01. Behind The Portal 02. Mr. Torture 03. All Over The Nations 04. Escalation 666 05. Mirror Mirror 06. If I Could Fly 07. Salvation 08. The Departed (Sun Is Going Down) 09. I Live For Your Pain 10. We Damn The Night 11. Immortal 12. The Dark Ride 13. The Madness Of The Crowds [Japanese bonus] 14. Deliver Us From Temptation [Japanese bonus]
As the name tells, this album has a really dark atmosphere. Helloween takes you to the latest hour with this one, and the sound is heavy and mean. Andi Deris puts his voice a little lower, and you get a kind of creepy feeling when you listen to it. But the humor is there and tracks like 'Mr. Torture' is kind of funny to listen to. Specially the intro on this album is a masterpiece, once you have heard it, you know what it's all about, that's for sure.
They did it! They have made an album that can reach a cult status of The Keepers! Of course that will never happen, because the only ones who like this album were the ones who left Helloween and made Masterplan, so it's a shame, because I would really like to see "The Dark Ride 2 - The Dark Fucking Legacy." Instead of returning to classic names to try to succeed again, they should make a new classic without Kai or Kiske on its name, really.