Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part I

Unter "Blast From The Past" erscheinen jeden Mittwoch Reviews zu Alben, die wir bislang nicht ausreichend gewürdigt haben. Hier gibt es alle bisher erschienenen Blast-From-The-Past-Reviews. Galerie mit 34 Bildern: Helloween – 40 Years Anniversary Tour 2025 in StuttgartDie ersten Ausgaben der Blast-From-The-Past-Serie auf metal.de erfolgten 2018. Das es noch keine Betrachtung von „Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I“ und „Part II“ in diese Rubrik geschafft hat, ist verwunderlich. Ganz aktuell verö...

In the present day, when HELLOWEEN fans argue about the band's continued relevance or lack thereof, and debate which album or era holds the most merit, it's easy to forget the time when this band could absolutely do no wrong. They pretty much wrote the rule book in 1987 with "Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part I", taking influences from QUEEN to MAIDEN to QUEENSRŸCHE and mapping out a blueprint that mere mortals are still slavishly following to this day. And even though a mini-industry within the...