Line #19 Music/Helloween


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20	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/helloween_helloween_scaled.jpg]]
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22	Helloween is a German power/speed metal band. Alongside Switzerland's Music/CelticFrost, Sweden's Music/{{Bathory}}, and Denmark's Music/MercyfulFate, Germany's Helloween were possibly the most influential heavy metal band to come out of Continental Europe during the 1980s. By taking the hard riffing and minor [[{{Scales}} key]] melodies handed down from metal masters like Music/JudasPriest and Music/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.
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24	The band has its roots in 1978, under the name Gentry, by Kai Hansen and Piet Sielck. Sometime later, they were joined by bassist Markus Grosskopf and drummer Ingo Schiwchtenberg, and changed the name again, this time to Second Hell. There was another change in the name (Iron Fist) before the definitive took of the name Helloween. From this point, Sielck left the band. Michael Weikath, who was playing in the band Powerfool, joined them after the disbandment of his band. And so, the first line-up (and official birth) of Helloween was formed, in 1984.
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26	This lineup (Hansen-Weikath-Grosskopf-Schwichtenberg) collaborated in a compilation, (''Death Metal'', alongside Hellhammer, Music/RunningWild and Dark Avenger) and released two [=EPs=] (''[[SelfTitledAlbum Helloween]]'' and ''Judas'') and a studio album (''Walls of Jericho'') before another lineup change.
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28	Kai Hansen, foresawing the difficulties to take the lead guitar and singing roles, decided to focus just on the guitar part, and so the search for a new vocalist begun, which ended in the former Ill Prophecy singer Michael Kiske being hired. This lineup change was key in the band's success, with the albums ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'' and ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2''.
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30	Sadly, just as they were on the verge of breaking to a wider audience -- even flirting with American success -- the band's meteoric rise was rudely interrupted by internal strife and a string of bad business decisions. Hiring Kiske ultimately proved a double-edged sword -- his iconic work with the aforementioned ''Keeper'' albums was what set up said meteoric rise in the first place, but he then decided he wanted to move away from PowerMetal towards a [[LighterAndSofter lighter]] HardRock, a decision which cost them the departure of Kai Hansen, who would later start Music/GammaRay, with Roland Grapow, from Rampage, replacing him. And to top it all, the band was also in a legal dispute with Noise Records about a bunch of nasty legal stuff, which resulted in them not being able to release anything for some time. Everything resulted in two disastrously mellow albums (''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon'') which are best not discussed, [[CanonDiscontinuity even by the band themselves]], and very nearly finished off the band. As a result of this, both Kiske and Ingo were sacked for the band, although for different reasons. Kiske was fired because Michael Weikath refused to work with him any further, while Ingo was released due to mental and drug-related issues.
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32	However, this was not the end of the band. Michael Weikath took the control of the band and hired the singer Andreas "Andi" Deris, from the band ''Music/PinkCream69'', as well as ex-Music/GammaRay drummer Uli Kusch. This change made the band to return to their roots, and continued to prosper in the international metal arena on their own terms, with the release of the album ''Master of the Rings''. More importantly, they remained the benchmark by which most every power metal band is still measured.
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34	In 1995, however, there was sad news: Ingo Schwichtenberg was profoundly depressed and [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]] by throwing himself to the subway rails. This hit hard in the band, who dedicated the album ''The Time Of The Oath'' (a ConceptAlbum about a Nostradamus prophecy) to his memory.
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36	1998 saw the release of the succesor of ''Time...'', ''Better Than Raw''. It's considered the highest point of the band in TheNineties.
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38	1999 saw the band celebrating fifteen years of music, thus it was a perfect occasion to release something. This something was a CoverAlbum called ''Metal Jukebox'', containing metalized covers from numbers such as Music/{{ABBA}}, Music/JethroTull, Music/DavidBowie.
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40	2000 saw the latest release with this lineup: the DarkerAndEdgier ''The Dark Ride''. It was the last album with both Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, since they both were sacked from the band. They went later to form the acclaimed ''Music/{{Masterplan}}''.
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42	Sascha Gerstner from Music/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 Music/{{Accept}}, and Music/RunningWild, among 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]].
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44	The final lineup change came in the form of Dani Löble, from Rawhead REXX, replacing Stefan, who left the band for CreativeDifferences. This lineup survives to our days, and recorded five albums (''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy'', ''Gambling With The Devil'', ''7 Sinners'', ''Straight Out of Hell'' and ''My God-Given Right'') and a LighterAndSofter compilation album called ''Unarmed''.
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46	In 2016, Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske rejoined the band and recorded a new single, "Pumpkins United", along with the band embarking on a world tour of the same name. The band's three-vocalist, three-guitarist "Pumpkins United" released a new album, simply titled ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Helloween]]'', in June 2021.
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48	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 [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Limozeen]] were a real band.
