Seinfeld26 wrote:
Helloween, among other power metal bands, manages to implement positive messages into their music without coming off as cheesy or preachy. The reasons why are because the music itself suits these messages, and the band is fairly subtle about them, so you can listen to the music without feeling like you're being proselytized.
Yeah, and Helloween also has a humourous as well as sort of an intellectual edge in their music. You get the feel they've really done some serious thinking sometimes. This raises the standard a lot for me, bands like Freedom Call for example are pretty happy but i am mostly left unmoved by their positivity. Helloween otoh reaches deeper levels in me.