Jaws of Death

Jaws of Death

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
1999 and sophomore release by this metal band featuring Ralf Scheepers (Gamma Ray) and former Sinner members Mats Sinner and Tom Nuamann.

Tracks:

Intro
War Is All We Know
Murders Muse
Go To Hell!
I Love The Pigs
Tormentor
Eight Lock
The Ultimate Bohab
Destroyed
The One Will Not Be Named
Back In The Crack
Schools Out

Customer Reviews:

i'd give it 666 stars if i could..........2007-02-23

gwar!!!
what more can i say?
never a bad album...

GWAR has done it again with a concept album.......2007-02-21

So we count 2006 and two years has passed since the splendid 'War Party' release, with extensive touring following it. Being on 'sounds of the underground' tour two years in a row (three with 2007) definitely cranks up expectations for a new GWAR record, also said to be a conceptual one.

And it is damn good. While 'Beyond Hell' may not have as many catchy tracks as 'War Party' does, it makes up for it in it's entirety. Production is greeat, story is enjoyable, the songs makes you want to listen to the disc over and over. What I especially like about it is that GWAR has taken on a somewhat more serious edge, continuing the trend from the last albums. 'Tormentor' may have a chorus with somewhat cheesy choir, but a blistering solo, depth in the verses, and great lyrics makes it my favorite track. 'Eighth lock' which is becoming the second video off the album is a deep, penetrating one, in-your-face metal.

The Alice Cooper cover at the end is negligable, but of course we know it was made to get GWAR some airplay. It's not bad, but doesn't really add anything either.

Pete Townshend has done a brilliant job with production, Cory Smoot who is a most talented musician has lifted GWAR's musical level, and with the stage show and charisma of the solid members this makes for an excellent experience. GWAR rules, long live GWAR! 5/5.

Gwar has jumped the shark .......2006-12-19

I saw Gwar the other night in NYC. they blew. They played mostly new songs that no one knew. And when they did play older songs they played them really slow and boring. The between song skits were extremley lame. bring out the gwar protester, priest, ect.. three minuetes of insulting each other, then chop their head off and spray the crowd with fake blood. It really has gotten old.. I never though I would get sick of this once great band but i never thought I would hate the new Star Wars movies either.. Gwar has really given up on doing anything new or original. Even the might Immortal Corruptor wasn't enough to bring me back into the show. I was there with three other HUGE Gwar fans and we all walked out as Sick of You was starting.. I'm done with this band.

not bad.......2006-12-06

this album is for the most part very similar musically to war party, tho i like the lyrics a bit better, and the vocals are a bit clearer. a pretty solid release. only thing i got against it really is the style of the music, personally i liked the style on violence has arrived better. although this is no america must be destroyed, i'd still recomend it if your a gwar fan. favorite songs- Go to Hell, The Ultimate Bohab, Murderers Muse

I Wish There Was a 3.5 Stars Rating.......2006-11-30

This review refers to the special edition that comes with the DVD. I watched the DVD before listening to the album, and some of the extras on there just had me rolling! The "Meet Dave Brockie" interviews are hilarious, with him pretending(?) to be some wigged-out junkie trying to pawn off some recently stolen items on the interviewer. "This is a really nice toaster oven!" The "Moscow Metal Moment" is really funny too. Heck, the DVD's great.

The packaging on this is superb. Clear graphics, a full lyric sheet with text in between the songs weaving the whole thing into a single narrative, a poster and a 6-panel gatefold sleeve. Big budget for sure. Perhaps that's why it took so long to get mine :-) I couldn't find this item in stock anywhere locally, and it took Amazon 6 days to ship it to me.

As to the CD, I really only like half of it. The first half is much stronger than the second in my opinion, with "Tormentor" being the best song on the album. I love that song. The production quality is top notch though. It's not that the latter half of the album sucks, but there's nothing in the songs really to set them apart; to make me want to listen to them over and over, or to make me want to individually throw them on a mix CD.

