Helloween – Straight out of Hell (2013/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Straight Out of Hell is the 14th studio album by German power metal band Helloween. It was released in 2013 and produced by Charlie Bauerfeind.

The 14th studio album from venerable German power metal outfit Helloween kicks off with the blistering “Nabatea,” a typically ambitious, seven-minute epic concerning a kingdom of nomadic, Mediterranean, peace-loving folks swallowed up by the Roman Empire in AD 106. From there, truncated history lessons are put on the back burner in favor of a more traditional, Keeper of the Seven Keys-era Helloween approach, offering up immaculate blasts of impossibly tuneful, power/neo-classical metal with humor (“Asshole”), apocalyptic glee (“World of War”), and an unapologetic love for all things Iron Maiden (“Far from the Stars”). Brighter, broader, and a good deal lighter in tone than 2010’s ominous 7 Sinners, Straight Out of Hell (definitely not Compton) finds Helloween resting on its laurels a bit, but should nonetheless please longtime fans with its huge, soaring choruses and reliably strong musicianship. [A version was released with two bonus tracks, “Another Shot of ” and “Burning Sun.”] – James Christopher Monger

Tracklist:
1-1. Helloween – Nabataea (Remastered 2020) (07:02)
1-2. Helloween – World of War (Remastered 2020) (04:58)
1-3. Helloween – Live Now! (Remastered 2020) (03:11)
1-4. Helloween – Far from the Stars (Remastered 2020) (04:44)
1-5. Helloween – Burning Sun (Remastered 2020) (05:35)
1-6. Helloween – Waiting For the Thunder (Remastered 2020) (03:55)
1-7. Helloween – Hold Me In Your Arms (Remastered 2020) (05:12)
1-8. Helloween – Wanna Be God (Remastered 2020) (02:02)
1-9. Helloween – Straight out of Hell (Remastered 2020) (04:35)
1-10. Helloween – Asshole (Remastered 2020) (04:10)
1-11. Helloween – Years (Remastered 2020) (04:24)
1-12. Helloween – Make Fire Catch the Fly (Remastered 2020) (04:24)
1-13. Helloween – Church Breaks Down (Remastered 2020) (06:09)
1-14. Helloween – Another Shot of Life (Remastered 2020) (05:15)
1-15. Helloween – No Eternity (Remastered 2020) (03:35)
1-16. Helloween – Burning Sun (Hammond Version) (05:35)