Eyesore wrote:
It is. It'll never have the same impact, but the songs are excellent on this new one and each of the previous two have some bad songs and filler tracks. The worst song on the new album is good.
Well... I can't agree with that, can't agree too with the ones that say Keeper III is boring and crap.
I think keeper III is a very good album, and could be a great album if were shorter (just one cd, I found it too long and with some fillers) and if its name wasn't Keeper.
But Keeper I and Keeper II are masterpieces. They are part of the history of metal, as classics whose influence is undeniable. And the music is great in both (Follow the sign is the only filler between both albums, INMO).
This was another Helloween, not the actual Helloween, that is good, but different. I really love The Dark ride as one of the best albums from them, Rabbits was awesome, and Keeper III is very good... But what the hell were they thinking to call it that way? I don't compare old Helloween with actual Helloween, but they force me to do with that name.
That's the problem too with operation mindcrime II. It's a good rock album, but musically has little in common with OM. Just lyrics are related, and I find first ones better than these. But the name forces to compare old Queensryche with new Queensryche. And well, actual one loses.
Perhaps it's my problem... But I prefer that the bands don't look at the past and follow they way.
(And what will be the next? Re-Master of Puppets? Painkiller II?... )