Much Great with some fillers

After more than ordinary "Master of the Rings" and an acclaimed tour the new line-up was finally eingegroovt, and then went back into the studio Helloween to deliver as soon as possible an adequate successor and to strengthen their position. "Time of the Oath" should sound as possible live moderately and establish the band again as edged metal band.

The actually succeeded even over long distances. The no-nonsense three-minute opener "We Burn" ballert in best speed metal style same time extremely aggressive it happening as they had not heard from Helloween already for a few years, followed by the hymn "Steel Tormentor" , Unfortunately falls the following "Wake up the Mountain" as a rather average piece Hard Rock equal to at least two classes from, and so it remains, unfortunately for the rest of the disc. Hammer Horny material like "Power", "Before The War" (which even hard Walls of Jericho "would go in -Fetischisten well) met on average as" Anything my mama do not like "or the title track (a simple copy of" Mr. ego ") and even to complete failure as the desolate" If I Knew "and at least four minutes long Dudelfest" Mission Motherland ", in which well-Dream Theater should be worshiped (just listen to the staccato guitars ...), in Ultimately however, only boredom was fabricated.

As production was indeed deliberately live moderately, but the bottom line also sounds pretty dull and undynamic, I can only state the bottom line is that "Time .." another good Helloween album, but despite many highlights is far to the absolute Highlights zoom ranges.