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Helloween
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Rank:
30
1865 fans
Also known as Gentry (1978-1981), Second Hell (1981-1982), Iron Fist (1982-1983)
Country: Germany
Label: Reigning Phoenix Music

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Formed in: 1978

1978-Power metal
1978-1987Speed metal

Line-up

1978-  Markus Großkopf - bass
1978-1985  Kai Hansen - guitars, vocals
› 1986-1988  -//- guitars
› 2017-  -//- guitars, vocals
1983-  Michael Weikath - guitars
1986-1993  Michael Kiske - vocals
› 2017-  -//-
1994-  Andreas "Andi" Deris - vocals
2002-  Sascha Gerstner - guitars
2005-  Daniel Löble - drums
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1978-1983  Piet Sielck - guitars
1978-1993  Ingo Schwichtenberg - drums
1989-2001  Roland Grapow - guitars
1994-2000  Uli Kusch - drums
2001-2002  Mark Cross - drums
2003-2005  Stefan Schwarzmann - drums
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1997  Christina Hahne - backing vocals
1997  Ralf Maurer - backing vocals
1997  Jorn Ellerbrock - keyboards
1997  Tommy Hansen - keyboards
2003  Mikkey Dee - drums
2005  Friedel Amon - keyboards
2005  Oliver Hartmann - backing vocals
2009  Nippy Noya - percussion
2009  Andreas Becker - guitars
2009-2013  Matthias Ulmer - keyboards, piano
2012-2013  Billy King - backing vocals
1988-2003  Jorn Ellerbrock - keyboards
1993  Ritchie Abdel Nabi - drums
2017-2018  Kai Hansen - guitars
2017-2018  Michael Kiske - vocals
1985  Chris Boltendahl - additional vocals
1992  Axel Bergstedt - organ
1993  Stefan Pintev - violin
1998  Jutta Weinhold-Basten - backing vocals
2003  Roland Grapow - guitars
2003-2007  Olaf Senkbeil - backing vocals
› 2010  -//- choirs vocals
› 2013-2015  -//- backing vocals
2005  Candice Night - vocals
2007  Thomas "Hacky" Hackmann - backing vocals
2007-2010  Biff Byford - vocals
2009  Albie Donnelly - saxophone
2009  Johan Bringhed - piano
2009  Kalle Karlsson - guitars
2009  Harriet Ohlsson - vocals
2009  Gero Drnek - accordion
2010  Ron Deris - backing vocals
2010  Eberhard Hahn - flute
2021  Jens Johansson - keyboards
2021  Tim Kanoa Hansen - guitar solo
2021  Dennis Ward - bass
2022  Alissa White-Gluz - additional vocals

