--- title: "Helloween" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/helloween" genre: "Power Metal" country: "Germany" formed: 1984 --- # Helloween **Helloween** is a power metal band, from Germany, active 1984 to present. Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. The band has at times been called one of the most influential European heavy metal bands of the 1980s. Its first lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael Weikath and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. By the time Hansen left Helloween in 1989 to form Gamma Ray, the band had evolved into a five-piece, with Michael Kiske taking over as lead vocalist. Schwichtenberg and Kiske both parted ways with Helloween in 1993; Schwichtenberg died two years later as the result of suicide. Between then and 2016, there had been numerous line-up changes, leaving Grosskopf and Weikath as the only remaining original members. As a septet, their current lineup features all of the surviving members of the Keeper of the Seven Keys lineup, in addition to the remaining members from the Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy-era. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helloween ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Helloween | | Genre | Power Metal | | Parent genre | Power Metal | | Origin | Hamburg, Germany | | Formed | 1984 | | Releases in catalog | 22 | ## Genres [Power Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/power-metal) · [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) · [Speed Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/speed-metal) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Kai Hansen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kai-hansen) | Guitar | 1984 to present | Current | | [Andi Deris](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andi-deris) | Lead vocals | 1994 to present | Current | | [Markus Grosskopf](https://themetalnet.com/musician/markus-grosskopf) | Bass | 1984 to present | Current | | [Daniel Löble](https://themetalnet.com/musician/daniel-loble) | Drums (drum set) | 2005 to present | Current | | [Michael Weikath](https://themetalnet.com/musician/michael-weikath) | Guitar | 1984 to present | Current | | [Sascha Gerstner](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sascha-gerstner) | Guitar | 2002 to present | Current | | [Mark Cross](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mark-cross) | Drums (drum set) | 2001 to 2003 | Former | | [Stefan Schwarzmann](https://themetalnet.com/musician/stefan-schwarzmann) | Drums (drum set) | 2003 to 2005 | Former | | [Ulrich “Uli” Kusch](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ulrich-uli-kusch) | Drums (drum set) | 1994 to 2001 | Former | | [Michael Kiske](https://themetalnet.com/musician/michael-kiske) | Lead vocals | 1986 to 1993 | Former | | [Roland Grapow](https://themetalnet.com/musician/roland-grapow) | Guitar | 1989 to 2001 | Former | | [Ingo Schwichtenberg](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ingo-schwichtenberg) | Drums (drum set) | 1984 to 1993 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1985 | [Helloween](https://themetalnet.com/album/0c5d7649-d0b0-34ca-b985-a9ba58c88716) | EP | | 1985 | [Walls of Jericho](https://themetalnet.com/album/78492dde-c7f7-31cb-a1c6-5d00672748ad) | Album | | 1987 | [Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part I](https://themetalnet.com/album/a5b25e78-2c46-3c59-ab07-e022d88699ed) | Album | | 1988 | [Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part II](https://themetalnet.com/album/a2b9a7ac-066f-3fc7-a740-725c4fb5f070) | Album | | 1991 | [Pink Bubbles Go Ape](https://themetalnet.com/album/15ab421a-eff6-3d64-a73e-24a816aac55a) | Album | | 1993 | [Chameleon](https://themetalnet.com/album/b0a22fe4-ddd2-368e-93e4-446416b29609) | Album | | 1994 | [Master of the Rings](https://themetalnet.com/album/bb111890-b3ff-3e91-8ad6-f61d82a8b7cc) | Album | | 1994 | [Mr Ego (Take Me Down) EP](https://themetalnet.com/album/ff2830d4-36b2-3d35-82ee-8e8b6a8485aa) | EP | | 1996 | [The Time of the Oath](https://themetalnet.com/album/dbc58aba-e803-33ab-a350-93c737c249e9) | Album | | 1998 | [Better Than Raw](https://themetalnet.com/album/32faf671-3b3e-3271-b497-a0631605b0f6) | Album | | 1999 | [Metal Jukebox](https://themetalnet.com/album/36cdf604-7490-30c1-9b33-1b8c983635da) | Album | | 2000 | [The Dark Ride](https://themetalnet.com/album/6aae95cb-a027-3f6a-8b57-251f8522e40c) | Album | | 2003 | [Rabbit Don’t Come Easy](https://themetalnet.com/album/8e86e2d3-7ead-30e3-a34a-f97e78b189d7) | Album | | 2005 | [Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy](https://themetalnet.com/album/eb2cf0d3-becb-3da7-b32c-fdff2e62b6e3) | Album | | 2007 | [Gambling With the Devil](https://themetalnet.com/album/82be1082-b172-3390-9cb5-0ad823509512) | Album | | 2010 | [7 Sinners](https://themetalnet.com/album/99e96836-edc9-41fc-b858-fed0e766c402) | Album | | 2012 | [Burning Sun](https://themetalnet.com/album/1de65571-fe02-4914-911e-e7590a4006dd) | EP | | 2013 | [Straight Out of Hell](https://themetalnet.com/album/981aee84-fbaa-43f1-985f-7e30f837a153) | Album | | 2015 | [My God‐Given Right](https://themetalnet.com/album/eb585213-71ce-43b7-af0b-d9a43fb0ed07) | Album | | 2019 | [Halloween - Live](https://themetalnet.com/album/07737a33-c07c-49c8-98a9-88f7b7f6e2df) | EP | | 2021 | [Helloween](https://themetalnet.com/album/d0bcd889-f250-41e9-b8ae-4659177dd4f7) | Album | | 2025 | [Giants & Monsters](https://themetalnet.com/album/3a56b2df-08dd-44f3-875e-a1da3c31cd08) | Album | ## Related bands - [Judas Priest](https://themetalnet.com/band/judas-priest) (listened together) - [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together) - [Black Sabbath](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-sabbath) (listened together) - [Blind Guardian](https://themetalnet.com/band/blind-guardian) (listened together) - [HammerFall](https://themetalnet.com/band/hammerfall) (listened together) - [Ozzy Osbourne](https://themetalnet.com/band/ozzy-osbourne) (listened together) - [Motörhead](https://themetalnet.com/band/motorhead) (listened together) - [Manowar](https://themetalnet.com/band/manowar) (listened together) - [Nightwish](https://themetalnet.com/band/nightwish) (listened together) - [Stratovarius](https://themetalnet.com/band/stratovarius) (listened together) - [Sonata Arctica](https://themetalnet.com/band/sonata-arctica) (listened together) - [Iced Earth](https://themetalnet.com/band/iced-earth) (listened together) ## Official and external links - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Helloween/159 - bandcamp: https://helloween.bandcamp.com/ - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/2582 - x: https://twitter.com/helloweenorg - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helloweenofficial/ - apple music: https://music.apple.com/de/artist/2320560 - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helloweenofficial - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ_GGoAmF-LTtmV_2P5q8Dw - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4pQN0GB0fNEEOfQCaWotsY --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/helloween](https://themetalnet.com/band/helloween). 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