[2025-04-04] Helloween "March Of Time: The Best Of 40 Years" 3CD set (BMG)

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

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Description
Over the years, Hamburg's legendary Helloween have carved a distinctive path, earning their place as the early pioneers of melodic power and speed metal. Making a lasting impact with the groundbreaking albums 'Keeper of the Seven Keys' Parts I and II, the band now boasts a genre-defining discography that includes 16 studio albums, four live albums, three EPs, and 30 singles. With over 10 million records sold and having shared stages with giants like Iron Maiden, Scorpions, and Ozzy Osbourne, Helloween's influence is undeniable, and their enduring legacy secure. To celebrate 40 years of this remarkable journey, the band has released a new compilation, 'March of Time', which spans their entire back catalogue. Featuring 42 handpicked tracks, this collection showcases the band's decades of work which shines a lasting light on the career of these influential godfathers of the genre.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Walls Of Jericho/Ride The Sky
2. Metal Invaders
3. Victim Of Fate
4. How Many Tears
5. Eagle Fly Free
6. Halloween
7. A Tale That Wasn’t Right
8. Future World
9. March Of Time
10. Dr. Stein
11. Keeper Of The Seven Keys

[CD2]
1. I Want You
2. Kids Of The Century
3. Number One
4. Windmill
5. Sole Survivor
6. Perfect Gentleman
7. In The Middle Of A Heartbeat
8. Why?
9. Forever And One (Neverland)
10. Power
11. Steel Tormentor
12. Hey Lord!
13. I Can
14. If I Could Fly
15. Mr. Torture
16. Hell Was Made In Heaven
17. Light The Universe

[CD3]
1. The Invisible Man
2. As Long As I Fall
3. Kill It
4. Where The Sinners Go
5. Are You Metal?
6. Nabataea
7. Straight Out Of Hell
8. Waiting For The Thunder
9. Heroes
10. My God-Given Right
11. Pumpkins United
12. Best Time
13. Fear Of The Fallen
14. Skyfall

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JosephC · **Joined:** 27 Jan 2011 **Posts:** 2656

Helloween's discography is so extensive that this should have been a 4 CD set.

What I would really like to see is a CD set that collects all of the b-sides/bonus tracks in one collection. I probably have all of the already, but it still would be nice to have them all in one release. There is so much there that it would probably be a 3 CD set.

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

Update: All of the pre-order links in the opening post are now active.

Mark MN · 13 Aug 2012

Call me a late-comer but I don't know a thing about these guys other than who they are. Is their stuff good? Also, who can they be compared to music-wise?

JosephC · **Joined:** 27 Jan 2011 **Posts:** 2656

They are very good. Maybe the first power metal band. Think Blind Guardian without all the medieval aspects. Uptempo stuff with lots of double bass drumming and big choruses. No death metal vocals.

This comp is not a bad place to start, but I would recommend starting with The Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 and The Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2. Those were released in 1987 and 1988. Only ones to avoid are Pink Bubble Go Ape and Chameleon. Pink Bubbles does have some good songs on it, so that one is not a complete waste, but Chameleon is a piece of shit.

Mark MN · 13 Aug 2012

Thanks, Joe. I'm going to buy this and see how it fares for me.

Mark MN · 13 Aug 2012

A review on the impending release.........

https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/march-of-time

[2025-04-04] Helloween "March Of Time: The Best Of 40 Years" 3CD set (BMG)

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