{"album":[{"idAlbum":"2144892","idArtist":"113113","idLabel":"43367","strAlbum":"Master of the Rings","strAlbumStripped":"Master of the Rings","strArtist":"Helloween","strArtistStripped":"Helloween","intYearReleased":"1994","strStyle":"Metal","strGenre":"Power Metal","strLabel":"Sanctuary Records","strReleaseFormat":"Album","intSales":"0","strAlbumThumb":"https://r2.theaudiodb.com/images/media/album/thumb/master-of-the-rings-4de2379e838c8.jpg","strAlbumThumbHQ":null,"strAlbumBack":"https://r2.theaudiodb.com/images/media/album/back/5wl5x21595934141.jpg","strAlbumCDart":"https://r2.theaudiodb.com/images/media/album/cdart/2sfyi11595934468.png","strAlbumSpine":null,"strAlbum3DCase":"https://r2.theaudiodb.com/images/media/album/3dcase/dqaxxj1770128413.png","strAlbum3DFlat":"https://r2.theaudiodb.com/images/media/album/3dflat/tjo3vm1770128438.png","strAlbum3DFace":"https://r2.theaudiodb.com/images/media/album/3dface/t932qu1770128453.png","strAlbum3DThumb":"https://r2.theaudiodb.com/images/media/album/3dthumb/grmbkg1770128428.png","strDescription":"Master of the Rings is the sixth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1994. It is the first to feature new members Andi Deris and Uli Kusch.\n\nThe album is known as a turning point in Helloween's career, as it marks the band's return to their power metal roots after a commercial failure in their previous album, the progressive rock and pop-influenced Chameleon.\n\nThe album contains four singles, which are \"Where The Rain Grows\", \"Mr. Ego (Take Me Down)\", \"Perfect Gentleman\", and \"Sole Survivor\", with corresponding videos for the first three. \"Mr. Ego\" was dedicated to the band's former singer, Michael Kiske, and was released as an EP in Europe.\n\nHelloween and vocalist Michael Kiske had reached the end of the road during the touring of 1993's \"Chameleon\". The dismissal shocked the heavy metal community. Michael Kiske's replacement was Andi Deris, formerly with Pink Cream 69.\n\nAfter an alcohol and drug-related incident in Japan, drummer and co-founder of the band Ingo Schwichtenberg was deputized first by the session-drummer Richie Abdel-Nabi, then on a more permanent basis by former Gamma Ray drummer Uli Kusch. Although a mostly cheerful and social individual, Schwichtenberg suffered from schizophrenia that would sometimes leave him sobbing for no apparent reason. Forgetting to take his medication resulted in outbursts, and the drummer was frustrated by the band's musical direction (\"He used to refer to song \"Windmill\" from \"Chameleon\" as \"Shitmill\"\" laughs Weikath). In March 1995, Shwichtenberg regrettably ended his own life by jumping under a subway train. \n\nAfter two highly controversial studios projects and a live album, Helloween parted company with EMI records, aligning themselves with the more modestly sized Raw Power (an imprint of Castle Communications). Nevertheless, the effect of Deris and Kusch was to re-energize their collective fortunes. In Japan, \"Master Of The Rings\" debuted at the top international album chart selling 120.000 copies in two weeks.","strDescriptionDE":null,"strDescriptionFR":null,"strDescriptionCN":null,"strDescriptionIT":null,"strDescriptionJP":null,"strDescriptionRU":null,"strDescriptionES":null,"strDescriptionPT":"Master of the Rings é o sexto álbum lançado em 1994 pela banda alemã de power metal Helloween. O álbum marca a estreia de Andi Deris como vocalista e Uli Kusch como baterista, substituindo Michael Kiske e Ingo Schwichtenberg, respectivamente. O primeiro baterista procurado foi Richie Abdel-Nabi, mas este foi trocado por Uli, ex-Gamma Ray, que só se juntou à banda depois que o álbum já estava escrito.\n\nAo comentar a gravação do álbum, o baixista Markus Grosskopf disse:\n\n“ Foi muito rápido porque havia algumas canções que o Weiki [Michael Weikath, guitarrista] fez e o Roland [Grapow, segundo guitarrista] tinha algumas coisas e então combinado com as coisas que o Andi trouxe à banda, sabe, foi muito funcional e incrível porque tudo foi tão rápido. Nós tínhamos uns três meses para ensaiar e então o estúdio estava agendado e... Foi uma sessão muito rápida e eu meio que gostei daquilo. Houve também uma mudança de baterista porque nós pegamos o Uli Kusch mas nós ainda fizemos tudo naqueles três meses\"\n\nEm 2006 este álbum foi relançado com um CD bônus. 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