Helldorado (album)

Helldorado
Studio album by W.A.S.P.
Released	May 18, 1999
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	41:50
Label	CMC International Victor (Japan)
Producer	Blackie Lawless
W.A.S.P. chronology
Double Live Assassins (1998) Helldorado (1999) The Sting (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	4/10 [2]
Metal Rules	3.5/5 [3]
Rock Hard	8.5/10 [4]

Helldorado is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released in 1999. In a 2025 interview with eonmusic, Blackie Lawless said that the album's sound was a reaction to their previous release, Kill Fuck Die . "Helldorado was a rebellion, if you like, against what we had just gone through. It's like we don't want to go back to that place, we don't want to go back inside that pit, it's like; "we're out, we're going to have a celebration", and so that's really what Helldorado was; it was a celebration of getting your freedom back, getting your life back". ^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Blackie Lawless

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Drive By"	0:55
2.	"Helldorado"	5:05
3.	"Don't Cry (Just Suck)"	4:16
4.	"Damnation Angels"	6:27
5.	"Dirty Balls"	5:19
6.	"High on the Flames"	4:11
7.	"Cocaine Cowboys"	3:57
8.	"Can't Die Tonight"	4:04
9.	"Saturday Night Cockfight"	3:20
10.	"Hot Rods to Hell (Helldorado Reprise)"	4:15

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Don't Cry (Just Suck)" (Karaoke Mix)	4:26
12.	"Dirty Balls" (Karaoke Mix)	5:35

Personnel

W.A.S.P.

• Blackie Lawless – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, producer
• Chris Holmes – lead guitar
• Mike Duda – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Stet Howland – drums, backing vocals

Production

• Bill Metoyer – engineer
• Eddy Schreyer, Gene Grimaldi – mastering at Oasis Mastering, Burbank, California
• Roy Z – technical support
• Kosh and Paul Pierandozzi – art direction

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6]	59
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [7]	49
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [8]	5

References

1. Huey, Steve. "W.A.S.P. - Helldorado". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved November 29, 2012.
2. Bromley, Adrian. "W.A.S.P. - _Helldorado_". Chronicles of Chaos . Gino Filicetti. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
3. Joe. "W.A.S.P. - Helldorado". Metal Rules . Metal-Rules.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
4. Kühnemund, Götz (1999). "Review Album: W.A.S.P. - Helldorado". Rock Hard (in German). No. 145. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
5. "Blackie Lawless Talks 'Album One Alive' & W.A.S.P's Storied History". eonmusic: music for life. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
6. "Offiziellecharts.de – W.A.S.P. – Helldorado" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – W.A.S.P. – Helldorado". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
8. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 1, 2023.