Gambling With the Devil by Helloween, album cover
Album

Gambling With the Devil

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Also cited23 October 2007

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 · 1:10:14

Tracklist

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1Crack the RiddleDeris, Gerstner, Grosskopf, Löble, Weikath0:57
  3. 2Kill ItAndi Deris4:14
  4. 3The SaintsMichael Weikath7:06
  5. 4As Long as I FallAndi Deris3:42
  6. 5Paint a New WorldSascha Gerstner and Michael Weikath4:27
  7. 6Final FortuneMarkus Grosskopf4:47
  8. 7The Bells of the 7 HellsAndi Deris5:22
  9. 8Fallen to PiecesAndi Deris5:53
  10. 9I.M.E.Andi Deris3:46
  11. 10Can Do ItMichael Weikath4:30
  12. 11DreamboundSascha Gerstner and Michael Weikath5:57
  13. 12Heaven Tells No LiesMarkus Grosskopf6:57
  14. Disc 2
  15. 1Find My FreedomMarkus Grosskopf6:29
  16. 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

ChartPeak
Czech Republic Albums Chart · 200710
Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 200717
Hungarian Albums · 200718
UK Rock & Metal Albums · 200718
Finnish Albums · 200734
Swedish Albums · 200734
German Albums · 200738
Italian Albums · 200749
Swiss Albums · 200788
French Albums · 2007103

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MusicBrainz23 October 2007
Wikipedia infobox24 October 2007
Wikidata2007
US release23 October 2007earliest US date
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October 2007MXScarecrow Records693723025629other
23 October 2007USSteamhammer693723981222original
24 October 2007JPVictor4988002535897other
26 October 2007DESteamhammer693723981222other
26 October 2007DESteamhammer693723025629other
23 January 2008JPVictor4988002541379other
7 October 2008USSteamhammer693723981284other
14 November 2008XWSteamhammerdeluxe
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19 April 2019XENuclear Blast727361487812other
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