Vinyl Record

Helloween - Walls Of Jericho

Helloween - Walls Of Jericho album cover

Buy Helloween’s Walls Of Jericho on 180g vinyl from Kilmorna in Listowel—a heavyweight LP reissue of the German speed-metal landmark.

LP · Metal · 1985

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1985 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection Metal shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel, ship within Ireland from EUR 5.95 per record or outside Ireland from EUR 12.00 per record.

Walls of Jericho is Helloween in its raw, fast and fiercely ambitious early form. After the short instrumental title piece, “Ride the Sky” tears forward on urgent riffing, rapid drumming and a chorus that already points toward the melodic power metal the band would help define. “Guardians” and “Phantoms of Death” widen the scale without sacrificing velocity, combining rough-edged force with an instinct for dramatic arrangement. The second side is just as foundational. “Metal Invaders” and “Heavy Metal (Is the Law)” bring direct, rallying energy, while “Gorgar” adds a darker narrative turn. The seven-minute “How Many Tears” closes the album with its most expansive statement, binding speed, melody and tension together. This 2015 UK and European reissue places the nine-track album on a single 180-gram LP, giving its lean, high-impact sequence a suitably substantial vinyl presentation.

Walls of Jericho stands at a crucial junction between European heavy metal, speed metal and the emerging power-metal sound. Its combination of breakneck momentum, melodic guitar work and anthem-sized ideas became a durable blueprint, capturing Helloween before later polish softened the attack.

This 2015 BMG/Sanctuary reissue is pressed as a single 180-gram LP for the UK and European market. It carries the compact nine-track album sequence, including the title introduction and the full closing epic “How Many Tears,” making it a sturdy modern edition of Helloween’s ferocious early statement.

Razor-edged guitars, breathless rhythms, raw high-register vocals and melodic leads drive a fast, lean record with the scale and drama of early power metal.

What pressing of Walls Of Jericho is offered here? This is the 2015 UK and European BMG/Sanctuary reissue, pressed on one 180-gram vinyl LP. What are the key tracks on the album? Highlights include “Ride the Sky,” “Guardians,” “Phantoms of Death,” “Metal Invaders,” “Heavy Metal (Is the Law)” and the extended finale “How Many Tears.” How does Walls Of Jericho sound compared with later Helloween albums? It is rawer and more aggressive, with a pronounced speed-metal attack, while its melodic leads and large-scale choruses clearly anticipate the band’s later power-metal direction.