Helloween - Gambling With The Devil
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Artist: HelloweenEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Enhanced, Extra tracks
Published: 2007-10-25
CD Release Date: 2007-10-23
Music Label: Steamhammer / Spv
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Crack The Riddle (Intro)
- Kill It
- The Saints
- As Long As I Fall
- Paint A New World
- Final Fortune
- The Bells Of The 7 Hells
- Fallen To Pieces
- I.M.E.
- Can Do It
- Dreambound
- Heaven Tells No Lies
- Find My Freedom (Japan Bonus Track)
- See The Night (Bonus track)
- As Long As I Fall - video (enhanced)
- EPK (enhanced)
Music reviews of Gambling With The Devil
Music Review: Gambling With The Devil (4.5 STARS)
Rating: 5 Stars
Prior to buying this album, I had bought 4 of Helloween's albums: Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1 and 2, Walls of Jericho, and Master of the Rings. My favorite album out of these was and still is Keeper Pt. 1. It took a while before I was convinced enough to buy Master of the Rings, as I had only heard negative things about post-Kai Hansen Helloween. Although I was glad to have more Helloween to listen to, I was still dissatisfied. Hearing songs from Keeper: The Legacy, I didn't expect much from this album. I didn't plan on buying it, but I ended up picking it up when I was offered to buy it at a store the night before its official release. When I started listening to it, I was blown away...
Kill It is a great album-opening song (coming after the short intro of course) with awesome riffs, solos, and heavy choruses. One of my favorites here.
The Saints, the longest song on the album at just over seven minutes, is much more melodic than Kill It, yet still maintains a good metal sound.
As Long As I Fall, the album's first single, starts with a creepy piano intro before going into soft vocals. It has a catchy Deris chorus, as well as a memorable instrumental break. This song shows off the things which make this album great.
Paint a New World starts off right away with a fast metal riff and delivers with Weikath and Gerstner's great heavy sound.
Final Fortune begins with piano accompanying the band, and has a melodic sound mixed with the slightly dark sound that can be found throughout this album.
As can be expected from the title, Bell of the 7 Hells has with a creepy bell/chime intro before a dark, heavy riff. Helloween's return to a dark sound has very evidently worked well. This song is one of the album's highest points.
Fallen to Pieces is the album's ballad, with acoustic verses. At first listen, this takes away from the album a bit for me, but it is still a pretty decent song, with a good chorus, awesome solos and instrumental metal breaks.
I.M.E. is a medium-paced, medium-heavy song, giving relief from both the heaviness and balad. Though not one of my favorite songs from the album, it keeps the album flowing well.
Can Do It is probably the album's brightest-sounding song, taking away from the album more than anything else. It might be overly catchy for some people, but it can also be seen as a good melodic piece to give more variety to this album. I still wouldn't consider this song or any other on the album filler.
Dreambound starts with a keyboard, which can be unsettling at first, but it goes into a guitar riff and short harmonic solo. While not up to the heavy metal standard set by the beginning of the album, this is still a typical good Helloween song, with good neo-classical solos.
Heaven Tells No Lies is a worthwhile long song, with a good performance by Andy Deris, especially on the choruses. It ends the album well, with its numerous solos and guitar parts.
I highly recommend buying the limited edition, with its two bonus tracks. It's a shame neither of them were included on the main album, as they both could have been some of its best songs. Find My Freedom and See the Night are both over six minutes long, but well worth the listens.
Overall, this is a great Helloween album and, though I haven't listened to all of the Dark Ride, I am very convinced that this is their best album with Andy Deris. I recommend this to all Helloween fans, new or old. This is one of the best metal albums released so far this century.
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