Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2

Helloween | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: October 4, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002WCJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,011 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Invitation

2. Eagle Fly Free

3. You Always Walk Alone

4. Rise and Fall

5. Dr. Stein

6. We Got the Right

7. Save Us

8. March of Time

9. I Want Out

10. Keeper of the Seven Keys

Editorial Reviews

2 CD set. Recorded at Horus Sound Studio, Hannover, Germany from May to June 1988. Castle. 2005. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Absolute Metal Classic, August 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2 (Audio CD)

This album is even better than KOTSK Pt. I and it features more of Michael Weikath's songwriting than on previous releases. The album couldn't have started better than with "Invitation\Eagle Fly Free". "Eagle Fly Free" is my second favourite Helloween song after "Gorgar". "Eagle Fly Free" is an absolute classic song, it really doesn't get much better. Other highlights on this album include "I Want Out", the zany "Dr. Stein", Michael Kiske's "We got the Right" and of course the epic 13 minute "Keeper of the Seven Keys". These are the highlights, but the rest of the album is not filler. There are no bad tracks on this one. The musicianship is incredible. Check out "Eagle Fly Free" which features a drum solo and a bass solo in addition to guitar solos. Michale Kiske's vocals are flawless and it never ceases to amaze me how he soars from note to note so effortlessly and accurately. In summary, this album is an absolute classic and anyone who is into power metal should get their hands on this one.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite albums of all time, December 18, 2005

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mario (Palmdale, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2 (Audio CD)

Helloween's Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 is one of my favorite albums ever. This album just really flows my boat, combining a fierce duel-guitar attack, some great bass and drum work, and Michael Kiske's vocals, which are some of the best that I've ever heard.

Today, Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II is considered a model for power metal albums, and for a good reason. Simply put, the music in here is exellent. There are so many classic tunes in Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II.

Some of my favorites are Eagly Fly Free with it's nice uplifting feeling, Save Us, which is a fast tune with a nice chorus and great guitar solos, and March of Time, which has great lyrics and a very, very catchy chorus.

Then there is I Want Out, which has entered my pantheon of favorite songs ever. I Want Out is just such an awesome song. It starts out with very catchy riffs, has some very good and interesting lyrics, and has an anthemic chorus with great vocals. It's hard not to get the chills when you hear Michael Kiske screaming "live my life and to be FREEEEE!!" while the catchy riff is being played towards the end of the song. I hadn't been blown away as much by a song since the first time I heard Iron Maiden's The Trooper.

The other tracks are also great, which include You Always Walk Alone, Rise and Fall, Dr. Stein, We Got the Right, and especially the epic Keeper of the Seven Keys.

Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II is a great album. I'm a fan of understandable metal (metal without all the growling and screaming). Keepers Part II is a great album that will obviously appeal to power metal fans, but also fans of metal period. Keepers Part II is to power metal such as what Master of Puppets is to trash metal, it's just that good and important to the metal genre.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, September 16, 1999

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This review is from: Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2 (Audio CD)

I have had this tape for years and my tape finally played its last song. I had to replace it with a CD. Music isn't done like this anymore. It is great driving music, great resting music, great music for anything. It is all so well done and even stimulates the most intellectual of minds