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50	[[folder: Band Members]]
51	!! Current
52	* Music/KaiHansen -- Guitar (1984-1989, 2016-present), Vocals (1984-1986, 2016-present)
53	* Michael Kiske -- Vocals (1986-1993, 2016-present)
54	* Andreas "Andi" Deris -- Vocals (1994-present)
55	* Michael Weikath -- Guitar (1984-present)
56	* Sascha Gerstner -- Guitar, Keyboards (2002-present)
57	* Markus Grosskopf -- Bass (1984-present)
58	* Daniel Löble -- Drums (2005-present)
59
60	!! Past
61	* Ingo Schwictenberg -- Drums (1984-1993; d. 1995)
62	* Roland Grapow -- Guitars (1993-2001)
63	* Uli Kusch -- Drums (1993-2001)
64	[[/folder]]
65
66	[[folder: Discography]]
67	!! Studio albums
68	* 1985 - ''Helloween'' [EP]
69	* 1985 - ''Walls of Jericho''
70	* 1987 - ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I''
71	* 1988 - ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II''
72	* 1991 - ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape''
73	* 1993 - ''Chameleon''
74	* 1994 - ''Master of the Rings''
75	* 1996 - ''Time of the Oath''
76	* 1998 - ''Better than Raw''
77	* 2000 - ''The Dark Ride''
78	* 2003 - ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''
79	* 2005 - ''Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy''
80	* 2007 - ''Gambling with the Devil''
81	* 2010 - ''7 Sinners''
82	* 2013 - ''Straight Out of Hell''
83	* 2015 - ''My God-Given Right''
84	* 2021 - ''[[RecycledTitle Helloween]]''
85
86	!! Other albums include:
87	* 1989 - ''Keepers Live'' (Japan) / ''I Want Out Live'' (USA) / ''Live In The UK'' (Rest of the world) [Live album]
88	* 1997 - ''High Live!'' [Live album]
89	* 1999 - ''Metal Jukebox'' [CoverAlbum]
90	* 2006[=/=]2007 - ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys: The Legacy World Tour - Live In Sao Paulo / Live On 3 Continents'' [Live CD / DVD]
91	* 2009[=/=]2010 - ''Unarmed (Best Of 25th Anniversary)'' [A compilation with acoustic reimaginings of some of their older songs]
92	[[/folder]]
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94	[[folder: Official music videos]]
95	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOAl0enE7kI Halloween]]
96	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV8SHjHvHk I Want Out]]
97	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEzLn4l-q80 Kids of the Century]]
98	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k62mutHpHY When the Sinner]]
99	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8U8gjFx9Vk Perfect Gentleman]]
100	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evrs_9tUmDE Where the Rain Grows]]
101	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmP4iTGY97Y Power]]
102	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE5sKuH3hhA The Time of the Oath]]
103	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dl6CLWLMzk Forever and One (Neverland)]]
104	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1KfDkPmB-8 I Can]]
105	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Cca-7UX-E If I Could Fly]]
106	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAegHGGwru8 Just a Little Sign]]
107	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDzIez1uYmw Hey Lord!]]
108	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrgKZYpBvXU Mrs. God]]
109	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qIHXR8jQr0 Light the Universe]]
110	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWK0gzIgM0 As Long as I Fall]]
111	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDXfR-0MwJM Paint a New World]]
112	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yUihyOKxww Dr. Stein (Unarmed version)]]
113	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfSUCJACyKs Are You Metal?]]
114	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PKNaVHi4Os Nabataea]]
115	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45cN7Cmymxc Battle's Won]]
116	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr852PbVZdo My God-Given Right]]
117	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh8zPuB03_c Pumpkins United]]
118	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAVeG4KS0JM Halloween (Live)]]
119	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ceqdP9Hbk Forever and One (Neverland) (Live)]]
120	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLV530n3kMw Skyfall]]
121	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P95N5j2i2yw Fear of the Fallen]]
122	[[/folder]]
123
124	[[http://www.helloween.org/ The official site]].
125	----
126	!!I Want Tropes:
127	* AccidentalMurder: "Murderer", from the ''Helloween'' EP, talks about a guy who's persecuted for a murder he committed.
128	* AGodAmI: "Wanna be God" from ''Straight out of Hell'' is this from a third-person view:
129	--> ''"He's a man looking down on the people\
130	He's a prick you got to really call evil\
131	Cannot be stopped, you cannot change his mind\
132	Shots have been lethal\
133	What he eyes is just there for the taking\
134	What he takes will soon be forsaken\
135	He is rich so he'll never die\
136	If money can buy, he says\
137	I don't wanna be an angel, I wanna be God!\
138	Mine the key to hell and heaven, I wanna be God!"''
139	* AlbumIntroTrack:
140	** ''Walls of Jericho'' opens with "Walls of Jericho", an orchestrated piece with trumpets which end with a castle door being opened.
141	** ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'' opens with "Initiation", a piece which leads into "I'm Alive". The piece itself also opens the music video for the single version of "Halloween".
142	** ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'' opens with "Invitation", a hymn-like piece which leads into "Eagle Fly Free". Music/VisionDivine repeats this for their cover on ''Keepers of Jericho: A Tribute to Helloween''.
143	** ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' opens with a swell guitar-and-voice piece called "Pink Bubbles Go Ape".
144	** ''Master of the Rings'' start with "Irritation", a nice-sounding piece leading onto "Sole Survivor".
145	** ''Better Than Raw'' starts with an hymn-like mix of metal and opera called "Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude Period In Z" which ends in the furious "Push".
146	** ''The Dark Ride'' starts with "Beyond the Portal", a small effect piece leading into "Mr. Torture".
147	** ''Gambling With The Devil'' starts with "Crack The Riddle", a sinister piece starting with a circus-like scene and ending with [[Music/{{Saxon}} Biff Byford]] welcoming everyone with a sinister voice before spinning a wheel leading onto "Kill It".
148	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In the fourth page of the booklet of the remastered ''Walls of Jericho'', the band invokes the trope. It starts firing shots at many people into the section "Into pumpkins". Then, the last part goes this way: [[invoked]]
149	--> ''"(...) all troublemakers on concerts, PUMA Sportswear, (because of no cooperation) Neil Perry (Sounds): if we sound like Music/{{Discharge}}, [[{{Pun}} discharge yourself]]! You don't have any glimpse, '''and everyone who is still spelling [[ViewerNameConfusion HELLOWEEN with an "A"]].'''"''
