Gambling with the Devil

Infobox Album |
Name = Gambling with the Devil
Type = studio
Artist = Helloween


Released = October 23, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Power metal
Length = 57:33
Label = SPV Records
Producer = Charlie Bauerfeind
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:k9fyxzlhldde link]
* Lord of Metal rating-10|9.3 [http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showreview.php?id=10514&lang=en link]
* The Metal Crypt #1Rating|3.75|5 [http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=3340 link]
* The Metal Crypt #2Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=3623 link]
* Metal Invader Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.metal-invader.com/db/reviews-4373.html link]
* The Metal Observer Rating|7|10 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=13311 link]
* Metal Storm Rating|8.8|10 [http://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/review.php?review_id=4793 link]
* Metal Temple Rating|4|5 [http://www.metal-temple.com/review.asp?id=2343 link]
* Sea of Tranquility Rating|4|5 [http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=6023 link]
* YtseJam.com Rating|4|5 [http://www.ytsejam.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=1365 link]

Last album = "Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006" (2007)
This album = "Gambling With the Devil" (2007)
Next album = N/A

"Gambling with the Devil" is the thirteenth full length studio album by Helloween and was released October 23, 2007. The single As Long as I Fall is download only and was released in late September.

Album information

Overall the whole album has a much darker atmosphere than the past Helloween releases. It serves more as a throwback to the band's 1998 album Better Than Raw and 2000 album The Dark Ride. At the same time however the album has a different feel mainly because of the fact that the two songwriters that took Helloween in that dark direction in the first place , Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch (who wrote 7 tracks in Better Than Raw and The Dark Ride) are not in the band. Keyboards are also utilized more frequently than on previous releases.

Track listing

# "Crack the Riddle (Intro)" - 0:52
# "Kill It" (Deris) - 4:13
# "The Saints" (Weikath) - 7:06
# "As Long As I Fall" (Deris) - 3:41
# "Paint a New World" (Music: Gerstner; lyrics: Gerstner/Weikath) - 4:27
# "Final Fortune" (Grosskopf) - 4:46
# "The Bells of the Seven Hells" (Deris) - 5:22
# "Fallen to Pieces" (Deris) - 5:52
# "I.M.E." (Deris) - 3:46
# "Can Do It" (Weikath) - 4:30
# "Dreambound" (Music: Gerstner; lyrics: Gerstner/Weikath) - 5:57
# "Heaven Tells No Lies" (Grosskopf) - 6:56
# "We Unite" (Japanese Bonus Track) - 4:34 " [http://www.helloween.org/music/albums/2007-gambling-with-the-devil.html Helloween Official Homepage] ."]

Disc 2 (Special Edition Only)

# "Find My Freedom" (Grosskopf) - 6:30 - European Version
# "See the Night" (Grosskopf) - 6:10
# "As Long As I Fall" (Demo Version) (Deris) - Japanese Version
# "As Long As I Fall" - (Enhanced Video)
# "Trailer" (Enhanced)

Credits

*Andi Deris – vocals
*Michael Weikath – Guitar
*Sascha Gerstner – Guitar,backing vocals
*Markus Grosskopf – Bass
*Dani Löble – drums

References