Helloween Chameleon CD

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 metal mania
one of the best albums from these guys of course i love all there stuff cause they know where real metal is
Submitted by bull6900 (indiana, USA) 
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 horrendus-faulty kiske
what were they thinking? i just cant figure this out they are great musicians & possibly the greatest rock vocalist ever and they produce such tripe who told them this was good and what idots made them release this hoorrible abortive mess idont know.I suspect it was all kiskes fault because hello is still making good metal with deris and mikes supared is terrible
Submitted by nick autonomyy (long island ny)
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 Helloween's Mistake
This bands deviated from everything they had acheived. It sounds like mainstream 80's. Not what you want if you like the normal Helloween.
Submitted by natpat (Houston tx)
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 fave...
this is my favorite helloween cd for sure.the album clearly wasnt written together,its like a 3 way solo cd .having said that,its michael kiske s finest moment id say. i believe as awesome,great cd. check it out.
Submitted by gj862002 (canada)
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 Forget about the 'Keepers' -Great progressive rock
In order to understand and appreciate this album you have to forget what Helloween did in the past, especially in the 'Keeper of the Seven Keys' albums. Musically the album departs from power/speed metal and concentrates on progressive hard-rock with metal, blues and pop influences. By changing musical direction, Helloween break some more boundaries but in other fields of music... Chameleon is a long album and surely there are a few weak songs. But due to the fact that the music style is progressive nothing really bad can be said (everything depends on musical preferences). In my opinion the strongest and really 'great' tracks on this album are: 'I Believe', 'Giants', 'Music' and 'Longing'. "Giants" is the only true metal song here, a mid-tempo song with great guitar work and fabulous high-pitched vocals. "Music" is a strong blues-rock ballad with smart lyrics and great guitar solos. "I Believe" excides 9 minutes of playing time, truly emotional, deep lyrics and a great arrangement. "Longing" was the perfect song to close the album. An acoustic ballad nicely mixed with orchestration were the highlight are the vocals, this is Michael Kiske's best vocal performance ever, some of the most deep and emotional vocals I ever heard! The band is in great shape, wonderful and emotional solos, great vocals by Michael Kiske (as always), good bass and strong drumming throughout. Concerning the vocals, don't except the very high pitched Kiske trademark (Keeper's era). He has improved greatly as a vocalist and sings in a smoother, more emotional way with a few high notes in the wright places. Being a metal (mostly heavy & power) fan, I hated this album on the first listen, having in mind their previous masterpieces! (this is the reason why this album didn't sell much, it was aimed at the wrong crowd) But when I took metal out of my mind and listened to this album again, I was definitely amazed by some of the songs!! Which songs are best for each person varies as some songs are more progressive, some more pop, some more metal and some all of the above. Don't listen to the rumors, check out this album for your self in order to have an opinion.
Submitted by alien (Greece)
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