German power metal legends Helloween have announced they have begun recording a new album to follow up last year’s ‘Straight Out of Hell‘.
While Helloween haven’t been exciting in the last decade, it is still nice to hear that the godfathers of European power metal are still running strong! The band released an update on their activities today:
“After successfully concluding their world-tour in support of the 2013 output “Straight Out Of Hell,” the party has been concluded upon the festival summer.
“Clearly no time to sit back & relax, as the pumpkin heads will heading right for their very own MiSueno Studios, located on the isle of Tenerife to start working on the successor of ‘Straight Out Of Hell’ in October. Joining the band to handle production duties will be long-term companion Charlie Bauerfeind. The new album which is set for a release in May 2015 will be the first since Helloween have inked a new deal with old label home Nuclear Blast, where they released two albums – ‘The Dark Ride’ (2000) and ‘Rabbit Don’t Come Easy’ (2003), both of which have been re-issued with extended bonus material in 2013.”
“Last but not least, HELLOWEEN would like to send out a big ‘Thank You’ to all the Helloween Maniacs worldwide with some live impressions of the title track of the charting success ‘Straight Out Of Hell’ turned out to be, landing on a sensational #4, their highest German chart entry to date, holding this position for five long weeks. Additionally they made another five Top ten entries in Europe and also cracked the US Billboard Charts.”
The band will hit the studio in October with the new album having a tenative release date of May 2015. Just enough time to start growing your hair back out and save for some new spandex and plastic swords in time for their next tour!