Discography

1985 Walls Of Jericho 8.6
1987 Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I 8.9
1988 Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II 9
1991 Pink Bubbles Go Ape 6.5
1993 Chameleon 5.8
1994 Master Of The Rings 8
1996 The Time Of The Oath 8.4
1998 Better Than Raw 8.2
1999 Metal Jukebox 6.8
2000 The Dark Ride 8.5
2003 Rabbit Don't Come Easy 7.5
2005 Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy 7.8
2007 Gambling With The Devil 8
2010 7 Sinners 8.2
2013 Straight Out Of Hell 7.8
2015 My God-Given Right 7.2
2021 Helloween 8.1
Detailed discography ››
1985 Helloween EP [EP] 8.6
2003 Rabbit Don't Come Easy [EP] 8
2012 Burning Sun [EP] 8.2
2021 United Forces [EP] 9
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1984 Demo [Demo] 7.7
1984 Death Metal [VA] 7.9
1984 Death Metal Demo [Demo] 7.2
1985 Speed Kills Vol. II [VA] 8.5
1985 Metal Attack Vol. 1 [Split]
1986 Judas [Single] 8
1987 Future World [Single] 8.3
1987 Halloween [Single] 6.7
1987 1st Demo Session [Demo]
1987 Hell On Wheels Tour Sampler [Split] 8
1987 A Tale That Wasn't Right [Demo]
1988 I Want Out [Single] 8.6
1988 Dr. Stein [Single] 8.5
1988 Save Us [Single] 9.5
1988 ...Pumpkin Noise [Single]
1989 Live In The UK [Live] 8.6
1989 Pumpkin Tracks [Compilation] 8.2
1989 I Want Out Live/Keepers Live [Live] 8.7
1989 I Want Out Live [Single] 9.5
1989 MTV Headbangers Ball [Split] 9
1991 The Best The Rest The Rare [Compilation] 8.7
1991 Kids Of The Century [Single] 7.2
1992 Number One [Single] 6.7
1993 Windmill [Single] 6.9
1993 I Don't Wanna Cry No More [Single] 6.2
1993 Step Out Of Hell [Single] 6.6
1993 When The Sinner [Single] 6.3
1993 Keeper Of The Seven Keys Parts 1 & 2 [Compilation] 9.6
1993 I Believe [Single] 9
1993 Special Sampler [Compilation] 8
1994 Mr Ego (Take Me Down) [Single] 7.5
1994 Perfect Gentleman [Single] 8
1994 Where The Rain Grows [Single] 7.7
1994 The Pumpkin Video [DVD] 8.3
1994 Interview + Cold Sweat [Single]
1995 Sole Survivor [Single] 7.4
1996 High Live [Live] 8.3
1996 The Time Of The Oath [Single] 7.8
1996 Power [Single] 7.6
1996 Forever And One (Neverland) [Single] 8
1996 Steel Tormentor/A Million To One [Single] 7.8
1997 A Tribute To Judas Priest: Legends Of Metal [VA] 7.7
1998 Hey Lord! [Single] 7.4
1998 I Can [Single] 7.9
1998 The Pumpkin Box [Boxset] 8
1998 Karaoke Remix Vo. 1 [Compilation] 7.3
1998 Karaoke Remix Vol. 2 [Compilation] 7.3
1999 Lay All Your Love On Me [Single] 7.3
2000 If I Could Fly [Single] 8.1
2000 Mr. Torture [Single] 8.1
2000 The Pumpkin Video [DVD] 9
2000 The Keepers Of Jericho - A Tribute To Helloween Part I [VA] 8.8
2000 A Tribute To The Scorpions [VA] 7.5
2001 Burner [VA]
2002 Treasure Chest [Compilation] 8.9
2002 High Live [DVD] 8.2
2002 The Keepers Of Jericho - A Tribute To Helloween Part II [VA] 7.7
2002 Golden Hit Pops [DVD] 9
2003 Just A Little Sign [Single] 7.7
2003 Creatures Of The Night - A Tribute To Kiss [VA] 7
2005 Hellish Videos [DVD] 8
2005 The Dark Ride / Rabbit Don't Come Easy [Compilation] 9
2005 Mrs. God [Single] 7.5
2006 The Singles Box (1985-1992) [Boxset] 7.7
2006 Light The Universe [Single] 7.2
2007 A Spanking Good Song Collection [VA] 6
2007 Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live On 3 Continents [DVD] 9.2
2007 Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo [Live] 8.8
2007 As Long As I Fall [Single] 7.7
2008 Find My Freedom [Single] 8.3
2009 Dr. Stein [Single] 5.3
2009 Unarmed - Best Of 25th Anniversary [Compilation] 7.1
2010 Are You Metal? [Single] 8.1
2011 The Sage, The Fool, The Sinner/Bring Them To Light [Split] 8.2
2012 HelloRay - A Tribute To Helloween & Gamma Ray [VA]
2012 Nabataea [Single] 8.7
2015 Battle's Won [Single] 7.1
2016 Ride The Sky - The Very Best Of 1985-1998 [Compilation] 8.8
2017 Pumpkins United [Single] 8.6
2017 Sweet Seductions [Boxset]
2018 Starlight: The Noise Records Collection [Boxset] 10
2019 Halloween - Live [Single] 9.5
2019 United Alive [DVD] 9.3
2019 United Alive In Madrid [Live] 9.3
2021 Skyfall [Single] 8.8
2022 Best Time [Single] 7.6
2024 Live At Budokan [Live]
2024 Live At Budokan [DVD]
Detailed discography ››
1987 Halloween 8.9
1988 I Want Out 9.2
1991 Kids Of The Century 8.1
1993 When The Sinner 7.5
1994 Mr. Ego (Take Me Down) 7.4
1994 Where The Rain Grows 8.8
1996 Power 8.7
1996 The Time Of The Oath 8.3
1996 Forever And One (Neverland) 8.6
1998 I Can 8.8
1998 Hey Lord! 7.7
2000 If I Could Fly 8.8
2003 Just A Little Sign 6.7
2005 Mrs. God 7.9
2006 Light The Universe 9.1
2007 As Long As I Fall 8.3
2008 Paint A New World 9.2
2009 Dr. Stein 9.3
2010 Are You Metal? 8.7
2012 Nabataea 9.3
2014 Straight Out Of Hell 8.5
2015 My God-Given Right 8
2015 Lost In America
2017 Pumpkins United [Lyric video] 8
2019 Perfect Gentleman [Official Live Clip]
2021 Skyfall 9.5
2021 Fear Of The Fallen [Lyric video] 10
2021 Mass Pollution [Lyric video] 8
2021 Angels [Lyric video] 10
2021 Rise Without Chains [Lyric video] 10
2021 Indestructible [Lyric video] 10
2021 Robot King [Lyric video]
2021 Cyanide [Lyric video]
2021 Out For The Glory 6.7
2021 Down In The Dumps
2022 Skyfall [Lyric video] 9.5
2022 Best Time 4.5
Detailed videos ››

