Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Starlight
2. Murderer
3. Warrior
4. Victim of Fate
5. Cry for Freedom
6. Walls of Jericho
7. Ride The Sky
8. Reptile
9. Guardians
10. Phantoms of Death
11. Metal Invaders
12. Gorgar
13. Heavy Metal (Is the Law)
14. How Many Tears
15. Judas

Disc 2:

1. Murderer (remix)
2. Ride The Sky (remix)
3. Intro/Ride The Sky (live)
4. Guardians (live)
5. Oernst of Live
6. Metal Invaders
7. Surpise

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14047 in Music
• Brand: EXP
• Released on: 2006-04-25
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .28 pounds

Customer Reviews

Thank you Helloween
I have been a poor student for a long time, but recently I have started to have an income. When I found out the remasters of the helloween albums were coming out, I bought them all immediately. I have been waiting to do this for a long time, and now is the perfect time for everyone.

This particular remaster includes the original album plus the judas single, and then to add extra incentive, they added 7 b sides to a second disc. The disc one has been re-mastered and sound crisp, and as fresh as the day they were originally penned. It is the second disc that I want to stress as the best part of the new edition, and makes the investment worth it. The two versions of ride the sky (remix and Live) are both nice, and murderer remix and guardian live are cool too, But the tracks Oernst Of Life and Metal Invaders from the DEATH METAL compilation are the weight of this remaster. This is the first time the track Oernst has been anywhere easly available to the public since 1984. I have heard this song only once before this, but I did not have the 50-100 dollars to buy the vinyl Death Metal record to get it. It is one of the first tracks ever layed down by helloween, and is a classic fast, loud metal song that is a unrecognized gem of the early mid 80's metal days. The liner notes of this one also starts the story of the fledgling band, and has an interview with Michael Weikath (as do all of the re-masters series) that fills in more interesting facts of the boys from Hamburg.

Overall, this is the best thing that happened to metal since the 1995 re-masters of the Iron Maiden collection (1998 remasters good, but not all the goodie tracks). I wouldn't even hesitate to say this is more a important remasters series for metal of this genre, because it give helloween to re-gain the international recognition it should have again. The Walls Of Jericho are the best place to see the origins of one of Germany's best exports.

crimially underrated german thrash!
i picked this up on casset in 86-87 this was mind blowing not the fastest or heavest but very hard and pure metal.at the time i thought america was the only place thrash/speed metal grew from but then i heard helloween,kreator,celtic frost and then coronor.these were some of the best, many liked sodom and artillery very good but not my style really but helloween had a fury at this time that american kids could relate to until the keepers of the 7 keys cds which are great euro power metal maiden style cd but this cd esspecially this 2 cds set will live in my heart as top knotch german thrash metal greatest song(timelessly relavant today)!

Power Metal begins
Helloween's "Walls of Jericho" wasn't really considered a power metal album moreas it was a speed metal album and Keeper of the Seven Keys would officially kick off what's known as power metal. But this CD isn't far from power metal - it's very melodic, full of Hansen's high pitched vocals, super lead guitar and harmonized lead guitars, powerful drums, and dynamic songs. It's not as melodic as Helloween's later work, but it's still very much their sound. You'll hear Kai Hansen's first performance on vocals, and his voice eventually became more powerful and melodic in Gamma Ray but his influence on this record and the next 2 Helloween albums (albeit guitar-wise as he does not perform vox after this until 1995 Gamma Ray). I love this album a lot, it's got what I like in music (metal in particular and I love power metal the most) - heavy guitars while maintaining good melodies, high pitched vocals and screams for dramatic effect, present bass-guitar, fast and technical drumming, and two guitarists who can shred and perform speedy solos in dual harmonies.

With this package you'll get the remastered CD with a bonus disc. You'll have the album start with the "Helloween EP" on the first 5 tracks then "Walls of Jericho" from then on. The bonus disc has some new mixes, live tracks and B-sides which is worth hearing for Helloween fans.

Helloween fans owe it to themselves to check out their first album to hear where it all started. Highly recommended for your metal collection.