HELLOWEEN

Release Year: 2000
Artist Origin: GER
Style: dynamic melodic heavy speed metal

stepping into the new millennium, ninth studio album by melodic power metal overlords is characterized by unusually gritty, thick, energizing and heavy sound - most probably a result of their aim to march hand in hand with time, but on top of that this challenging approach makes a solid, dynamic combination with dominating guitar riffs and smooth, memorable choruses, flawlessly delivered by Andi Deris, who in his own right perfectly manages the frontman duties; All Over The Nations baldly nods to the speedy upbeat manner from the heyday of the genre, while bombastic If I Could Fly has deservedly turned into a worldwide hit number one, backed up by decent promotional video; licence Russian edition comes with two bonuses