| "The Time of the Oath" | ||||
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| Single by Helloween | ||||
| from the album The Time of the Oath | ||||
| Released | 2 May 1996 | |||
| Genre | Power metal | |||
| Length | 14:48 | |||
| Label | Raw Power | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Grapow/Deris | |||
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"The Time of the Oath" is a song and a single made by the German power metal band Helloween taken from the album also named The Time of the Oath . [1] [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Time of the Oath" | Grapow/Deris | 6:58 |
| 2. | "Magnetic Fields" (Jean Michel Jarre cover) | Jarre | 3:43 |
| 3. | "The Hellion/Electric Eye" (Judas Priest cover) | Tipton/Halford/Downing | 4:06 |
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