I'd put this album on par with War Party, although the special edition is better than War Party because of the hilarious DVD extras. I really like half of War Party, and the rest I never listen to. I'm thinking it'll be the same with this one. Also, I'd just like to say that I think "School's Out" is a totally lame choice in terms of a GWAR cover song. It just smacks of record-label pressure, like the label told GWAR if they were going to get behind this release they'd need something to play on the radio. Bah! If GWAR were set on covering an Alice Cooper song, the "Ballad of Dwight Frye" would have been much more apropos.

Still, I'm seeing the Scumdogs in less than a week here in Atlanta, and I can't wait!

Average customer rating:

Judas Priest clone? eh, maybe not...
Jaws of Death Explodes!!
Inferior to Nuclear Fire by a hair's breadth!
Make it three and half....
Too critical

Jaws of Death
Primal Fear
Manufacturer: Nuclear Blast Americ
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Black Sun
Nuclear Fire
Primal Fear
Devil's Ground
Seven Seals

ASIN: B00000JIR8
Release Date: 1999-07-27

Tracks:

Jaws Of Death
Final Embrace
Save A Prayer
Chuch Of Blood
Into The Future
Under Your Spell
Play To Kill
Nation In Fear
When The Night Comes
Fight To Survive
Hatred In My Soul
Kill The King

Album Description

1999 and sophomore release by this metal band featuring Ralf Scheepers (Gamma Ray) and former Sinner members Mats Sinner and Tom Nuamann.

Customer Reviews:

Judas Priest clone? eh, maybe not..........2007-02-09

OK, first a little background on the formation of Primal Fear. From a German Power Metal band called Gamma Ray that spawned from the '80s band Helloween came Ralf Scheepers. Ralf Scheepers left Helloween to form Gamma Ray. He sang for Gamma Ray for their first four albums. By this time, Judas Priest was doing auditions for the replacement for Rob Halford. Ralf Scheepers tried out for the job. Didn't get it. Came in third. Of course, Tim "Ripper" Owens got it. Anyway, Ralf was determined to show the metal world that he had the pipes to replace Halford and formed Primal Fear. OK, got it? Good.

Well, Primal Fear's first debut 'self-titled' album was what some people thought that Judas Priest should have done instead of "Jugulator". Which may be true. It sounded very Judas "Painkiller" Priesty. But now with their second album "Jaws of Death", the band has expanded their sound which gives them a slightly more original sound. EDIT: Actually, after futher and closer listening, Primal Fear, at least with this album, sound like what early '80s Ozzy Ozbourne and Def Leppard would have sounded like had Rob Halford been the singer. You get guitar wails similar to what Rhandy Rhoads did and later what Zakk Wylde would do. You also get a bit of that High N' Dry and Pyromania guitar riff sound from Def Leppard. But mostly an Ozzy sound over-all with Halford on vocals, but updated to the new millenium's metal scene.

That said, if you like old school metal from the early to mid '80s especially Judas Priest and Ozzy, but can't really stomach Hammerfall's really, really old school sound, then Primal Fear is a great alternate choice.

Jaws of Death Explodes!!.......2002-05-03

This piece of primar fear work is definitely their best effort...more driving riffs, and very catchy, yet not trendy choruses (save a prayer, church of blood) that even have harmony!!! Like three step harmony....not quite Alice In Chains "Dirt" harmony (the best metal harmony album ever), but pretty close. The combo, of slow, crunchy riffs (church of blood, When the night comes) and heavy, somewhat faster crunches (save a prayer) mixed with Ralf's kickin' vocals and backup harmonies, makes this definitely Primal Fear's best effort, and one of my favorite CD's (Have had it in my CD player for over a month straight, you know that's good). I have been listening to metal for almost 20 years and have only a handful of bands that I really look forward to hearing new music from (Maiden, Slayer, Megadeth, Priest,). But, this band is one of if not the best new straight ahead metal band without the stupid Alt Rock trendiness to come about in the last 5 years. The reason for this is due to the fact that they're from Europe where the metal has stayed pure when America metal turned into Alt Rock/watered down ... music. Primal Fear Kicks [bootie]..........Anyway, Jaws of Daeth really is good to listen to.

