With 15 studio albums under their belts and over 5 million record sales worldwide, it’s with great pleasure Hard Rock Hell 9(12/15 November 2015 in North Wales) can now add German Power Metal legends, HELLOWEEN to their ever growing line up.
With their new album, My God Given Right, out late May, fans will get a chance to see this rare UK performance surrounded with the customary HRH community back drop.
Confirmed bands, so far:
Black Label Society Saxon Helloween UFO Rock Goddess Toseland Scorpion Child Crobot Black Spiders SuperCharger Trucker Diablo The Picturebooks Attica Rage Massive Wagons Screaming Eagles Pig Iron Skanska Mord Sky Valley Mistress King Creature Riot Horse Stone Kings Stags Dendera
Hard Rock Hell 9 takes place @ Camp HRH Pwllheli, North Wales, 12/15 November 2015
HELLOWEEN are one of the most influential and internationally successful acts of the global metal scene. With the release of their 15th studio album “My God-Given Right”, due on May 29th (EU), June 1st (UK) and June 2nd (US), the pumpkin heads are set to further cement their title as the founding fathers of German melodic speed metal. The band’s first self-titled EP was released in 1985, making their new album “My God-Given Right” the celebratory marker for their impressive 30 year career.
Today, HELLOWEEN releases a new album trailer, talking about the background of the CD, as well as giving an insight on their album presentation in Tenerife.
Watch it here:
HELLOWEEN just released their first single ‘Battle’s Won’.
Pre-order the album now and get the instant grat singles “Battle’s Won” and “Lost In America” now instantly and get the single prices deducted when paying for the album!
“My God-Given Right” Tracklist:
01. Heroes
02. Battle’s Won
03. My God-Given Right
04. Stay Crazy
05. Lost In America
06. Russian Roulé
07. The Swing Of A Fallen World
08. Like Everybody Else
09. Creatures In Heaven
10. If God Loves Rock ‘n’ Roll
11. Living On The Edge
12. Claws
13. You, Still Of War
The limited digipak (with special 3D cover) and the vinyl version will feature two bonus tracks:
14. I Wish I Were There
15. Wicked Game
The digital version contains three bonus tracks:
14. I Wish I Were There
15. Wicked Game
16. Free World
The limited Earbook will feature a bonus-CD with four bonus tracks:
“My God-Given Right” was recorded between October 2014 and February 2015 at the bands very own MiSueno Studio in Tenerife, with long term producer Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, HAMMERFALL) handling production and recording duties.
The enchanting artwork was once again created by graphic guru Martin Häusler (BON JOVI, QUEEN, GOTTHARD) and will also be available as a 3D Lenticular print.
Their most recent studio effort, “Straight Out Of Hell” saw HELLOWEEN entering the official German album charts on a sensational #4. Keeping this high position for five long weeks
and charting several other European Top 10 ranking as well as the US Billboard Top 100, “Straight Out Of Hell” is the most successful HELLOWEEN so far.
HELLOWEEN are one of the most influential and internationally successful acts of the global metal scene. With the release of their 15th studio album My God-Given Right, due on May 29th (EU), June 1st (UK) and June 2nd (US) via Nuclear Blast, the Pumpkin Heads are set to further cement their title as the founding fathers of German melodic speed metal. The band’s first self-titled EP was released in 1985, making their new album the celebratory marker for their impressive 30 year career. Today sees the release of the first album trailer detailing the forthcoming album My God-Given Right, in which Michael and Andi discuss the story behind the tracks ‘Battle’s Won’ and ‘Lost In America’:
**Please note: The trailer is in German but has been translated and subtitled for English speakers.**
Listen to ‘Battle’s Won’ here:
My God-Given Right track list:
01. Heroes
02. Battle’s Won
03. My God-Given Right
04. Stay Crazy
05. Lost In America
06. Russian Roulé
07. The Swing Of A Fallen World
08. Like Everybody Else
09. Creatures In Heaven
10. If God Loves Rock ‘n’ Roll
11. Living On The Edge
12. Claws
13. You, Still Of War
The Limited Edition Digipack (with special 3D cover) and vinyl versions will feature two bonus tracks:
14. I Wish I Were There
15. Wicked Game
The digital version contains three bonus tracks:
14. I Wish I Were There
15. Wicked Game
16. Free World
The Limited Edition Earbook will feature an extra CD with four bonus tracks:
01. I Wish I Were There
02. Wicked Game
03. Nightmare
04. More Than A Lifetime
My God-Given Right was recorded between October 2014 and February 2015 at the bands very own MiSueno Studio in Tenerife, with long term producer Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, HAMMERFALL) handling production and recording duties.
The enchanting artwork was once again created by graphic guru Martin Häusler (BON JOVI, QUEEN, GOTTHARD) and will also be available as a 3D Lenticular print.