150	* AudienceParticipationSong:
151	** "Future World", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'', has a part right after the third chorus where Kai, Kiske or Andi play with the crowd before engaging in the fourth chorus and the end.
152	** The chorus of "Power", from ''The Time of the Oath'', certainly lends itself to audience plays whenever the band plays it live. The fact that the song is HotBlooded in musical format certainly helps.
153	* BannedInChina: In-universe, the lyrics of "Mr. Torture" claims that the eponymous character is banned in ''20 countries''.
154	* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: {{Invoked\|Trope}} in the chorus of "Heaven Tells No Lies", from ''Gambling With The Devil'':
155	--> I'd need a shotgun in my dreams tonight\
156	To terminate my rotten side.
157	* BeastFable: According to the liner notes for a CD reissue from 2006 of ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' (and journalist Dave Ling's interview with Michael Weikath published therein), it's all but outright confirmed that the lyrics of "Heavy Metal Hamsters" were meant to be an {{allegory}} for a legal/financial/contractual conflict between two different record companies and the band.[[labelnote:extra details]]Quoting from these liner notes: "Almost two years would pass until ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' surfaced in March 1991. During this extremely turbulent time, the band switched from long-time home Noise Records to the far larger EMI records [...] Inevitably, Noise had tried to prevent the departure of their roster's biggest act, resulting in writs and counter-writs. [...] Yet however good Helloween might have looked from outside, they remained in huge debt to Noise Records and were placed under pressure by their new label to start selling records again — fast."[[/labelnote]] The song metaphorically refers to the band members as "hamsters" in danger of predation by "a 20th century fox", i.e. record companies.
158	-->'''Dave Ling:''' My understanding is that 'Heavy Metal Hamsters' was actually about Helloween themselves?
159	-->'''Michael Weikath:''' That's right. We were the heavy metal hamsters.
160	* BigRockEnding: "Where The Rain Grows", from ''Master of the Rings''.
161	* BilingualBonus: "Lavdate Dominvm", from ''Better Than Raw'', is sung entirely in latin.
162	* BreakupSong:
163	** "A Tale That Wasn't Right", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'', talks about a relationship that just-finished, while the singer is in the duel phase and wishing to keep in touch with their partner.
164	** "In The Middle Of A Heartbeat", from ''Master of the Rings'', in contrast to "A Tale...", takes place just before the breakup, with the singer having some kind of argument with their lover.
165	** "Forever And One (Neverland)", from ''The Time Of The Oath'', is about a different type of breakup, finding the singer's lover with someone else.
166	** "Fallen To Pieces" from ''Gambling With The Devil'' is a variation, as it's about somebody who commits suicide after his lover leaves him.
167	* CannotSpitItOut: "Just A Little Sign", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'', is about the singer going to a gig and meeting somebody they can't stop thinking about. However, the singer has problems spitting out what they feel.
168	--> ''"Shouldn't I dare to talk to her\
169	But what is it I would say\
170	Surely I'd look like a clown\
171	For my smiles freeze on my face."''
172	* CompilationRerelease:
173	** Later editions of ''Walls of Jericho'' include the ''Helloween'' EP and the ''Judas'' single.
174	** Some editions of the first two ''Keeper of the Seven Keys'' have both parts in a single package. In addition, this edition includes "Savage" and "Livin Ain't No Crime" as bonus tracks of part 1, and "Don't Run For Cover" and remixes of "Dr. Stein" and "Keeper of the Seven Keys" in part 2.
175	* ConceptAlbum:
176	** ''The Time Of The Oath'' is about a Nostradamus's prophecy.
177	** ''Gambling With The Devil'' isn't technically a concept album, but there's an underlying thread among its songs pertaining to various moral and spiritual dilemmas.
178	* ContinuityNod:
179	** A riff during the solo on "Back Against The Wall", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'', is one towards "Giants", from ''Chameleon''.
180	** The chorus of "Are You Metal?" from ''7 Sinners'' has the chords of "Halloween", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'', at full speed.
181	** "Who is Mr. Madman", from ''7 Sinners'' is a distant sequel to 1994's "Perfect Gentleman", released on ''Master of the Rings''. In addition to the RealTimeTimeskip, the song includes a DarkReprise of the riff from the original song, and the intro describes how the narcissism of the titular "Perfect Gentleman" drove him to insanity. The song itself depicts his time in an insane asylum and subsequent plot to escape it.
182	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: "Mr. Torture", from ''The Dark Ride'', is a parody over ColdBloodedTorture made by a man who ''sells pain''.
183	* CoolCat: "Crazy Cat", from ''Chameleon'', talks about an anthropomorphic cat who meets his gang, plays Blackjack and is addicted to chicks. It's based on ComicBook/FritzTheCat.
184	* CoverVersion: "[[Music/TheBeatles Something]]", "[[Music/JudasPriest The Hellion/Electric Eye]]", "[[Music/{{Kiss}} I Stole Your Love]]", "[[Music/GrandFunkRailroad I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home)]]", "[[Music/CarlPerkins Blue Suede Shoes]]", "[[Music/JeanMichelJarre Magnetic Fields]]", "[[Music/StatusQuo Rain]]", "[[Music/{{Queen}} Sheer Heart Attack]]" and "[[Music/{{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".[[note]]Said band was Andi Deris's previous band before joining to Helloween.[[/note]]
185	* CoverAlbum:
186	** Helloween themselves have ''Metal Jukebox'', which contains purely covers from bands such as Music/JethroTull and Music/FaithNoMore. The japanese version also has "[[Music/DeepPurple Rat Bat Blue]]".
