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Walls of Jericho is considered by many a speed metal masterpiece. It's considered one of the band's most influential albums and in the USA an underground metal classic. Songwriting wise this album leans more towards the thrash genre than the influential Power Metal the band would later create. At the time however, nobody was playing heavy metal with quite the speed and the melody that Helloween was playing. The band in a sense was ahead of it’s time. Songs like Ride The Sky, How Many Tears, Gorgar and Guardians are highly regarded Helloween songs by the fans. Over the years many fans have emailed me telling me how much they loved Heavy Metal Is the Law and it turns out that this song is also a highly regarded Helloween cult classic. Overall Walls of Jericho was a period where the band had begun to reach it’s potential. Who would have ever known that what was about to come after Walls would be two of the most influential metal records ever recorded? I can say this, Walls of Jericho was an influential album in it’s own right, but the best was yet to come…..