Helloween - Time of the Oath (Exp)
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Artist: HelloweenEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2006-05-16
Music Label: Sanctuary Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- We Burn
- Steel Tormentor
- Wake Up The Mountain
- Power
- Forever And One (Neverland)
- Before The War
- A Million To One
- Anything My Mama Don't Like
- Kings Will Be Kings
- Mission Motherland
- If I Knew
- The Time Of The Oath
- Still I Don't Know
- Take It To The Limit
- Electric Eye
- Magnetic Fields
- Rain
- Walk Your Way
- Light In The Sky
- Time Goes By
Music reviews of Time of the Oath (Exp)
Music Review: Great album - remastered
Rating: 4 Stars
Helloween had made a good effort at redeeming their legacy (built with The Keeper of the Seven Keys albums and then squandered with the disastrous Pink Bubbles Go Ape and Chameleon) with their 1994 album Master of the Rings, but they still had a lot to prove with their 1996 follow-up The Time of the Oath. Fortunately the band was more than up to the task.
As much as I enjoyed Master of the Rings, The Time of the Oath is even better. It helps that this is without a doubt a fist in the air, headbanging,100% METAL album. Maybe the continued presence of new vocalist Andi Deris (ex-Pink Cream 69) gave the band a new outlook, or just a chance to start over, but Helloween took the opportunity to bring back the galloping leads, anthemic choruses, and powerful melodies that so defined their early sound (and pretty much created the power metal genre). It worked when they were a hungry young band in the 80's, and it worked again with the older, wiser band in the 90's. The higher production values the era had to offer made a difference as well.
The Time of the Oath is a remarkably strong melodic power metal album, and a worthy addition to the Helloween legacy. Songs like "Steel Tormentor," "We Burn," "Mission Motherland" and the title track all stand out as some of the album's best offerings, though there really isn't a weak moment on the entire album (though the song "Anything My Mama Don't Like" seems better suited to Deris's former band than Helloween). The band is extremely strong musically, and became stronger in terms of vocals and songwriting with the addition of Andi Deris. Between this album and Better than Raw, Andi Deris really established himself as the definitive Helloween vocalist.
Edition Notes: Sanctuary finally got around to remastering the Helloween catalog in 2006, and they certainly did it right. In addition to digitally remastered sound, the reissued version of The Time of the Oath serves up an entire second disc full of bonus tracks, all of them studio songs including a fantastic cover of the Judas Priest classic "Electric Eye." This is a great assortment of b-sides that absolutely fit the character of the regular album. You also get expanded liner notes, photos, etc. plus a nifty slipcase for the disc. This is what a remastered version of a great album is supposed to look and sound like. If you already own The Time of the Oath, it's time to replace your old version!
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Japanese pressing of the new CD from the veteran German metal act adds 'Still I Don't Know' & 'Take It To The Limit'as bonus tracks. The initial pressig also includes five color stickers. Album was recorded by members of Unchanged, who also did their previous album 'Masters of The Rings'. 12 TRACKSHard Rock & Metal CDs
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