187	** On the inversion side, they have four tribute albums to their name: ''Keepers of Jericho'' (two volumes), ''The Eastern Tribute to Helloween'' (made by Eastern Europe bands), and the brazilian ''[=HelloRay=]'', shared with Music/GammaRay.
188	* TheCoverChangesTheGender: "[[Music/{{ABBA}} Lay All Your Love On Me]]", from ''Metal Jukebox''. The original was sung by female singers, while this version is sung by the male Andi Deris.
189	* DarkerAndEdgier:
190	** ''Master of the Rings'' came after the LighterAndSofter ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon'', and it shows: the sound is more crude, the lyrics touch more mature themes such as WarIsHell ("Sole Survivor"), betrayal ("Where the Rain Grows"), faith crisis ("Why?") and so on.
191	** ''The Dark Ride'' is the closer of the "rebirth" lineup[[note]]Deris, Grapow, Weikath, Grosskopf, Kusch[[/note]], and the darkest of the four albums of the lineup.
192	** ''Gambling With the Devil'' is more mature than their previous works, to the point it could be argued that Helloween (at least momentarily) TookALevelInCynic.
193	** ''7 Sinners'' is even more DarkerAndEdgier than ''Gambling With The Devil''. The two comic songs of the album ("[[HeavyMeta Are You Metal?]]" and "[[GoMadFromTheRevelation Who's Mr. Madman?]]") are quite heavy; there're lots of PunctuatedForEmphasis in the songs; even in the normal verses; Dani Loble destroys his drumset in any of the songs, even reaching DeathMetal and BlackMetal speeds; "Not Yet Today", the intro to "Far In The Future" is chillingly dark, even the ballad, "The Smile of the Sun" sounds pretty heavy.
194	* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: "Reptile", from ''Walls Of Jericho'' is about the [[spoiler:AIDS]].
195	* DoubleDoubleTitle: "Mirror Mirror", from ''The Dark Ride''.
196	* DownerEnding: "Dr. Stein" (from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'') ends with the eponymous Doctor being [[spoiler:[[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] by a clone of himself that he made[[note]]see this song's entry under KillAndReplace for more details[[/note]].]]
197	* DrFakenstein: The titular "Dr. Stein", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2''.
198	* DrugsAreBad: "Starlight", from the ''Helloween'' EP, is a straightforward song about drug addiction that comprises the state afterwards as well as the damages drugs do to one's body. It starts with pills ("[[DisneyAcidSequence You swallow your pill, you want to feel free, a trip to a world made of games]]") and then gets to needles ("Now there's a needle lying in front of you, I'm frightened of those things, But I'll know what you'll do, You need it to escape from the night"). The song ends quoting Literature/TheMetamorphoses as a metaphor for death. ("You feel the mind-blowin' stuff flow through your veins, you take off and fly to the sun, but when you get too near your wings will be burnt, you'll die in the flames and you'll fall")
199	* EarthSong:
200	** Among the many things "Paint A New World", from ''Gambling With The Devil'', denounces, the song mentions global warming ("Poles are melting"), the ozone layer being widened ("Holes in the sky"), intentional forest burning ("Woods are on fire"), and city-based pollution ("Scary pollution").
201	** "If A Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners'', meanwhile, adds natural resource consumption ("Resources will soon be consumed") to the list.
202	* EatTheCamera: The music video for "I Want Out" features a shot in which a camera-zoom of this type is combined with a ChromaKey effect.
203	* EightiesHair: During TheEighties all the members got a pompadour in a different color, as seen [[https://cover.box3.net/index.php?pid=cove2&p=v&rid=155183&&por=2&mod=back in the back cover]] of ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1''.
204	* EpicRocking:
205	** The album version of "Halloween", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'', clocks at 13:18.
206	** "Keeper of the Seven Keys", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', clocks at 13:37.
207	** ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy'' has "The King for a 1000 Years" (clocking at 13:54) and "Occasion Avenue" (clocking at 11:04).
208	** The SelfTitledAlbum ''Helloween'' closes with "Skyfall", which clocks at 12:11.
209	** The mashup song "The Keeper Trilogy", from ''Unarmed'', is a 17:06 orchestral rocking mashup between the first three songs.
210	* EvilLaugh: "Who is Mr. Madman?", from ''7 Sinners'', ends with this.
211	* FadingIntoTheNextSong:
212	** In ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'': "Invitation" => "Eagle Fly Free"
213	** In ''Better Than Raw'': "Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude in Z" => "Push"
214	** In ''Gambling With The Devil'': "Crack The Riddle" (Intro) => "Kill It", and "Fallen To Pieces" => "I. M. E."
215	* GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath: "Cry For Freedom", from the ''Helloween'' EP, is about a slave rebellion.
216	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: The protagonist of "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings'', is bound to a mental institution in "Who's Mr. Madman?", from ''7 Sinners''.
217	--> ''"Sixteen years have passed since he, one perfect of his kind, the Casanova of his time, crowned himself to conquer the land in craving for lust. Lust, one of the seven deadly sins. Punishment he has suffered. Look at him what did he become, who is he now?"''
218	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * GodIsLoveSongs: Several, "Lavdate Dominvm", from ''Better Than Raw'', for example.
219	* TheGodsMustBeLazy: "Why?", from ''Master of the Rings'', deals with a believer's crisis of faith as he keeps seeing all the evil going in the world and the "good deities" not doing anything to fix the situation.
