Walls of Jericho (Exp) [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered]

Helloween | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1985
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B000EU1PKK
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,105 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Starlight

2. Murderer

3. Warrior

4. Victim of Fate

5. Cry for Freedom

6. Walls of Jericho

7. Ride The Sky

8. Reptile

9. Guardians

10. Phantoms of Death

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Murderer (remix)

2. Ride The Sky (remix)

3. Intro/Ride The Sky (live)

4. Guardians (live)

5. Oernst of Live

6. Metal Invaders

7. Surpise

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you Helloween, June 13, 2006

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This review is from: Walls of Jericho (Exp) (Audio CD)

I have been a poor student for a long time, but recently I have started to have an income. When I found out the remasters of the helloween albums were coming out, I bought them all immediately. I have been waiting to do this for a long time, and now is the perfect time for everyone.

This particular remaster includes the original album plus the judas single, and then to add extra incentive, they added 7 b sides to a second disc. The disc one has been re-mastered and sound crisp, and as fresh as the day they were originally penned. It is the second disc that I want to stress as the best part of the new edition, and makes the investment worth it. The two versions of ride the sky (remix and Live) are both nice, and murderer remix and guardian live are cool too, But the tracks Oernst Of Life and Metal Invaders from the DEATH METAL compilation are the weight of this remaster. This is the first time the track Oernst has been anywhere easly available to the public since 1984. I have heard this song only once before this, but I did not have the 50-100 dollars to buy the vinyl Death Metal record to get it. It is one of the first tracks ever layed down by helloween, and is a classic fast, loud metal song that is a unrecognized gem of the early mid 80's metal days. The liner notes of this one also starts the story of the fledgling band, and has an interview with Michael Weikath (as do all of the re-masters series) that fills in more interesting facts of the boys from Hamburg.

Overall, this is the best thing that happened to metal since the 1995 re-masters of the Iron Maiden collection (1998 remasters good, but not all the goodie tracks). I wouldn't even hesitate to say this is more a important remasters series for metal of this genre, because it give helloween to re-gain the international recognition it should have again. The Walls Of Jericho are the best place to see the origins of one of Germany's best exports.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helloween's Debut, And They Never Sounded Quite Like It Since, March 12, 2010

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Stanley Runk "Runkdapunk" (Camp North Pines) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Walls of Jericho (Exp) (Audio CD)

Helloween are pretty much known as the originators of Power Metal, largely due to this and the two Keeper Of The Seven Keys albums. Walls Of Jericho is a melodic, fast, rip-roarin' metal album, that at first listen you could easily call Thrash. While it can easily hold it's own in the speed department against the Thrash bands of the time, it's obvious there's something else going on here. Because it sounds a lot like Iron Maiden too! So what the hell do we call this stuff? That's Power Metal, kids, here in it's purest form.
Unfortunately it's a tad underrated, and I always felt it should be one of those "required reading" metal albums. The Keeper albums are(and rightly so), but Jericho should be tacked onto those two albums as well, though the sound is a bit different from those albums-more raw and thrashy.
NO ONE sounded like Helloween. These guys were(still are)a very original, talented and extraordinary band. Checks out Walls and see where it started.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars crimially underrated german thrash!, February 13, 2009

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Walls of Jericho (Exp) (Audio CD)

i picked this up on casset in 86-87 this was mind blowing not the fastest or heavest but very hard and pure metal.at the time i thought america was the only place thrash/speed metal grew from but then i heard helloween,kreator,celtic frost and then coronor.these were some of the best, many liked sodom and artillery very good but not my style really but helloween had a fury at this time that american kids could relate to until the keepers of the 7 keys cds which are great euro power metal maiden style cd but this cd esspecially this 2 cds set will live in my heart as top knotch german thrash metal greatest song(timelessly relavant today)!