Giants & Monsters

Giants & Monsters
Studio album by
Helloween
Released29 August 2025
Recorded2024–2025
Studio
GenrePower metal
Length50:35
LabelReigning Phoenix
Producer
Helloween chronology
Live at Budokan
(2024) 		Giants & Monsters
(2025)
Singles from Giants & Monsters
  1. "This Is Tokyo"
    Released: 13 June 2025[2]
  2. "Universe (Gravity for Hearts)"
    Released: 25 July 2025[3]

Giants & Monsters is the seventeenth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released on 29 August 2025.[4] It is the second studio album recorded by the "Pumpkins United" lineup and the band's first studio album released on Reigning Phoenix Music.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Vocalist(s)Length
1."Giants on the Run"Andi Deris, Kai HansenDeris, Hansen6:21
2."Savior of the World"Michael WeikathKiske4:14
3."A Little Is a Little Too Much"DerisKiske, Deris3:30
4."We Can Be Gods"HansenHansen, Kiske, Deris5:11
5."Into the Sun"DerisKiske, Deris3:40
6."This Is Tokyo"DerisDeris, Kiske4:14
7."Universe (Gravity for Hearts)"Sascha GerstnerKiske, Hansen8:24
8."Hand of God"GerstnerDeris3:45
9."Under the Moonlight"WeikathKiske3:08
10."Majestic"HansenHansen, Kiske, Deris8:08
Limited edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Vocalist(s)Length
11."Out Of Control"Markus GrosskopfHansen4:43
12."Into The Sun (Deris version)"DerisDeris3:40
13."Into The Sun (Kiske version)"DerisKiske3:40
14."Into The Sun (Duet Acoustic version)"DerisKiske, Deris3:40

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[1]

Helloween

Additional contributors

  • Charlie Bauerfeind – production, recording, mixing
  • Dennis Ward – production, recording, mixing, background vocals
  • Sascha "Busy" Bühren – mastering
  • Laura "Zauberdame" Morina – mastering
  • Matthias Ulmer – keyboards, keyboard arrangement
  • William Billy King – background vocals
  • Maria Valiskova – background vocals
  • Andrew Skrabutenas – orchestral arrangement and programming on "Into the Sun"
  • Nicolo Fragile – additional keyboards on "Out of Control"
  • Oliver Hartmann – acoustic guitar on "Into the Sun"
  • Eliran Kantor – cover artwork
  • Mathias Bothor – band photography
  • Thomas Ewerhard – artwork, design
  • Marcos Moura – pumpkin sketches

Charts

Chart performance for Giants & Monsters
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 21
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[8] 51
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 35
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 7
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 55
French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP)[12] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 3
German Rock & Metal Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 1
Greek Albums (IFPI)[15] 7
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)[16] 11
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17] 43
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[18] 15
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[19] 16
Japanese Download Albums (Billboard Japan)[20] 15
Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan)[21] 14
Norwegian Albums (IFPI Norge)[22] 51
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[23] 3
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[24] 75
Scottish Albums (OCC)[25] 20
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[26] 11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 6
Swedish Hard Rock Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[28] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 3
UK Albums Sales (OCC)[30] 16
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[31] 8
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[32] 4
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[33] 49

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