Who wants a part four of ‘Keeper Of The Seven Keys’ by Helloween?

After the release of the two original albums, “Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part I” and “Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part II” in 1987 and “Keeper Of The Seven Keys: The Legacy” in 2005, which was meant to be a sequel to the originals, Helloween singer Andi Deris discussed the potential for a new chapter in the “Keeper Of The Seven Keys” saga in a recent interview with Metal Remains, as per Blabbermouth. Andi gave this response when asked if the “Keeper Of The Seven Keys” tale is “truly finished” or if there “may still be more keys left for the keepers to keep in the future.”

Oh, there’s definitely some keys left, but you have to see that the ‘Keeper Of The Seven Keys’ is very much depending on the political situation. If I would have to write a song or an album now, I would definitely [draw inspiration from] the political [situation that we have now]. We have a lot of bullshit going on. So, yeah, it would be the right time now. Unfortunately — or fortunately — we already have [a new] album out. But take ‘The Legacy’ — ‘The Legacy’ was, actually, [lyrically inspired by] the Iraq War… ‘The Legacy’ was a political album. And [the song] ‘The King For A 1000 Years’ is the main leader of that political thing we wanted to say. Certainly you never hear any words or names, but it’s all in the ‘keeper’ world. When you read through the lyrics, it’s pretty much clear to everybody what the whole song is about, without naming certain people. Yeah, it was very important for us back in the day.

We have that luxury that everything that goes down in the real world, we can actually pack it into a fantasy world without being fingerpointing with names. You don’t have to say it, but it’s still in there. Everybody who reads it knows what’s going on.

What better time than now, then?

It would be a good time for part four. That’s true.

Well, I’m keeping my hopes up.

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