--- product_id: 26893527 title: "Better Than Raw" price: "399 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/26893527-better-than-raw store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # Better Than Raw **Price:** 399 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Better Than Raw - **How much does it cost?** 399 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/26893527-better-than-raw) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Recorded at Chateau Du Pape and Crazy Cat Studios, Hamburg, Germany, and Mi Sueno, Tenerife, Spain. All tracks have been digitally remastered and features the 4 bonus tracks 'Back on the Ground', 'A Game We Shouldn't Play', 'Perfect Gentleman' & 'Moshi Moshi-Shiki No Uta'. Castle Music. Review: Pure Great Power Metal - It’s uncommon to find an album so lyrically fixed on positivity yet so musically aggressive as this one, and it’s a winning combination. Helloween is one of the bands that invented power metal, and they’re in complete mastery of the genre here. This is the version of the album that contains the full 1998 release plus four bonus tracks in the form of previously hard-to-find rarities. Starting off with the whimsically titled, classically inspired short instrumental piece “Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude In Z”, the album then segues into its first full-length track, “Push” with great drums and machine gun-like riffing, solid vocals and pulsating bass, and great solos. The song is about resisting media manipulation, and they’ve got a point to a large degree, but this one comes off a little, well, pushy. The various forms of media all have their faults, but they’re not all bad. A little bit of this flaw comes out in “Don’t Spit On My Mind” too but as with “Push” it doesn’t stop it from being, overall, a great track. The lyrics elsewhere are better constructed and generally very upbeat, often very Christian, on great tracks like “Revelation” and “I Can.” The slower, much more mellow “Time” serves as a nice counterpoint to the all out metal assault on most of the album. “Lavdate Dominvm” is a great pure metal attack sung entirely in Latin, and it leaves me with the same question I always have when I hear great non-English metal tracks: why don’t more bands do this, at least occasionally? English is great but there are, what, 6500 or so other languages out there that would probably love to be immortalized on a few tracks. “Lavdate Dominvm” is a great example. The original album concludes with one of its highlights, “Midnight Sun”, and then we’re off to the four bonus tracks, all saved from relative obscurity by being added here. Possibly the best of these is the instrumental “Moshi Moshi-Shiki No Ura”, a live track listed as a drum solo, but there’s a little guitar in there at the end too. This track gives me the perfect opportunity to discuss Uli Kusch’s drumming in general. It’s amazing. This guy either has some uncommon percussion pieces included in his drum kit, or he’s simply able to wrench sounds from the regular drums that most other drummers can’t. It’s similar to the way Jimi Hendrix coaxed all these original, unique sounds out of a regular guitar, which I don’t think anybody has been able to quite emulate. The guitars by Michael Weikath and Markus Grosskopf, and the bass by Roland Grapow, are all great, but what I’d like to address next is Andi Deris’s great vocals. This guy was given a highly unusual voice that, for many singers, would hold them back. Deris has found a way to make this unorthodox voice work wonders, though, and it goes great with the instrumental aspects of the album. Overall, this is an album that any metal fan should have in their collection. Highly recommended. Review: Bin - Excelente ## Images ![Better Than Raw - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91-KS0xsnwL.jpg) ![Better Than Raw - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91I5q9saBrL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pure Great Power Metal *by S***S on June 22, 2024* It’s uncommon to find an album so lyrically fixed on positivity yet so musically aggressive as this one, and it’s a winning combination. Helloween is one of the bands that invented power metal, and they’re in complete mastery of the genre here. This is the version of the album that contains the full 1998 release plus four bonus tracks in the form of previously hard-to-find rarities. Starting off with the whimsically titled, classically inspired short instrumental piece “Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude In Z”, the album then segues into its first full-length track, “Push” with great drums and machine gun-like riffing, solid vocals and pulsating bass, and great solos. The song is about resisting media manipulation, and they’ve got a point to a large degree, but this one comes off a little, well, pushy. The various forms of media all have their faults, but they’re not all bad. A little bit of this flaw comes out in “Don’t Spit On My Mind” too but as with “Push” it doesn’t stop it from being, overall, a great track. The lyrics elsewhere are better constructed and generally very upbeat, often very Christian, on great tracks like “Revelation” and “I Can.” The slower, much more mellow “Time” serves as a nice counterpoint to the all out metal assault on most of the album. “Lavdate Dominvm” is a great pure metal attack sung entirely in Latin, and it leaves me with the same question I always have when I hear great non-English metal tracks: why don’t more bands do this, at least occasionally? English is great but there are, what, 6500 or so other languages out there that would probably love to be immortalized on a few tracks. “Lavdate Dominvm” is a great example. The original album concludes with one of its highlights, “Midnight Sun”, and then we’re off to the four bonus tracks, all saved from relative obscurity by being added here. Possibly the best of these is the instrumental “Moshi Moshi-Shiki No Ura”, a live track listed as a drum solo, but there’s a little guitar in there at the end too. This track gives me the perfect opportunity to discuss Uli Kusch’s drumming in general. It’s amazing. This guy either has some uncommon percussion pieces included in his drum kit, or he’s simply able to wrench sounds from the regular drums that most other drummers can’t. It’s similar to the way Jimi Hendrix coaxed all these original, unique sounds out of a regular guitar, which I don’t think anybody has been able to quite emulate. The guitars by Michael Weikath and Markus Grosskopf, and the bass by Roland Grapow, are all great, but what I’d like to address next is Andi Deris’s great vocals. This guy was given a highly unusual voice that, for many singers, would hold them back. Deris has found a way to make this unorthodox voice work wonders, though, and it goes great with the instrumental aspects of the album. Overall, this is an album that any metal fan should have in their collection. Highly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bin *by E***O on March 16, 2026* Excelente ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Helloween “Better Than Raw” *by J***S on August 14, 2023* Helloween “Better Than Raw” 2006 on CD includes 15 Tracks. Helloween “Better Than Raw” Tracks 1-11 and Bonus Tracks 12-15 included on CD featuring Andy Deris on Vocals. Highly recommended Helloween discography. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/26893527-better-than-raw](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/26893527-better-than-raw) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-05-18*