The album was finished under the direction of producer Mat Sinner and engineer and co-producer Charlie Bauerfeind and was mixed by Roland Prent in the Galaxy Studios in Belgium.

Gamma Ray.

After a gig with his Judas Priest cover band Just Priest in which Mat Sinner and Tom Naumann helped out the idea arose to found Primal Fear.

They signed a record deal with Nuclear Blast Records in late 1997.

Their debut album Primal Fear was released in February 1998 and entered the German LP charts at place 48 thus making it one of the highest chart entries of a debut album in German metal.

The same year they toured with metal veterans Running Wild and HammerFall.

Shortly after its release guitarist Tom Naumann left the band due to health problems.

During the tour through Europe, Brazil and Japan he was replaced by Alex Beyrodt.

In January 2000, Henny Wolter joined the band as a permanent replacement.

At the following world tour the band played in the US for the first time and were guests at the Metal Meltdown Festival and the Milwaukee Metalfest.

The next album Black Sun was released on April 29, 2002 and entered the German LP charts at place 55.

Halford-Guitarist Mike Chlasciak contributed the guitar solos for the songs Fear and Armageddon.

The highlight of the following double-headliner tour with fellow band Rage was a gig at the Scala in London.

The same year Henny Wolter left the band and was replaced by the returning Tom Naumann.

With this line-up the band again toured through Brazil and ended the Black Sun tour.

In AprilMay 2003, the band participated in the Metal Gods tour together with Rob Halford, Testament and a few other bands and toured through the US and Canada.

During the Tour drummer Klaus Sperling was replaced by Randy Black.

In February 2004, the 5th album Devils Ground was released and entered the German LP charts at place 67.

April of the same year the band started another world tour in which the band toured through Europe, Japan, the US and South America including one of the bands biggest hits Metal Is Forever.

Directly after the tour the band recorded their 6th album Seven Seals in Vancouver and Stuttgart.

It was released in Fall of 2005 mixed by Mike Frazer in Vancouver.

To promote the album the band went on Europe and Japan tour together with fellow Power Metal band Helloween.

As a parting gift Nuclear Blast released the best of compilation Metal is Forever.

In February 2007, during the recordings for the next album New Religion the band decided after long discussions about the future of the band that Henny Wolter will return as 2nd guitarist and Tom Naumann will leave the band.

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