Unarmed – Best of 25th Anniversary
Unarmed – Best of 25th Anniversary is the 25th Anniversary celebration album by the German power metal band Helloween. It is a compilation of re-recorded versions of Helloween songs in an acoustic/symphonic style. It includes a 70-piece Prague Symphony Orchestra performing "The Keeper's Trilogy", a 17-minute medley consisting of the songs "Halloween", "Keeper of the Seven Keys" and "The King for a 1000 Years". Many guest musicians are featured on the tracks.
Commenting on the album on 2011, the bass guitarist Markus Grosskopf said,
The vocalist Andi Deris, however, panned the album in a 2015 interview, saying he never liked the idea of doing it and that the record company "raped" the band to do it. He commented,Charts
| Chart | Provider | Peak
position |
| German Albums Chart | IFPI/Media Control | 39 |
Credits
- Andi Deris – vocals
- Michael Weikath – guitar
- Sascha Gerstner – guitar
- Markus Grosskopf – bass guitar
- Dani Löble – drums
- Prague Symphony Orchestra
- Gero Drnek - accordion
- Andreas Becker - guitar
- Albie Donnelly - saxophone
- Matthias Ulmer - piano
- Nippy Noya - percussion
- Harriet Ohlsson - duet vocals, arrangement
- Kalle Karlsson - guitar, arrangement
- Johan Bringhed - piano, arrangement
- Richard Naxton, Johnny Clucas, Dan Hoadley, Chris Tickner, Richard Collier, Gerry O'Beime, Gunther Laudahn, Lawrence White, Jan-Eric Kohrs, Rob Fardell - choir
- Charlie Bauerfeind - producer
- Petter Ericsson - producer
