another tour through North America in 2010. During the next days, we can confirm some fantastic summer open air festivals and we're working on a document of the 16.6 tour for you! The Primal Fear web & the My Space page will be updated with news during the tour!
left to right: Neil (BL), Arne (FoH), Alex, Mat, Tommy (BL),Pamela Moore (Guest), Ralf,
Henny &Randy after the final show in Montreal, Canada
Aug 24th, 2009 - South America Tour Report Online & More!
You can check out the Official Tour Report of the South America dates on my MY SPACE page - check it out with a lot of nice pictures of a great and exhausting tour with a lot of exyciting moments! Next - Primal Fear North American dates!
July 31st, 2009 - Rock Meets Classic Tour Announced!
Mat will tour with the RMC band & choir as Musical Director in January 2010 with Rocklegends Lou Gramm (Foreigner), Bobby Kimball (Toto), Dan McCafferty (Nazareth) and the Bohemian Symphonic Orchestra Prague and conductor Philipp Maier. The Rock Meets Classic tour agency Tourneen.Com announced 14 shows in Germany and Netherlands. The RMC band features Primal Fear guitarist Henny Wolter, drummer Martin Schmidt, keyboarder Jimmy Kresic and backing vocalists Amanda Somerville & Verena Schock - more news will be announced soon!
July 10th, 2009 - New Webshop Launched!
We're happy to announce the launch of our own webshop - you can find a lot of Primal Fear and Sinner stuff and some specials from time to time. Check out the link - if you have a question, don't hesitate to ask. Our team will answer every question asap! Enjoy!
July 05th, 2009 - New Update!
Great news from the German magazines Rock It! (16.6 Pos.1 in the Soundcheck) and Breakout (Hall Of Fame). We will have some more interesting news and a new look for our Tourdates section. We will open our own merchandise store during the next days too with some exclusive offers! Stay tuned and have a great weekend! Here's the latest shot from the Metalway festival in Zaragoza Spain featuring Voodoo Circle guitarist Alex Beyrodt!
BW&BK reports - PRIMAL FEAR Guitarist Becomes A Father, Voodoo Circle Axe Steps In As Temporary Replacement! PRIMAL FEAR guitarist Magnus Karlsson has checked in with the following update: "The twins Sixten and Svante were born yesterday 11:00am and everyone is fine! Big babies that were singing the latest ARCH ENEMY hit the moment they came out! Goodbye to sleep :-) Glad Midsommar!" Germany #46, Sweden #52 and now Japan on Pos. 28 - it's unbelieveable and we want thank all of you out there for your help. We've never received such a good feeback for an album and it's a great time for Primal Fear.
May 10th, 2009 - 16.6 - enjoy the new Primal Fear video clip and don't support illegal downloads!
Primal Fear - Six Times Dead (16.6)
April 28th, 2009 - 16.6 Pre-Order, New Videoclip & Tourdates
PRIMAL FEAR will exclusively present the new Videoclip “Six Times Dead (16.6)” for the first time on the band’s myspace page www.myspace.com/primalfearofficial on May 8! It will also be featured in the "Cool Video" page on myspace
PRIMAL FEAR have scheduled summer tour dates in support of the forthcoming release of the new amazing album “16.6. (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)" - please check the Tourdates Section incl. one brand new show - PF is confirmed for the Rock Gone Wild festival on August Sat. 22nd in Algona, Iowa - USA! The European Tour will be announced in some days - stay tuned!
You can Pre-Order the new Primal Fear album on Amazon now - www.amazon.de
March 28th, 2009 - 16.6 Cover Artwork Revealed & a lot of NEWS!
Frontiers Records proudly announces the release of PRIMAL FEAR new studio album 16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead) on May 22nd in Europe and June 9th in the USA.
’s history. The vibe of songs like the opening track “Riding The Eagle”, “Killbound” or “Under The Radar” are reminiscent of the “Nuclear Fire” album but eh whole album features all the trademarks of the Primal Fear sound a the total dedication to pure Metal. There is also a new approach mixed with the trademark PF riffs in tracks like “Six Times Dead (16.6)”, “Soar”, “Smith & Wesson” as well as the epic stories, consummate musicianship, courage and fantastic melodies in songs like “Black Rain”, “No Smoke Without Fire”, “Torn” and the stylistically new ballad “Hands Of Time” with 4 band members all sharing the lead-vocals.
My new MY SPACE page is online today - enjoy & check it out with a new gallery of the tour in North America. US & Canada was great. Thx to the fans and all supporters for a great time & experience. I'm back with more news later!
