Helloween

The Dark Ride

another religion-oriented album by this long time metal band

Review Score:

(2/10)
well, the bad news is that Helloween is still on the preachy religion kick that they had emphasised on Better Than Raw, the good news is that Helloween is still greatly talented instrumentally. While in this Andi Deris era of Helloween, the great music they put out on Master of the Rings and Time of the Oath has disappeared for the past three albums (Better Than Raw, Metal Jukebox, and The Dark Ride). There are some cool instrumental moments on this album, such a very fast drums, stacatto guitars and Andi Deris doing a Grave Digger vocal impression on one song. There are still a couple of good songs on this album, and if you're a really a fanatic you can pick it up, but while I respect that some members of the band are religious, they really should lay off on shoving it down our thrats on every single song, and so with the lyrical content, and the somewhat weak melodies, I cannot honestly recommend it as a solid album here.

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