Seven Seals (album)
Seven Seals is the sixth album by the German power metal band Primal Fear, released on 15 October 2005. It is the first album with artwork which does not contain a scene depicting their bird-of-prey mascot, but instead a logo based upon it (a burning version of which is also seen on their next studio album New Religion).
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Released | 15 October 2005 | |||
Recorded | House of Music Studios (Winterbach, Germany). Additional recordings at The Warehouse Studio (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, power metal | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Mat Sinner Stefan Leibing & Charlie Bauerfeind | |||
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A music video was made for "Seven Seals".
Album Concept
The album is about the battle between Heaven and Hell and how angels and demons will be affected by it. The song "Evil Spell" tries to explain that not all demons are evil creatures, but they "live under evil spells". The song "Seven Seals" is speaking of the Seven Seals broken in the Book of Revelation. The Fourth Seal is The Pale Horse whose rider is named Death "and Hell followed with Him".
Track listing
All songs written by Mat Sinner, Stefan Leibing, Tom Naumann and Ralf Scheepers, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Demons and Angels" | 5:32 | |
2. | "Rollercoaster" | 4:28 | |
3. | "Seven Seals" | Sinner, Tobias Lundgren, Ronny Milianowicz | 3:54 |
4. | "Evil Spell" | 4:32 | |
5. | "The Immortal Ones" | 4:19 | |
6. | "Diabolus" | Sinner, Lundgren, Milianowicz | 7:54 |
7. | "All for One" | 7:53 | |
8. | "Carniwar" | 3:17 | |
9. | "Question of Honour" (Sinner cover) | Sinner, Naumann | 7:26 |
10. | "In Memory" | 5:07 | |
Total length: | 54:22 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Union" | 5:11 |
2. | "Higher Power" | 4:30 |
3. | "Seven Seals" (Video) | |
Total length: | 64:03 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Union" | 5:11 |
Total length: | 59:33 |
Personnel
- Ralf Scheepers – lead vocal
- Stefan Leibing – guitars, keyboards
- Tom Naumann – guitars
- Mat Sinner – bass guitar, backing vocal
- Randy Black – drums
Additional Musicians
- Matz Ulmer – keyboards, string arrangements
Production
- Mat Sinner – producer
- Charlie Bauerfeind – producer, engineering
- Mike Cashin – mixing (additional)
- Nikolai Wurk – engineering (additional)
- Mike Fraser – mixing
- Achim "Akeem" Köhler – mastering
- Paul Silveira – engineering (additional)
- Katja Piolka – photography, layout, design
- Martin Häusler – cover art