Helloween-vocalist going solo. First he recorded as Andi Deris, then he changed to Deris. His solo efforts sound more like his work with Pink Cream 69 than his work with Helloween.

COME IN FROM THE RAIN (1997) REEF

  1. House Of Pleasure
  2. Come In From The Rain
  3. Think Higher!
  4. Good Bye Jenny
  5. The King Of 7 Eyes
  6. Foreign Rainbow
  7. Somewhere, Someday, Someway
  8. They Wait
  9. Now That I Know This Ain't Love
  10. Could I Leave Forever
  11. 1000 Years Away

Line-up:

Andi Deris - Lead Vocals, Guitars

Peter F.Idera - Lead Guitars

Ralph G.Mason - Drums, Backing Vocals

Gisbert Royder - Bass Guitar

Guests:

Oliver Noack - Additional Keyboards

Michael Weikath & Roland Grapow - Solos on 5

Marcus Grosskopf - Bass on 5

Making solo-albums should be an outlet of stuff not fitting in the realms of your main band. And this is exactly what Andi does. It's not a polka album, or even remotely far away from Helloween, it's a much more mellow effort, even sniffing on the boundaries of AOR. Andi's voice is the main-focus here, and this is the way it should be, right? A good album to take out every now and then, just to have on in the background, or maybe to a candle-light dinner? The song "The King Of 7 Eyes" features the rest of Andi's main band as guests. My version of the CD is a limited edition poster pack.

Killer tracks: Come In From The Rain, The King Of 7 Eyes, They Wait, Now That I Know This Ain't Love

DONE BY MIRRORS (2000) MASSACRE

  1. let Your Love Fly Free

  2. dangerous

  3. The Best You Don't Need To Pay For

  4. Harvest

  5. Free

  6. Did It All For You

  7. A Little Bit More Each Day

  8. I Don't Believe In The Good

  9. Patient

  10. Back Again

  11. Child Of My Fear

Line-up:

Andi Deris - Vocals & Guitars

Don Pupillo - Guitars

Ralph G.Mason - Drums & Backing Vocals

Gisbert Royder - Bass

 

Second solo-album from current Helloween vocalist. I like this album, because I find it diverse, and fresh-sounding. It's not a classic, but it's not a dust-collector either. No song actually sticks out, but they are all good. The title though, is a bad spin off of Aerosmith's 'Done With Mirrors'.

Killer tracks: The Best You Don't Need To Pay For, Free, Did It All For You

Andi Deris guest appearances:

Ayreon - 'Universal Migrator Part 2'

 

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