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Title: Experiments can be good...
Review: But here, they're just so extreme that the album is a disaster of epic proportions. Helloween's 5th album, 1993's 'Chameleon,' is experimental to such an extreme that it falls apart after the first few tracks. Admittedly, there are a few decent tracks. Those tracks are: "First Time" (one of two songs on this album that could be classified as "metal,") "When The Sinner" (an upbeat, somewhat perky jazz-influenced rock song with a bit of horns in the background,) "Giants" (another song that could be classified as "metal,") and "Step Out Of Hell" (which is a good hard rocker, but not metal, but WHO CARES!) Overall, the rest of the album is just plain bad, especially "Windmill" (it just makes me cringe when I realize the great Michael Weikath wrote that 5-minute pile.) Overall, not recommended for the true Helloween fan, but if you like extreme amounts of experimentation, then this is for you. Otherwise, TRUE metalheads should AVOID!
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