220	* GratuitousFrench: "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings'', has the following bit:
221	--> ''I am "le d'Artagnan de coeur"''
222	* GratuitousPanning: "Kill It", from ''Gambling With The Devil'', killswitches the left and right guitar tracks for over a minute.
223	* {{Greed}}:
224	** The overall theme of the lyrics of "Don't Spit on My Mind" (from ''Better Than Raw'') is that, although right-wing economic policies have been promoted to the public at large using claims that those policies will improve the economy and thereby bring more wealth to the average person, those claims are really just lies told by ultrawealthy people whose true goal is to make themselves richer at everyone else's expense:
225	--->''Don't tell me of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics any wonders shitting gold]]\
226	Don't tell me of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austerity a hard way we have to go through]]\
227	Still we pay your warmth out of the cold\
228	Do you really think we're that blind?\
229	Don't spit on my mind''
230	** Another part of the lyrics of "Don't Spit on My Mind" also says that those rich people have exploited [[PatrioticFervor nationalistic sentiment]] as a means of getting their preferred economic policies enacted into law:
231	--->''In the name of country-love\
232	They enrich themselves apart''
233	* GriefSong: An [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Alternate Song Interpretation]] towards "Forever And One (Neverland)", from ''The Time Of The Oath'', considering that the band dedicated the whole ''TTOTO'' album to their former bandmante, the late drummer Ingo Schiwchtenberg.
234	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Fallen To Pieces" is a straightforward example.
235	* HeavyMeta: They have several songs dedicated to HeavyMetal itself:
236	** "Heavy Metal (Is the Law)", from ''Walls Of Jericho'', is a declaration of love towards the genre.
237	** "Are You Metal", from ''7 Sinners'', on the other hand, is a {{parody}}.
238	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** The unfortunately-titled "Get It Up", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy''.
239	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Falling Higher" from ''Better Than Raw''
240	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * HeavyMithril
241	* {{Homage}}:
242	** "Steel Tormentor", from ''The Time Of The Oath'', is dedicated to Music/JudasPriest.
243	** "Long Live The King", from ''7 Sinners'', an {{homage}} to Music/RonnieJamesDio and Music/JudasPriest.
244	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * HotBlooded: "Power" from ''The Time of The Oath''.
245	* HotWitch: Appears in the cover of ''Better Than Raw'', cooking pumpkins.
246	* IncrediblyLongNote: In the lead-up to the final chorus of "I Want Out", Michael Kiske goes "Leave me aloooo...ne", and manages to hold that note while the entire chorus plays. That's almost 20 seconds ''without breaking''.
247	* InsultBackfire: Michael Kiske wrote "Savage", from the UpdatedRerelease of ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 1'' and the ''Future World'' single, as a TakeThat towards HeavyMetal fans. However, fans took in stroll, and appropriated the song as a battlecry.
248	* JustOneMoreLevel:
249	** "Gorgar" (from ''Walls of Jericho'') is about someone who's been spending way too much money on playing {{pinball}}[[note]]more specifically, on the [[Pinball/{{Gorgar}} eponymous model of pinball machine]], which was the first commercially released pinball game to feature speech… hence the mention of a "robot's voice" in the lyrics[[/note]]:
250	--->"''You spend all your money but you'll never win\
251	You're always the loser and the robot's voice keeps hammering''"
252	** Similarly, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xo2DhNvrbA "The Game is On"]] (from ''Master of the Rings'') is about someone who got so absorbed into a video game that he didn't even notice his house was on fire and presumably perished. The game is heavily implied to be the UsefulNotes/GameBoy version of ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'', due to some lyrical clues ("with a grey box in his hands") and the fact that the entire main riff of the song is very obviously based on the Game Boy ''Tetris''' GameOver jingle, and it even directly samples most of its sound effects.
253	* KillAndReplace: In "Dr. Stein" (from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2''), a clone does this to his own "original version":
254	-->"''One night he cloned himself,\
255	put his brother on a shelf,\
256	but when he fell asleep that night\
257	it crept up from behind\
258	and thought "Well, never mind",\
259	took a syringe and blew out his life!''"
260	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * LargeHam: Andi Deris.
261	* LastNoteNightmare: The intro of "The Dark Ride", from the eponymous album, has a Merry-Go-Round tune that slowly fades into some random/creepy noises and a creepy voice telling everybody to "sign on the dotted line." The remaining song, however, is actually a pretty upbeat and energetic tune... until the very end, where the song fades out in the midst of a creepy-sounding chant.
262	%% (Administrivia/TypeLabelsAreNotExamples) * LeadBassist: Markus Grosskopf is a firm Type A.
263	* LeavingTheNestSong: "I Want Out," is told from the perspective of someone wanting to escape their closely monitored life and embrace freedom and independence. There is a secondary meaning, however: guitarist and founding member Kai Hansen has said the song was written out of his desire to leave the band at that time.
264	* Letters2Numbers: "Sun 4 The World", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
265	* LighterAndSofter:
266	** ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon'' are the softest albums of their catalogue, containing more ballads and more happy/optimistic songs than all the previous and successive albums.
267	** ''Unarmed'' is an unplugged MilestoneCelebration compilation where every song featured was reworked to be LighterAndSofter. The songs contain brass sections, child chorus, classical strings and other "non-metal" stuff.
268	** ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' came after the DarkerAndEdgier ''The Dark Ride'', featuring more happy/optimistic songs and a lighter sound.
269	%% ** ''Straight Out of Hell'' and especially ''My God-Given Right'' are this compared to ''Gambling With The Devil'' and ''7 Sinners''.
270	* LongestSongGoesLast:
271	** ''Walls of Jericho'' ends with "How Many Tears" (7:16).
