Helloween - The Time of the Oath (1996/2024) [Official Digital Download]

The Time of the Oath is the seventh studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1996.

The Time of the Oath is a concept album. According to Andi Deris, it is based on the prophecies of Nostradamus, referring to the prophecies made for the years 1994 to 2000. Nostradamus' interpreters believe that he predicted a third World War followed by a millennium of peace if humans made the right choices. The album is meant to reflect the choices of humanity. The Keeper that appears on this album, having returned from the first two Keeper of the Seven Keys albums and later to return on the third, could represent God, or the stupidity of humanity in the form of the seventh trooper in the song "Before the War." Instead of a space scene as on the cover of Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I, the area under the Keeper's hood is filled with stars and a line of golden rings, in the fashion of Master of the Rings' artwork. The track "The Time of the Oath" reflects on Act V of Faust Part Two, written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Andi Deris plays the part of Mephistopheles, reclaiming the soul of doctor Faust, whereas the Choir of the Orchestra "Johann Sebastian Bach", Hamburg, (conducted by Axel Bergstedt) sings the Dies irae from the traditional requiem, representing the angels rescuing Faust's lost soul.

The album contains three singles: "Power", "The Time of the Oath", and "Forever And One (Neverland)". The latter has a different track listing for the German release, which is titled "Forever And One Live".

TRACKLIST

1. Helloween - We Burn (2024 Remaster)
2. Helloween - Steel Tormentor (2024 Remaster)
3. Helloween - Wake Up the Mountain (2024 Remaster)
4. Helloween - Power (2024 Remaster)
5. Helloween - Forever and One (Neverland) (2024 Remaster)
6. Helloween - Before the War (2024 Remaster)
7. Helloween - A Million to One (2024 Remaster)
8. Helloween - Anything My Mama Don't Like (2024 Remaster)
9. Helloween - Kings Will Be Kings (2024 Remaster)
10. Helloween - Mission Motherland (2024 Remaster)
11. Helloween - If I Knew (2024 Remaster)
12. Helloween - The Time of the Oath (2024 Remaster)
13. Helloween - Still I Don't Know (2024 Remaster)
14. Helloween - Take It to the Limit (2024 Remaster)
15. Helloween - Electric Eye (2024 Remaster)
16. Helloween - Magnetic Fields (2024 Remaster)
17. Helloween - Rain (2024 Remaster)
18. Helloween - Walk Your Way (2024 Remaster)
19. Helloween - Light in the Sky (2024 Remaster)
20. Helloween - Time Goes By (2024 Remaster)



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