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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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* 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 ==
* [[Author Existence Failure]]: After getting kicked from the band, and a very bad string of mishappenings (such as the death of his father) Ingo Schwichtenberg committed suicide. The band dedicated the album ''The Time of the Oath'', and Michael Kiske wrote the song "[[Grief Song|Always]]", (in his solo album ''Instant Clarity'') both to his memory.
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