May 18th, 2010 - Primal Fear North America Tour & Tribute to RJD
...... arrived in NYC and already enjoyed some hrs of sleep ...... let me pass you some lines aboutthe tragic loss of Ronnie James Dio. I've toured with him twice and played a lot of festival with him & his bands over the years. I never recognized that he had just one average day on tour. Not even on a longer tour. He was a phenomenon and a very friendly & positive gentleman.
There was one great moment I want to share with you, as we played a festival together in Granada Spain and the backstage area was packed with bands, crews, friends, guests etc. and just minutes after his show he was walking straight into my direction with his roadmanager Willie Fyffe and hugged me. This was a moment I will never forget - Ronnie James Dio will be alive in my heart and one of my biggest inspirations forever!
Mat Sinner, NYC - May 2010
May 04th, 2010 - Enjoy the new Primal Fear video clip "Killbound"!
April 01st, 2010 - Kiske/Somerville Videoshoot!
Videoshoot in the Opera House Nuernberg with Michael Kiske & Amanda Somerville for the first single of the album "Silence" - joining us on the clip Sander Gommans (guitar), Ramy Ali (drums) and Jimmy Kresic (keyboards)
here the link to a great report by Carl Begai .....
March 01st, 2010 - News Update!
Primal Fear is getting busy again and here are some latest news what’s going on in the PF camp.As Ralf got a heavy cold, SINNER stepped in from out of nowhere and played the headlining show on March 6th at the Rock For One World benefit event. On March 26th Primal Fear we will play for the first time ever in Luxemburg - Moulfort / Kulturzentrum. In April we’re coming back to Sweden – April 7th in Gävle/Maxim with supports “Saint Demon” and ”The Murder Of My Sweet” and on April 8/9th we will join the Sweden Rock Cruise with “Death Angel”, “Heat” and more …… tickets for the Primal Fear North American tour "The Fear Is Here 2010" in May/June are on sale and HAVOK are already confirmed as the first support band. Halford's Metal Mike and Roy Z.will join us on several locations. Great news from Pamela Moore – she will be joining Primal Fear on stage on ALL dates of the North American tour!
The Rock Meets Classic tour 2010 was a nice success iMusic One TV will broadcast a one hour special of the event on the Easter weekend! Take a look at the preview HERE
Studio & Production News
Primal Fear is busy at work on the new DVD “16.6 – All Over The World”. The DVD will feature mainly the 2009 concerts in Switzerland and Atlanta/USA, plus a lot of interesting shots from Japan, Colombia, Brazil, Germany, Sweden etc etc. – still a long way to go, but it will be a killer package incl. the first official Live CD of Primal Fear “Live In The USA” recorded in Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York. Achim Koehler is already working on the mix of the audio stuff. We’re pleased to announce that Frontiers Records will be our partner again and will release the package worldwide in mid June 2010. Primal Fear will be on the road again in Europe after the festival season in Mid September, to present their new DVD & Live CD in Concert!
Voodoo Circle finished the drum recordings for their new album “Broken Heart Syndrome” with new drummer Markus Kullmann @ the U3 studios in Stuttgart and Alex Beyrodt will start recording his guitar parts during the next days. The release of the second Voodoo Circle album is set for September 2010 by AFM Records.....
The plans for the long awaited Ralf Scheepers Solo Album are shaping up. The song writing is in full swing and the recordings will start during the summer in Sweden, when Ralf will join forces again with his former “Gamma Ray” partner & drummer extraordinaire Uli Kusch. An impressive list of some very prominent guests is already confirmed for Ralf’s first solo album. Frontiers Records plans to release the yet untitled album in January 2011
Mat is still busy producing the highly acclaimed first album of Michael Kiske and Amanda Somerville - simply named Kiske/Somerville. Michael is already recording his final vocal parts and Mat is working simultaneous with Jimmy Kresic on some orchestra and keyboard arrangements. Two video clips will be shot for the album with director Martin Mueller @ the Opera House in Nuernberg in the last week of March.
Short News Updates – Mat will be in the studio with Elvenking and Dennis Ward, to produce their new album for AFM Records in April. SINNER will start the songwriting for the “Crash & Burn” follow-up and their new album “ONE BULLET LEFT” soon. Magnus Karlsson’s third album with Russell Allen and Jorn Lande titled “Allen/Lande III” is mixed at the moment by Achim Koehler with the supporting ears of Mat & Magnus. More updates soon!
Feb 07th, 2010 - Rock Meets Classic 2010 - A Great Team!
