The Time of the Oath
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Publication |
1996 |
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admission |
1995 |
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| Label (s) | Castle Communications | |||
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
61:14 |
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Tommy Hansen |
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Studio (s) |
Chateau du Pape, Hamburg |
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The Time of the Oath is the seventh studio album by the German metal band Helloween . It was published by Castle Communications in 1996.
Creation and publication
After the new beginning in 1994 with Master of the Rings , the band line-up remained stable. A new album was recorded in 1995. All band members contributed compositions, Jørn Ellerbrock and Tommy Hansen played the keyboards, the latter also acted as producer. The Time of the Oath was released on February 29, 1996 and was dedicated to the former drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg, who had committed suicide the year before.
Track list
- We Burn - 3:04
- Steel Tormentor - 5:40
- Wake Up the Mountain - 5:01 am
- Power - 3:28
- Forever and One (Neverland) - 3:54
- Before the War - 4:33
- A Million to One - 5:11
- Anything My Mama Don't Like - 3:46
- Kings Will Be Kings - 5:09
- Mission Motherland - 9:00 am
- If I Knew - 5:30
- The Time of the Oath - 6:58
style
Stylistically, the album builds on its predecessor. Helloween play Power Metal with catchy choruses and riffs as well as lots of melodic guitar solos. There are mainly fast and hard pieces, but also catchy pieces of medium tempo and two ballads. The Time of the Oath is a concept album about the prophecies of Nostradamus .
reception
The album was largely positively received by the press. Jan Michael Dix from Rock Hard criticizes Andi Deris ' singing style, which does not always fit the music, and he can “hardly avoid the impression that the band is not determined enough to exhaust its possibilities”. Nevertheless, he praises the modern sound, the original structures and considers The Time of the Oath to be “a very good album”. Marcel Rapp also mentions on powermetal.de "the great voice of Andi Deris, which is perfect for mid-tempo songs, but shows clear weaknesses when it comes to high-speed blasts [...], although the songs in themselves are terrific." Overall, it is "a record with good songwriting, catchy riffs and catchy songs".
Web links
- The Time of the Oath on Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eduardo Rivadavia: The Time of the Oath at Allmusic (English), accessed on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ a b c Marcel Rapp: Helloween - The Time Of The Oath , powermetal.de , accessed on May 11, 2013.
- ↑ a b Jan Michael Dix: Helloween. The Time Of The Oath , Rock Hard # 106, accessed May 11, 2013.