Helloween
Helloween's latest is Gambling With The Devil, one of their strongest efforts in quite a while. It's straight ahead heavy metal, and a little heavier and streamlined than their past couple albums. The songs are extremely well-written and everything flows very well. The atmosphere is upbeat, and in addition to the excellent guitar work, the songs are really catchy and memorable.
Making the album even better is the performance of Andi Deris. These are his strongest vocals in quite a while. They have power, range, texture and emotion. Even after over twenty years and a dozen albums, Gambling With The Devil shows Helloween still has some gas left in the tank.
...and the Hellish Rock/heavy metal goes on...
The Hellish Rock Tour continues at fast pace. Helloween and Gamma Ray managed to escape the snow on their European tour and have arrived in a sunny Greece where the bands played to over 3.500 amazed fans in Thessaloniki and Athens. The bands’ yesterday’s performance in Rome will be followed by today’s appearance in Milano and tomorrow’s tour stop in Switzerland. On Saturday December 1st both bands will reach Germany for the first time and will play two concerts in Lichtenfels and Bremen.
Meanwhile the concert in Paris on January 6th 2008 has been sold out and a second concert has been added. Also an additional date to the fast selling Spanish leg of the tour has been added. The bands will be playing in Granada on January 20th 2008.
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