....... & check out this VIDEO!
Feb 04th, 2010 - Rock Meets Classic Tour Was A Great Success!
The new year started with a great experience - the Rock Meets Classic tour with the three original singers of Foreigner (Lou Gramm), Toto (Bobby Kimball) and Nazareth (Dan McCafferty), the Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague and conductor Philipp Maier plus the RMC band with Henny Wolter (Guitar), Jimmy Kresic (Keys), Martin Schmidt (Drums) and backing vocalists Amanda Somerville, Verena Schock and Tiffany Kirkland. Every concert was something special and we had a lot of fun and a good time on the road. Hope we can continue with this great project. Here are some photos from the tour. More photos on my Facebook and My Space pages or for ex. Amanda's crazy You Tube blogs - check it out!
Dec 18th, 2009 - Wacken Open Air 2010 Confirmed!
Great Xmas news for all Primal Fear fans & supporters - Primal Fear is confirmed for the biggest heavy metal open air festival in the world - Wacken 2010and in addition to the fantastic Hellfest in France. More shows & festivals for 2010 will be announced soon!
Nov 27th, 2009 - - Recording the Kiske/Somerville album!
I'm working at the moment on the forthcoming Kiske / Somerville album at Martin Schmidt's Audiospezialist Strudio in Stuttgart. Amanda is nearlly finished with her vocal parts and we're all totally impressed by her performance. We have still some more sessions to go, but I'm really looking forward for this release around summer 2010! Magnus Karlsson has recorded some more killer guitars and Sander Gommans will record some add. lead guitars soon! Stay tuned!
Nov 21st, 2009 - News Update!
Our thoughts are with Ralf & his family these days. All things are relative and of course our daily rage & anger regarding the loss of a family member......
The Primal Fear Gallery Section is updated with some pics of the great Viva La Swabia Tour - more to come and we can announce the first shows for the next year. We will play our first ever show in Luxemburg and we will support the Rock For One World festival in our hometown Esslingen/Germany again! We're working on more dates in Europe, a full North American tour and a lot of festival appearances in 2010 - more updates soon!
The Viva La Swabia Tour is finally over and we're still overwhelmed by the positive response and the mostly packed venues. Thanks to our crew - Achim Koehler (FoH), Arne Lakenmacher (Tour Manager), Martin Mueller (Lights), Neil Witchard (Backline), Diac Breenkoetter (Backline), Duce Faradacco (Backline), Krusty Wagner (Merch) & BS' Andy Flache (Backline) for a great time on the road. ITM Agency & all the local promoters. Our supporters & sponsors, Brainstorm - great band & great partners and last not least all the fans out there for joining us on the road - you rule!
Oct 29th, 2009 - News Update - Business & more!
Hello from the Primal Fear Tour! Just finished the show in Milano and it was cool! Spain was a blast and Bordeaux was great as always. Now I'm looking forward for the show tomorrow in Switzerland, where we record the concert as a part of our forthcoming Primal Fear DVD & Live CD!
I have some more business news to offer today:
ITM Agency and Level 10 Music, represented by Frank Suepfle and Mat Sinner, have signed a long-term management cooperation. Both companies have already managed acts like Primal Fear, U.D.O., Sinner & more!
The first signing of this new cooperation are the two 16 year old girls Daria Kips and Raquel Pastrana, simply called DARA. "DARA, is a very promising and professional act. We’re looking forward to our cooperation and a fantastic forthcoming album" says Sinner and Suepfle. DARA is produced by Wolfgang Filz (LaFee) and the songwriter team of Fitty Wienhold & Igor Gianola (U.D.O.).
The second new signing is the five-piece band "Vernissage" fronted by Gabriella and Maria Kim. „Vernissage“ is not only a band. Their music and their visual concept is outstanding and something very special. Atmosphere, guitar riffs and an extravagant visual performance are unique. Currently the band is recording new material with the acclaimed producer Waldemar Sorychta (Lacuna Coil, Moonspell etc.)!
More news soon – contact: www.itm-agency.com
Oct 18th, 2009 - North American Dates & UK done, Update On The European Tour!
We had a blast on the shows in the US & Canada - some photos are posted on the Primal Fear page - Gallery section. Thx a lot to all our fans attending the concerts and had such a great time with us. We promise to come back soon!
After a little rest and the great UK shows in London, Dudley and a killer showin Belgium, we will start our 4 week European Tour on Friday in Barcelona. We've added two shows in Norway and an additional show in Germany / Berlin on Nov. 1st - we're looking forward to meet you on the road and have a blast out there! Check the updates in Live Section and see you soon.
