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Helloween is a German power/speed metal band. Alongside Switzerland's Music/CelticFrost and Sweden's Music/{{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 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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Helloween is a German power/speed metal band. Alongside Switzerland's Music/CelticFrost and Sweden's Music/{{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 [[{{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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* 2006[=/=]2007 - ''[[LongTitle Keeper Of The Seven Keys: The Legacy World Tour - Live In Sao Paulo / Live On 3 Continents]]'' [Live CD / DVD]
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* 2006[=/=]2007 - ''[[LongTitle Keeper ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys: The Legacy World Tour - Live In Sao Paulo / Live On 3 Continents]]'' Continents'' [Live CD / DVD]
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** 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 RetroGaming.
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** 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 RetroGaming.retro gaming.
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* RefrainFromAssuming: Subverted in "The Departed", from ''The Dark Ride'', which is also called "Sun Is Going Down" because of its chorus. However, the full title of the song is "The Departed (Sun Is Going Down)".
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* NotChristianRock: Despite their name, the band has tons of songs praising God, and several of their bandmembers are Christians. However, their secular songs far outnumber their Christian songs, so they still ultimately fall under the "secular rock" category.
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* RegionalBonus:
** The 1989 japanese edition of ''Walls of Jericho'' includes "Don't Run for Cover".
** [[RunningGag The japanese release]] of ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' includes "Shit and Lobster".
** The japanese release of ''Master of the Rings'' includes "Can't Fight Your Desire" and "Grapowski's [[Music/YngwieMalmsteen Malmsuite]] 1001 (in D-Doll)".
** The japanese release of ''The Time Of The Oath'' includes "Still I Don't Know" and "Take It To The Limit".
** The japanese release of ''[[CoverAlbum Metal Jukebox]]'' comes with [[Music/DeepPurple "Rat Bat Blue"]].
** The japanese release of ''The Dark Ride'' includes "The Madness Of The Crowds".
** The japanese release of ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' comes with [[Music/{{Accept}} "Fast As A Shark"]].
** The japanese release of ''Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy'' comes with "Revolution".
** The japanese release of ''Gambling With The Devil'' comes with "We Unite".
** The [=iTunes=] release of ''Unarmed'' comes with an acoustic rendition of "Why?".
** The japanese release of ''7 Sinners'' comes with "Faster We Fall" and a code for downloading "Aiming High".
** The japanese release of ''Straight Out of Hell'' comes with "No Eternity" and a Hammond version of "Burning Sun" dedicated to [[Music/DeepPurple Jon Lord]].
** The [[OverlyLongGag japanese release]] of ''My God-Given Right'' comes with "I Wish I Were There", "Wicked Game" and "Free World".
** The 1989 japanese edition of ''Walls of Jericho'' includes "Don't Run for Cover".
** [[RunningGag The japanese release]] of ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' includes "Shit and Lobster".
** The japanese release of ''Master of the Rings'' includes "Can't Fight Your Desire" and "Grapowski's [[Music/YngwieMalmsteen Malmsuite]] 1001 (in D-Doll)".
** The japanese release of ''The Time Of The Oath'' includes "Still I Don't Know" and "Take It To The Limit".
** The japanese release of ''[[CoverAlbum Metal Jukebox]]'' comes with [[Music/DeepPurple "Rat Bat Blue"]].
** The japanese release of ''The Dark Ride'' includes "The Madness Of The Crowds".
** The japanese release of ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' comes with [[Music/{{Accept}} "Fast As A Shark"]].
** The japanese release of ''Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy'' comes with "Revolution".
** The japanese release of ''Gambling With The Devil'' comes with "We Unite".
** The [=iTunes=] release of ''Unarmed'' comes with an acoustic rendition of "Why?".
** The japanese release of ''7 Sinners'' comes with "Faster We Fall" and a code for downloading "Aiming High".
** The japanese release of ''Straight Out of Hell'' comes with "No Eternity" and a Hammond version of "Burning Sun" dedicated to [[Music/DeepPurple Jon Lord]].
** The [[OverlyLongGag japanese release]] of ''My God-Given Right'' comes with "I Wish I Were There", "Wicked Game" and "Free World".
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* FilkSong: "Gorgar", from ''Walls Of Jericho'', is [[Pinball/{{Gorgar}} based on a]] ''[[Pinball/{{Gorgar}} pinball]]'' [[Pinball/{{Gorgar}} game with same name.]]
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* Kai Hansen -- Guitar (1984-1989, 2016-present), Vocals (1984-1986, 2016-present)
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* Kai Hansen Music/KaiHansen -- Guitar (1984-1989, 2016-present), Vocals (1984-1986, 2016-present)
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon'' are LighterAndSofter than everything the band did prior, thanks to the inclusion of brass sections, ballads and other "non-Metal" stuff are a testament to that.
