Due to the historic nature of this release, we have combined our thoughts on the album into one collective review…… Reviewed: July 1, 2021 Overall Rating: 4.8/5.0 Review by: Metal-Rules Staff Reviewed: July, 2021 Released: June 18, 2021, Nuclear Blast Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead So here we are…
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HELLOWEEN new album “Helloween” enters the official German album charts at #1 !!!
It’s the album that every metal fan has been waiting a long time for. “Helloween” bundles everything that defines Helloween”, writes DEAF FOREVER editor Lothar Hausfeld. “An epic adventure for the ages”, judge Peter Albers from BREAKOUT magazine and Rüdiger Stehle of POWERMETAL.DE state: “The new album from HELLOWEEN is…
HELLOWEEN – Andi Deris discusses Pumpkins United, new “Helloween” album and more
INTERVIEW AND LIVE PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA German metal legend Helloween has returned with its sixteenth studio album “Helloween.” The album is the first full-length studio release showcasing the band’s revamped lineup, also known as “Pumpkins United.” Singer Andi Deris, guitarists Michael Weikath, Sascha Gerstner, bassist Markus Grosskopf, and drummer…
Helloween releases new single and lyric video “Fear Of The Fallen” today
Today is the day: HELLOWEEN releases their new, second single “FEAR OF THE FALLEN” along with an amazing lyric video clip. The song is a fast-paced, melodic track done the way only Deris can do it. ”I had so much fun not only writing a song for my voice but…
HELLOWEEN Presents Behind The Scenes: “Skyfall” Video Shoot
From Helloween’s Facebook Page We’re taking a deep dive into the making of the video for “Skyfall”, the first single from HELLOWEEN’s new album simply titled “Helloween”. Director Martin Häusler Photographer takes us on a visual journey, while songwriter and guitarist Kai Hansen tells us more on the background of…
Black Sun – Power metal from Ecuador
INTERVIEW WITH BLACK SUN (Santiago Salem – Bass, Nicolás Estrada – Drums, Christopher Gruenberg – guitar and Nino Laurenne – producer) Metal music is a universal phenomenon. There are a lot of great and amazing bands from every part of the world. How many of readers out there are familiar…
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…
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;…
Helloween @ O2 Academy Brixton, London
Helloween @ O2 Academy Brixton, London 14th November 2017 Review & photos by Oliver M.
HELLOWEEN – Pumpkins United! World tour 2017/2018
Drop everything. Drum roll. Here comes the sensation for all Helloween fans: you believed in it for years and continued to ask for it – now is the time: in fall 2017, Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen will once again mount a Helloween stage together and resurrect the band’s legendary…
KAI HANSEN To Release Debut Album
KAI HANSEN, earMUSIC, and WACKEN Foundation are happy to announce the release of XXX, the first “solo project” album by Kai Hansen, one of the most influential guitarists and singers to emerge from Germany during the first part of the ’80s. First with ground-breaking band HELLOWEEN (of which Hansen is…
HELLOWEEN – Guitarist Sascha Gerstner
HELLOWEEN – Guitarist Sascha Gerstner INTERVIEW AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA Helloween is a German metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg. The band is one of the pioneers of power metal, and their albums KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS I & II and THE TIME OF THE OATH are…
HELLOWEEN – Vocalist Andi Deris discusses new album MY GOD-GIVEN RIGHT
INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJALA Helloween is a German band founded in 1984 in Hamburg. The band is one of the pioneers of the power metal genre, and their albums KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS I & II, MASTER OF THE RINGS, and THE TIME OF THE OATH are considered masterpieces…
GAMMA RAY and Rhapsody of Fire live in Helsinki
23’rd of April 2014 CLUB TAVASTIA, HELSINKI REVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA AND ARTO LEHTINEN The Gamma Ray / Rhapsody of Fire package tour was undoubtedly one of the most anticipated power metal gigs in the spring in Finland. Gamma Ray just released their album EMPIRE OF THE UNDEAD,…
HELLOWEEN – Interview with Guitarist Michael Weikath
INTERVIEW AND LIVE PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA German band Helloween is one of the pioneering forces and most successful bands in the power metal world and its related subgenres. The band was originally formed in 1984 by Michael Weikath, bassist Markus Grosskopf, vocalist/guitarist Kai Hansen, and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. Their…