Biography
A original line-higher featured Kai Hansen (Vocals/Guitars), Michael Weikath (Guitars), Markus Grosskopf (Bass) and Ingo Schwichtenberg (Drums). Inside 1984 the band had signed the treat using Noise Records (see 1984 in music) and recorded ii songs for the Noise compilation record known as Demise Metal. Them tracks were "Oernst Of Life" by Weikath, & Hansen's "Metal Invaders" which afterwards ended higher around the sooner version on the elastic number 1 good-length album.

1985 came around & Helloween so recorded their 1st record, the self-titled mini-LP containing Five tracks. A mini-LP was successful, & when you took that equivalent month it recorded & freed their 1st good-length album titled Walls Of Jericho which became a critical smash, by using its innovative mixture of speed & melodies redefining heavy metal. Yet, when you took a ensuing tour, it became conspicuous that Kai got difficulties singing & swimming a guitar at a equivalent period. Kai's survive performance when a band's lead-singer come inside 1986 in form of a single EP highborn Judas, which contained the song "Judas" along by using a bit of survive tracks. When that Helloween began the lookup for a newly vocaliser...

A number one selection was to recruit previous Tyran Pace vocalist Ralf Scheepers, however a band ended higher searching for an 18-month-old talent from either a local Hamburg band Ill Prophecy, known as Michael Kiske. Sustaining their newly lead singer it recorded "Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1", released in 1987, which established Helloween as one of a virtually all successful Thick Metal elastic within Europe. Inside 1988 Helloween recorded "Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II", their most swell known album featuring a classic line-higher. A band achieved possibly further profits in the area of the world than by owning "Keeper 1" & items were running super swell. Guitarist Kai Hansen surprisingly left a band presently when the European tour for the "Keeper 2" album due to conflicts in the b& besides when troubles by having a record company, and a growing dissatisfaction by owning life on the road. He was shortly when replaced by previous Rampage guitarist Roland Grapow, who finished a rest of the "Keeper 2" tour sustaining a band.

Around 1989 the band released the survive album known as Live In The UK, featuring live lesson from either their 1988 European tour. A odd members continued in, however label problems saved the two from either touring & releasing recently lesson until 1991 when, after many rumor just about a band breaking higher, it freed Pink Bubbles Go Ape (1991 in music). A album was an utter failure commercially & critically, & presently tensions began to build higher between a band members. A pop-influenced watch-higher Chameleon, released inside 1993, made a band lose virtually all of their hardcore fans. In a period of a Chameleon-tour, drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg fell sick due to family- & drug-related problems, & was finally forced to take a break from either the band. Meanwhile a conflicts in a rest of a b& experienced grown potentially worse, and the band decided to fire singer Michael Kiske.

Helloween returned around 1994 with former Pink Cream 69-singer Andi Deris as their new lead-singer, & Uli Kusch, formerly of Kai Hansen's recently band Gamma Ray, on the drums, releasing their successful comebackMaster of the Rings. Even so, around 1995 a b& and its previous members were badly shaken per tragical suicide of original drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg, who never managed to recoup from either his unwellness. Dedicated to his memory, 1996's The Time of the Oath re-established a band when one of the virtually all popular European metallic elastic (watch 1996 in music). Resulting the second globe tour, a double survive album known as High Live was released.

Within 1998 Helloween released Better Than Raw, one of a elastic heavily albums since the to the full length-debut. The handle-album known as Metal Jukebox was released inside 1999. 2000 saw the release of The Dark Ride (2000 in music), a extra exprimental & darker album than their last releases. Immediately fallowing a charted globe tour, Helloween parted ways using guitar player Rol& Grapow and drummer Uli Kusch world health organization together formed Masterplan. Replacements were presently noticed around guitar player Sascha Gerstner (ex-Freedom Call, Neumond), and drummer Mark Cross (ex. Metalium) who were late to become replaced by Stefan Schwarzmann, former drummer of Running Wild and Accept. A second studio album titled ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' came in 2003 with a successful world tour following, including the bands first tour in the U.S. since 1989.

2005 saw yet an additional line-higher vary in a period of the go tour when it became apparent that Helloween & Stefan Schwarzmann didn't part a equivalent musical visions. A recently Helloween drummer is Dani Loeble who is the previous drummer of German metallers Rawhead Rexx. The newly studio album is presently in the works & it is entitled Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy. A release is planned for October 31st, 2005.

Band members
Current members
Andreas "Andi" Deris - Vocals (1994-present) Michael Weikath - Guitars (beginning-present) Sascha Gerstner - Guitars (2002-present) Markus Grosskopf - Bass (beginning-present) Daniel "Dani" Loeble - Drums (2005-present)

Former members
Kai Hansen - Vocals (beginning-1986) - Guitars (beginning-1988) Michael "Michi" Kiske - Vocals (1987-1993) Roland Grapow - Guitars (1988-2001) Ingo Schwichtenberg - Drums (beginning-1993) Ulrich "Uli" Kusch - Drums (1994-2001) Mark Cross - Drums (2001-2003) Stefan Schwarzmann - Drums (2003-2005)

Discography
Helloween Mini LP (1985) Walls Of Jericho (1985) Judas-EP (1986) Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1 (1987) Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2 (1988) Live In The UK (1989) Pink Bubbles Go Ape (1991) Chameleon (1993) Master Of The Rings (1994) The Time Of The Oath (1996) High Live (1996) Better Than Raw (1998) Metal Jukebox (1999) The Dark Ride (2000) Rabbit Don't Come Easy (2003) Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy (2005)