Album

Straight Out of Hell

by Helloween

Released18 January 2013

LabelThe End Records

Popularity52.5

Also cited16 January 2013

power metal heavy metal metal

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Straight Out of Hell is the fourteenth studio album by Helloween, the German power metal band. It came out on 18 January 2013 through The End Records, with Charlie Bauerfeind in the producer's chair. In the US it followed a few days later, on 22 January.

The record sits between 7 Sinners, released in 2010, and My God-Given Right, which arrived in 2015. If you want to hear how Helloween were sounding in the early 2010s, this is the album that captures that stretch of their long career, one that began with Walls of Jericho in 1985 and the Keeper of the Seven Keys records that followed.

Straight Out of Hell: tracklist, credits and charts

13 tracks · 1:00:03

Tracklist

Disc 1
1NabataeaAndi Deris7:02
2World of WarSascha Gerstner4:56
3Live Now!Andi Deris and Sascha Gerstner3:10
4Far From the StarsMarkus Grosskopf4:42
5Burning SunMichael Weikath5:33
6Waiting for the ThunderAndi Deris3:53
Disc 2
1Hold Me in Your ArmsSascha Gerstner5:10
2Wanna Be GodAndi Deris2:02
3Straight Out of HellMarkus Grosskopf4:33
4AssholeSascha Gerstner4:10
5YearsMichael Weikath4:22
6Make Fire Catch the FlyAndi Deris4:23
7Church Breaks DownSascha Gerstner6:07

Produced by: Charlie Bauerfeind
Recorded at: Mi Sueno Recording Studios (Tenerife, Spain)
Recorded: 2012
Mixed by: Charlie Bauerfeind
Mixed at: Mi Sueno Recording Studios
Engineered by: Charlie Bauerfeind, Thomas Geiger
Label: The End Records
Length: 1:00:03

Line-up

Sascha Gerstner · guitar
Markus Grosskopf · bass guitar
Daniel Löble · drums (drum set)
Matthias Ulmer · keyboard
Michael Weikath · guitar
Andi Deris · lead vocals
Billy King · background vocals · guest
Olaf Senkbeil · background vocals · guest

Singles

“Burning Sun” · 26 October 2012
“Nabataea” · 9 January 2013

Peak chart positions

Chart	Peak
US Billboard 200 · 2013	97
Finnish Albums · 2013	4
German Albums · 2013	4
Swedish Albums · 2013	6
Hungarian Albums · 2013	10
Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 2013	11
Swiss Albums · 2013	12
Norwegian Albums · 2013	21
Austrian Albums · 2013	22
UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2013	24

All 15 charts

Spanish Albums · 2013	46
French Albums · 2013	50
Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2013	64
Canadian Albums (Billboard) · 2013	75
Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 2013	86

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52.5

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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata; also seen: 2013-01-16 (musicbrainz)

Source	Date	Note
MusicBrainz	16 January 2013
Wikipedia infobox	18 January 2013
Wikidata	18 January 2013
US release	22 January 2013	earliest US date
UK / Europe release	18 January 2013	earliest UK or European date

9 editions

Date	Country	Label	Barcode	Kind
2013	US	The End Records	654436030928	other
16 January 2013	JP	Victor	4988002637959	original
18 January 2013	DE	Columbia Dragnet	887654195210	other
18 January 2013	XE	Columbia Dragnet	887654181220	other
18 January 2013	DE	Columbia Dragnet	887654181428	other
22 January 2013	US	The End Records	654436030126	other
15 June 2016	JP	Victor	4988002715435	other
4 September 2020	XE	Nuclear Blast	727361553807	remaster
November 2021	XW	Atomic Fire	727361553869	other

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