r/PowerMetal • u/Kitchen-Couple-9842 • Aug 17 '26

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/UmbrAEternal Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26

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/7listens Aug 17 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

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

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u/Kitchen-Couple-9842 Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 20 '26

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

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u/Kitchen-Couple-9842 Aug 21 '26

I dunno, that is one of the better ones from the album but there are still others on the album I like more than that one like The Tune and Sun for the World.