Primal Fear (album)

Primal Fear is the debut studio album by the German power metal band Primal Fear, released in 1998. The album was re-issued in 2005 by Nuclear Blast in a multibox containing the 1999 album Jaws of Death.

Primal Fear
Studio album by Primal Fear
Released	2 February 1998
Recorded	1997 at Spacepark Studios, House of Music, Winterbach, Germany
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Mat Sinner, Ralf Scheepers, Tom Naumann
Primal Fear chronology
Primal Fear (1998) Jaws of Death (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Primal Fear" (Intro)	0:34
2.	"Chainbreaker"	4:25
3.	"Silver & Gold"	3:11
4.	"Promised Land"	4:23
5.	"Formula One"	4:56
6.	"Dollars"	3:57
7.	"Nine Lives"	3:06
8.	"Tears of Rage"	6:47
9.	"Speedking" (Deep Purple cover)	3:59
10.	"Battalions of Hate"	3:49
11.	"Running in the Dust"	4:37
12.	"Thunderdome"	3:45
Total length:		47:29

2010 remastered bonus track

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Breaker" (Accept cover)	3:30
Total length:		50:59

Personnel

Band members

• Ralf Scheepers – vocals
• Tom Naumann – guitars, keyboards
• Mat Sinner – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
• Klaus Sperling – drums

Additional musicians

• Kai Hansen – lead guitar on "Formula One", "Dollars" and "Speedking"
• Frank Roessler – additional keyboards

Production

• Stephan Lohrmann – cover art
• Mat Sinner – producer
• Achim "Akeem" Köhler – engineering
• Tom Naumann – co-producer
• Ralf Scheepers – co-producer
• Rainer Ill – photography
• H. P. Pietschmann – art direction