The Dark Ride
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| Helloween studio album | ||||
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Publication |
October 30, 2000 |
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| Label (s) | Nuclear Blast | |||
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Format (s) |
CD |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
56 min 57 s |
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| occupation | ||||
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Roy Z + Charlie Bauerfeind |
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Studio (s) |
Mi Sueno, Tenerife |
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The Dark Ride is the ninth studio album by the band Helloween . It was released by Nuclear Blast in 2000 .
Music genre
Helloween's ninth studio album, The Dark Ride, represents a break in style: the direction of most of the pieces is much more modern and darker than was previously heard on an album. Only the two songs written by Michael Weikath sound like the traditional style. The majority of the pieces are recorded with lower-pitched guitars, a typical feature of Roy Z's production method, who has worked for Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford , among others .
meaning
For the second time in their career Helloween deliver a very experimental album. In contrast to Chameleon , the style can still be assigned to Heavy Metal , but the classic trademarks of the band sound were largely left out of The Dark Ride . As a result, there are again clear tensions among the band members, which leads to Michael Weikath (who, according to his own statements, was only allowed to play very few guitars on the album) offers to leave the band. Since Helloween did not want to let one of their two founding members go, Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch split up after the tour , both of whom have been working together for several months on a project that will subsequently become known as the master plan .
Track list
- Beyond The Portal (Deris) - 0:45
- Mr. Torture (Kush) - 3:28
- All Over The Nations (Weikath) - 4:55
- Escalation 666 (Grapow) - 4:24
- Mirror Mirror (Deris) - 3:55
- If I Could Fly (Deris) - 4:09
- Salvation (Weikath) - 5:43
- The Departed (Sun Is Going Down) (Kush) - 4:37
- I Live For Your Pain (Deris) - 3:59
- We Damn The Night (Deris) - 4:07
- Immortal (Stars) (Deris) - 4:04
- The Dark Ride (Grapow) - 8:52
- The Madness Of The Crowds (Deris) (Japanese Bonus Track) - 4:12
Single releases
- If I Could Fly (Europe) / Mr. Torture (Japan)