"Classic" of metal: HELLOWEEN - Chameleon (1993), early impressions
Helloween fans don't usually like to talk much about the stuff that happened between the band hitting their commercial peak with Keeper Of The Seven Keys, Part II in 1988, and said band recruiting Andi Deris and releasing Master Of The Rings in 1994. The narrative says that Kai left the band, a bunch of contractual things kept them from putting out another record for a few years, there was a lot of infighting that led to disjointed music, and then after some music that we don't talk about Weike and Markus had to basically reload and try again. It's finally time for me to draw my own conclusions about this period. And when I say "this period," I basically mean a certain record released in 1993. Because the narrative further says that although the alleged decline started with Pink Bubbles Go Ape , that one, especially in retrospect, really wouldn't have done much damage had it not paved the way for Chameleon . It's really Chamel...