Thread: Will the new album have new songs?

hahahah I guess the whole thing with waiting makes things even betterAnd bands need to make a pause sometimes, I guessif there's a tour-it will be even better!

Originally Posted by J4ce

One person in the thread said they were losing interest, So Its not 'People' 1 person certainly does not talk for me. All Iv said is the process sucks And Thats not directly the bands fault or david or even evil Janne! (Just joking Janne! You the man! ) Its more of a management thing, Like i said before Keyword is promotion and more info = More promotion. As a fan I want helloween to be promoted well at all times.

I completely agree with you J4ce ... that's why helloween aren't popular as Maiden, Metallica ... cuz their promotion sucks.. their music quality is in superior level and they deserve to be known as other big bands too, there is their place.. they just need promotion more and more ..

i'm really glad that they're releasing another album .. even if they release it after 2 yrs i would be patient to wait for it cuz i know they will have at least 4-5 songs that will be masterpieces =)
[ they need promotion non-stop, even if they don't release albums ]

Originally Posted by Kosova Fan

I completely agree with you J4ce ... that's why helloween aren't popular as Maiden, Metallica ... cuz their promotion sucks.. their music quality is in superior level and they deserve to be known as other big bands too, there is their place.. they just need promotion more and more ..

i'm really glad that they're releasing another album .. even if they release it after 2 yrs i would be patient to wait for it cuz i know they will have at least 4-5 songs that will be masterpieces =)
[ they need promotion non-stop, even if they don't release albums ]

Mmhm...here in the US nobody i've met even knows bands such as Helloween, Gamma Ray, or Hammerfall even exist. Their trapped within the radio's clutches of mainstream. Everyone listens to the same crap.

And in Brazil

Only people who like metal know these bands... the others only know about Britney, Lady Gaga and those mainstream things

Originally Posted by scumi

What do you think? That management and company are stupid?
There are tons of studies about market situations and the consuming behavior of people. If you plan to release an album at a certain date maybe it just makes no big sense to official anaunce it 6 mounths before. The plan must be, to have the biggest impact on the consumer to go and buy the album after the release. Many people may loose interest if the time between announcement and release is to long, what do i know. I just guess that there is some plan and i'm sure the announcement will come early enough for everybody. What about Gamma-Ray? they plan to release an album this year too, as far as i know and what did they announce?

We may have 4 mounth too the release from now on, as you mentioned. Way too long for me and many others if we would get the announcement now. The 4 mounths would become veeery long then. I think it makes sense 3 mounths before and then the fans need to be feeded with little information pieces every few weeks to stay hyped till the final day. All combined hopefully with a little input from the media. You know 25th anniversary and thinks like this. I hope for some Helloween-history stories and a few interviews and alos David asked the whole band for interviews as far as he told.

maybe gamma ray and helloween are making and album together......something like gamaween or hellray and because of that there is no informartion at all cause it is top secret

Originally Posted by DarkEagle666

I don´t think many .... you wrote them all

Black Sabbath?

... not metal .... but I agree it depends from point of view

Def Leppard isn't that metal either...

Originally Posted by scumi

Thats because this kind of music (metal) is no mainstream at all

Metal is not mainstream? Are you joking me? I think that metal is very much mainstream nowadays. Bands like Iron Maiden, Metallica, Dream Theater, Rammstein, Nightwish, Opeth & Dimmu Borgir are mainstream to me. Here in Finland you can see people everywhere who has a metal band T-shirt. Many small and big metal bands have sold out shows in here, and metal festivals grow larger and more popular every year. You can also hear that metal is mainstream today, as metal is much played on radio. Metal bands are often the #1 on the most selling albums of the week list. And about 2-3 years ago a guy here in Finland won the TV song competition "Idols" (same as the American Idol, but Finnish version) by singing metal, and that show is supposed to bring up new pop-singers! So yes: metal is mainstream.

Oh, and so that my post isn't only 'off topic', I must say that I would like to hear some news from the forthcoming 25th anniversary album soon

Originally Posted by Mr. Torture From Finland

Metal is not mainstream? Are you joking me? I think that metal is very much mainstream nowadays. Bands like Iron Maiden, Metallica, Dream Theater, Rammstein, Nightwish, Opeth & Dimmu Borgir are mainstream to me. Here in Finland you can see people everywhere who has a metal band T-shirt. Many small and big metal bands have sold out shows in here, and metal festivals grow larger and more popular every year. You can also hear that metal is mainstream today, as metal is much played on radio. Metal bands are often the #1 on the most selling albums of the week list. And about 2-3 years ago a guy here in Finland won the TV song competition "Idols" (same as the American Idol, but Finnish version) by singing metal, and that show is supposed to bring up new pop-singers! So yes: metal is mainstream.

This is in Finland, but in the rest of the world, these bands are not so famous... Iron Maiden and Metallica maybe, but Dimmu Borgir? I guess no

Originally Posted by Carol

This is in Finland, but in the rest of the world, these bands are not so famous... Iron Maiden and Metallica maybe, but Dimmu Borgir? I guess no

Well, maybe so, but I think the case is the same in most European countries, like in Sweden & Germany.