[5] Regarding the songs, guitarist and founding member Michael Weikath stated:[5] Straight Out of Hell is the consequent development of the two albums before.

[10] Faith is addressed in "Far From the Stars", with bassist Markus Grosskopf explaining that the strength of one's belief, whether associated with a religion or not, is essential for survival.

[5][14] On the other hand, "Waiting for the Thunder" is a piano-driven song about an unrepentant man, after doing wrong, simply awaits the punishment rather than trying to make amends.

[15] In addition to the dedication of the Hammond organ version of "Burning Sun" to Jon Lord, Helloween dedicated "Wanna Be God" to the late Freddie Mercury of Queen due to its affinity to the Queen's stadium rock track, "We Will Rock You".

[16] Previously on December 12, 2012, Metal Shock Finland's Chief Editor, Mohsen Fayyazi, compared the drums of this track with a traditional Brazilian folk rhythm and also he wrote "It seems they wanted to wear QUEEN‘s shoes, as this track sounds like “We Will Rock You” by QUEEN to me"[17][18] The title track toys with heavy metal clichés[19] while "Years" fixates upon life and death,[20] and "Make Fire Catch the Fly" discusses the fear of rejection that may cause a person to never profess love for another.