** ''Unarmed'' is a compilation where every selected song got the ''PBGA''/''Chameleon'' treatment. It's what would happen if Helloween did an [[UnpluggedVersion Unplugged Album]].
** ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon'' are LighterAndSofter than everything the band did prior, thanks to the inclusion of brass sections, ballads and other "non-Metal" stuff are a testament to that.
** ''Unarmed'' is a compilation where every selected song got the ''PBGA''/''Chameleon'' treatment. It's what would happen if Helloween did an [[UnpluggedVersion Unplugged Album]].
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* ContemptibleCover: Every album between 1998's ''Better Than Raw'' and 2021's ''Helloween'' features hideous CGI cover art.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness - Most of their albums are in the 6 to 7 range. The Dark Ride, Gambling With The Devil and 7 Sinners can go up to an 8. Their ballads, meanwhile, are generally in the 4 to 6 range.
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--> ''"(...) all troublemakers on concerts, PUMA Sportswear, (because of no cooperation) Neil Perry (Sounds): if we sound like Discharge, [[JustForPun discharge]] yourself! You don't have any glimpse, '''and everyone who is still spelling [[SpellMyNameWithAnS HELLOWEEN with an "A"]].'''"''
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--> ''"(...) all troublemakers on concerts, PUMA Sportswear, (because of no cooperation) Neil Perry (Sounds): if we sound like Discharge, Music/{{Discharge}}, [[JustForPun discharge]] yourself! You don't have any glimpse, '''and everyone who is still spelling [[SpellMyNameWithAnS HELLOWEEN with an "A"]].'''"'''''"''
* AudienceParticipationSong:
** "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.
** 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.
* AudienceParticipationSong:
** "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.
** 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.
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* BreakupSong: "Fallen To Pieces" from ''Gambling With The Devil'' is a variation, as it's about somebody who commits suicide after his lover leaves him.
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* BreakupSong: BreakupSong:
** "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.
** "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.
** "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.
** "Fallen To Pieces" from ''Gambling With The Devil'' is a variation, as it's about somebody who commits suicide after his lover leaveshim.him.
* 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.
--> ''"Shouldn't I dare to talk to her\\
But what is it I would say\\
Surely I'd look like a clown\\
For my smiles freeze on my face."''
** "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.
** "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.
** "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.
** "Fallen To Pieces" from ''Gambling With The Devil'' is a variation, as it's about somebody who commits suicide after his lover leaves
* 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.
--> ''"Shouldn't I dare to talk to her\\
But what is it I would say\\
Surely I'd look like a clown\\
For my smiles freeze on my face."''
* 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.
** ''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.
** ''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.
** ''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.
* 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")
* 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''.
* 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''.
* 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.
* 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.
** "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.
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%% (ZCE) * AllLoveIsUnrequited: "A Tale That Wasn't Right", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1''.
%% (ZCE) * AntiLoveSong: "In The Middle Of A Heartbeat", from ''Master of the Rings''.
%% (ZCE) * AudienceParticipationSong: "Future World" and "Power", among other examples.
%% (ZCE) * BreakupSong: "Forever And One (Neverland)", from ''The Time Of The Oath''.
%% (ZCE) * CannotSpitItOut: "Just A Little Sign", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
%% (ZCE) * CoolCat: "Crazy Cat", from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) * DarkerAndedgier:
%% (ZCE) ** ''The Dark Ride'' is certainly quite dark for a band like Helloween, even though it has its goofy moments.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Master of the Rings'' came after the LighterAndSofter ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) * DrugsAreBad: "Starlight", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
%% (ZCE) * EightiesHair
%% (ZCE) * AntiLoveSong: "In The Middle Of A Heartbeat", from ''Master of the Rings''.
%% (ZCE) * AudienceParticipationSong: "Future World" and "Power", among other examples.
%% (ZCE) * BreakupSong: "Forever And One (Neverland)", from ''The Time Of The Oath''.
%% (ZCE) * CannotSpitItOut: "Just A Little Sign", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
%% (ZCE) * CoolCat: "Crazy Cat", from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) * DarkerAndedgier:
%% (ZCE) ** ''The Dark Ride'' is certainly quite dark for a band like Helloween, even though it has its goofy moments.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Master of the Rings'' came after the LighterAndSofter ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) * DrugsAreBad: "Starlight", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
%% (ZCE) * EightiesHair
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* CompilationRerelease:
** Later editions of ''Walls of Jericho'' include the ''Helloween'' EP and the ''Judas'' single.
** 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.
** Later editions of ''Walls of Jericho'' include the ''Helloween'' EP and the ''Judas'' single.
** 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.
* ContemptibleCover: Every album between 1998's ''Better Than Raw'' and 2021's ''Helloween'' features hideous CGI cover art.
