HELLOWEEN and Nuclear Blast present the world premiere of “Skyfall,” the first single from the upcoming self titled album with the Pumpkins United line up: HELLOWEEN will be released on June 18th, the album pre-order is already underway. HELLOWEEN recently revealed the outstanding cover artwork, created by Berlin-based artist Eliran…
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HELLOWEEN Announce S/T Album June 18; With First Single, “Skyfall,” To Be Released April 2
From Helloween’s Facebook Page…. Now, that’s a thing of beauty! On June 18th, 2021, we will release our new album, simply titled “HELLOWEEN”. The artwork, a handmade painting, was done by Berlin based artist Eliran Kantor. Pre-order your “Skyfall” copy now! nblast.de/Helloween-Skyfall. Out April 2nd, 2021!
HELLOWEEN – United Alive II European Tour Postponed Until Spring 2022
German metal legends Helloween have checked in with some disappointing but understandable news: “Sadly, but in the best interest of everyone’s health and safety, we have to postpone our European tour again. As we all know, touring is currently not possible. In order to guarantee a proper execution of the…
HELLOWEEN – Postpone UNITED ALIVE PART 2 European Tour 2020
With a heavy heart we herewith announce that we are forced to postpone our UNITED ALIVE PART II European Tour 2020. Initially scheduled to take place from the end of September until mid of November 2020, we now rescheduled the tour from April to June 2021. Tickets will remain valid,…
Serious Black – Suite 226
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 31-01-2020, AFM Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Ernie B ‘Suite 226’ tells a complete narrative of a mentally confused man who is torn between his own dreamworld, reality and evil. The protagonist has been held captive for many years in the dismal, cold padded cell number 226,…
Best of 2019: Anders Sandvall
Personal top 20 for 2019 01. Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia “Moonglow” Sammet and his project keeps on going, this is the eight release by the symfonic/progressive/heavy metal constellation and features performances by previous singers in Jorn Lande, Michael Kiske, Bob Catly as well as some new contributions by Hansi Kursh, Mille…
HELLOWEEN’s ‘Pumpkins United’ Lineup To Release New Studio Album In August/September 2020
The “Pumpkins United” lineup of the German heavy metal band HELLOWEEN recently entered the H.O.M.E. Studios in Hamburg (where everything started in 1984) to work on brand new song material. The same recording console used for such HELLOWEEN albums as “Master Of The Rings”, “Time Of The Oath” and “Better…
Helloween-United Alive In Madrid
November 2019 Released: 2019 / Nuclear Blast Rating: 4 / 5 Reviewer: JP It took a while but Helloween’s fourth live album is available…just in time for Halloween! Most fans are aware that the band has been on a very long reunion tour cycle featuring former members vocalist Michael Kiske…
Avantasia – Moonglow
Avantasia – Moonglow Label: Nuclear Blast Released: 2019 Reviewer: Brat Rating: 4.5/5 Have your ears ready as soon as you press play otherwise you could miss the start of the first, lengthy song which consists of a number of movements. “Ghost in the Moon” doesn’t waste time with overtures or…
Copenhell Festival 2018 Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhell Festival 2018 Refshaleoen Copenhagen Denmark 20-23/6 – 2018 Live review and live pictures: Anders Sandvall Guest contributor: Ulrika Henriksson And so was it time for another round of the infamous Copenhell Festival; the ninth one so far. The first bookings were revealed back in November 2017;…
Serpent Lord – Towards The Damned
Reviewed: November 2018 Released: 2018, Alcyone Records Rating: 2.5 / 5 Reviewer: Lisa Nash A very recent creation, Serpent Lord formed in January 2016 and this is their debut album, which might explain why they seem to still be trying to find their sound and style, and this seems…
HELLOWEEN – PUMPKINS UNITED Live CD/DVD/Blu-Ray in 2019! NEW ALBUM In 2020!!!
HELLOWEEN Live Photo: Patricia Patah Among the massive PUMPKINS UNITED WORLD TOUR’s absolute open air highlights were, of course, the headliner slots at Wacken, Barcelona’s Rock Fest and Masters of Rock – but also the mega gigs with Iron Maiden at Sweden Rock Festival and Florence’s Firenze Rocks in June…
SWEDEN ROCK 2018 Festival
The Finnish Metal-Rules.com made their annual visit to Sweden Rock. Metal-Rules.com has covered Sweden Rock since 2001. The 2018 line up once again presented a wide range of metal and hard rock. Over 70 bands offered one hell of an experience for the attendees during the four day festival. Sweden Rock has been successful during…
HELLOWEEN Is ‘Too Lazy’ To Start Work On Reunion Studio Album
Germany’s Music Interview Corner conducted an interview with guitarists Kai Hansen and Michael Weikath of German power metal legends HELLOWEEN prior to their appearance at the South Park festival in Tampere, Finland. They spoke about the band’s current “Pumpkins United” tour, which also features former vocalist Michael Kiske, current vocalist Andi Deris, guitarist Sascha Gerstner, bassist Markus Grosskopf and drummer Dani Löble. You can watch the entire chat…
HELLOWEEN : Pumpkins United tour – Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland
HELLOWEEN – Pumpkins United November 30, 2017 Black Box / Ice Hall Helsinki Finland ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY ARTO LEHTINEN AND MARKO SYRJÄLÄ Happy, Happy Helloween has been the legendary sing-a-long tune at all the Helloween concerts thru all these years. It was obvious the Helloween fans were in the…