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Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy is the twelfth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released October 31, 2005. The musicians, Andi Deris (vocals), Michael Weikath (guitar), Markus Grosskopf (bass), Sascha Gerstner (guitar) and new addition Dani Löble (drums, ex-Rawhead Rexx), see this recording in direct context with their 1987 and 1988 classics Keeper Of The Seven Keys parts I and II. The album is a double CD with nearly 80 minutes playing time and comes in a digipack with 6 flaps. Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy leans more towards the genre of Progressive metal than the previous album, Rabbit Don't Come Easy, which was much more of a Power metal album. It was produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (Blind Guardian, Halford, Rage) and features Blackmore's Night singer Candice Night on the track "Light The Universe".

The song "Occasion Avenue" uses samples from "Halloween", "Eagle Fly Free" and "Keeper of the Seven Keys" with Michael Kiske on vocals. Interestingly enough, one of the samples is a clip from a heretofore unreleased live version of the title track with Kiske singing the first part of the chorus and the crowd joining in.

Tracklist:

cd 1
1."The King for a 1000 Years" (Music: Helloween; Lyrics: Deris) – 13:54
2."The Invisible Man" (Gerstner) – 7:17
3."Born on Judgment Day" (Weikath) – 6:14
4."Pleasure Drone" (Gerstner) – 4:08
5."Mrs. God" (Deris) – 2:55
6."Silent Rain" (Music: Gerstner; Lyrics: Deris) – 4:21

cd2
1."Occasion Avenue" (Deris) – 11:04
2."Light the Universe" <featuring Candice Night> (Deris) &#150; 5:00
3."Do You Know What You're Fighting For?" (Weikath) &#150; 4:45
4."Come Alive" (Deris) &#150; 3:20
5."The Shade in the Shadow" (Deris) &#150; 3:24
6."Get It Up" (Weikath) &#150; 4:13
7."My Life for One More Day" (Music & lyrics: Grosskopf/Deris) &#150; 6:51

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