Gambling With the Devil
Gambling With the Devil is Helloween's twelfth studio album, released in October 2007 on Scarecrow Records. It followed Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy from 2005, a project built around a large-scale concept, and it deliberately steps away from that approach. The band play heavy, traditional-leaning power metal here, and the focus is on songs that stand on their own.
Bassist Markus Grosskopf has explained that writing to a concept demands a very different kind of thinking, and that this time a song only needed to be good to make the record. There is still one playful touch in "Crack the Riddle", which features spoken vocals from Biff Byford. The download-only single "As Long as I Fall" came out ahead of the album.
Gambling With the Devil: tracklist, credits and charts
14 tracks · 1:10:14Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1Crack the RiddleDeris, Gerstner, Grosskopf, Löble, Weikath0:57
- 2Kill ItAndi Deris4:14
- 3The SaintsMichael Weikath7:06
- 4As Long as I FallAndi Deris3:42
- 5Paint a New WorldSascha Gerstner and Michael Weikath4:27
- 6Final FortuneMarkus Grosskopf4:47
- 7The Bells of the 7 HellsAndi Deris5:22
- 8Fallen to PiecesAndi Deris5:53
- 9I.M.E.Andi Deris3:46
- 10Can Do ItMichael Weikath4:30
- 11DreamboundSascha Gerstner and Michael Weikath5:57
- 12Heaven Tells No LiesMarkus Grosskopf6:57
- Disc 2
- 1Find My FreedomMarkus Grosskopf6:29
- 2See the NightMarkus Grosskopf6:06
- Produced by
- Charlie Bauerfeind
- Recorded at
- G-Tracks Studio, Mi Sueno Recording Studios
- Recorded
- 2007 at Mi Sueño Studio, Tenerife, Spain
- Mixed by
- Charlie Bauerfeind
- Mixed at
- Mi Sueno Recording Studios
- Engineered by
- Charlie Bauerfeind, Thomas Geiger
- Labels
- Scarecrow Records, SPV/Steamhammer
- Length
- 1:10:14
Line-up
- Markus Grosskopf · bass guitar
- Daniel Löble · drums (drum set)
- Michael Weikath · guitar
- Biff Byford · lead vocals · guest
- Sascha Gerstner · guitar
- Andi Deris · lead vocals
- Thomas Hackmann · background vocals
- Rolf Köhler · background vocals
- Olaf Senkbeil · background vocals
Singles
- “As Long as I Fall” · 28 September 2007
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| Czech Republic Albums Chart · 2007 | 10 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 2007 | 17 |
| Hungarian Albums · 2007 | 18 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2007 | 18 |
| Finnish Albums · 2007 | 34 |
| Swedish Albums · 2007 | 34 |
| German Albums · 2007 | 38 |
| Italian Albums · 2007 | 49 |
| Swiss Albums · 2007 | 88 |
| French Albums · 2007 | 103 |
From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.
Released the same week
Also released on 24 October
Every year →More from Helloween
Full discography →The best of 2007
All of 2007 →More on Scarecrow Records
The label →How we know the release date wikipedia 2007-10-24 vs 2007-10-23 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 23 October 2007 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 24 October 2007 | |
| Wikidata | 2007 | |
| US release | 23 October 2007 | earliest US date |
12 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | MX | Scarecrow Records | 693723025629 | other |
| 23 October 2007 | US | Steamhammer | 693723981222 | original |
| 24 October 2007 | JP | Victor | 4988002535897 | other |
| 26 October 2007 | DE | Steamhammer | 693723981222 | other |
| 26 October 2007 | DE | Steamhammer | 693723025629 | other |
| 23 January 2008 | JP | Victor | 4988002541379 | other |
| 7 October 2008 | US | Steamhammer | 693723981284 | other |
| 14 November 2008 | XW | Steamhammer | deluxe | |
| 9 September 2016 | DE | Nuclear Blast | 727361375409 | other |
| 19 April 2019 | XE | Nuclear Blast | 727361487812 | other |
| 19 April 2019 | XE | Nuclear Blast | other | |
| — | — | — | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: minor: best source 1420x1407, upscaled to 1500 (x1.07)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1420×1407 | upscaled: minor: best source 1420x1407, upscaled to 1500 (x1.07) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |