HELLOWEEN Survivor 2017 - The Time Of The Oath - round 6

[The Silent Cody]

THE TIME OF THE OATH

The Time of the Oath is the seventh studio album by Helloween, released in 1996. The album is dedicated to the memory of former drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg, who committed suicide the previous year. The Time of the Oath is a concept album. According to Andi Deris, it is based on the prophecies of Nostradamus, referring to the prophecies made for the years 1994 to 2000. Nostradamus' interpreters believe that he predicted a third World War followed by a millennium of peace if humans made the right choices. The album is meant to reflect the choices of humanity. The Keeper that appears on this album, having returned from the first two Keeper of the Seven Keys albums and later to return on the third, could represent God, or the stupidity of humanity in the form of the seventh trooper in the song "Before the War." Instead of a space scene as on the cover of Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1, the area under the Keeper's hood is filled with stars and a line of golden rings, in the fashion of Master of the Rings' artwork.

As I remember well, The Time Of The Oath was the first album that I've heard with Andi on vocals. I bought it on a CD, listened to it and I loved it from the first time! Everything was great from melodies to drumwork (especially drums, I think that Oath is the best Uli performance in Helloween). I hope that I will hear and see some tracks from Oath on Pumpkins United concert in November, I saw Kings Will Be Kings on their setlist... It would be great

Andi Deris - vocals
Roland Grapow – guitar
Michael Weikath – guitar
Markus Grosskopf – bass
Uli Kusch – drums

5TH ROUND RESULTS:
We Burn - 1 (11.1%)
Steel Tormentor - 0 (0%)
Power - 0 (0%)
Forever And One (Neverland) - 1 (11.1%)
Before The War - 0 (0%)
Kings Will Be Kings - 0 (0%)
Mission Motherland - 7 (77.8%)
The Time Of The Oath - 0 (0%)

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8. Mission Motherland
9. If I Knew
10. Wake Up The Mountain
11. A Million To One
12. Anything My Mama Don't Like

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Mission Motherland has failed and it's out in round 5. Well, it doesn't matter that songs are being out exactly how I wanted them to be out it's still very hard to decide from now... only great songs left, I think I will go with We Burn now....

[jjrock88]

I'll go with We Burn too

All great songs left though

[Eldomm]

Ok, let's burn we burn

[MirrorMask]

Before the War, but really, all these songs are fantastic.

[Mladen]

We Burn

Good, but slightly overrated.

[wolfking]

What the fuck?  We Burn is a smoking track.  Top 3 IMO.

Forever and One

[MirrorMask]

What the fuck?  We Burn is a smoking track.  Top 3 IMO.

I wouldn't expect otherwise.