Official Helloween thread v. Pumpkins United

[MirrorMask]

Halloween will return with a 12 MINUTES single, Skyfall, written by Kai Hansen!!! 

Release date: 5th of April 2021 

Beats me why they announce a single THIS early (heck, it would be early for the entire album announcement) but hey, at least we have something to look forward to I guess?

[Samsara]

Halloween will return with a 12 MINUTES single, Skyfall, written by Kai Hansen!!! 

Release date: 5th of April 2021 

Beats me why they announce a single THIS early (heck, it would be early for the entire album announcement) but hey, at least we have something to look forward to I guess?

Because they are selling the single in a physical format in different versions. Multiple bites of the apple (pumpkin).

[wolfking]

5th April. 

[Polarbear]

Announcing the single 4 months before release?

It's great to have something to look forward to, but that is a long time! Press release said that the album is expected to be out by summer. How much do you want to bet that the Russian/European tour will be pushed back again (which wouldn't be all that surprising). It is supposed to start in April, but why would they go to tour if the album is not even out? Still very excited to hear the album though!

Again, it wouldn't be surprising that the tour would be delayed again because Covid...

[Mladen]

I've never seen anyone announcing a single four months in advance. 

[wolfking]

I mean, an album 4 months is fine but a single is still making me laugh. I hope it lives up to the hype. 

[TAC]

Have they even recorded it yet?

[MirrorMask]

I believe they did, and I remember reading news about a video being filmed. I wouldn't be surprised if more than a band in these months would record a complete album, and then sit on it until a clear plan for release and safe touring is available.

[IDontNotDoThings]

Wouldn't it be funny if the album releases on the same day as the single 

[wolfking]

I'm watching the Hell on Wheels set from 87 right now.  This band was a raw, powerful force back then.  Wow! 

[TAC]

I'm watching the Hell on Wheels set from 87 right now.  This band was a raw, powerful force back then.  Wow! 

Saw that tour!



Oh, and there's this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsUMTcesJs

[Polarbear]

Just release the damn single already!

[Polarbear]

https://youtu.be/O_ZbYRkYPLs

50 second teaser for the new single!

God damn I need this now! Sounds amazing!

[ariich]

A teaser a month in advance of a single being released is pretty over the top, but fair enough it's a 12 minute song.

Didn't sound anything particularly special, but it's only a short snippet, and there's something about having Hansen and Kiske back that just makes me feel like they're having a lot of fun with it all. And that in itself interests me.

[TAC]

Didn't sound anything particularly special,

Oh it's special alright.

[Ben_Jamin]

Now these guys know how to market...

I didn't know it's a 12 minute song...If it's anything like Keeper Of The Seven Keys then, I'm all in.

[MirrorMask]

https://youtu.be/O_ZbYRkYPLs

50 second teaser for the new single!

God damn I need this now! Sounds amazing!

The video looks like it's gonna be one of the cheesiest, coolest and over the top videos ever made  I'm quite confident about it, the snippet seems to wind down on the bridge right before exploding into what I assume is gonna be a kickass bombastic chorus! 

[wolfking]

https://youtu.be/O_ZbYRkYPLs

50 second teaser for the new single!

God damn I need this now! Sounds amazing!

This does sound quite impressive.

[Polarbear]

https://www.sonicperspectives.com/news/helloween-announce-self-titled-new-studio-album-for-june-18th/

HELLOWEEN Announce Self-Titled New Studio Album For June 18th

"Helloween" will be released on June 18th, the album pre-order will kick off on March 26th.

"Helloween" Tracklisting:

Out For The Glory
Fear Of The Fallen
Best Time
Mass Pollution
Angels
Rise Without Chains
Indestructible
Robot King
Cyanide
Down In The Dumps
Orbit
Skyfall

[MirrorMask]

I was hoping for an actual title, but if there's an album that deserve the self titled gimmick, it's this one!

Now we know that Skyfall is the closing epic of the album... I wonder if there will be other long tracks on the record!

[gazinwales]

I just hope that Charlie Bauerfeind hasn't fucked up the mix and mastering as he did with the last Blind Guardian.
Which had great songs, terrible mix, with drums almost totally compressed and almost inaudible.

[IDontNotDoThings]

Helloween now has a self-titled EP, a self-titled song, AND a self titled album.

[wolfking]

Helloween now has a self-titled EP, a self-titled song, AND a self titled album.

They actually don't.  The song is called Halloween.

[pg1067]

Helloween now has a self-titled EP, a self-titled song, AND a self titled album.

They actually don't.  The song is called Halloween.

If I recall correctly, the liner notes for Keeper 1 contain a statement chastising folks for referring to the band as "Halloween" or the song as "Helloween."

[IDontNotDoThings]

Helloween now has a self-titled EP, a self-titled song, AND a self titled album.

They actually don't.  The song is called Halloween.

[TAC]

I am stoked for this album.

[wolfking]

Helloween now has a self-titled EP, a self-titled song, AND a self titled album.

They actually don't.  The song is called Halloween.

If I recall correctly, the liner notes for Keeper 1 contain a statement chastising folks for referring to the band as "Halloween" or the song as "Helloween."

Indeed it does.

[MirrorMask]

Album cover!!!



Now don't tell me that a nice title wouldn't have been nice at the bottom.

Anyway, we obviously got the Keeper and the angel blowing the trumpets of Jericho, what's up with the zombie? the clock at the moment doesn't seem familiar, did it appear on some other cover?

[ariich]

The hooded figure is from Time of the Oath.

[MirrorMask]

Because also that cover featured the Keeper character as first appeared on the namesake albums:

[ariich]

Oh yeah, forgot about that.

[Grappler]

New album cover:   

[ZKX-2099]

That might be their best cover.

[wolfking]

That cover is incredible.

[Polarbear]

That album cover is badass!!