Giants & Monsters

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.

Giants & Monsters
Studio album by Helloween
Released	29 August 2025
Recorded	2024–2025
Studio	Streetlife (Fürth) Mi Sueño (Tenerife) Hansen (Košice) Shockhouse (Hamburg) Pace Arts (Berlin)[1]
Genre	Power metal
Length	50:35
Label	Reigning Phoenix
Producer	Charlie Bauerfeind Dennis Ward
Helloween chronology
Live at Budokan (2024) Giants & Monsters (2025)
Singles from Giants & Monsters
"This Is Tokyo" Released: 13 June 2025[2] "Universe (Gravity for Hearts)" Released: 25 July 2025[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocalist(s)	Length
1.	"Giants on the Run"	Andi Deris, Kai Hansen	Deris, Hansen	6:21
2.	"Savior of the World"	Michael Weikath	Kiske	4:14
3.	"A Little Is a Little Too Much"	Deris	Deris, Kiske	3:30
4.	"We Can Be Gods"	Hansen	Kiske, Deris, Hansen	5:11
5.	"Into the Sun"	Deris	Kiske, Deris	3:40
6.	"This Is Tokyo"	Deris	Deris, Kiske	4:14
7.	"Universe (Gravity for Hearts)"	Sascha Gerstner	Kiske, Hansen	8:24
8.	"Hand of God"	Gerstner	Deris	3:45
9.	"Under the Moonlight"	Weikath	Kiske	3:08
10.	"Majestic"	Hansen	Hansen, Kiske, Deris	8:08

Limited edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocalist(s)	Length
11.	"Out Of Control"	Markus Grosskopf	Hansen	4:43
12.	"Into The Sun (Deris version)"	Deris	Deris	3:40
13.	"Into The Sun (Kiske version)"	Deris	Kiske	3:40
14.	"Into The Sun (Duet Acoustic version)"	Deris	Kiske, Deris	3:40

Personnel

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

Helloween

• Andi Deris – vocals
• Michael Kiske – vocals
• Michael Weikath – guitars
• Kai Hansen – vocals, guitars
• Markus Grosskopf – bass
• Sascha Gerstner – guitars
• Daniel Löble – drums

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