Ralf Scheepers
Ralf Scheepers (born 5 February 1965) is a German singer and the lead vocalist for the heavy metal band Primal Fear. He has also sung in Gamma Ray and Tyran' Pace. Scheepers has also provided guest vocals for the bands Avantasia, Xandria, Scanner, Therion, Ayreon and Shadow Gallery, and worked with Tom Galley on Phenomena's Blind Faith album.
Ralf Scheepers
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- 1965
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- Germany
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- singer · musician
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- heavy metal music
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Ralf Scheepers (born 5 February 1965) is a German singer and the lead vocalist for the heavy metal band Primal Fear. He has also sung in Gamma Ray and Tyran' Pace. Scheepers has also provided guest vocals for the bands Avantasia, Xandria, Scanner, Therion, Ayreon and Shadow Gallery, and worked with Tom Galley on Phenomena's Blind Faith album.
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He currently provides instruction for all around singing, music, studio and recording/processing techniques at the RS Vocal Works in Baltmannsweiler, Germany. Writer Paul Stenning has described him as "the greatest example of strength in metal."
The formation of Primal Fear (1997) coincided with the rumor that Scheepers was a candidate to succeed Rob Halford at Judas Priest the year before. In an interview from 2012, Scheepers confirmed that he knew of his name on the shortlist, but at the same time pointed out that he had never been invited to a rehearsal. The then Priest guitarist K.K. Downing explicitly mentions Scheepers in his autobiography ('Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest', 2018), as one of the few suitable candidates: "And there weren't many candidates. Ralf Scheepers, who at that time was singing in Gamma Ray, was definitely a possibility, but nothing came of that.".
The German speed/power metal band Primal Fear at the Rockharz Open Air 2014 in Ballenstedt/Germany
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The German speed/power metal band Primal Fear at the Rockharz Open Air 2014 in Ballenstedt/Germany
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TOBIAS SAMMET'S AVANTASIA - The Wicked Rule The Night feat. Ralf Scheepers (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO) (2022) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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- 1.Sharpe-Young, Garry. Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu. Jawbone Press. 346–347. 2007. 9781906002015.
- 2.XANDRIA Share Music Video For New Single "You Will Never Be Our God" Feat. PRIMAL FEAR's RALF SCHEEPERS. Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles.
- 3.http://www.ralfscheepers.com/Home.html, Scheepers. www.ralfscheepers.com/Home.html.
- 4.BravePicks 2020 - the Scribes Speak! Paul Stenning.
- 5.PRIMAL FEAR VOCALIST RALF SCHEEPERS - 'I WAS NEVER INVITED TO REHEARSE WITH JUDAS PRIEST'. 2012.
- 6.K. K. Downing. Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest. Little, Brown Book Group. 227. 2018. 978-1-472-12870-6.
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