The pioneers of power metal HELLOWEEN are marking a huge milestone of their career in 2015 – it is three decades since their first release back in 1985, with the EP “Helloween”.
Of course, as with any band who has been around for that length of time, there have been changes in line-up, but the current one is pretty solid, proved by the last ten years together.
With such classics under their belts as “Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I” and “Part II”, to the more recent “Straight Out Of Hell”, HELLOWEEN have always created the music they wanted, on their terms, whether it be longer concept type tracks or fun crowd pleasing songs, along with tackling some serious issues as well. Even if power metal isn’t your favourite genre, there’s no denying the constant quality and energy this band produce!
As HELLOWEEN prepare to release their 15th studio album “My God-Given Right” on 29th May in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records, Blackdiamond had an entertaining and informative chat with frontman Andi Deris.
“Time flies you could say, 30 years is unbelievable! On the other hand, we’re still here and nearly having the third generation of fans in the audience, which is great. But at the same time it gives us lots of responsibility when it comes to new albums, to try and combine all the guys. You can’t be everyone’s darling, that’s quite clear. Nevertheless, we tried for the 30th anniversary – we tried to do an album which kind of leads you through three decades of Helloween metal and I think we succeeded.
Our producer Charlie did a great job on this one too because we wanted to have a little bit of a touch of the ’80’s, still being 2015.”
Andi revealed the story behind the title track ‘My God-Given Right’:
“‘My God-Given Right’ was actually from my father telling me on finishing school and I did not know what to do with my life. You have a big question mark over your head, what should you do? I definitely had that dream of making music like so many kids have, but I was very fortunate to have a father who completely backed me up. He said ‘you’re my only son – if I see you happy, you make me happy and it’s your God-given right to do what you want with your life, or at least give it a try. And whatever you do, I’m behind you.’
And my own son last year was more or less asking me the same question, so it went back to the days with my father. I told my son what his Grandfather told me and I thought it’s a beautiful title for a song.”
To gain more of an insight into some of the songs on the forthcoming album and possible hints about more touring in the UK as well as other countries, listen to the full chat on the audio player below:
Check out the official HELLOWEEN website at this location.
Following yesterday’s news that HELLOWEEN were to premiere their new single on Team Rock Radio UK last night, today the band have released the official lyric video for ‘Battle’s Won’. Check it out below:
HELLOWEEN are one of the most influential and internationally successful acts of the global metal scene. With the release of their 15th studio album “My God-Given Right”, due on May 29th (EU), June 1st (UK) and June 2nd (US), the pumpkin heads are set to further cement their title as the founding fathers of German melodic speed metal. The band’s first self-titled EP was released in 1985, making their new album “My God-Given Right” the celebratory marker for their impressive 30 year career.
Today HELLOWEEN release their first single ‘Battle’s Won’ digitally.
01. Heroes
02. Battle’s Won
03. My God-Given Right
04. Stay Crazy
05. Lost In America
06. Russian Roulé
07. The Swing Of A Fallen World
08. Like Everybody Else
09. Creatures In Heaven
10. If God Loves Rock ‘n’ Roll
11. Living On The Edge
12. Claws
13. You, Still Of War
The limited digipak (with special 3D lenticular cover) and the vinyl version will feature two bonus tracks:
14. I Wish I Were There
15. Wicked Game
The digital version contains three bonus tracks:
14. I Wish I Were There
15. Wicked Game
16. Free World
The limited Earbook will feature a bonus-CD with four bonus tracks:
01. I Wish I Were There
02. Wicked Game
03. Nightmare
04. More Than A Lifetime
Legendary power metallers HELLOWEEN have announced via their official Facebook page that their brand new single ‘Battle’s Won’ will be premiered on Team Rock Radio UK tonight on the Metal Hammer Magazine Show from 8 to 10pm BST.
The single is taken from the band’s forthcoming album “My God-Given Right” which is due for release on 29th May via Nuclear Blast Records.
Tracklist:
01. Heroes
02. Battle’s Won
03. My God-Given Right
04. Stay Crazy
05. Lost In America
06. Russian Roulé
07. The Swing Of A Fallen World
08. Like Everybody Else
09. Creatures In Heaven
10. If God Loves Rock ‘n’ Roll
11. Living On The Edge
12. Claws
13. You, Still Of War
The limited digipak (with special 3D lenticular cover) and the vinyl version will feature two bonus tracks:
14. I Wish I Were There
15. Wicked Game
The digital version contains three bonus tracks:
14. I Wish I Were There
15. Wicked Game
16. Free World
The limited Earbook will feature a bonus-CD with four bonus tracks:
01. I Wish I Were There
02. Wicked Game
03. Nightmare
04. More Than A Lifetime
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