Walls of Jericho (album)

Walls of Jericho
Studio album by
Released18 November 1985
RecordedSeptember–October 1985
StudioMusiclab Studio (Berlin, West Germany)
Genre
Length40:54
LabelNoise
ProducerHarris Johns, Helloween
Helloween chronology
Helloween
(1985)
Walls of Jericho
(1985)
Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[3]
Sputnikmusic[4]

Walls of Jericho is the debut studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1985 on LP by Noise Records.[5] It is the only album featuring Kai Hansen as lead vocalist until 2021's Helloween, although he would continue to act as guitarist on the two following albums.

In 1988, Walls of Jericho was released on CD. Due to the enhanced capacity of the CD, the Helloween EP/mini-LP and the song "Judas" from the Judas EP were added to the Walls of Jericho track listing; they are now released as a compilation. In the late 1980s, due to a manufacturing error, side one of several cassette copies of Walls of Jericho accidentally contained the music of Celtic Frost's To Mega Therion, confusing many first-time Helloween listeners.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Helloween - Walls of Jericho". Metal Reviews.com.
  2. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Helloween Walls of Jericho review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  4. ^ Stagno, Mike (2006-10-31). "Helloween - Walls of Jericho". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  5. ^ "Helloween - Walls of Jericho". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  6. ^ "Helloween - Walls of Jericho". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.