History Music / Helloween

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: "A Tale That Wasn't Right", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1''.

* {{Mascot}}: Jack-o-Lantern and Fangface; the latter went to Gamma Ray along with Kai Hansen.

* HotBlooded: "Power" from ''The Dark Ride''.

* CreativeDifferences: Kai Hansen quit the band after being unable to stomach Michael Kiske's LighterAndSofter direction. Kiske himself was thrown out after the rest of the band got fed up as well, ''Chameleon'' being the last straw. Later, Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch wanted to continue in a DarkerAndEdgier direction after ''The Dark Ride'', and were promptly shown the door. They went on to form Masterplan after being fired from their former band. It's also quite easily hearable in the examples: compare "Ride the Sky", from ''Walls Of Jericho'', to, pretty much, any of the later songs.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness - Most of their albums are in the 6 to 7 range. The Dark Ride is equal parts 7 and 8 (with If I Could Fly being about a 6), while Gambling With The Devil and 7 Sinners are probably closer to an 8 for the most part.

* TheJimmyHartVersion:

* HotBlooded: Several of Helloween's songs qualify, but especially "Power" from ''The Dark Ride''.

** ''7 Sinners'' somehow managed to be even more DarkerAndEdgier than ''Gambling With The Devil''. Lesee: the two comic songs of the album ("[[HeavyMeta Are You Metal?]]" and "[[GoMadFromTheRevelation Who's Mr. Madman?]]") are very heavy; there're lots of ThisIsSPARTA in the songs; even in the normal verses; Dani Loble destroys his drumset in any of the songs, even reaching DeathMetal and BlackMetal speeds, sometimes; "Not Yet Today", the intro to "Far In The Future" is chillingly dark... hell, even the ballad, "The Smile of the Sun" sounds pretty heavy. When the band said that this is the most heaviest and fastest album they made, they weren't joking.

* ThisIsSPARTA: '''PUSH!!! EN-FORCE!!! YOUR!!! IN-DE-PEN-DENCE!!!'''[[hottip:*:"Push", from ''Better Than Raw''.]]
** '''I-WANT-OUT!!! TO-[[LargeHam LIIIIIIIIIVE-MYYYYYY]]-LIFE-A-LONE!!!'''[[hottip:*:"I Want Out", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2''.]]
** Pretty much many verses of "Far In The Future", from ''7 Sinners'', have this. They could have called the song "ThisIsSPARTA: the song", as well.

Today, they're known for never having grown up or received the memo that it's no longer [[TheEighties the 80s]]. Their over-the-top bombastic performances, LargeHam antics, and absolutely hilarious music videos are essentially what would happen if [[HomestarRunner Limozeen]] were a real band.

* {{Retraux}}: Helloween will never grow up. For example, the video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_uEdaIbWww "Just A Little Sign"]], from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'', is both ''BeyondTheMindsEye'' and [[HomestarRunner Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]] in equal parts, and was made in ''2003''.

** "Crazy Cat", from ''Chameleon'', is inspired by ''Film/FritzTheCat''.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: There's a '''flute solo''' in "Raise The Noise", from ''7 Sinners''. '''A FLUTE SOLO'''.

* [=~What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?~=]: There's a '''flute solo''' in "Raise The Noise", from ''7 Sinners''. '''A FLUTE SOLO'''.

* [=~You Can't Fight Fate~=]: "Victim Of Fate", from the ''Helloween'' EP.

* BeyondTheImpossible: If you thought Andi Deris was a LargeHam in their music videos ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8U8gjFx9Vk which he is]]), try seeing them live!

*** "Who is Mr. Madman?" has the riff of "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings'', in several instances.

Sascha Gerstner from FreedomCall replaced Grapow, but the band struggled with the position of drummer. The first drummer hired was Mark Cross from Metalium, who abandoned the band after some medical issues. Finally, Stefan Schwarzmann (formerly from {{Accept}}, and Music/RunningWild, among [[HeyItsThatGuy plenty of other bands]]) took the role, although he wasn't hired in time for the recording sessions of ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'', the follow-up to ''Dark'', where the drums were played by [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Mikkey Dee]].

* CoverVersion: "[[Music/TheBeatles Something]]", "[[Music/JudasPriest The Hellion/Electric Eye]]", "[[{{Kiss}} I Stole Your Love]]", "[[GrandFunkRailroad I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home)]]", "[[CarlPerkins Blue Suede Shoes]]", "[[JeanMichelJarre Magnetic Fields]]", "[[StatusQuo Rain]]", "[[{{Queen}} Sheer Heart Attack]]" and "[[{{Accept}} Fast As A Shark]]". Also, during the "Master of the Rings" tour, they did a version of Pink Cream 69's "Where The Eagle Learns To Fly".[[hottip:*:Said band was Andi Deris's previous band before joining to Helloween.]]

* RecordOfLoudnessWar: Arguably, their latest releases, from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy'' onwards.

** "Crazy Cat", from ''Chameleon'', is inspired by ''FritzTheCat''.

--> [[{{Metallica}} I'm your pain when you can't feel]]

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness - Most of their albums are in the 6 to 7 range. The Dark Ride is equal parts 7 and 8 (with If I Could Fly? being about a 6), while Gambling With The Devil and 7 Sinners are probably closer to an 8 for the most part.

* LyricalDissonance: "Star Invasion". It sounds like the most solemn epic. Until the bitter end and beyond.

* CoolCat: "Crazy Cat", which might or might not be about ''FritzTheCat''.

Sascha Gerstner from FreedomCall replaced Grapow, but the band struggled with the position of drummer. The first drummer hired was Mark Cross from Metalium, who abandoned the band after some medical issues. Finally, Stefan Schwarzmann (formerly from {{Accept}}, and Music/RunningWild, among [[HeyItsThatGuy plenty of other bands]]) took the role, although he wasn't hired in time for the recording sessions of ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'', the follow-up to ''Dark'', where the drums were played by [[{{Motorhead}} Mikkey Dee]].

Helloween is a German power/speed metal band. Alongside Switzerland's CelticFrost and Sweden's {{Bathory}}, Germany's Helloween were possibly the most influential heavy metal band to come out of Europe during the 1980s. By taking the hard riffing and minor key melodies handed down from metal masters like JudasPriest and IronMaiden, then infusing them with the speed and energy introduced by the burgeoning thrash metal movement, Helloween crystallized the sonic ingredients of what is now known as PowerMetal.

* CoverVersion: "[[TheBeatles Something]]", "[[JudasPriest The Hellion/Electric Eye]]", "[[{{Kiss}} I Stole Your Love]]", "[[GrandFunkRailroad I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home)]]", "[[CarlPerkins Blue Suede Shoes]]", "[[JeanMichelJarre Magnetic Fields]]", "[[StatusQuo Rain]]", "[[{{Queen}} Sheer Heart Attack]]" and "[[{{Accept}} Fast As A Shark]]". Also, during the "Master of the Rings" tour, they did a version of Pink Cream 69's "Where The Eagle Learns To Fly".[[hottip:*:Said band was Andi Deris's previous band before joining to Helloween.]]

** "Long Live The King", from ''7 Sinners'', an {{homage}} to RonnieJamesDio and JudasPriest.

* {{Homage}}: "Steel Tormentor", from ''The Time Of The Oath'', is dedicated to JudasPriest.

--> [[JudasPriest White heat]]
--> [[JudasPriest Red hot]]