Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy

Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy
Studio album by Helloween
Released	31 October 2005
Recorded	December 2004 - June 2005
Genre	Power metal, progressive metal
Length	77:02
Label	Steamhammer
Producer	Charlie Bauerfeind
Helloween chronology
Rabbit Don't Come Easy (2003) Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy (2005) Keeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 (2007)

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Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy is the eleventh studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released October 31, 2005. The musicians, Andi Deris (vocals), Michael Weikath (guitar), Markus Grosskopf (bass), Sascha Gerstner (guitar) and new addition Dani Löble (drums, ex-Rawhead Rexx), see this recording in direct context with their 1987 and 1988 classics Keeper Of The Seven Keys parts I and II. The album is a double CD with nearly 80 minutes playing time and comes in a digipack with 6 flaps. Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy leans more towards the genre of Progressive metal than the previous album, Rabbit Don't Come Easy, which was much more of a Power metal album. It was produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (Blind Guardian, Halford, Rage) and features Blackmore's Night singer Candice Night on the track "Light The Universe".

The song "Occasion Avenue" uses samples from "Halloween", "Eagle Fly Free" and "Keeper of the Seven Keys" with Michael Kiske on vocals. One of the samples is a clip from a heretofore unreleased live version of "Keys" with Kiske singing the first part of the chorus and the crowd joining in.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "The King for a 1000 Years" (Music: Helloween; Lyrics: Deris) – 13:54
2. "The Invisible Man" (Gerstner) – 7:17
3. "Born on Judgment Day" (Weikath) – 6:14
4. "Pleasure Drone" (Gerstner) – 4:08
5. "Mrs. God" (Deris) – 2:55
6. "Silent Rain" (Music: Gerstner; Lyrics: Deris) – 4:21

Disc two

1. "Occasion Avenue" (Deris) – 11:04
2. "Light the Universe" (featuring Candice Night) (Deris) – 5:00
3. "Do You Know What You Are Fighting For" (Weikath) – 4:45
4. "Come Alive" (Deris) – 3:20
5. "The Shade in the Shadow" (Deris) – 3:24
6. "Get It Up" (Weikath) – 4:13
7. "My Life for One More Day" (Music & lyrics: Grosskopf/Deris) – 6:51
8. "Revolution" (Grosskopf) (Japanese bonus track) - 5:06

Personnel

Music

• Andi Deris – vocals, keyboards
• Michael Weikath – guitar
• Sascha Gerstner – guitar, keyboards
• Markus Grosskopf – bass
• Dani Löble – drums
• Michael Kiske- sampled at very first of Occasion Avenue

• Candice Night guest vocal on "Light the Universe"
• Backing vocals by Oliver Hartmann & Olaf Senkbeil
• Keyboards by Friedel Amon

Production

• Produced by Charlie Bauerfeind at Mi Sueno Studio, Tenerife
• Design and cover artwork by Martin Häusler
• Photography by Mathias Bothor