Brian, Redding CA

Inferior to Nuclear Fire by a hair's breadth!.......2001-11-10

When I bought the first Primal Fear album earlier this year I was impressed. A few months later I bought 'Nuclear Fire', which is in my oppinion the best metal release of the year. I bought this album's successor first because a review I read said that Nuclear Fire was superior. I bought this album recently and I think that this is ONLY JUST inferior to Nuclear Fire. I think the change in guitarist (Stefan Leibing's new guitaring partner is Henny Wolter, formerly of Thunderhead and still a member of Sinner) made this slight difference, although Ralf Scheepers new haircut may have resulted in increased airflow around his head, cooling his brain and increasing his songwriting ability.

This album is truly excellent with some of the best songwriting and technical musicianship I have ever heard. This album and it's successor are in my oppinion among the classic albums of metal. If you like Nuclear Fire then this is an album you should own. I can thoroughly recommend it. Fans of Judas Priest's 'Painkiller' will also love this album. I cannot wait for the new album, being recorded at the moment, to come out next year. If Primal Fear can make improvements for the third album in a row then the new album will be astounding.

Make it three and half...........2001-10-17

I must admit, after buying this shortly after Nuclear Fire I didn't like it that much. I found it much more lacking in melody and riffs than it's sequel.

However, upon listening to it more it's grown on me. It's not as good as it's sucessor, however it is more experimental and more than just a Judas Priest 'Painkiller' rip off which their first album certainly was.

Tracks like 'Under Your Spell' and 'When The Night Comes' slow down, but up the groove in the process and are really catchy. There is more experimentation with strings and other effects on the intro's as well. This classyness isn't true of every track though admitedly. But stand out 'Nuclear Fire' style metal tracks include 'Church Of Blood', 'Nation In Fear', 'Final Embrace' and 'Hatred In My Soul'.

You do have to let it grow on you, but it is more complicated than the straight ahead style of their first release. It's just some of the riffs let it down here and there. When you buy this, your buying it for five or six stand out tracks really, not the entire album (which is certainly case with their next album), but 'Under Your Spell' is one of their best songs though. Overall it's not as bad as people are making out, but you do have to let it grow on you.

(p.s. On a completely superficial note, the box it comes in is this really cool hardback digipack thing with lots of lovely reflecty bits on it so you could probably reclycle this and use it as some sort of reflective device, perhaps a mirror. That's if you are really unsatisfied with it that is. You shouldn't be though)

Too critical.......2001-01-23

THis CD is great and is the epitome of heavy metal especially in this day and age. I'm no slouch as I listen to Hammerfall, Priest, Gamma Ray, Maiden, and a slew of other great metal bands and this is a great buy.

Average customer rating:

100% PURE METAL!!!!!!!!!

Jaws of Death
Primal Fear
Manufacturer: Jvc Victor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

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Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000JSTV
Release Date: 1999-06-23

Tracks:

Jaws of Death
Final Embrace
Save a Prayer
Church of Blood
Into the Future
Under Your Spell
Play to Kill
Nation in Fear
When the Night Comes
Fight to Survive
Hatred in My Soul
Kill the King

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

100% PURE METAL!!!!!!!!!.......2004-01-03

Amazing!!!
the best band i listening in years since the 80's decade, the riffs and solos are fast, great harmonies, feel the fear inside your hears, brain and body, if you are a real metal fan you love it when you hear the GERMAN boys of PRIMAL FEAR...
i think the real metal lives forever in europe i dont know why the new bands forgot work hard in their albums when you hear the new metal is the same S*%T all, bad solos, bad lyrics, bad covers its like pop!!!

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Primal Fear/Jaws of Death

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000B2WK8W
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Album Description

The first two albums from Primal Fear for the price of one! With their self-titled debut the band went straight to #48 on the German charts and marked the first step of the German Metal Commando on their way to the top of Europe's leading Heavy Metal acts. The follow up, Jaws Of Death presented Primal Fear musically more sophisticated, more aggressive. Nuclear Blast. 2005.

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Jaws Of Death
Primal Fear
Manufacturer: Nuclear Blast
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000LX3JFE

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