The stalwart German outfit's 16th studio long player, My God-Given Right is a power metal cornucopia spilling over with commercial-grade sweets and cheeses.
Bolstered by the dizzying guitar work of Michael Weikath and Sascha Gerstner, the 15-track set has some satisfying moments, especially early on with the one-two punch of "Heroes" and "Battles Won," both of which fit nicely into the Helloween canon where speed metal precision meets rich, melodic choruses tailor-made for unison fist pumping.
Vocalist Andi Deris more than holds his own throughout, delivering often inane lyrics like "We wanna stay crazy, fresh as a daisy" with gusto, in a voice that falls somewhere between former Helloween frontman Michael Kiske and head Scorpion Klaus Meine.
At 15 slabs of metal, My God-Given Right overstays its welcome a bit, with large portions of its latter half drifting dangerously into filler territory.
But stand-out cuts like the soaring "Creatures in Heaven," the menacing "Swing of the Fallen World," and the aforementioned "Heroes" prove that, 30 years into their career, Helloween are still largely unequaled purveyors and unabashed champions of "cheese-tastic" power metal hymns.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heroes | Helloween | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Battle's Won | Helloween | Play | 04:53 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | My God-Given Right | Helloween | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Stay Crazy | Helloween | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Lost in America | Helloween | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Russian Roulé | Helloween | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | The Swing of a Fallen World | Helloween | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Like Everybody Else | Helloween | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Creatures in Heaven | Helloween | Play | 06:37 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | If God Loves Rock 'n' Roll | Helloween | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Living on the Edge((Grosskopf)) | Helloween | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Claws | Helloween | Play | 05:53 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | You, Still of War | Helloween | Play | 07:22 | 16 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | I Wish I Were There | Helloween | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | Wicked Game | Helloween | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 16 | Free World | Helloween | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 17 | Nightmare | Helloween | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 18 | More Than A Lifetime | Helloween | Play | 03:55 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 81 mins | 187 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Bauerfeind | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 2 | Andi Deris | Group Member, Vocals |
| 3 | Thomas Geiger | Editing |
| 4 | Sascha Gerstner | Group Member, Strings |
| 5 | ((Grosskopf)) | Composer, Lyricist |
| 6 | Markus Grosskopf | Bass, Group Member |
| 7 | Martin Haeusler | Artwork, Design, Photography |
| 8 | Helloween | Primary Artist |
| 9 | Billy King | Vocals (Background) |
| 10 | Dani Löble | Drums, Group Member |
| 11 | Marcos Moura | Illustrations |
| 12 | Olaf Senkbeil | Vocals (Background) |
| 13 | Matthias Ulmer | Keyboard Arrangements, Keyboards |
| 14 | Michael Weikath | Group Member, Guitar |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |