Helloween

Helloween - s-a format in anul 1983 in Hamburg, Germania
Perioada de activitate: 1983 - prezent
Membri: Andreas "Andi" Deris - voce (1994 - prezent), Michael "Weiki" Weikath - chitara ('83 - prezent), Sascha Gerstner - chitara (2002 - prezent), Markus Grosskopf - Bass ('83 - prezent), Daniel "Dani" Loeble - tobe (2005 - prezent)
Ex-membri: Kai Hansen - voce ('83 - 1986) - chitara ('83 - 1988), Michael "Michi" Kiske - voce (1987 - 1993), Roland Grapow - chitara (1988 - 2001), Ingo Schwichtenberg - tobe ('83 - 1993), Ulrich "Uli" Kusch - tobe (1994 - 2001), Mark Cross - tobe (2001 - 2003), Stefan Schwarzmann - tobe (2003 - 2005)
Stiluri abordate: Power Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal.
* Helloween - discografie

Helloween initial se compunea din Kai Hansen (vocalist/chitarist), Michael Weikath (chitarist), Markus Grosslopf (Bassist) si Ingo Schwichtenberg (Tobe/Percutie). In 1984 trupa a semnat o intelegere cu Noise Records si a inregistrat doua piese pentru o compilatie marca Noise Records, intitulata Death Metal. Cele doua piese erau 'Oernst of Life' compusa de Weikat si 'Metal Invaders', a lui Hansen, care mai tarziu
Helloween
avea sa ia o forma mai rapida si sa apara pe primul album full-lenght al trupei.
Helloween inregistreaza primul material in 1985. Un mini-LP auto-intitulat, care contine 5 piese. Materialul are succes, iar in cursul aceluiasi an, formatia inregistreaza si lanseaza primul lor album full-length, sub numele 'Walls of Jericho', care vine ca o lovitura critica asupra heavy metal-ului, prin inovatoarea combinatie de melodicitate si viteza. Problemele trupei apar in al doilea turneu, cand deja devenise evidenta dificultatea cu care Kai isi coordona vocea cu ghitara. Ultima participare a lui Kai, ca si
component lider al formatiei vine in 1986 sub forma unui EP intitulat 'Judas', care continea piesa 'Judas' alaturi de cateva inregistrari live. Dupa aceasta, Helloween incepe cautarea unui nou vocalist...
Prima posibilitate a fost de a-l recruta pe fondatorul 'Tyran Pace', vocalistul Ralf
Scheepers, in orice caz, trupa sfarseste prin a descoperi un tanar talent (18 ani) - component alunei trupe locale din Hamburg, Ill Prophecy - cu numele Michael Kiske.
Cu noul vocalist, ei inregistreaza 'Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1', eliberat in 1987, album care aseaza trupa printre cele mai cunoscute si de succes din Europa. In 1988 Helloween inregistreaza 'Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part II', cel mai cunoscut album, lansat sub line-up-ul clasic. Succesul trupei creste mai mult, decat in cazul 'Keeper... I', iar lucrurile evolueaza foarte bine si in perioada urmatoare.
Ghitaristul Kai Hansen, paraseste surprinzator trupa, chiar
Michael "Weiki" Weikath
dupa turneul european de promovare al albumului 'Keeper... II', din cauza unor conflicte in interiorul formatiei, a neintelegerilor cu compania de inregistrari dar si ca
Markus Grosskopf
urmare a insatisfactiei vietii in turneu. El este inlocuit rapid, de formatorul 'Rampage', ghitaristul Roland Grapow, care termina turneul 'Keeper... II', alaturi de trupa.
In 1989 trupa lanseaza un album live intitulat Live in the UK, incluzand materiale live din turul European din 1988. Componentii ramasi in formatie, continua sa compuna, dar problemele cu compania de promovare, ii impiedica sa mearga in turnee si sa elibereze noi materiale, pana in 1991, cand, dupa nenumarate zvonuri legate de destramarea trupei, lanseaza 'Pink Bubbles Go Ape'. Albumul a fost un cumplit esec atat comercial cat si din punct de vedere critic, iar curand dupa, tensiunea incepe sa apara intre membrii formatiei.
In 1993, Helloween lanseaza albumul 'Chameleon', un material cu influente pop, care 'ajuta' trupa sa-si piarda multi dintre fanii inraiti. In perioada turneului 'Chameleon', Ingo Schwichtenberg, se imbolnaveste atat clinic cat si din cauza drogurilor si este silit sa ia o pauza. Intre timp, conflictele in
trupa se inrautatesc, ducand la concedierea lui Michael Kiske. Helloween revine in 1994 - cu fondatorul trupei Pink Cream 69, Andi Deris, ca si nou vocalist, iar Uli Kusch, candva component Gamma Ray (trupa fondata de Kai Hansen), ca si baterist - si lanseaza un album energic de revenire - 'Master of the Rings'.
In anul 1995, formatia si membrii formatori sunt puternic cutremurati de sinuciderea bateristului original, Ingo Schwichtenberg, care nu se sinchisise niciodata sa-si rezolve problemele de sanatate. Compus si lansat in memoria lui, albumul 'The Time of the Oath' (1996), Helloween isi reface imaginea si redevine una din cele mai populare trupe de metal din Europa. In urma altui turneu mondial, un dublu album live,
Ingo Schwichtenberg
Andreas Deris
numit High Live, este lansat. In anul 1998 Helloween lanseaza 'Better Than Raw', unul din cele mai grele albume ale trupei, de la primul album full-length, iar in 1999, formatia inregistreaza un album tributar, numit 'Metal Jukebox'. 2000 este anul lansarii albumului 'The Dark Ride', un album experimental si ceva mai intunecat decat cele precedente. Imediat dupa turneul ce avea sa urmeze, Helloween se desparte de chitaristul Roland Grapow si bateristul Uli Kusch, care impreuna formeaza grupul 'Masterplan'. Helloween gaseste ca inlocuitori, pe Sascha Gerstner (ghitarist, ex-Freedom Call, Neumond) si Mark Cross (baterist, ex-Metalium), care avea sa fie, mai tarziu, inlocuit de Stefan Schwarzmann, bateristul fondator al 'Running Wild',
'Accept' si alte grupuri. Un alt album de studio, intitulat 'Rabbit Don't Come Easy' este lansat in 2003 cu un turneu mondial de succes, ce include formatii din primul turneu al trupei in U.S., din 1989.
Anul 2005 aduce o noua schimbare in line-up-ul trupei, ca urmare a faptului ca, in cursul ultimului tur, devenise vizibila incompatibilitatea viziunilor muzicale, dintre Stefan Schwarzmann si Helloween. Noul baterist fiind Dani Loeble, fost baterist al formatiei germane Rawhead Rexx. Actualmente, un nou album este in lucru si se va numi 'Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy'. Lansarea este planificata pentru data de 31 Oct 2005. In luna ianuarie 2006 fanii i-au putut vedea in actiune in cadrul concertului din Bucuresti (fotografii de la concert la aceasta locatie).
Michael Kiske

Discografie Helloween:





Helloween - Helloween 1985
Track list:
1. Starlight
2. Murderer
3. Warrior
4. Victim Of Fate
5. Cry For Freedom
album cover Helloween - Helloween

Helloween - Walls Of Jericho
1985
Track list:
1. Walls Of Jericho
2. Ride The Sky
3. Reptile
4. Guardians
5. Phantoms Of Death
6. Metal Invaders
7. Gorgar
8. Heavy Metal (is The Law)
9. How Many Tears
album cover Helloween - Walls of Jericho

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys
1987
Track list:
1. Initiation
2. I'm Alive
3. A Little Time
4. Twilight Of The Gods
5. A Tale That Wasn't Right
6. Future World
7. Halloween
8. Follow The Sign
album cover Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys

Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
1988
Track list:
01. Invitation
02. Eagle Fly Free
03. You Always Walk Alone
04. Rise And Fall
05. Dr. Stein
06. We Got The Right
07. Save Us
08. March Of Time
09. I Want Out
10. Keeper Of The Seven Keys
album cover Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

Helloween - Live In The U.K.
1989
Track list:
1. A Little Time
2. Dr. Stein
3. Future World
4. Rise And Fall
5. We Got The Right
6. I Want Out
7. How Many Tears
album cover Helloween - Live In The U.K.

Helloween - Pink Bubbles Go Ape
1991
Track list:
01. Pink Bubbles Go Ape
02. Kids Of The Century
03. Back On The Streets
04. Number One
05. Heavy Metal Hamsters
06. Goin' Home
07 . Someone's Crying
08. Mankind
09. I'm Doin Fine Crazy Man
10. The Chance
11. Your Turn
album cover Helloween - Pink Bubbles Go Ape

Helloween - Chameleon
1993
Track list:
01. First Time
02. When The Sinner
03. I Don't Wanna Cry No More
04. Crazy Cat
05. Giants
06. Windmill
07. Revolution Now
08. In The Night
09. Music
10. Step Out Of Hell
11. I Believe
12. Longing
album cover Helloween - Chameleon

Helloween - Master of the Rings
1994
Track list:
01. Irritation
02. Sole Survivor
03. Where The Rain Grows
04. Why?
05. Mr. Ego (take Me Down)
06. Perfect Gentleman
07. The Game Is On
08. Secret Alibi
09. Take Me Home
10. In The Middle Of A Heartbeat
11. Still We Go
album cover Helloween - Master of the Rings

Helloween - Time of the Oath
1996
Track list:
01. We Burn
02. Steel Tormentor
03. Wake Up The Mountain
04. Power
05. Forever And One (neverland)
06. Before The War
07. A Million To One
08. Anything My Mama Don't Like
09. Kings Will Be Kings
10. Mission Motherland
11. If I Knew
12. The Time Of The Oath
13. Still I Don't Know
14. Take It To The Limit
album cover Helloween - Time of the Oath

Helloween - High Live
1996
Track list:
01. We Burn
02. Wake Up The Mountain
03. Sole Survivor
04. The Chance
05. Why?
06. Eagle Fly Free
07. The Time Of The Oath
08. Future World
09. Dr. Stein
10. Before The War
11. Mr Ego (take Me Down)
12. Power
13. Where The Rain Grows
14. In The Middle Of A Heartbeat
15. Perfect Gentleman
16. Steel Tormentor
album cover Helloween - High Live

Helloween - Better Than Raw
1998
Track list:
01. Deliberately Limited
Preliminary Prelude In Z
02. Push
03. Falling Higher
04. Hey Lord!
05. Don't Spit On My Mind
06. Revelation
07. Time
08. I Can
9. A Handful Of Pain
10. Lavdate Dominvm
11. Back On The Ground
12. Midnight Sun
album cover Helloween - Better Than Raw

Helloween - Metal Jukebox
1999
Track list:
01. He's A Woman She's A Man
02. Locomotive Breath
03. Lay All Your Love On Me
04. Space Oddity
05. From Out Of Nowhere
06. All My Loving
07. Hocus Pocus
08. Faith Healer
09. Juggernaut
10. White Room
11. Mexican
12. Rat Bat Blue
album cover Helloween - Metal Jukebox

Helloween - Treasure Chest
2002
- (2/3CD compilation)
album cover Helloween - Treasure Chest

Helloween - Rabbit Don't Come Easy
2003
Track list:
01. Just A Little Sign
02. Open Your Life
03. The Tune
04. Never Be A Star
05. Liar
06. Sun For The World
07. Don't Stop Being Crazy
08. Do You Feel Good
09. Hell Was Made In Heaven
10. Back Against The Wall
11. Listen To The Flies
12. Nothing To Say
album cover Helloween - Rabbit Don't Come Easy

Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy
2005
Track list:
01. The King For A 1000 Years
02. The Invisible Man
03. Born On Judgment Day
04. Pleasure Drone
05. Mrs. God
06. Silent Rain
07. Occasion Avenue
08. Light The Universe
09. Do You Know What
You're Fighting For?
10. Come Alive
11. Shade In The Shadow
12. Get It Up
13. My Life For One More Day
album cover Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy

Un comentariu:

Alexandra Spiess spunea...

Super tare...Helloween sunt trupa mea preferata...:X

Frumoasa poza cu Andi de cand era tanar il ador :X