Unarmed – Best of 25th Anniversary is the sixth compilation album by German power metal band Helloween. It is a compilation in celebration of the band's 25th anniversary, which contains 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,
Track listing
Charts
Credits
Andi Deris – vocals
Michael Weikath – guitar (tracks 1-5, 7-11) Sascha Gerstner – guitar Markus Grosskopf – bass guitar (tracks 1-5, 7-11) Dani Löble – drums (tracks 1-5, 7-11) Prague Symphony Orchestra (tracks 5, 11) Gero Drnek (Fury in the Slaughterhouse) - accordion Andreas Becker (Peter Maffay) - guitar (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9) Albie Donnelly (Supercharge) - saxophone (track 1) Matthias Ulmer - piano (tracks 1, 3, 5, 10, 11) Nippy Noya - percussion (tracks 1-4, 6, 7, 9, 10) Harriet Ohlsson (Hellsongs) - duet vocals, arrangement (track 6) Kalle Karlsson (Hellsongs) - guitar, arrangement (track 6) Johan Bringhed (Hellsongs) - piano, arrangement (track 6) Richard Naxton, Johnny Clucas, Dan Hoadley, Chris Tickner, Richard Collier, Gerry O'Beime, Gunther Laudahn, Lawrence White, Jan-Eric Kohrs, Rob Fardell (Gregorian) - choir Charlie Bauerfeind - producer (tracks 1-5, 7-11) Petter Ericsson - producer (track 6)