The Time of the Oath

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The Time of the Oath
The Time of the Oath cover
Studio album by Helloween
Released 1996
Recorded Chateau du Pape Hamburg, Germany 1995
Genre Power metal
Length 1:01:29 (w/o bonus tracks)
1:31:45 (w/ bonus tracks)
Label Castle Communicatioins
Producer(s) Tommy Hansen
Professional reviews
Helloween chronology
Master of the Rings
(1994)		 The Time of the Oath
(1996)		 Better Than Raw
(1998)


The Time of the Oath is the seventh album by Helloween.

Contents

[edit] Concept

The Time of the Oath is, according to Andi Deris, based off of the prophecies of Nostradamus. The "Time of the Oath" refers to the prophecies made for the years 1994 to 2000. Nostradamus believed that there would be 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 Keepers album and to later return on the third, could represent God, or the stupidity of humanity in the form of the seventh trooper found on the song "Before the War".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "We Burn" (Deris) – 3:04
  2. "Steel Tormentor" (Weikath/Deris) – 5:40
  3. "Wake Up The Mountain" (Kusch/Deris) – 5:01
  4. "Power" (Weikath) – 3:28
  5. "Forever And One (Neverland)" (Deris) – 3:54
  6. "Before The War" (Deris) – 4:33
  7. "A Million To One" (Kusch/Deris) – 5:11
  8. "Anything My Mama Don't Like" (Deris/Kusch) – 3:46
  9. "Kings Will Be Kings" (Weikath) – 5:09
  10. "Mission Motherland" (Weikath/Helloween) – 9:00
  11. "If I Knew (Weikath)" – 5:30
  12. "The Time of the Oath" (Grapow/Deris) – 6:58

[edit] Expanded Edition

  1. "Still I Don't Know" (Deris/Grosskopf) – 4:13
  2. "Take It to the Limit" (Deris/Kusch) – 4:04
  3. "Electric Eye" (Tipton/Halford/Downing) – 4:06
  4. "Magnetic Fields" (Jarre) – 3:41
  5. "Rain" (Parfitt) – 4:33
  6. "Walk Your Way" (Grosskopf) – 4:56
  7. "Light in the Sky" (Deris) – 2:35
  8. "Time Goes By" (Deris) – 2:24

[edit] Credits

Helloween
Andi Deris | Michael Weikath | Sascha Gerstner | Markus Grosskopf | Daniel Löble
Kai Hansen - Michael Kiske - Ingo Schwichtenberg - Roland Grapow - Uli Kusch - Mark Cross - Stefan Schwarzmann
Discography
Studio albums: Helloween | Walls of Jericho | Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 | Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 | Pink Bubbles Go Ape | Chameleon | Master of the Rings | The Time of the Oath | Better Than Raw | Metal Jukebox | The Dark Ride | Rabbit Don't Come Easy | Keeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy
Live albums: I Want Out Live | Keepers Live | Live in the UK | High Live | Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006
Compilations: Pumpkin Tracks | The Best, The Rest, The Rare | Karaoke Album vol. 1 | Metal Jukebox | Treasure Chest
Singles and EPs: "Judas" | "Future World" | "Dr. Stein" | "I Want Out" | "Kids of the Century" | "Number One" | "Windmill" | "When The Sinner" | "Step Out of Hell" | "I Don't Wanna Cry No More" | "Where The Rain Grows" | "Mr. Ego" | "Perfect Gentleman" | "Sole Survivor" | "Power" | "The Time of the Oath" | "Forever And One" | "Forever And One Live" | "I Can" | "Hey Lord!" | "Lay All Your Love On Me" | "If I Could Fly" | "Mr. Torture" | "Just a Little Sign" | "Mrs. God" | "Light the Universe"
Tribute Albums: "The Eastern Tribute to Helloween" | "The Keepers of Jericho - Part I" | "The Keepers of Jericho - Part II"
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