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Helloween

Helloween

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No band casts a larger shadow over the European power metal battlefield than Germany's Helloween. Responsible for two of the genre's most seminal records -- Keeper of the Seven Keys parts 1 and 2, the stalwart rockers have been operational for nearly four decades, albeit with only two of their original members (bassist Markus Grosskopf and guitarist Michael Weikath) achieving a perfect attendance record. Fans were elated when guitarist and co-founder Kai Hansen and KOTSK vocalist Michael Kiske returned to the fold in 2017 for a massive tour and the one-off single "Pumpkins United," but few expected that the reunion would yield a new studio album. The resulting Helloween, the band's 16th full-length effort, delivers on almost all fronts. Featuring three lead vocalists (Kiske, Hansen, and longtime frontman Andi Deris) and three guitarists (Weikath, Hansen, and Sascha Gerstner), the LP should be a bloated mess. To be fair, it kind of is, but few acts do power, pomp, and whimsy as effortlessly as Helloween, and in combining all of the band's distinct eras into one, they've managed to eke out a remarkably cohesive 12-track set that plays to each vocalist's strengths, often within the same track. Commencing with the one-two punch of "Out for the Glory and "Fear of the Fallen," both of which skillfully utilize the aforementioned triple threat, Helloween feels both familiar and transcendent. Generously stacked with staccato German folk-influenced guitarmonies and hymn-like choruses, the band's knack for pairing bombast and technical prowess remains intact. The songs are structural triumphs as well, with myriad twists and turns that combine elements of thrash, folk, hard rock, power, and progressive metal -- the epic "Skyfall" makes good use of all of its 12-plus minutes. Helloween have been making metal fun in one guise or another since the early '80s, and for the first time in a long while, that sanguinity feels both genuine and well-earned.

© James Christopher Monger /TiVo

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1
Out For The Glory
00:07:18

Helloween, MainArtist - Michael Weikath, Composer, Writer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

2
Fear Of The Fallen
00:05:38

Helloween, MainArtist - Andreas Deris, Composer, Writer - Kai Hansen, Composer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

3
Best Time
00:03:35

Helloween, MainArtist - Andreas Deris, Composer, Writer - Sascha Gerstner, Composer, Writer - Kai Hansen, Composer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

4
Mass Pollution
00:04:14

Helloween, MainArtist - Andreas Deris, Composer, Writer - Kai Hansen, Composer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

5
Angels
00:04:42

Helloween, MainArtist - Sascha Gerstner, Composer, Writer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

6
Rise Without Chains
00:04:56

Helloween, MainArtist - Andreas Deris, Composer, Writer - Kai Hansen, Composer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

7
Indestructible
00:04:42

Helloween, MainArtist - Kai Hansen, Composer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer - Markus Großkopf, Composer, Writer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

8
Robot King
00:07:07

Helloween, MainArtist - Michael Weikath, Composer, Writer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

9
Cyanide
00:03:29

Helloween, MainArtist - Andreas Deris, Composer, Writer - Kai Hansen, Composer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

10
Down In The Dumps
00:06:01

Helloween, MainArtist - Michael Weikath, Composer, Writer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

11
Orbit
00:01:04

Helloween, MainArtist - Kai Hansen, Composer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

12
Skyfall
00:12:11

Helloween, MainArtist - Kai Hansen, Composer, Writer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

13
Golden Times
00:04:47

Helloween, MainArtist - Sascha Gerstner, Composer, Writer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

14
Save My Hide
00:03:11

Helloween, MainArtist - Andreas Deris, Composer, Writer - Charlie Bauerfeind, Producer - Dennis Ward, CoProducer

© 2021 Atomic Fire ℗ 2021 Atomic Fire

Album review

No band casts a larger shadow over the European power metal battlefield than Germany's Helloween. Responsible for two of the genre's most seminal records -- Keeper of the Seven Keys parts 1 and 2, the stalwart rockers have been operational for nearly four decades, albeit with only two of their original members (bassist Markus Grosskopf and guitarist Michael Weikath) achieving a perfect attendance record. Fans were elated when guitarist and co-founder Kai Hansen and KOTSK vocalist Michael Kiske returned to the fold in 2017 for a massive tour and the one-off single "Pumpkins United," but few expected that the reunion would yield a new studio album. The resulting Helloween, the band's 16th full-length effort, delivers on almost all fronts. Featuring three lead vocalists (Kiske, Hansen, and longtime frontman Andi Deris) and three guitarists (Weikath, Hansen, and Sascha Gerstner), the LP should be a bloated mess. To be fair, it kind of is, but few acts do power, pomp, and whimsy as effortlessly as Helloween, and in combining all of the band's distinct eras into one, they've managed to eke out a remarkably cohesive 12-track set that plays to each vocalist's strengths, often within the same track. Commencing with the one-two punch of "Out for the Glory and "Fear of the Fallen," both of which skillfully utilize the aforementioned triple threat, Helloween feels both familiar and transcendent. Generously stacked with staccato German folk-influenced guitarmonies and hymn-like choruses, the band's knack for pairing bombast and technical prowess remains intact. The songs are structural triumphs as well, with myriad twists and turns that combine elements of thrash, folk, hard rock, power, and progressive metal -- the epic "Skyfall" makes good use of all of its 12-plus minutes. Helloween have been making metal fun in one guise or another since the early '80s, and for the first time in a long while, that sanguinity feels both genuine and well-earned.

© James Christopher Monger /TiVo

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