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TRACKLIST:
01. Initiation
02. I’m Alive
03. A Little Time
04. Twilight of the Gods
05. A Tale That Wasn’t Right
06. Future World
07. Halloween
08. Follow the Sign
Recorded & Mixed at Horus Sound Studio, Hannover, Nov./Dec.’86 & Jan.’87
LINEUP:
- Michael Kiske – vocals
- Kai Hansen – guitar, front cover concept, backing vocals
- Michael Weikath – guitar, backing vocals
- Markus Grosskopf – bass, backing vocals
- Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums
CREDITS:
- Producer, engineer – Tommy Newton
- Co-Producer, enginner, mixing, emulator – Tommy Hansen
- Cover design – Edda and Uwe Karczewski
- Concept By [Frontcover] – Kai Hansen, Limb Schnoor
- Concept By [Inner & Backcover] – Limb Schnoor
- Sleeve and back cover concept – Limb Schnoor
- Photography By [Photos] – Jurgen Muller
Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I is the second studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1987. It marks the first appearance of vocalist Michael Kiske, and is considered the album that created the genre of European-style power metal.
“Future World” was released as a single on 13 April 1987.
Single Tracklist:
A1. Future World
B1. Starlight (Kiske Version)
B2. A Little Time (Alternative Version)
A music video was made for the epic “Halloween”. Mark Rezyka directed the music video.
The band originally planned to release Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I and Part II as a double album, but their record label decided that the albums be released separately.
Loudwire named the album at third in their list “Top 25 Power Metal Albums of All Time” and commented the album is “a tireless LP and perhaps the first genuine power metal album.”
ThoughtCo also named the album in their list “Essential Power Metal Albums.”