We've made some more future plans for next year with another bunch of European shows and we're in negotiations for another tour through North America in 2010. During the next days, we can confirm some fantastic summer open air festivals and we're working on a document of the 16.6 tour for you! The Primal Fear web & the My Space page will be updated with news during the tour!
left to right: Neil (BL), Arne (FoH), Alex, Mat, Tommy (BL),Pamela Moore (Guest), Ralf,
Henny &Randy after the final show in Montreal, Canada
Aug 24th, 2009 - South America Tour Report Online & More!
You can check out the Official Tour Report of the South America dates on my MY SPACE page - check it out with a lot of nice pictures of a great and exhausting tour with a lot of exyciting moments! Next - Primal Fear North American dates!
July 31st, 2009 - Rock Meets Classic Tour Announced!
Mat will tour with the RMC band & choir as Musical Director in January 2010 with Rocklegends Lou Gramm (Foreigner), Bobby Kimball (Toto), Dan McCafferty (Nazareth) and the Bohemian Symphonic Orchestra Prague and conductor Philipp Maier. The Rock Meets Classic tour agency Tourneen.Com announced 14 shows in Germany and Netherlands. The RMC band features Primal Fear guitarist Henny Wolter, drummer Martin Schmidt, keyboarder Jimmy Kresic and backing vocalists Amanda Somerville & Verena Schock - more news will be announced soon!
July 10th, 2009 - New Webshop Launched!
We're happy to announce the launch of our own webshop - you can find a lot of Primal Fear and Sinner stuff and some specials from time to time. Check out the link - if you have a question, don't hesitate to ask. Our team will answer every question asap! Enjoy!
July 05th, 2009 - New Update!
Great news from the German magazines Rock It! (16.6 Pos.1 in the Soundcheck) and Breakout (Hall Of Fame). We will have some more interesting news and a new look for our Tourdates section. We will open our own merchandise store during the next days too with some exclusive offers! Stay tuned and have a great weekend! Here's the latest shot from the Metalway festival in Zaragoza Spain featuring Voodoo Circle guitarist Alex Beyrodt!
BW&BK reports - PRIMAL FEAR Guitarist Becomes A Father, Voodoo Circle Axe Steps In As Temporary Replacement! PRIMAL FEAR guitarist Magnus Karlsson has checked in with the following update: "The twins Sixten and Svante were born yesterday 11:00am and everyone is fine! Big babies that were singing the latest ARCH ENEMY hit the moment they came out! Goodbye to sleep :-) Glad Midsommar!" Germany #46, Sweden #52 and now Japan on Pos. 28 - it's unbelieveable and we want thank all of you out there for your help. We've never received such a good feeback for an album and it's a great time for Primal Fear.
May 10th, 2009 - 16.6 - enjoy the new Primal Fear video clip and don't support illegal downloads!
Primal Fear - Six Times Dead (16.6)
April 28th, 2009 - 16.6 Pre-Order, New Videoclip & Tourdates
PRIMAL FEAR will exclusively present the new Videoclip “Six Times Dead (16.6)” for the first time on the band’s myspace page www.myspace.com/primalfearofficial on May 8! It will also be featured in the "Cool Video" page on myspace
PRIMAL FEAR have scheduled summer tour dates in support of the forthcoming release of the new amazing album “16.6. (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)" - please check the Tourdates Section incl. one brand new show - PF is confirmed for the Rock Gone Wild festival on August Sat. 22nd in Algona, Iowa - USA! The European Tour will be announced in some days - stay tuned!
You can Pre-Order the new Primal Fear album on Amazon now - www.amazon.de
March 28th, 2009 - 16.6 Cover Artwork Revealed & a lot of NEWS!
Frontiers Records proudly announces the release of PRIMAL FEAR new studio album 16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead) on May 22nd in Europe and June 9th in the USA.
’s history. The vibe of songs like the opening track “Riding The Eagle”, “Killbound” or “Under The Radar” are reminiscent of the “Nuclear Fire” album but eh whole album features all the trademarks of the Primal Fear sound a the total dedication to pure Metal. There is also a new approach mixed with the trademark PF riffs in tracks like “Six Times Dead (16.6)”, “Soar”, “Smith & Wesson” as well as the epic stories, consummate musicianship, courage and fantastic melodies in songs like “Black Rain”, “No Smoke Without Fire”, “Torn” and the stylistically new ballad “Hands Of Time” with 4 band members all sharing the lead-vocals.
“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)
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