272	** ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'' ends with "Halloween" (13:18) preceding the closer outro "Follow The Sign".
273	** ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'' ends with "Keeper of the Seven Keys" (13:38).
274	** ''The Dark Ride'' ends with "The Dark Ride" (8:48).
275	** ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' ends with "Nothing To Say" (8:35).
276	** ''7 Sinners'' ends with "Far in the Future" (7:42).
277	** ''My God-Given Right'' ends with "You, Still of War" (7:21).
278	** ''Helloween'' ends with "Skyfall" (12:11).
279	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample and Administrivia/ExamplesAreNotArguable) * LoudnessWar: Arguably, their latest releases, from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy'' onwards. ''7 Sinners'' was particularly egregious in this regard.
280	* LyricalDissonance:
281	** Despite the presumably grim fate of its subject, the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xo2DhNvrbA "The Game is On"]] is enough of a typically catchy, bouncy, upbeat Helloween song that it comes across as "video games are fun!" That Website/YouTube video is an absolute celebration of retro gaming.
282	** "Star Invasion" sounds like a near-epic and entirely serious ballad with a cool solo[[note]][[Music/DavidBowie Space Oddity]] and the most solemn metal epic[[/note]]. [[spoiler:Even after 1008 {{screwball squirrels}} teleport in]].
283	* MadScientist: The eponymous "Dr. Stein", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'', who makes cloning experiments, and at one point "tried to clone himself", to no results.
284	* MetalBandMascot:
285	** [[PumpkinPerson Jack-o-Lantern]] is a common sight in every release of the band.
286	** They also had Fangface in the beginning, which Kai later appropriated for Music/GammaRay.
287	* MetalScream:
288	** Michael Kiske was a master at these:
289	*** In "Halloween", the "AAAAAH!" he belts out from the chorus are quite high-pitched.
290	*** In "I Want Out", he belts out "Leave me alone" for nearly ''twenty seconds''.
291	** Andi's screams aren't a slouch, though he sounds more like an old witch than a metal singer. This doesn't diminish his ability to belt put screams, though:
292	*** In the live versions of the aforementioned "I Want Out", he can keep up with Kiske's own screams.
293	*** As for his era, there's "Push", from ''Better Than Raw'', which is sung almost entirely on screams.
294	* MilesGloriosus: The subject of "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings'', is a narcissist who keeps boasting about his abilities to get chicks and look cool.
295	* MundaneMadeAwesome: There's a flute solo in "Raise The Noise", from ''7 Sinners''.
296	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * NatureMetal:
297	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Paint a New World" from ''Gambling with the Devil''
298	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "If a Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
299	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * NewSoundAlbum
300	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * NonAppearingTitle:
301	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Giants" and "Longing" from ''Chameleon''.
302	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Mr. Ego", from ''Master of the Rings''.
303	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Dreambound", from ''Gambling With The Devil''.
304	* NumberOfTheBeast: "Escalation 666", from ''The Dark Ride''.
305	* OminousMusicBoxTune: "Still We Go", from ''Master Of The Rings'', opens with an ominous music box tune.
306	* OrWasItADream: "We Damn The Night", from ''The Dark Ride''.
307	--> ''Blood on my pillow.\
308	Blood on my skin.\
309	Am I going mad\
310	Or was this a dream?''
311	* PachelbelsCanonProgression: "Eagle Fly Free", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', has this progression as its main musical component.
312	* {{Portmantitle}}: The band is called Helloween, a mix of Hell and Halloween.
313	* PowerMetal: Credited as the TropeMaker of the European style.
314	* PrecisionFStrike:
315	** "Rise and Fall", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2'', starts with the line "Once a singer sung some bullshit...". This is the only bit of profanity displayed in the entire song, and, for that matter, the entire album.
316	** "Asshole", from ''Straight out of Hell'' is another very rare example of the band using profanity in their songs. Even then, they reserve this for the chorus:
317	--> ''"You’re an asshole\
318	Typical human being\
319	You’re a sucker\
320	Sucking out energy\
321	Asshole\
322	Typical human being\
323	You motherfucker\
324	Stupid shit you make me flee"''
325	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * ProtestSong: "Cry For Freedom", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
326	* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: The cover art for ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' has a magician struggling to get a rabbit out of the hat.
327	* PumpkinPerson: Jack-O-Lantern, the band's mascot, is basically this everytime he appears.
328	* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
329	** '''PUSH!!! EN-FORCE!!! YOUR!!! IN-DE-PEN-DENCE!!!'''[[note]]"Push", from ''Better Than Raw''.[[/note]]
330	** '''I-WANT-OUT!!! TO-[[LargeHam LIIIIIIIIIVE-MYYYYYY]]-LIFE-A-LONE!!!'''[[note]]"I Want Out", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2''.[[/note]]
331	** Pretty much many verses of "Far In The Future", from ''7 Sinners'', have this.
332	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * RebelLeader: Kiske sings as one in "Revolution Now", from ''Chameleon''.
333	* ReligionRantSong: "Church Breaks Down", from ''Straight out of Hell'', a rare case of a band leaving their beliefs in order to denounce the inquisition, even going so far as to cite Leonardo Da Vinci and how he suffered for trying to see what's beyond the bible.
334	* RobotWar: "Twilight of the Gods", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'', ends in one, with the machines that humans built to replace their deities now destroying them and the world.
335	* RockMeAmadeus: "Gorgar", from ''Walls Of Jericho'', features a part of "[[Music/EdvardGrieg In the Hall of the Mountain King]]" in the solo part.
