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New Religion |  | Artist: Primal Fear
Label: Locomotive Spain
Category: Music
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Rating:  10 reviews
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 872967002485
EAN: 0872967002485
ASIN: B0010V4TSW
Release Date: January 29, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Sign of Fear | | • | Face the Emptiness | | • | Everytime It Rains - Primal Fear, Allan, Brian | | • | New Religion - Primal Fear, Fransson, Johan | | • | Fighting the Darkness: Fighting the Darkness - Primal Fear, Fransson, Johan | | • | Fighting the Darkness: The Darkness - Primal Fear, Fransson, Johan | | • | Reprise - Primal Fear, | | • | Blood on Your Hands | | • | The Curse of Sharon | | • | Too Much Time | | • | Psycho | | • | World on Fire | | • | The Man (That I Don't Know) |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
 A good album, not their best, but worth having. May 11, 2009
VK (Plano, TX)
It is a nice album, with good songs, following their path of German Power Metal mixed with Judas Priest (during the verses of Sign of Fear and New Religion, if you don't know which band you are listening to, you wonder if the singer is Halford, hence if the band is Judas Priest). They added some modern-metal details - some synthesized guitars on New Religion and the 3rd track, Every Time it Rains, sounds SO MUCH like Evanescence...but still not so much to change their style.
The main thing that I can criticize from this album is that the songs, though powerful and catchy, are a bit simple. They took an overall simple approach to the album, so they jump to the choruses too quickly without developing the songs a bit more. All songs are between 3 and 4 minutes long and they all consist in 2 or 3 different parts and that's it. The guitar work is sometimes pretty flat; a couple of songs don't have a guitar solo at all and some of those that do have solos, are simply 1 or 2 verses long solos with almost no double guitar work, which is one of the things I enjoy the most in metal.
I'd say that this album doesn't measure up with Jaws of Death, Nuclear Fire or Seven Seals or Black Sun but it is definitely better than Devil's Ground, so it is still money very well spent.
The Magnus Karlsson era begins.... April 6, 2009
Geoff M. Blair (Batesville, AR USA)
With Tom Naumann out(again), Magnus makes perfect sense. I have the first Allen/Lande album, with Magnus not only playing guitar, but apparently writing and producing about everything on it. And its very good. I'm not sure why one of the other reviewers thinks bands "lose power" over time, I havent really found that at all. And I dont notice that on this disc either. New Religion has some gems....the "Darkness/Fighting the Darkness" idea stands out, along with "Psycho". Ralf, Mat, and Randy will give you a blast of power metal consistently, what more could you want?
 New Religion November 19, 2008
Metal Norm
New Religion is a very good power metal cd. probaly one of PF's best I rank it right up there with Nuclear Fire. This album sounds very smooth and polished.Ralf sounds great on this album. I think this might be his best vocals yet just check out Sign OF Fear. This album does seems to have more radio friendly songs like Everytime It Rains(with Simone Simons from Epica) and Fighting the Darkness but I dont feel that it takes anything away from the album. As for The rest of the album it sounds like some good old fasion power metal.If you are a fan of Primal Fear this album is definetly worth picking up. If you are new to Primal fear this is a good starting point. If you want to check out some other PF albums I say go with Nuclear Fire next.
 In fact 3 1/2 August 29, 2008
Ramón Arreaza (Caracas, Venezuela)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
For me this album is OK. But why bands lose "power" after several cds? are they using "quality" instead "power"?. Face the emptiness, New Religion and Sign of fear are very good songs.... nevertheless, the rest of the album could be powerless.... you can feel a long "balad" among the cd while listening..... which is booooring¡¡¡¡¡ but with quality.
Well, when I'm listening to this album, after 5 songs I change to Nuclear Fire.
Oh. My. GOD!!! April 12, 2008
Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Every once in a while, an album will come along that not-so-subtly reminds you that you don't know as much as you think you do about a band. Primal Fear's latest release New Religion is one of those albums. I sampled a couple of Primal Fear discs a few years ago (Nuclear Fire and Jaws of Death) and assumed I knew all I needed to about the band - that they were a Judas Priest worshipping power metal band, and not a terribly memorable one at that. Imagine my surprise when the band hit the stage at last year's ProgPower USA festival. Primal Fear delivered a set of melodic power metal so intense that I literally had to pick my jaw up off the floor. A buddy explained that while their early work paled in comparison to the band's later albums, particularly their 2007 release New Religion.
After experiencing Primal Fear live, there was no way in Hell I was going to pass this album up. And even after that live performance, I think I still underestimated this album. Well, I can admit when I was wrong, and this is me doing so. New Religion is easily the best power metal album I've heard since Blind Guardian's last release, and that's saying something. The heart of the album is the same Judas Priest-influenced power metal I remember from earlier albums, but with a much more mature and melodic style (think Gamma Ray with more um...testicular fortitude). Keyboards are used more prominently on this album, and there are also some tastefully utilized orchestral elements. One particularly bright spot is the song Face the Emptiness, in which Ralf Scheepers duets with Epica vocalist Simone Simons. Speaking of Scheepers, this guy is like a force of nature (with unnaturally large biceps). It's easy to see how he came so close to being chosen as Rob Halford's replacement. He's an incredible frontman with real range, and is the perfect counterpoint to bassist and creative force Mat Sinner. I could list all of the standout tracks on this album, but there really isn't a song that doesn't stand out. New Religion is one incredible heavy metal song after another, and if your heart isn't pounding faster after hearing it, you may want to see a doctor.
I usually try and wrap up a review with a recommendation based on the specific genre that an album falls into. With New Religion I can make it real simple. If you love metal, buy this album! I guess if you buy nothing but extreme music, you won't have much use for Primal Fear, but pretty much every other metal fan should hear this.
PS - Magnus Karlsson (Last Tribe/Starbreaker), who made a guest appearance on this album, has since become a full member of Primal Fear. I can only imagine how great their next album will be with such an incredible guitarist/songwriter/producer on board.
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