Burning Sun (EP)

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Burning Sun
Burning Sun EP by Helloween.jpg
EP by
Helloween
Released26 October 2012
Genre Power metal
Length16:48
Label Victor Entertainment
Helloween chronology
7 Sinners
(2010)		Burning Sun
(2012)		 Straight Out of Hell
(2013)

Burning Sun is a song and an EP made by the German power metal band Helloween taken from the album Straight Out of Hell . [1] It was only released in Japan. [2] A Hammond version of the title track dedicated to Jon Lord was included on the limited and Japanese editions of Straight Out of Hell as a bonus track.

Extended play musical recording longer than a single, but shorter than a full album

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. Contemporary EPs generally contain a minimum of three tracks and maximum of six tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well.

Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contrast with the heaviness and dissonance prevalent for example in extreme metal. Power metal bands usually have anthem-like songs with fantasy-based subject matter and strong choruses, thus creating a theatrical, dramatic and emotionally "powerful" sound. The term was first used in the middle of the 1980s and refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a later more widespread and popular style based in Europe, South America and Japan, with a lighter, more melodic sound and frequent use of keyboards.

Helloween German power metal band

Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg, Northern Germany by members of bands Iron Fist and Gentry. Its first lineup consisted of singer and rhythm guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, lead guitarist Michael Weikath, and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. After the release of a self-titled EP and their debut album Walls of Jericho in 1985, it expanded into a quintet with the addition of singer Michael Kiske, Hansen choosing to focus on guitar instead. Under this line-up, they released the Keeper of the Seven Keys albums, which established Helloween as a notable heavy metal band and led to the creation of the power metal subgenre. Hansen left the band soon after the release of Part II and was replaced by Roland Grapow. After leaving Helloween, Hansen formed Gamma Ray.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Burning Sun" Michael Weikath 5:33
2."Wanna Be God" (Dedicated to Freddie Mercury) Andi Deris 2:02
3."Another Shot of Life" Markus Grosskopf 5:13
4."Where the Sinners Go" (Live at Woodstock Festival 2011)Deris3:54

Personnel

Andi Deris German musician

Andreas "Andi" Deris is a German singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of power metal band Helloween, and co-founder and former lead singer of German melodic metal band Pink Cream 69. He has an active solo career, as well as his own recording studio in Tenerife.

Michael Weikath German musician

Michael Ingo Joachim "Weiki" Weikath is a German musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member and one of the guitarists and backing vocalists of pioneering power metal band Helloween.

Sascha Gerstner German musician

Sascha Gerstner is a German musician, producer and songwriter, best known as one of the guitarists and backing vocalists of power metal band Helloween since 2003. He is also a former member of Freedom Call.

Credits

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Japanese Singles Chart [3] 99

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References

  1. ↑ "track listing (EP)". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  2. ↑ "line up". www.helloween.org . Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  3. ↑ "(in Japanese) Chart position and publisher". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
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