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** 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. Just check the version from the ''Legacy World Tour'' live album, if you have some doubts.
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** 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. Just check speed.
** "Who is Mr. Madman", from ''7 Sinners'' is a distant sequel to 1994's "Perfect Gentleman", released on ''Master of theversion Rings''. In addition to the RealTimeTimeskip, the song includes a DarkReprise of the riff from the ''Legacy World Tour'' live album, if you have some doubts.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.
** "Who is Mr. Madman", from ''7 Sinners'' is a distant sequel to 1994's "Perfect Gentleman", released on ''Master of the
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* CompilationRerelease:
** Later editions of ''Walls of Jericho'' include the ''Helloween'' EP and the ''Judas'' single.
** 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.
* ContemptibleCover: Every album between 1998's ''Better Than Raw'' and 2021's ''Helloween'' features hideous CGI cover art.
** Later editions of ''Walls of Jericho'' include the ''Helloween'' EP and the ''Judas'' single.
** 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.
* ContemptibleCover: Every album between 1998's ''Better Than Raw'' and 2021's ''Helloween'' features hideous CGI cover art.
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* RealTimeTimeskip: "Who is Mr. Madman?", also from ''7 Sinners'' acts as a sequel song to "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings'', even including the riff from the original song in several instances, and beginning with an intro describing how the character from Perfect Gentleman's narcissism drove him to insanity. The song itself depicts his time in an insane asylum and subsequent plot to escape it.
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%% (ZCE) * AllLoveIsUnrequited: "A Tale That Wasn't Right", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1''.
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%% (ZCE) * AntiLoveSong: "In The Middle Of A Heartbeat", from ''Master of the Rings''.
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%% (ZCE) * AudienceParticipationSong: "Future World" and "Power", among other examples.
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%% (ZCE) ** "Forever And One (Neverland)", from ''The Time Of The Oath''.
%% (ZCE) * CannotSpitItOut: "Just A Little Sign", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
%% (ZCE) * CannotSpitItOut: "Just A Little Sign", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
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%% (ZCE) * CoolCat: "Crazy Cat", from ''Chameleon''.
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%% (ZCE) ** ''The Dark Ride'' is certainly quite dark for a band like Helloween, even though it has its goofy moments.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Master of the Rings'' came after the LighterAndSofter ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Master of the Rings'' came after the LighterAndSofter ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon''.
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%% (ZCE) * DrugsAreBad: "Starlight", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
%% (ZCE) * EightiesHair
%% (ZCE) * EightiesHair
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%% (ZCE) * GodIsLoveSongs: Several, "Lavdate Dominvm", from ''Better Than Raw'', for example.
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%% (ZCE) * GreenAesop:
%% (ZCE) ** "Paint A New World", from ''Gambling With The Devil''.
%% (ZCE) ** "If A Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Paint A New World", from ''Gambling With The Devil''.
%% (ZCE) ** "If A Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
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%% (ZCE) ** "Fallen To Pieces" is a straightforward example.
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%% (ZCE) ** The unfortunately-titled "Get It Up", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Falling Higher" from ''Better Than Raw''
%% (ZCE) * HeavyMithril
%% (ZCE) ** "Falling Higher" from ''Better Than Raw''
%% (ZCE) * HeavyMithril
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%% (ZCE) * HotBlooded: "Power" from ''The Time of The Oath''.
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%% (ZCE) * LargeHam: Andi Deris.
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%% (TLANE) * LeadBassist: Markus Grosskopf is a firm Type A.
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%% (ZCE) ** ''Straight Out of Hell'' and especially ''My God-Given Right'' are this compared to ''Gambling With The Devil'' and ''7 Sinners''.
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%% (ZCE and EANA) * LoudnessWar: Arguably, their latest releases, from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy'' onwards. ''7 Sinners'' was particularly egregious in this regard.
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%% (ZCE) * NatureMetal:
%% (ZCE) ** "Paint a New World" from ''Gambling with the Devil''
%% (ZCE) ** "If a Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) * NewSoundAlbum
%% (ZCE) * NonAppearingTitle:
%% (ZCE) ** "Giants" and "Longing" from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Mr. Ego", from ''Master of the Rings''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Dreambound", from ''Gambling With The Devil''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Paint a New World" from ''Gambling with the Devil''
%% (ZCE) ** "If a Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) * NewSoundAlbum
%% (ZCE) * NonAppearingTitle:
%% (ZCE) ** "Giants" and "Longing" from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Mr. Ego", from ''Master of the Rings''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Dreambound", from ''Gambling With The Devil''.
