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16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)
Studio album by Primal Fear
Released	22 May 2009 (2009-05-22)
Recorded	November 2008 – January 2009 at House of Music Studios, Winterbach, Germany
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal, speed metal
Label	Frontiers
Producer	Mat Sinner
Primal Fear chronology
New Religion (2007) 16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) (2009) Unbreakable (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Dangerdog	[1]
Hard Rock Hideout	(8.0/10)[2]
Lords of Metal	(8.5/10)[3]

16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) is the eighth studio album by the German heavy metal band Primal Fear. It is the first album by the band not featuring long-time guitarist Stefan Leibing and the first album featuring new guitarist Magnus Karlsson, and the final album with guitarist Henny Wolter. The band says of the album that it "includes a lot of the vibe of our very first albums" and also "a lot of fresh and new elements".

A music video was made for "Six Times Dead (16.6)".

All songs written by Mat Sinner, Henry Wolter, Magnus Karlsson and Ralf Scheepers

Note

• An enhanced edition release contains the "Six Times Dead (16.6)" music video

• Ralf Scheepers – vocals
• Henny Wolter – guitars, vocals on "Hands of Time"
• Magnus Karlsson – guitars, vocals on "Hands of Time"
• Mat Sinner – bass guitar, backing vocals, vocals on "Hands of Time"
• Randy Black – drums

Additional Musicians

• Dennis Ward – backing vocals

• Ted Jensen – Mastering
• Jack Breyer – Mixing (additional)
• Mat Sinner – Producer
• Sonja Müller – Mixing (additional)
• Katja Piolka – Cover art, Photography
• Achim "Akeem" Köhler – Mixing
• Dennis Ward – Producer (additional), Engineering