Keeper Of The Seven Keys: The Legacy - Helloween

When a band is already suffering constant comparisons to an age-old 'classic era,' it doesn't help to name the latest album directly after the revered classics themselves, in arrogant expectation that they will actually live up to the beloved early works. While it doesn't manage to tarnish the 'Keeper of the Seven Keys' legacy itself, this third instalment is still a very average and predictable entry into the Helloween canon that doesn't even sound like the albums it intends to stand alongside in the annals of heavy metal history. For a band that was always best when basing songs around simplistic, catchy riffs and choruses, there's too much emphasis here on ...  Read the complete review