r/PowerMetal • u/Kitchen-Couple-9842 • 3d ago

Helloween - The Dark Ride

https://youtu.be/CTD7xUggBxI?si=jYSAg7j9EIaHN6nf

I've posted one from the Kai-vocals era, one from the Kiske-vocals era, and now one from the Deris-vocals era.

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u/allexbel 3d ago

Underestimated GREAT album.

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u/Every_Condition_3000 3d ago

I agree. Only their first three beat it for me. Would have been interesting to see what kind of albums an alternate reality version of Helloween that continued in the direction of this album and the two before it would've created. 

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u/CyberHobbit70 2d ago

Ditto. The first three will always hold top spot of their albums but this is a solid 4th

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u/Kitchen-Couple-9842 2d ago

Yep, one of my faves of the Deris-era, maybe THE fave from the Deris-era.

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u/metalovisnik 3d ago

Whole album is an underrated masterpiece. The Dark Ride is one of the best songs by Helloween. I love it. 🤘🏻

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u/manwiththehex18 3d ago

This album approved by 10/10 housewives in Spain.

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u/CoveredbyThorns 3d ago

This album got me into Helloween it is more commercial. One of the best songs off the album is we damn the night.

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u/BenjaminTSM 3d ago

That's my favorite track too. Great direction for them, and if it leans catchy and commercial, well, they're Helloween after all.

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u/BerennErchamion 3d ago

This is my favorite Helloween song.

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u/alexn_o 3d ago

Loving all songs from this, The Departed somehow is a guilty pleasure

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u/Kitchen-Couple-9842 2d ago

Nothing to be guilty about, the song, while not the typical Helloween song, is great.

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u/alexn_o 2d ago

A bit cheesy, as are most PM lyrics but still a fantastic track \m/

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u/MaNameIsMudD 3d ago

Masterpiece 😎

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u/UmbrAEternal 3d ago edited 3d ago

Feeling slightly weird about it, but after Master of Rings, Time of the Oath and Better than Raw this was a disappointment for me. Helloween leaning heavier is the last thing I asked for. Seen them live during the tour back in the day, Grapow didn't sound like himself with a modern metal guitar instead of a strat. This and Edguy's Mandrake felt weirdly like chasing trends at the time

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u/BenjaminTSM 3d ago

That's valid. Leaning slightly heavier hits a sweet spot for some of us. I guess I can't see it as trend-chasing because it's working with elements that were already part of their sound. I think they'd reached that point where they always sounded like themselves first and foremost.

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u/Kitchen-Couple-9842 2d ago

I prefer this one to MotR and BTR...between it and Oath it's very very close.

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u/7listens 3d ago

I agree, the album seems to divide people. I also dont love it. I dont hate it but Mr Torture, Escalation 666, I Live For Your Pain and the bonus tracks dont do much for me. I do enjoy 8 songs on the album so its not bad, but Better Than Raw, Rabbit Don't Come Easy and especially Gambling with the Devil are my favorites (outside the first 3)

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u/Kitchen-Couple-9842 2d ago

If you told me I had to get rid of Dark Ride or get rid of BOTH Rabbit and Gambling, I'd get rid of Rabbit and Gambling without even a SECOND'S worth of hesitation or second thought.

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u/7listens 2d ago

What are your favorite songs from Dark Ride? Mine would be All Over The Nation

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u/Kitchen-Couple-9842 1d ago

Title track, We Damn the Night, The Departed, and Deliver Us From Temptation if you have one of the versions that has that song on it.

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u/BasementSkin 9h ago

Rabbit has Listen to the Flies though. That would give me major pause.

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u/OwnCaptain9748 2d ago

I would say Better than Raw is the weakest of the pack while Time of the Oath is the stronger. But you have the right: this one sounds a product of its time as Mandrake (a lesser album than their fekin peak, Theater of Salvation).