Helloween - Helloween (2CD) (Japan Limited Edition Digibook) (2021)

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Helloween - Helloween (2CD) (Japan Limited Edition Digibook) (2021)

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Helloween - Helloween (2CD) (Japan Limited Edition Digibook) (2021)

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Year : 2021 (Japan Edition)
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 234 mb


Bio:

Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg, Northern Germany. The band is a pioneering force in the power metal subgenres and their second and third studio albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I and Part II, are considered masterpieces of the genre. Twelve musicians have been a part of the band's line-up in its history, which has consisted of singer Andi Deris, guitarists Michael Weikath and Sascha Gerstner, bass guitarist Markus Grosskopf, and drummer Daniel Löble since 2005.Helloween was formed in 1984 by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, and Powerfool. Its first line-up consisted of Weikath, Grosskopf, singer and guitarist Kai Hansen and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. After the release of a self-titled EP and a first album in 1985, it expanded into a quintet when singer Michael Kiske joined, with Hansen only acting as guitarist. Under this line-up, they released the Keeper of the Seven Keys albums (1987 and 1988), which established Helloween as a notable heavy metal band and led to the creation of the power metal subgenre. However, Hansen left the band quickly after the release of Part II and was replaced by Roland Grapow. He then created the band Gamma Ray.Helloween's first two albums without Hansen, Pink Bubbles Go Ape (1991) and Chameleon (1993), were commercial and critical failures,which created tensions between band members and led to the firing of Schwichtenberg and the departure of Kiske. They were replaced by Uli Kusch and Andi Deris respectively. The albums released under this line-up, consisting of Master of the Rings (1994), The Time of the Oath (1996), Better Than Raw (1998) and The Dark Ride (2000), received a warm reception from both fans and critics, gradually establishing Helloween as a successful band again.However, tensions following the release of The Dark Ride led to the dismissals of both Grapow and Kusch, who then went on to found Masterplan together. Grapow was replaced by Gerstner, but the attempts to find a new drummer were chaotic and no band member was credited for drums on the album Rabbit Don't Come Easy (2003). The band finally found a stable drummer in the person of Löble in 2005. Under this new and current line-up, the longest in its history, the band has released four successful studio albums: Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy (2005), Gambling with the Devil (2007), 7 Sinners (2010), and Straight Out of Hell (2013), with all members except Löble contributing to songwriting.Since its creation, Helloween has released fourteen studio albums, three live albums, three EPs, and twenty-seven singles, and has sold more than five million records worldwide.

Album:

Here we have in exclusive here HELLOWEEN‘s new album ”Helloween – Japan Complete Edition bonus disc +4”, including an extra disc with 4 extra tracks and a Japan-only exclusive.Without a doubt, HELLOWEEN’s new, 2021 self-titled album is one of the most anticipated releases this year, and it will be released first in Japan tomorrow. Hamburg’s Helloween is one of metal’s most fun and entertaining bands until today, so every release gets a lot of love from fans, even if some of them aren’t even close to being gems of the genre.So, even higher expectations were created when Michael Weikath and Markus Grosskopf announced the triumphant and official return of the power metal god himself Kai Hansen and of one of the best vocalists of all time, Michael Kiske, in 2017.That reunion gave birth to the acclaimed Pumpkins United tour and fans were eager to see new material, so here we are with the band’s 16th album. Does it live up to the hype?You are actually very pleased with the album even before hearing it due to the killer cover artwork made by the monster of an artist Eliran Kantor, which pays tribute to ‘Walls of Jericho’ (1985), the ‘Keeper of the Seven Keys’ albums, ‘The Time of the Oath’ (1996) – among other cool easter eggs – and to the simple, but a powerful and fitting title that definitely relates to the metal giant’s new era of unity.As for the songs themselves, there was a lot of expectation of what Weikath and Hansen would come up with after more than 30 years apart.With that in mind, I do believe the duo have managed to put together some very good, at times great, tracks with regards to songwriting. Opener “Out for the Glory”, the fun “Best Time” and “Robot King” are definitely good examples of this, as they combine Weikath’s carefree ideas with Hansen’s geniality, but the best case here might be “Skyfall”, which puts everything together – from Gamma Ray to Avantasia, Iron Savior to Blind Guardian – in a 12-minute display of classic Helloween meeting the newer version of the power metal giants.There’s three lead vocalists here, but they found the good spacing between them for the majority of the album. While it seems that Kiske is the one with a more prominent role in this new endeavor, Deris also does a great job in his solo parts and actually keeps close to Kiske quality-wise.Hansen, on the other hand, does little by himself and tends to be in the backing vocals duty for most of the record, except in “Skyfall”.Grosskopf works like a clock and Dani Löble’s drum skills are crazy, so the kitchen part is as good as ever, and as for the three axemen in Weikath, Sascha Gerstner and Hansen there’s little to say that you wouldn’t expect already because come on, it’s Kai Hansen leading the charge here, we should just bow or heads and say grace.This is Helloween through and through. Upbeat, catchy, singalong-inducing, and mostly just feel-good metal the way only they can do.There’s nothing particularly dark or anything like that, just the good ‘ol classic Helloween metal. Casuals will find a kick ass metal album to enjoy here, and fans who were expecting Helloween’s release like Christmas will love it.

Line-Up:

Michael Kiske - Vocals (Kiske / Somerville, Place Vendome, Unisonic, Michael Kiske, ex-Avantasia (live), ex-Ill Prophecy, ex-SupaRed)
Andi Deris - Vocals (Andi Deris and the Bad Bankers, ex-Pink Cream 69, ex-Kymera, ex-Dragon, ex-Nameless, ex-Paranoid)
Markus Grosskopf - Bass (ex-Shock Machine, ex-Weinhold, ex-Bassinvaders, Kickhunter, ex-Avantasia, ex-Trick or Treat (live), ex-Edguy (live), ex-Roland Grapow, ex-Blast Furnace, ex-Gentry, ex-Iron Fist, ex-Second Hell)
Michael Weikath - Guitars (ex-Blast Furnace, ex-Iron Fist, ex-Powerfool)
Kai Hansen - Guitars, Vocals (Gamma Ray, Hansen & Friends, Unisonic, ex-Iron Savior, ex-Avantasia (live), ex-Ancient Call, ex-Gentry, ex-Iron Fist, ex-Powerfool, ex-Second Hell)
Sascha Gerstner - Guitars (Palast, ex-Freedom Call, ex-Lanzer (live))
Dani Loble - Drums (ex-Glenmore, ex-Hollenhunde, Gotthard (live), ex-Krokus (live), ex-Rawhead Rexx, ex-Blaze (live), ex-Element 58)

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Out for the Glory 07:19
02. Fear of the Fallen 05:39
03. Best Time 03:36
04. Mass Pollution 04:15
05. Angels 04:42
06. Rise Without Chains 04:56
07. Indestructible 04:43
08. Robot King 07:08
09. Cyanide 03:29
10. Down in the Dumps 06:01
11. Orbit 01:05
12. Skyfall 12:11

CD2: (Bonus Tracks)

01. Golden Times
02. Save My Hide
03. Pumpkins United
04. We Are Real (Exclusive Japan Track)

+ Video "Skyfall" (Official Video)


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