"The keepers albums took the power of thrash and married it to the melody of bands like maiden, creating power metal. you must own this if you like metal, its flawless."
"This album is more melodic but less heavy than part 1. dont let that fool you though, its still heavier than most, and is a stone cold classic of metal. Get it now, you can thank me later."
"Thier first. Its straight out technical speed metal, but with songwriting which hints at the greatness to come. Guitarist Kia Hansen sings here, who isnt the best vocalist, but its still essential."
"Fans slag this one, but the only way is down after the keepers LP's. inevitably this has some rubbish songs, but also a lot of heavy, technical and epic songs, which are sadly under rated."
"Thier first with singer Andi Deris. dosent have the epicness and quality of classic material, but is still a brilliant album by a band showing thier ability to bounce back from being written off."
"Heavier, darker and all the better for it. Dark ride is an immensly powerful and atmospheric album. Shame they didnt carry on in this vien for the crap follow up album "rabbit dont come easy""
"Another quality album from their nineties line up. "We burn" is ferociously fast, the title track epic and "wake up the mountain" is just plain great."
"This was commercial suicide. only two "metal" songs, the rest are a mixture of ballads and atmospheric proggy stuff. its really quite good but definately not the place to start"
"Short but very sweet live album from helloween at thier best in 1989. misses out some classics (wheres eagle fly free?) but is still top notch and well produced."