Giants & Monsters

Giants & Monsters
Studio album by Helloween
Released	29 August 2025
Recorded	2024–2025
Studio	Streetlife (Fürth) Mi Sueño (Tenerife) Hansen (Košice) Shockhouse (Hamburg) Pace Arts (Berlin) [1]
Genre	Power metal
Length	50:35
Label	Reigning Phoenix
Producer	Charlie Bauerfeind Dennis Ward
Helloween chronology
Live at Budokan (2024) Giants & Monsters (2025)
Singles from Giants & Monsters
"This Is Tokyo" Released: 13 June 2025 [2] "Universe (Gravity for Hearts)" Released: 25 July 2025 [3]

Giants & Monsters is the seventeenth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released on 29 August 2025. ^[4] It is the second studio album recorded by the "Pumpkins United" lineup and the band's first studio album released on Reigning Phoenix Music.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocalist(s)	Length
1.	"Giants on the Run"	Andi Deris, Kai Hansen	Deris, Hansen	6:21
2.	"Savior of the World"	Michael Weikath	Kiske	4:14
3.	"A Little Is a Little Too Much"	Deris	Kiske, Deris	3:30
4.	"We Can Be Gods"	Hansen	Hansen, Kiske, Deris	5:11
5.	"Into the Sun"	Deris	Kiske, Deris	3:40
6.	"This Is Tokyo"	Deris	Deris, Kiske	4:14
7.	"Universe (Gravity for Hearts)"	Sascha Gerstner	Kiske, Hansen	8:24
8.	"Hand of God"	Gerstner	Deris	3:45
9.	"Under the Moonlight"	Weikath	Kiske	3:08
10.	"Majestic"	Hansen	Hansen, Kiske, Deris	8:08

Limited edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocalist(s)	Length
11.	"Out Of Control"	Markus Grosskopf	Hansen	4:43
12.	"Into The Sun (Deris version)"	Deris	Deris	3:40
13.	"Into The Sun (Kiske version)"	Deris	Kiske	3:40
14.	"Into The Sun (Duet Acoustic version)"	Deris	Kiske, Deris	3:40

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[1]

Helloween

• Andi Deris – vocals
• Michael Kiske – vocals
• Michael Weikath – guitars
• Kai Hansen – vocals, guitars
• Markus Grosskopf – bass
• Sascha Gerstner – guitars
• Daniel Löble – drums

Additional contributors

• Charlie Bauerfeind – production, recording, mixing
• Dennis Ward – production, recording, mixing, background vocals
• Sascha "Busy" Bühren – mastering
• Laura "Zauberdame" Morina – mastering
• Matthias Ulmer – keyboards, keyboard arrangement
• William Billy King – background vocals
• Maria Valiskova – background vocals
• Andrew Skrabutenas – orchestral arrangement and programming on "Into the Sun"
• Nicolo Fragile – additional keyboards on "Out of Control"
• Oliver Hartmann – acoustic guitar on "Into the Sun"
• Eliran Kantor – cover artwork
• Mathias Bothor – band photography
• Thomas Ewerhard – artwork, design
• Marcos Moura – pumpkin sketches

Charts

Chart performance for Giants & Monsters

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5]	5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6]	32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [7]	21
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [8]	51
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9]	35
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [10]	7
French Albums (SNEP) [11]	55
French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP) [12]	5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13]	3
German Rock & Metal Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14]	1
Greek Albums (IFPI) [15]	7
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) [16]	11
Italian Albums (FIMI) [17]	43
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [18]	15
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) [19]	16
Japanese Download Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [20]	15
Japanese Top Albums Sales ( Billboard Japan ) [21]	14
Norwegian Albums (IFPI Norge) [22]	51
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [23]	3
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [24]	75
Scottish Albums (OCC) [25]	20
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [26]	11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [27]	6
Swedish Hard Rock Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [28]	1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [29]	3
UK Albums Sales (OCC) [30]	16
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [31]	8
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [32]	4
US Top Album Sales ( Billboard ) [33]	49

References

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