Latest reviews

Helloween
7.9
No pressure Helloween, it's not like this will be the most anticipated power metal album released this decade or anything.
Review by musclassia ››
United Alive In Madrid
In 1984 in Hamburg, one of the most important European power metal bands was born. More than three decades later, egos were left aside and a 7-member line-up toured around the world in a live reunion that, until then, seemed to be a possibility only in...
Review by nikarg ››
My God-Given Right
6.5
All-told, I guess I can count myself pretty darn fortunate to have gotten my hands on the new Helloween prior to its release, so I could dribble out a few choice zingers on the internet for total strangers to read as if I know something they don't...
Review by ScreamingSteelUS ››
Straight Out Of Hell
8.5
With such a terribly generic name and quite mundane album cover, you might be excused for doubting the content of the German legends' fourteenth original studio album. Those that have kept on the ball with Helloween in recent years however, will...
Review by Baz Anderson ››
7 Sinners
9.0
Helloween have been forging a new path for themselves for many years, seemingly cursed in the way that anything with the Helloween name on it will be compared to those influential Keeper... albums, and almost every time the new offering inevitably falls...
Review by Baz Anderson ››
Unarmed - Best Of 25th Anniversary
8.0
One of Germany's most successful bands of all time along with the likes of Scorpions and Accept, Helloween are celebrating their 25th anniversary in style. Unarmed is not just any compilation album, this is a disc of completely re-recorded and re-arranged...
Review by Baz Anderson ››

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Photo galleries

23.06.2023 Helloween - Live @ Release Festival, Athens, Greece, 17.06.2023 by nikarg
02.10.2013 Helloween - Gothic Theatre, Englewood, USA - 2 Oct 2013 by D.T. Metal
16.04.2013 Helloween, Gamma Ray - London, England, 16th April 2013 by Baz Anderson
30.01.2013 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise - Day Three - 30th January 2013 by D.T. Metal
28.01.2013 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise - Day One - 28th January 2013 by D.T. Metal
04.08.2011 Wacken Open Air 2011 - Day 1: Thursday by Promonex
04.12.2010 Hard Rock Hell IV - Prestatyn, Wales, 4th December 2010 by Baz Anderson
15.08.2008 Bloodstock Open Air - Catton Hall, England, 15th-17th August 2008 by Baz Anderson
13.08.2008 Summer Breeze Festival 2008 - Dinkelsbühl, Germany, 13-16 August 2008 by Promonex
26.07.2008 Rockin' Field Festival 2008 - Milan, Italy, 26th July-2008 by Mariamne
20.06.2008 Hellfest Open Air - Clisson, France, 20th-22nd June 2008 by Baz Anderson

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News

10.10.2013 with Michael Weikath
06.12.2010 with Markus Grosskopf
02.10.2003 with Markus Grosskopf [bass]
19.09.2021 Getting Into: Power Metal: Part I
11.03.2014 What Is This Speed Metal You Speak Of?
15.10.2013 Helloween - Gothic Theatre, Colorado, USA - 2 Oct 2013
27.04.2013 Helloween, Gamma Ray - London, England, 16th April 2013
09.02.2013 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise 2013 - Day One
10.01.2008 Helloween, Gamma Ray, Axxis - London, England, 8th January 2008
19.09.2007 Helloween - Gambling With The Devil Premiere

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