(Rated this album with 10 out of 10) Reviewed by
Rafael Ortiz
from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Rabbit Don't Come Easy is definitely a great triumph in Helloween's career. After Roland and Uli quitted the band I was worried about the future of the band. Not only they were excellent musicians, but also great song writers ( specially Uli). This album is a return to their sound and style that made them the legends that they are. Some people are complaning that it contains happy songs, well let them complain also about Dr. Stein, Raise and Fall, Power and other great Helloween classics. Sure The Dark Ride was a much more darker album but no one can deny that it wasn't exactly their style. Sascha (Previously the guitar player from Freedom Call)co-wrote perhaps one of the best songs of the album, Open your life, and wrote 2 more songs that are just awesome. Mikkey Dee's playing is great. Listening to him playing the double drums brought good memories from his King Diamond years (Mansion in Darkness, No present for Christmas).Markus came out writing and co-writing the two heaviest songs. And that's exactly what they needed for this album, "collective song writing", with Andi and Weikath writing the rest of the album's songs. The bottom line is this: If you are a true Hellowen fan, and what I mean is, if you consider Keepers I & II classics and the birth of Powermetal as we know it and really liked the albums from Masters to Dark Ride with Better than Raw being their best effort since the Keepers era then...You won't regret it!!
