Posted by Mark Zapata on October 25, 2018
Germany’s Legendary Helloween is slated to release Helloween – Starlight: The Noise Records Collection tomorrow (26th) via Noise Records. The Box Set contains all of the bands Noise recordings, including the EPs Helloween and Judas, which have been out of print for quite sometime, along with their debut album, Walls Of Jericho, and more. See full contents […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 16, 2018
Knotfest continues to expand as the first-ever Knotfest Colombia will kick-off on October 26th at Hipódromo de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. The initial festival was launched by Slipknot, however, at this event, Judas Priest are scheduled to headline. The lineup also includes Helloween, Kreator, Arch Enemy, Massacre, Kilcrops, Under Threat, Iron Reagan, Goatwhore, Revocation, […]
Posted by Kushal Naik on October 25, 2017
Earlier in the year, Helloween announced their “Pumpkins United” world tour, which would see classic Helloween members Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske rejoin the current Helloween lineup for a set spanning the entire Helloween discography. In advance of the first date of the tour, scheduled for this Saturday in São Paolo, a select few dates […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on October 13, 2017
Helloween has recently extended their lineup, which now consists of seven members with the addition of former vocalist Michael Kiske and guitarist Kai Hansen. The group are on their way to tour across the globe to celebrate their reunion, playing classic Helloween hits. Their journey begins next Thursday (19) in Mexico and to get everyone […]
Posted by Mark Uricheck on August 28, 2017
Roland Grapow is simultaneously accomplishing a couple different things with the release of his band Masterplan’s new record, PumpKings. First, the former Helloween guitarist, who began his career in the NWOBHM-inspired band Rampage, is celebrating music that he wrote for said German power metal institution during his 12-year tenure with the band, replacing original guitarist Kai […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 10, 2017
Rolling Stone recently unveiled their top 100 favorite metal albums of all time. Since then, artists including Deafheaven frontman George Clarke, Gojira’s Joe Duplantier, Corey Taylor, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Halford, and Metallica’s Lars Ulrich have shared theirs. It’s been rather entertaining seeing the diverse and yet, surprising lists, and now, Avenged Sevenfold vocalist M. Shadows revealed […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 25, 2017
Late last year, Helloween announced reuniting with Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen on stage for the Pumpkins United World Tour, kicking off during this fall. The current lineup will remain intact, hence the term “Pumpkins United.” The set is guaranteed a three hour performance, capturing the band’s entire career. Over the last week, Helloween revealed […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 14, 2016
If you’ve been a Helloween fan for years now, you’ve probably got a place in your heart for the late ’80s version of the band. Their sophomore and third albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I and Part II, were where the band honed their power metal chops, and “I Want Out” from Part II was a hit […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on April 15, 2016
Back in the 80’s, many of you started listening about all these Teutonic thrash metal bands across the pond and probably started doing tape trades to hear what the fuzz about Kreator, Tankard or Helloween was about so if you ever did that, you probably know about Noise Records. Noise Records was a German label […]
Posted by Eddie Jorgensen on March 1, 2016
German speed / power metal legends Helloween are coming to the US and are touring in support of their My God-Given Right (2015) release on Nuclear Blast Records. They’re only playing a handful of shows (see below) so catch them when and where possible. Metal Insider caught up with founding member and bassist Markus Grosskopf while in Kosice,Slovakia […]
