^ a b Syrjala, Marko (11 January 2011).^ "Helloween – Master of The Rings (tracklist and versions)".Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. "Helloween – Master of the Rings review". ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Tommy Hansen – production, mixing, programmingįinnish Albums ( The Official Finnish Charts).Roland Grapow – guitar, lead vocals on "Closer to Home".M – 6 and 7 also appear on the " Sole Survivor" single.M – 3, 4 and 5 also appear on the " Perfect Gentleman" single.Ego" and " Where The Rain Grows" singles. " Closer to Home" ( Grand Funk Railroad cover) There was also a drummer change because we got Uli Kusch in but we still did all that within like three months."Īccording to Roland Grapow's comments in the liner notes, the lyrics for "Take Me Home" were written by his wife Silvia (the song is simply credited to "Grapow" in the album). That was a very quick session and I kind of liked that. We had like three months to rehearse and then the studio was booked and. "It was very quick because there was a couple of songs Weiki did and Roland had a couple of stuff and then combined with the stuff Andi brought into the band you know it was very functioning and amazing because it went all so quick. Ĭommenting on the recording sections for the album, bassist Markus Grosskopf said: In Japan, "Master of The Rings" sold more than 120,000 copies. Nevertheless, the effect of Deris and Kusch was to re-energize their collective fortunes. Īfter two highly controversial studios projects and a live album, Helloween parted company with EMI records, aligning themselves with the more modestly sized Raw Power (an imprint of Castle Communications). Michael Kiske's replacement was Andi Deris, formerly with Pink Cream 69.Īfter an alcohol and drug-related incident in Japan, drummer and co-founder of the band Ingo Schwichtenberg was replaced first by the session-drummer Richie Abdel-Nabi, then on a more permanent basis by former Gamma Ray drummer Uli Kusch, who only arrived when most of the album was already written. Helloween and vocalist Michael Kiske had reached the end of the road during the touring of 1993's " Chameleon". Ego" was dedicated to the band's former singer, Michael Kiske, and was released as an EP in Europe. Ego (Take Me Down)", " Perfect Gentleman", and " Sole Survivor", with corresponding videos for the first three.
This album contains four singles, which are " Where The Rain Grows", " Mr. It is the first to feature new members Andi Deris and Uli Kusch. Master of the Rings is the sixth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1994.
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