More Primal Fear! Melting faces and belting vocals since 1997, and they’re still at it. This time it’s Far Away, which is much nearer than the September 5th release of their next album. But wherever you are, this song shreds!
This has all the hallmarks of a good Primal Fear song, with Ralf Scheeper’s vocals soaring over big fast driving drums and awesome guitar work. It’s pretty awesome that they do the ultra combo of super noodly guitar solo, back to back guitar poses during a breakdown, then a followup guitar solo or two. And there’s a lefty lady guitarist kicking ass. Her name is Thalìa Bellazecca and is bringing some awesome lefty representation to metal!
The video is a combo studio session and green screen performing, so they look like they’re rocking out in a star destroyer hanger. It’s fun watching the bassist in the video, he’s kinda lackadaisical, or it looks like he’s hitting every other note. Or his hand is so fast I can only see some of the strums. It’s a pretty solid look, and thankfully doesn’t feel like AI nonsense behind the band. I don’t need that AI nonsense in my metal.
Also here’s a recap on the difference between near and far.