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Helloween

German power metal band

Formed in 1984

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Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of the bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell, and Powerfool. Helloween has at times been called one of the most influential European heavy metal bands of the 1980s.

Helloween's original line-up consisted of singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael Weikath and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. Its first line-up change took place in 1986, when Michael Kiske took over as lead vocalist. Hansen left in 1989 to form Gamma Ray and was replaced by Roland Grapow, and Schwichtenberg and Kiske had both parted ways in 1993, leaving Grosskopf and Weikath as the only two remaining original members. For the next 23 years, Helloween had undergone several more personnel changes that included vocalist Andi Deris (who replaced Kiske in 1994), guitarist Sascha Gerstner (who replaced Grapow in 2002) and drummers Uli Kusch, Mark Cross, Stefan Schwarzmann and Daniel Löble. The band settled on its current line-up in 2016, which features all of the surviving members of the Keeper of the Seven Keys line-up (Schwichtenberg had died in 1995), in addition to the remaining members from the Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy-era (Deris, Gerstner and Loble).

Since its inception, Helloween has released 17 studio albums, five live albums, three EPs and 31 singles. The band was honored with 14 gold and six platinum awards and has sold more than 10 million records worldwide.

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Helloween est un groupe de power metal allemand originaire de Hambourg et fondé en 1984 par les membres des groupes Iron Fist, Gentry, et Powerfool. Considéré comme le groupe pionnier du power metal dans sa définition la plus répandue aujourd'hui (le speed metal mélodique), sa formation initiale se compose du guitariste Michael Weikath, du bassiste Markus Grosskopf, du chanteur et guitariste Kai Hansen, et du batteur Ingo Schwichtenberg. Après la sortie d'un EP éponyme et d'un premier album en 1985, le groupe devient un quintet dès l'arrivée du chanteur Michael Kiske, Hansen endossant le rôle unique de guitariste. Paraissent alors les albums Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I et Part II qui posent les bases du power metal. Félicités par la presse spécialisée, ils permettent à Helloween de devenir un groupe notable du heavy metal, comptant quelques morceaux cultes tels que I Want Out, Eagle Fly Free, Future World, Dr. Stein, Forever and One (Neverland) ou encore les deux mastodontes de plus de 10 minutes, Halloween et Keeper of the Seven Keys.

Le symbole du groupe est une citrouille qui apparaît sur son logo à la place du O du mot "Helloween" et ce, sur toutes ses pochettes de disques à l'exception de l'album Pink Bubbles Go Ape où la citrouille est remplacée par une bulle.

Depuis sa création, Helloween recense dix-sept albums studio, cinq albums live, trois EP, et douze singles, pour plus de huit millions d'exemplaires vendus à travers le monde

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