HELLOWEEN Begins Recording New Album

May 11, 2007

Veteran German metallers HELLOWEEN entered singer Andi Deris' Mi Sueno Studios in Tenerife, Spain today (Friday, May 11) to begin recoding the as-yet-untitled follow-up to the highly acclaimed and successful "Keeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy" studio album, the double live CD "Live in Sao Paulo" and the double live DVD "Live on 3 Continents". According to HELLOWEEN's management, Bottom Row Promotion, the band has once again teamed up with longtime producer Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, SAXON). The planned release date is Halloween, October 31. The group will kick off a world tour mid-November in Europe, to be followed by Southeast Asia, and North and South America in the first half of 2008.

HELLOWEEN's "Keeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 Live on 3 Continents" DVD/CD registered the following first-week chart positions in Europe: Germany: #9 (DVD),#58 (CD); Sweden: #9 (DVD); France: #10 (DVD). The film footage comes on a DVD 9 featuring PAL and NTSC versions, the audio formats Dolby Digital 2.0 and Dolby Digital 5.1, and an overall playing time of around 280 minutes. Some tracks feature a special multi-media tool which allows the listener to switch between the different shows. The double CD consists of 12 songs with an overall playing time of almost two hours, including the two bonus tracks, "Occasion Avenue" and "Halloween", recorded in Tokyo and at the Masters of Rock in Vizovice, Czechia. The material was mixed by Charlie Bauerfeind.

HELLOWEEN in August 2006 cancelled its previously scheduled North American tour due to "unforeseen logistical and organizational problems. . . Despite good advance ticket sales (where pre-sales already where available),North American organizers of the tour could not guarantee an economical and adequate routing of the tour," the group said in a statement. "Therefore a consequent cancellation two months before tour start seemed [to] the band management to be the fairest for fans and promoters at this point."

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