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5	VOIVOD	Symphonique	Century Media
5	EVANESCENCE	Sanctuary	BMG
5	CYHRA	Requiem For A Pipe Dream	Reigning Phoenix
5	CONVERGE	Hum Of Hurt	Deathwish/Epitaph
5	AUGUST BURNS RED	Season Of Surrender	Fearless
5	EVERGREY	Architects of a New Weave	Napalm
12	STORMKEEP	The Nocturnes Of Iswylm	Metal Blade
12	SOULBURN	Quantifying Cosmic Doom	Testimony Records
12	DEFILED	Altered State	Season Of Mist
12	TARJA	Frisson Noir	earMusic
12	KHEMMIS	Khemmis	Nuclear Blast
26	MAYHEM	Live In Marseille 2000	Season Of Mist
26	METALLICA	ReLoad (Deluxe Edition)	Blackened
26	MORTIIS	Ghosts Of Europa	Prophecy
26	NUNSLAUGHTER	Satanic Chaos Legions	BLKIIBLK
26	MASTERPLAN	Metalmorphosis	Frontiers

This Day in Metal

23 MAY

1987

HELLOWEEN released "Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I," their second studio album and one of the most important records in power metal history. The album essentially invented the genre's template: soaring vocals from Michael Kiske, galloping twin-guitar harmonies, fantasy-themed lyrics, and epic song structures that stretched far beyond conventional metal. Tracks like "Halloween," the nearly fourteen-minute tour de force that closes the record, and "I'm Alive" demonstrated a compositional ambition that few metal bands had attempted before. Kai Hansen and Michael Weikath crafted riffs that were simultaneously heavy and melodic, opening an entirely new dimension for European metal. "Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I" is the foundation stone of power metal and one of the most influential metal albums ever recorded in Germany.