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 [Helloween]The 9th Deris-fronted studio album and 14th in their long history, Straight out of Hell benefits from the four core songwriters who willingly offer diverse emotional dynamics from every arrangement. If you want the double bass loving, dual guitar harmonizing, happy vocal melody driven songs - “World of War” and “Far from the Stars” assuredly deliver eargasms. 1998’s Better than Raw to me, was the best Helloween album to date since the Keepers saga, but now Straight out of Hell has pushed that off its pedestal...
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