PRIMAL FEAR have issued the following update:

"Primal Fear To Enter Studio In Early February...

We will start with the recordings for our new studio album. The final pre-production is running smooth at the moment and we're very satisfied with the songwriting and the creative process. We can't wait to start and are more than a 100% motivated and focused! We will finally enter the recording studio in the beginning of February.

We've decided to record again at the House Of Music studio in Winterbach, Germany. Mat Sinner is producing again with engineer and co-producer Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, SAXON, HALFORD, HAMMERFALL, etc.) who recorded and co-produced Seven Seals. We plan to record the first period till March 6th, then we will have a short break and we're going on the road with SINNER. Later in March we will record another vocal section with Ralf Scheepers and then we will move to the famous Galaxy Studio in Mol, Belgium to mix and master the album with Ronald Prent (IRON MAIDEN, DEF LEPPARD, RAMMSTEIN, MANOWAR, etc.). The album will feature 11 tracks, including a duet of Ralf sharing the lead vocals with a very well-known female singer.

Songtitles set to appear on the follow-up to 2005's Seven Seals include 'Save Me', 'Fighting The Darkness', 'The Curse Of Sharon', 'Psycho', 'The Final Word', 'Every Time It Rains' and some more. The music will follow the path of Seven Seals with orchestral arrangements, but will include some real shredding heavy metal tunes!

Metal Is Forever - The Very Best Of Primal Fear (JVC/Victor) eneterd the Burrn charts in Japan on #23.

New Releases: Mat & Tom will release their new Sinner album, Mask Of Sanity tomorrow in Europe, followed by domestic releases in Japan/Asia, USA/Canada, Australia and South America. A tour will follow with the first leg in March and a second in May. On February 23rd, Mat is involved in another release, GODDESS SHIVA!"

Stay tuned for further updates.