The cover artwork for HELLOWEEN's long-awaited new album, "Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy", has been posted online at Helloween.org.

"Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy" is scheduled for release in Europe on October 31 via Steamhammer/SPV (November 8 in the U.S.). The track listing for the double-CD is as follows:

CD 1:

01. The King for a 1000 Years
02. The Invisible Man
03. Born on Judgment Day
04. Pleasure Drone
05. Mrs. God
06. Silent Rain

The total playing time is 38:56.

CD 2:

01. Occasion Avenue
02. Light the Universe (feat. BLACKMORE'S NIGHT's Candice Night)
03. Do You Know What You're Fighting 4?
04. Come Alive
05. Shade in the Shadow
06. Get It Up
07. My Life 4 1 More Day

The total playing time is 38:45.

The lineup on the record includes singer Andi Deris, guitarists Michael Weikath and Sascha Gerstner, bassist Markus Großkopf and drummer Dani Löble (ex-RAWHEAD REXX). Produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, HALFORD, RAGE), "Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy" will be released as a high-quality digipack with six flaps. The band are promising "awe-inspiring loads of double-bass madness and the trademark HELLOWEEN-style of songs and arrangements" on the follow-up to 2003's "Rabbit Don't Come Easy" (Nuclear Blast Records), according to a posting on the group's web site.

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