Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I

by Helloween

Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1987
  • Label: Noise
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 42:15
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Michael Weikath, Michael Kiske, Ingo Schwichtenberg, Markus Grosskopf

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Helloween effectively invented European power metal by injecting the raw speed of thrash with soaring, triumphant melodies and operatic vocal gymnastics. The album embraces high fantasy and epic, optimistic anthems, establishing a technically dazzling template for the entire subgenre. Michael Kiske's vocal debut on this record instantly elevated the band to international heavy metal stardom.

Genres

Descriptors: fantasy, melodic, soaring, gallop, majestic

Tracklist

  1. Initiation (1:21)
  2. I'm Alive (3:23)
  3. A Little Time (3:59)
  4. Twilight Of The Gods (4:29)
  5. A Tale That Wasn't Right (5:15)
  6. Judas (4:42)
  7. Future World (4:02)
  8. Halloween (13:18)
  9. Follow The Sign (1:46)

Credits

  • Helloween - primary artist, arranged by
  • Markus Grosskopf - bass, backing vocals
  • Tommy Hansen - co-producer, engineer, mixed by
  • Kai Hansen - cover, concept by, lead guitar, backing vocals, written-by
  • R. Limb Schnoor - cover, concept by
  • Edda Karczewski - cover, design
  • Uwe Karczewski - cover, design
  • Ingo Schwichtenberg - drums
  • Michael Weikath - lead guitar, backing vocals, written-by
  • Michael Kiske - lead vocals, written-by
  • Jürgen Müller-Schneck - photography by [photos]
  • Tommy Newton - producer, engineer

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