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Helloween - Gambling With The Devil Audio CD

A fair review of the Helloween "Gambling With The Devil" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Helloween reviews here, or go back to the Helloween tabs.

Helloween Band: Helloween
Title: Gambling With The Devil
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Release Date: 2007-10-23
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Crack The Riddle (Intro) 2: Kill It 3: The Saints 4: As Long As I Fall 5: Paint A New World 6: Final Fortune 7: The Bells Of The 7 Hells 8: Fallen To Pieces 9: I.M.E. 10: Can Do It 11: Dreambound 12: Heaven Tells No Lies 13: Find My Freedom (Japan Bonus Track) 14: See The Night (Bonus track) 15: As Long As I Fall - video (enhanced) 16: EPK (enhanced)

Stability and consistency
I've followed this family tree (Helloween, Gamma Ray, Primal Fear, Masterplan etc) from day one. First off, I'm as big a Helloween fan as it gets. They are simply the best for my tastes along with Iron Maiden. Gambling with the Devil showcases the stable line up of Dani Loble and Sascha Gerstner with long time frontman Andi Deris and the two remaining original members Michael Weikath and Marcus Grosskopf. For those who thought Keeper Revisited (aka The Legacy) didnt quite hit the mark, give this one a listen. Helloween takes it up a notch on GWTD, returning to the form of great Deris era work such as the Dark Ride or Better than Raw. There's hardly a hint of filler on here, with the standouts (to my ears) being "The Bells of the 7 Hells", "I. M. E", and "Kill It", one of the heaviest things they've done in years. .


Score for the Power Metal Giants

I found ample reason for headbang here, and for not being able to stay still during repeated listenings. I have to admit that I was really looking forward to a Power Metal album with lots of amazing guitar layers and in which Andi Deris could finally be entirely at ease, once not forced to sing songs that are not within his range.
I must say that I have never been a fan of Michael Kiske, certainly a great singer, but way melodramatic and with a vision of the band clearly off focus and centered on his immense ego. With Andi, Sascha (a real discovery!), and Dani, the 2 Ms (Michael and Markus) definitely have found a band really worth of the excellent material written since Master of the Rings. One slight disappointment is "Can do it", but gimme "The Saints", "Fallen to Pieces" and "Paint a New World" anytime: It doesn't really get any better than this!
Heil to the Chiefs!

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A brilliant return to form.


There have been glimmers on previous releases; The Dark Ride, Rabbit and Keeper (Legacy) were not without their high points, though they certainly lacked consistancy. This is easily the best album Helloween have put their name to for over a decade. Finally, with "Gambling. . . " we have a Helloween album that works from start to finish again.

The very best thing i can say is that there is no filler whatsoever and every track is different enough, within the confines of the power metal genre, to be interesting and worth repeated listening (and that Biff Byford spoken word intro is short enough not to worry about!)

Initial favourite, the very heavy "Kill It" has been replaced by the soaring chorus of "Paint a New World" (That one's going to slay the arenas!) But there are chorus's and kick drum breaks, lead's and riffing, speed metal and heaviness plentiful enough to satisfy even the 'stick in the mud' Hansen and Keeper (pt. I & II) era Helloween fans. True, it's not another "Keeper. . . " and thank God for that! It's different and it's so much the better for it.

I'd recommend this, without reservation, to any doubters or old school metal heads with fond memories of those Noise Record days.

Yes, it's that good!.


They still got it!
I thought that album was pretty decent but a turn off on most songs I wouldn't say it was bad. I think this new album had successfully won back many fans who think they were already done for after the keepers legacy album. But gambling with the devil has the loudest modern sounds of heavy melodic speed metal with the mix of few similar bands including their own in the mid 90's, albums like better than raw/the dark ride and similar materials from bands like pinkcream 69 and freedom call. Andi deris's voice sounds better than ever in this new awesome album and every song was awesome, I didn't actually think michael weikath can write much better songs but he sure can and the new guitarist sascha gerstner was a much better guitarist than I expected for a young player. Any way this album was awesome and for those of you who thought keepers legacy was such a turn off then I strongly suggest that you go out and buy this new album gambling with the devil along with gamma ray's new album land of the free part 2.


And remember helloween and gamma ray are the law!.


Helloween delivers again!
Markus picked up half of my tab and i had an amazing time. I just saw them in Mokena, ILL and actually ended up in the same hotel with the band AND on top of that partied with them the night before the show until like 3:30am. This albums DELIVERS! I would agree with another review that this has got to be the best and hopefully last lineup of Helloween. The album just doesn't stop and I doubt you will want to change tracks. I would also say for someone who's never heard the band this is a great album to start with. I've heard that from other people's personal opinions. I hope this was enough to at least get ONE person turned on to this great band from germany. They're my favorite band of all time :)

Jerrod D.


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