235 - Helloween Future World 1987

"Keeper Pt.1" was the first Helloween-album with Michael Kiske on the vocal helm. With the previous two releases (a self-titled EP in 1985 and "Walls of Jericho" in 1986), the band showed to have already found a quite distinctive style.
In 1993 the conflicts within the rest of the band reached critical mass as Michael Weikath refused to work any longer with Michael Kiske. The decision was made to fire Kiske. In hindsight, it is clear that the move away from power metal to pop was Kiske's idea; he had taken on a more vocal role in the band, and did not hide the fact that he disliked Helloween's style of power metal, instead favoring a softer, pop style of music. Helloween returned in 1994 with former Pink Cream 69 frontman Andi Deris as their new lead singer, and Uli Kusch, formerly of Kai Hansen's Gamma Ray on the drums. Deris sings in this live in Sao Paulo in late 2006, recorded for their live album "Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006".
"Future World" can be counted among the best songs the band have ever written, and has become crowd favourites at live-shows.