336	* RockstarSong: Inverted in "Never Be A Star" from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'', which denounces the idea of rock-stardom.
337	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Heavy Metal Hamsters", from ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape''.
338	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Rise and Fall", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'', mocks the trope.
339	* {{Sampling}}:
340	** The "Happy Happy Halloween" intro heard in "Starlight", from the ''Helloween'' EP, is taken from the movie ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch''.
341	** The battle sounds at the beginning of "Before The War" were taken live in Yugoslavia.
342	** There are several pieces of music in the form of zapping starting "Occasion Avenue", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy''.
343	* SequelSong:
344	** "Halloween", "Keeper of the Seven Keys" and "The King for a Thousand Years", found on the albums ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'', ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'' and ''Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy'' respectively, are all considered sequels. While "Halloween" doesn't share a plot with the other two songs, it's still considered part of the band's "Keeper Trilogy", being a 10+ minute long multi-part Epic composed of snippets from all three songs. An orchestral medley of all three songs was made for the band's MilestoneCelebration compilation album ''Unarmed''.
345	** A straighter example is "Who is Mr. Madman", from ''7 Sinners'', which takes place [[RealTimeTimeskip 18 years]] after the titular "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings''.
346	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * SevenDeadlySins: Some songs from the aptly named ''7 Sinners'' play with this concept, even if it's not a ConceptAlbum.
347	* ShoutOut: "Halloween", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 1'', has one in a few lines to [[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]]:
348	--> Bad luck if you get a stone,\
349	like the good old Charlie Brown,\
350	you think Linus could be right\
351	[[YankTheDogsChain The kids will say it's just a stupid lie!!!]]
352	** In "The Dark Ride", from the eponymous album, this line:
353	--> [[Music/{{Metallica}} I'm your pain when you can't feel]]
354	** "Heavy Metal (Is the Law)", aside of being a HeavyMeta hymn, has this following paragraph:
355	--> [[Music/JudasPriest White heat\
356	Red hot]]
357	** The BSide "Les Hamburgueois Walkways" is inspired by Music/GaryMoore's "Parisiennes Walkways".
358	** The rhythm section during Weikath's solo in "Cry for Freedom", from the ''Helloween'' EP, was taken from Mania's "Shadows Under Your Eyes".
359	** "Crazy Cat", from ''Chameleon'', is inspired by ''ComicBook/FritzTheCat''.
360	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Unusually for a heavy metal band, Helloween is mostly on the idealistic side, even on the DarkerAndEdgier ''The Dark Ride'' and ''Gambling with the Devil'' (although the latter album was probably as close to the cynical side as the band had ever gotten).
361	* SoleSurvivor: "Sole Survivor", from ''Master of the Rings'':
362	--> ''"Sole survivor\
363	Of a kill without alert\
364	Sing your feelings out\
365	Your song remains unheard"''
366	* SpeedMetal: On ''Helloween'' and ''Walls of Jericho'', with ''The Dark Ride'', ''Gambling With the Devil'', and ''7 Sinners'' also incorporating elements of this.
367	* StartMyOwn:
368	** After ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', Kai Hansen left Helloween. Several years later, he formed Music/GammaRay.
369	** After being sacked from the band, after ''The Dark Ride'' was completed, Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch created Masterplan.
370	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * SurvivorsGuilt: "Sole Survivor", from ''Master of the Rings''.
371	* TakeThat:
372	** The fourth page of the ''Walls of Jericho'' remaster contains one towards many people. In the third and most of the fourth pages, many people receive "fangs", but the "Into Pumpkins" section has the band taking shots at many people for many reasons.
373	** "Judas", from the ''Walls of Jericho'' remaster and the ''Judas'' EP, is one towards "all politicians who talk human but act like monsters".
374	** When Kai Hansen couldn't handle being in the band anymore, he penned his resignation in the form of the song "I Want Out", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2''.
375	** After Michael Kiske was fired, the next album (''Master Of The Rings'') had a song dedicated to him, "Mr. Ego". The song is full of lines such as "Don't wanna hear your slimy voice" and "Your brain is just a bloated dummy."
376	** There's also "Are You Metal?", from ''7 Sinners''. Disguised as a HeavyMeta song, Sascha Gerstner, guitarist of the band, said that the song was meant as a parody towards [[NoTrueScotsman metal elitism]].
377	* TakingTheBullet: "The Departed (Sun Is Going Down)", from ''The Dark Ride'':
378	--> ''"I would die for you would you die with me?\
379	No, you can't deny!\
380	Would you catch the bullet that was meant for me?\
381	Blaze across the sky!!"''
382	* TechnicianVsPerformer: Kai Hansen, Roland Grapow and Sascha Gerstner were all the Performers to Michael Weikath's Technician.
383	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * ThisIsReality: "Open Your Life", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
384	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * TookALevelInCynic: ''Gambling With The Devil'' is decidedly more cynical than any other Helloween album (before or after) but is still quite idealistic compared to other heavy metal albums.
385	* TrrrillingRrrs: When speaking in Spanish, Andi can't avoid these.
386	* TruckDriversGearChange: Towards the end of "I Want Out", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', after the last line of the last chorus. Enter the 30-second MetalScream and the band playing the main song in a higher pitch.
387	* UnpluggedVersion: ''Unarmed'' is a compilation album where every selected song got this treatment.
388	* UpdatedRerelease:
389	** ''Walls of Jericho'': The 2006 Expanded Edition adds remixes of "Murderer" and "Ride the Sky", live renditions of "Ride the Sky" and "Guardians", the two tracks from ''Death Metal'' ("Oernst of Life" and "Metal Invaders") and a christmas-based track called "Surprise Track".
