Helloween - Gambling with the Devil
March 23 2008 at 07:53:21 PM

Massive, gleaming stages; hordes of sequined, leathered can-can gurls; laser-lights, floor-to-ceiling digital screens; flashes of white, auditorium shaking explosions: these are easily arrived at impressions for a band inextricably bound to “Big Vegas Metal,” and all that this could or would encompass. King Diamond, late-period Megadeth and even Iron Maiden are here and there. But the whole program is airbrushed to such an extent that any possibility of authenticity is nil. Without a fucking doubt the most artificial music I’ve ever heard from any band of any genre. An accomplishment…
[Stewart Voegtlin]