Doro – Fear No Evil (2009) – Ultimate Collector’s Edition

For the super fans of Doro, AFM Record put together a very special ultimate collector’s edition of the metal queen’s “Fear No Evil” release. Here we will talk about the extra goodies presented in this lush collector’s edition boxed set, but if you want the full review of the album you can read it here.

In the first CD we get the full “Fear No Evil” and two new bonus tracks: “All we are (2007)” and “On My Own” as well as new cover art. The second CD has the “Celebrate” EP that includes 3 different versions of the song, the ‘original’ version, the version with Biff Byford (very good in our opinion) and the full Metal female version which includes some of the best female metal vocalists in the scene. This song it-self is what makes the EP worth having for any female-fronted Metal fan in the world. The remaining two songs are “The Night of the Warlock” and “Rescue Me”.

The third CD presented in this package is the “Herzblut” EP which includes 5 versions of our favorite song of the “Fear No Evil” album. First we get the single and album versions which are pretty standard, but the cool ones are the French, Spanish and Portuguese (check out the typo on the collectors edition box) renditions of the song, making it much more interesting for people that speak other languages and appreciate how this song was adapted to those languages. There is also another extra track called “Share My Fate” which rounds up this EP very nicely.

Collectors also get a mini-poster (12-sided? Wow), and a sticker to sweeten the deal, both of this items feature the cover of the collector’s edition box. Overall, if you are a huge fan of Doro this is another sweet collectors set that will look great in your collection. However, you can still get all the components (except the artwork and 2 songs of the “Fear No Evil” album) separately, but if you don’t have them yet, then it’s a great package deal.

Release: October 2010

Country: Germany