Helloween
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Biography
One of the loudest, fiercest European metal acts of the 1980s, Helloween's breakneck shredding and thunderous riffs helped define the sub-genre of power metal and won the adoration of hard rock fans across the world. Formed in Hamburg, Germany in 1984, the band took inspiration from Judas Priest and Black Sabbath and created a bombastic sound based on Michael Weikath's blistering guitar playing and Michael Kiske's high-pitched, melodic voice. Early albums Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1 (1987) and Part 2 (1988) won support from MTV and took the group from a cult audience in their home country to world tours, support slots for Anthrax and Iron Maiden and a triumphant performance at the UK's Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington. They were signed up by major label EMI, but the departure of guitarist Kai Hansen, a lengthy legal battle with their former record company and the suicide of drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg halted their progress. When Kiske was replaced as front man by Andi Deros, the band returned to form for the acclaimed The Time of Oath (1996), Better Than Raw (1998) and The Dark Ride (2000). The band underwent numerous line-up changes but starting with 2005âs Keeper fo the Seven Keys: The Legacy, the band kept the same quintet for over a decade and that line-up would record hit albums like 2007âs Gambling with the Devil, and the a pair of top 10 albums, 2013âs Straight Out of Hell and 2015âs My God-Given Right. Thirty-five years after their first LP, the band continued into 2021 with the single âSkyfallâ, followed by the eponymous Helloween album, and Live at Budokan from their Japanese tour, released in 2024. The band signed to Reigning Phoenix Label (RPM), and released their next studio album Giants & Monsters (2025), before a 40th anniversary worldwide tour.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Future World
- Halloween
- Space Oddity
- Ride the Sky
- Step Out of Hell
- In the Night
- Locomotive Breath
- He's A Woman - She's A Man
- Music
- Windmill
- Revolution Now
- Crazy Cat
- Giants
- Fallen to Pieces
- When the Sinner
- I Don't Wanna Cry No More
- First Time
- My Sacrifice
- Burning Sun
- Far From The Stars
- Starlight
- Walls of Jericho
- Pumpkins United
- Live Now!
