The Dark Ride

For other uses, see Dark ride (disambiguation).
The Dark Ride
Studio album by Helloween
Released 30 October 2000
Recorded 2000 at Mi Sueño Studio, Tenerife, Spain
Genre Power metal
Length 56:57
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Roy Z and Charlie Bauerfeind
Helloween chronology

Metal Jukebox
(1999)		 The Dark Ride
(2000)		 Rabbit Don't Come Easy
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]
Sputnikmusic [2]

The Dark Ride is the ninth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 2000.[3][4] The album's style was quite different from Better Than Raw as it had a much darker sound, very tuned down guitars, and gruffer vocals. The album was produced by renowned figures Roy Z and Charlie Bauerfeind. It is also the last studio album to feature guitarist Roland Grapow and drummer Uli Kusch, both of whom were fired after completion of the supporting tour for the album. They went on to form the band Masterplan.

The album contains two singles, which are "If I Could Fly" and "Mr. Torture".

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Beyond the Portal"  Deris 0:45
2. "Mr. Torture"  Kusch 3:27
3. "All Over the Nations"  Weikath 4:55
4. "Escalation 666"  Grapow 4:24
5. "Mirror Mirror"  Deris 3:43
6. "If I Could Fly (Extended Album Version)"  Deris 4:09
7. "Salvation"  Weikath 5:43
8. "The Departed (Sun is Going Down)"  Kusch 4:37
9. "I Live for Your Pain"  Deris 3:59
10. "We Damn the Night"  Deris 4:07
11. "Immortal"  Deris 4:04
12. "The Dark Ride"  Grapow 8:48
Bonus Track
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
13. "The Madness of the Crowds" (Japanese bonus track)Deris 4:12

On some copies of "The Dark Ride" and "Rabbit Don't Come Easy" (as a special two for the price of one cd) the disc has "Mr. Torture" and "All over the Nations" in reverse order so this way "All over the Nations" is track #2. The tracks are also flipped on the Japanese version of the CD. Also on copies of the special two for one cd, there is a listing for track #13 "Far Away" on "Rabbit Don't Come Easy" which does not exist on the cd and is a mis-print on the back label.

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Trivia

References

  1. ↑ The Dark Ride at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  2. ↑ "Helloween - The Dark Ride". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  3. ↑ "The Dark Ride". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  4. ↑ "Helloween – The Dark Ride (tracklist and versions)". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-11-11.