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'''Helloween''' is a German [[Power Metal|power]]/[[Speed Metal|speed metal]] band. Alongside Switzerland's [[Celtic Frost]] and Sweden's [[Bathory]], Germany's Helloween were possibly the most influential heavy metal band to come out of Europe during the 1980s. By taking the hard riffing and minor key melodies handed down from metal masters like [[Judas Priest]] and [[Iron Maiden]], then infusing them with the speed and energy introduced by the burgeoning thrash metal movement, Helloween crystallized the sonic ingredients of what is now known as [[Power Metal]].
The band has it's roots in 1978, under the name Gentry, by Kai Hansen and Piet Sielck. Sometime later, they were joined by bassist Markus Grosskopf and drummer Ingo Schiwchtenberg, and changed the name again, this time to Second Hell. There was another change in the name (Iron Fist) before the definitive took of the name Helloween. From this point, Sielck left the band. Michael Weikath, who was playing in the band Powerfool, joined them after the disbandment of his band. And so, the first line-up (and official birth) of Helloween was formed, in 1984.
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Today, they're known for never having grown up or received the memo that it's no longer [[The Eighties|the 80s]]. Their over-the-top bombastic performances, [[Large Ham]] antics, and absolutely hilarious music videos are essentially what would happen if [[Homestar Runner|Limozeen]] were a real band.
== Band Members: ==▼
* Andreas "Andi" Deris -- Vocals
* Michael Weikath -- Guitar
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* Daniel Löble -- Drums
* Kai Hansen -- Vocals until 1986, Guitar until 1988
* Michael Kiske -- Vocals from 1986 to 1993
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* Uli Kusch -- Drums from 1993 to 2001
{{Discography}}
* 1985 - ''Helloween'' [EP]
* 1985 - ''Walls of Jericho''
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* 2009/2010 - ''Unarmed (Best Of 25th Anniversary)'' [A compilation with acoustic reimaginings of some of their older songs]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onFoZS5gdx0&hd=1 Ride the Sky]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOAl0enE7kI&hd=1 Halloween]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQGwRsMorLI&hd=1 (Full version here)]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24JnVQ3i7fw&hd=1 Are You Metal]
▲[http://www.helloween.org/ The official site].
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{{creatortropes}}
Before adding a trope, check that it isn't subjective. Subjective tropes about the band go [[Helloween/YMMV|here]].
== Band tropes ==
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** ''Master of the Rings'' would also count, coming off the [[Lighter and Softer]] ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon''. (Also slightly compared to the ''Keeper of the Seven Keys'' albums, due to Andi Deris' rougher singing style)
** ''Gambling With the Devil'' is mostly more mature, and one could almost conclude that Helloween finally grew up if they were to compare [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWK0gzIgM0 "As Long as I Fall"] to their [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8U8gjFx9Vk older] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAegHGGwru8 work]... except for the fact that ''Gambling With the Devil'' also gave us [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fFNTdJXAAo "Can Do It"].
** ''7 Sinners'' somehow managed to be even more [[Darker and Edgier]] than ''Gambling With The Devil''. Lesee: the two comic songs of the album ("[[Heavy Meta|Are You Metal?]]" and "[[Go Mad
* [[The Disease That Shall Not Be Named]]: "Reptile", from ''Walls Of Jericho'' is about the {{spoiler|AIDS}}.
* [[Drugs Are Bad]]: "Starlight", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
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* [["God Is Love" Songs]]: Several, "Lavdate Dominvm", from ''Better Than Raw'', for example.
* [[Going Native]]/[[Insult Backfire]]: "Savage", from the [[Updated Rerelease]] of ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 1'' and the ''Future World'' songle.
* [[Go Mad
{{quote|''"Sixteen years have passed since he, one perfect of his kind, the Casanova of his time, crowned himself to conquer the land in craving for lust. Lust, one of the seven deadly sins. Punishment he has suffered. Look at him what did he become, who is he now?"''}}
* [[Gratuitous French]]: "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings'', has the following bit:
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{{quote|[[Metallica|I'm your pain when you can't feel]]}}
** "Heavy Metal (Is The Law)", aside of being a [[Heavy Meta]] hymn, has this following paragraph:
{{quote|[[Judas Priest|White heat]]
[[Judas Priest|Red hot]] }}
** The [[B
** The rhythm section during Weikath's solo in "Cry For Freedom", from the ''Helloween'' EP, was taken from Mania's "Shadows Under Your Eyes".
** "Crazy Cat", from ''Chameleon'', is inspired by ''[[Fritz the Cat]]''.
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