PRIMAL FEAR Metal Is Forever CD (2006)

Ralf Scheepers sounds like he was born inside a nuclear reactor and spent his formative years being raised by Judas Priest records. That voice hasn't mellowed. It never will.

Primal Fear are the real thing, the German power metal lifers who never chased trends, never softened the edges, never apologised for loving a riff so much they built entire albums around it. This 2006 double-CD best-of pulls from across their catalogue, the twin-guitar gallop, the chest-cavity vocals, the songs that feel like they were written specifically to be played loud enough to annoy the neighbours. If you missed them first time around because you were busy buying Korn records, this is your correction. Speed metal, power metal, heavy metal, call it what you want, it's relentless and it rules.

2006 double-CD compilation. German speed/power metal. Origin: Germany.

Fans of: Judas Priest, Grave Digger, Accept, Iron Maiden, Hammerfall.