September 1, 2023

[quote cite=“Mat Sinner“] Now’s not the time to sing regarding rock ‘n’ roll, girls and drinks[/quote]

The last few years have not been exactly rosy for Mat Sinner, the bassist and mastermind of numerous bands. After the pandemic was before the serious illness. But Mat was always a fighter and so he jumped off the shovel once more, even though he had already dug a pretty deep hole for him.

Now he’s in touch PRIMAL FEAR and their 13th album “Code Red” returned.

“After my serious illness, this album was my musical way back to normality,” says Sinner. “Code Red was the first production I was able to take part in once more. That was an incisive experience. I was overjoyed to be able to be creative with the guys in the studio once more. It meant the world to me making this album.”

And as it should be for a Power Metal institution, they don’t dally around for long, but hit immediately and with full vehemence. It doesn’t matter whether it’s “Another Hero”, “Bring That Noise”, “Raged By Pain” or “Steelmelter” – no prisoners are taken here and the riffs are fired out of the speakers and straight into the listener’s brain. Musically has become the last work „Metal Commando“ (2020) hardly changed anything, except for the content of the eleven songs.

“Now’s not the time to sing regarding rock ‘n’ roll, girls and drinks,” Mat Sinner said of Code Red. According to him, the world is heading more and more towards the abyss and the end, you can hardly listen to the news anymore because it has almost nothing positive to report. But he also takes the so-called “Cancel Culture” to task with the song of the same name: “There are countries where you simply disappear if you speak your mind. These are unacceptable conditions.” so with sinners. “But I’m not giving in. I’ve always been a rebel, I don’t feel like conforming. And I don’t have to play in certain countries either, it’s that simple.”

Personally, I have to say that I really enjoy just switching off with music and banal lyrics. That also has that certain something in times like this.

With “Code Red”, PRIMAL FEAR return to their old heydays, of course also thanks to the voice of Ralf Scheepers, who – one simply has to say – seems to get better and better with age. Mat noticed that too, which is why his organ was mixed a little louder.

An album that once more sets a mark in the vita of PRIMAL FEAR and represents the return to life for Mat Sinner. A Power Metal hurricane that doesn’t just sweep away, but will carry many along with its violence.