The Dark Ride

Infobox Album | Name = The Dark Ride
Type = studio
Artist = Helloween


Released = December 5, 2000
Recorded = 2000 at Mi Sueño Music, Tenerife
Genre = Power metal
Length = 56:57
Label = Nuclear Blast
Producer = Roy Z and Charlie Bauerfeind
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5jdnvwvla9xk link]
Last album = "Metal Jukebox" (1999)
This album = "The Dark Ride" (2000)
Next album = "Rabbit Don't Come Easy" (2003)

"The Dark Ride" is the ninth proper studio album by the German power metal band Helloween, released in 2000. The album's style was quite different than "Better Than Raw" as it had much darker sound, very tuned down guitars, and gruffer vocals. The album was produced by renowned figures Roy Z and Charlie Bauerfeind. It is also the last studio album to feature guitarist Roland Grapow and drummer Uli Kusch, both of whom were fired after completion of the supporting tour for the album.

The album contains two singles, which are "If I Could Fly" and "Mr. Torture".

Track listing

# "Beyond the Portal" – 0:45
# "Mr. Torture" (Kusch) – 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)" (Kusch) – 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

Credits

*Andi Deris - vocals
*Michael Weikath - guitar
*Roland Grapow - guitar
*Markus Grosskopf - bass
*Uli Kusch - drums