390	** ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'': The 2006 [[RunningGag Expanded Edition]] added a Kiske re-recording of "Victim of Fate", a remix of "Starlight", an alternative version of "A Little Time" and the video/single version of "Halloween".
391	** ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'': ''Many'' releases include "Save Us" as a bonus track. In addition, the 2006 Expanded Edition includes a bonus disc containing "Savage", "Livin Ain't No Crime", "Don't Run For Cover" and remixes of "Dr. Stein" and "Keeper of the Seven Keys".
392	** ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'': The 2006 Expanded Edition includes "Shit and Lobster", [[Music/ElvisPresley "Blue Suede Shoes"]], "Les Hamburgueois Walkways" and "You Run With The Pack".
393	** ''Chameleon'': The 2006 Expanded Edition includes a bonus disc with "I Don't Care, You Don't Care", "Oriental Journey", "Cut in the Middle", "Introduction", "Get Me Out Of Here", "Red Socks And The Smell of Trees", "Ain't Got Nothing Better" and a demo version of "Windmill".
394	** ''Master of the Rings'': The 2006 Expanded Edition has a second CD with "Can't Fight Your Desire", "Star Invasion", [[Music/ThinLizzy "Cold Sweat"]], "Silicon Dreams", "Grapowski's Malmsuite 1001 (In D-Doll)", [[Music/{{Kiss}} "I Stole Your Love"]] and [[Music/GrandFunkRailroad "I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home)"]].
395	** ''The Time Of The Oath'': The 2006 Expanded Edition includes a second CD with "Still I Don't Know", "Take It To The Limit", [[Music/JudasPriest "The Hellion/Electric Eye"]], [[Music/JeanMichelJarre "Magnetic Fields"]], [[Music/StatusQuo "Rain"]], "Walk Your Way", "Light In The Sky" and "Time Goes By".
396	** ''Better Than Raw'': The [[OverlyLongGag 2006 Expanded Edition]] includes the tracks "Back on the Ground", "A Game We Shouldn't Play", a live bootleg version of "Perfect Gentleman" and an instrumental solo called "Moshi Moshi-Shiki No Uta".
397	** ''The Dark Ride'': The Special Edition includes "The Madness Of The Crowds", "Deliver Ud From Temptation" and the single cut of "If I Could Fly".
398	** ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'': The Limited Edition comes with the tracks "Far Away", [[Music/{{Accept}} "Fast As A Shark"]] and [[Music/{{Queen}} "Sheer Heart Attack"]].
399	** ''Gambling With The Devil'': The Special Edition comes with a second disc with the tracks "Find My Freedom", "See The Night", "Never Surrender", a radio edit of "As Long As I Fall", and two videos: a trailer, and an enhanced video for "As Long As I Fall".
400	** ''7 Sinners'': The Deluxe Edition comes with "I'm Free". In addition, the 2020 remaster comes with that track, "Faster We Fall" and "Aiming High".
401	** ''Straight Out Of Hell'': The Limited Edition comes with "Another Shot of Life" and the aforementioned Hammond version of "Burning Sun".
402	** ''My God-Given Right'': The Limited Edition comes with "I Wish I Was There" and "Wicked Game". In addition, the Earbook edition comes with those two tracks as well as "Nightmare" and "More Than A Lifetime".
403	* ViewerNameConfusion: Invoked in the fourth page of the booklet of the ''Walls of Jericho'' remaster: [[invoked]]
404	--> ''"WARNING! Everybody Who Will Be Writing HELLOWEEN With An "A" Or Tries To Distribute Pamphlets With An "A" Will Be Turned Into A Pumpkin!!!"''
405	* VocalTagTeam: Hansen, Kiske and Deris all share lead vocals on "Pumpkins United", a song written and recorded for reunion tour of the same name, as well as taking turns during many songs on the SelfTitledalbum.
406	* WarIsHell: A common theme of the band, alongside religion and humor.
407	** "Sole Survivor" from ''Master of the Rings'' is about a soldier who's sent to die in a war, and whose voice is unheard, as he has no power to change anything.
408	** "World Of War" from ''Straight Out Of Hell'' crosses it with WarForFunAndProfit, denouncing the evils of foreign invasion for riches and the aftermaths often involving "Mothers crying over losing their sons/Ripping out their heart for worthless gold". The cover of the album even has a bunch of pumpkin-headed people in the middle of a war.
409	** Ditto for "Battle's Won", from ''My God-Given Right'', this time the song is about the aftermath of a war, where the victor is counting the riches obtained for the event.
410	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Warrior", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
411	* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: "Star Invasion" has one such misunderstanding. An awful mess ensues.
412	* WelcomeBackTraitor:
413	** Kai Hansen quit the band over CreativeDifferences and went on to form Music/GammaRay. After some successful tours between Helloween and Gamma Ray, he rejoined the band in 2017.
414	** Michael Kiske ''also'' quit the band due to CreativeDifferences, which were sort in 2017, when he ''also'' rejoined the band.
415	* WordSaladTitle:
416	** "Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude in Z", from ''Better Than Raw''. All their other album-introduction tracks are single words beginning with an I.
417	** Also the B-Side "Grapowski's Malmsuite 1001 In D-Doll".
418	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: "Years", from ''Straight out of Hell''.
419	* YouCanRunButYouCantHide: "Ride The Sky", from ''Walls of Jericho'', deals in first person with an outlaw who has escaped.
420	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * YouCantFightFate: "Victim Of Fate", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
421	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * ZerothLawRebellion: "Twilight Of The Gods", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1'', combines this and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.

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