Ralf Scheepers | |
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) Ralf Scheepers performing live in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 5 February 1965 Esslingen, Germany |
| Genres | Heavy metal, power metal, speed metal |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, keyboards |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Associated acts | Primal Fear, Gamma Ray, Tyran' Pace |
Ralf Scheepers (born 5 February 1965) is the vocalist for German heavy metal band Primal Fear.[1] He has a relatively high-pitched tenor-esque singing voice and sometimes uses a shriek reminiscent of Judas Priest's Rob Halford, although it is his baritone lows which give him a near four-octave range in the modal register. He has also sung in Gamma Ray and Tyran' Pace. Scheepers has also done guest vocals for the bands Scanner, Therion, Ayreon, and Shadow Gallery, and worked with Tom Galley on Phenomena's Blind Faith album. He currently provides instruction for all around singing, music, studio and recording/processing techniques at RS Vocal Works in Baltmannsweiler, Germany.[2]
Discography
Primal Fear
1997–present
- Primal Fear (1998)
- Jaws of Death (1999)
- Nuclear Fire (2001)
- EP - Horrorscope (2002)
- Black Sun (2002)
- DVD - The History of Fear (2003)
- Devil's Ground (2004)
- Seven Seals (2005)
- Metal Is Forever : The Very Best of Primal Fear (2006)
- New Religion (2007)
- 16.6: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2009)
- Live in the USA (2010)
- DVD - 16.6 All over the World (2010)
- Unbreakable (2012)
- Delivering the Black (2014)
- Rulebreaker (2016)
- Best Of Fear (2017)
- Apocalypse (2018)
- Metal Commando (2020)
Tyran' Pace
- Eye to Eye (1983)
- Long Live Metal (1984)
- Watching You (1986)
Gamma Ray
- Heading for Tomorrow (1990)
- DVD/VHS/LASERDISC - Heading for the East (1990)
- Sigh No More (1991)
- Insanity and Genius (1993)
- DVD/VHS/LASERDISC - Lust for Live (1993)
- DVD/VHS/LASERDISC Power of Metal (1994) live compilation together with Rage, Conception, and Helicon
- The Best (of) (2015)
F.B.I.
- Hell on Wheels (1993)
Solo
- Scheepers (2011)
Blackwelder
- Survival of the Fittest (2015)
Michael Schenker Group
- ’’Immortal’’ (2021)
Guest appearances
- Scanner - Hypertrace (1988)
- German Rock Project - Let Love Conquer the World (1991)
- Brainstorm – Hungry (1997)
- Roland Grapow - The Four Seasons of Life (1997)
- Scanner - Ball of the Damned (1997)
- Pink Cream 69 - Electrified (1998)
- Therion - Vovin (1998)
- Therion - Crowning of Atlantis (1999)
- Ayreon - Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator (2000)
- VA - Catch The Rainbow : A Tribute to Rainbow (2000)
- VA - German Rock Stars - Wings of Freedom (2001)
- Tribuzy - Execution (2005)
- Tribuzy - Execution Live Reunion (2007)
- Shadow Gallery - Digital Ghosts (2009)
- Solna - Eurameric (2009)
- Phenomena - Blind Faith (2010)
- Dragony - Legends (2011)
- Helker - Somewhere in the Circle (2013)
- Highlord - The Warning After (2013)
- Nergard - Memorial for a Wish (2013)
- Rage of Angels - Dreamworld (2013)
- Magnus Karlsson - Free Fall (2013)
- Pamela Moore - Resurrect Me (2013)
- Domination - Doom in Nation (2013)
- Mägo de Oz - The Black Book (2013)
- Hellcircles - Prelude to Decline (2014)
- Desert - Never Regret (2015)
- Gaelbah - Häxan (2015)
- Graveshadow - Blink (2015)
- Hansen - XXX : 30 Years Of Metal (2016)
- Derdian - Revolution Era (2016)
- The Rose of Lilith - Soulless (2017)
- Soulspell Metal Opera - The Second Big Bang (2017)
- Europica - Part One (2017)
- Hellbound - Overlords (2020)
References
- ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (2007). Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu. Jawbone Press. pp. 346–347. ISBN 9781906002015. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ [1], Scheepers. www.ralfscheepers.com/Home.html.