Released 30 October 2000 Length 56:57 Release date 30 October 2000 Producers Roy Z, Charlie Bauerfeind | Recorded 2000 Artist Helloween Label Nuclear Blast Genres Power metal, Speed metal | |
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Studio Mi Sueño Studio, Tenerife, Spain The Dark Ride
(2000) Rabbit Don't Come Easy
(2003) Similar Helloween albums, Power metal albums | ||
Helloween the dark ride studio version
The Dark Ride is the ninth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 2000. The album's style was quite different from Better Than Raw as it had a much darker sound, very tuned down guitars, and gruffer vocals. The album was produced by renowned figures Roy Z and Charlie Bauerfeind. It is also the last studio album to feature guitarist Roland Grapow and drummer Uli Kusch, both of whom were fired after completion of the supporting tour for the album. They went on to form the band Masterplan.
Contents
- Helloween the dark ride studio version
- Helloween the dark ride
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Trivia
- Songs
- References
The album contains two singles, which are "If I Could Fly" and "Mr. Torture".
On a later interview, bassist Markus Grosskopf commented on the album, saying: "The Dark Ride was kind of constructed, all the people were telling us try this, let's do this, you know, it's a good album but it's a very difficult way to do records when there's somebody always going on your nerves all the time."
Helloween the dark ride
Track listing
On some copies of "The Dark Ride" and "Rabbit Don't Come Easy" (as a special two for the price of one cd) the disc has "Mr. Torture" and "All over the Nations" in reverse order so this way "All over the Nations" is track #2. The tracks are also flipped on the Japanese version of the CD. Also on copies of the special two for one cd, there is a listing for track #13 "Far Away" on "Rabbit Don't Come Easy" which does not exist on the cd and is a mis-print on the back label.
Personnel
Trivia
Songs
1Behind the Portal0:45
2Mr Torture3:28
3All over the Nation4:55