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%% (ZCE) * ProtestSong: "Cry For Freedom", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
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%% (ZCE) * RebelLeader: Kiske sings as one in "Revolution Now", from ''Chameleon''.
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%% (ZCE) ** "Heavy Metal Hamsters", from ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Rise and Fall", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'', mocks the trope.
%% (ZCE) ** "Rise and Fall", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'', mocks the trope.
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%% (ZCE - How?) * SevenDeadlySins: Some songs from the aptly named ''7 Sinners'' play with this concept, even if it's not a ConceptAlbum.
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%% (ZCE) * SurvivorsGuilt: "Sole Survivor", from ''Master of the Rings''.
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%% (ZCE) * ThisIsReality: "Open Your Life", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
%% (ZCE - How?) * 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.
%% (ZCE - How?) * 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.
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%% (ZCE) ** "Warrior", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
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%% List of ZeroContextExamples:
%% (ZCE) * AllLoveIsUnrequited: "A Tale That Wasn't Right", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1''.
%% (ZCE) * AntiLoveSong: "In The Middle Of A Heartbeat", from ''Master of the Rings''.
%% (ZCE) * AudienceParticipationSong: "Future World" and "Power", among other examples.
%% (ZCE) * BreakupSong: "Forever And One (Neverland)", from ''The Time Of The Oath''.
%% (ZCE) * CannotSpitItOut: "Just A Little Sign", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
%% (ZCE) * CoolCat: "Crazy Cat", from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) * DarkerAndedgier:
%% (ZCE) ** ''The Dark Ride'' is certainly quite dark for a band like Helloween, even though it has its goofy moments.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Master of the Rings'' came after the LighterAndSofter ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) * DrugsAreBad: "Starlight", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
%% (ZCE) * EightiesHair
%% (ZCE) * GodIsLoveSongs: Several, "Lavdate Dominvm", from ''Better Than Raw'', for example.
%% (ZCE) * GreenAesop:
%% (ZCE) ** "Paint A New World", from ''Gambling With The Devil''.
%% (ZCE) ** "If A Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) * GriefSong: "Fallen To Pieces" is a straightforward example.
%% (ZCE) * HeavyMeta:
%% (ZCE) ** The unfortunately-titled "Get It Up", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Falling Higher" from ''Better Than Raw''
%% (ZCE) * HeavyMithril
%% (ZCE) * HotBlooded: "Power" from ''The Time of The Oath''.
%% (ZCE) * LargeHam: Andi Deris.
%% (TLANE) * LeadBassist: Markus Grosskopf is a firm Type A.
%% (ZCE) * LighterAndSofter: ''Straight Out of Hell'' and especially ''My God-Given Right'' are this compared to ''Gambling With The Devil'' and ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE and EANA) * LoudnessWar: Arguably, their latest releases, from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy'' onwards. ''7 Sinners'' was particularly egregious in this regard.
%% (ZCE) * NatureMetal:
%% (ZCE) ** "Paint a New World" from ''Gambling with the Devil''
%% (ZCE) ** "If a Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) * NewSoundAlbum
%% (ZCE) * NonAppearingTitle:
%% (ZCE) ** "Giants" and "Longing" from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Mr. Ego", from ''Master of the Rings''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Dreambound", from ''Gambling With The Devil''.
%% (ZCE) * ProtestSong: "Cry For Freedom", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
%% (ZCE) * RebelLeader: Kiske sings as one in "Revolution Now", from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) * RockstarSong:
%% (ZCE) ** "Heavy Metal Hamsters", from ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Rise and Fall", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'', mocks the trope.
%% (ZCE - How?) * SevenDeadlySins: Some songs from the aptly named ''7 Sinners'' play with this concept, even if it's not a ConceptAlbum.
%% (ZCE) * SurvivorsGuilt: "Sole Survivor", from ''Master of the Rings''.
%% (ZCE) * ThisIsReality: "Open Your Life", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
%% (ZCE - How?) * 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.
%% (ZCE) * WarIsHell: "Warrior", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
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%% (ZCE) * AllLoveIsUnrequited: "A Tale That Wasn't Right", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1''.
%% (ZCE) * AntiLoveSong: "In The Middle Of A Heartbeat", from ''Master of the Rings''.
%% (ZCE) * AudienceParticipationSong: "Future World" and "Power", among other examples.
%% (ZCE) * BreakupSong: "Forever And One (Neverland)", from ''The Time Of The Oath''.
%% (ZCE) * CannotSpitItOut: "Just A Little Sign", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
%% (ZCE) * CoolCat: "Crazy Cat", from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) * DarkerAndedgier:
%% (ZCE) ** ''The Dark Ride'' is certainly quite dark for a band like Helloween, even though it has its goofy moments.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Master of the Rings'' came after the LighterAndSofter ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) * DrugsAreBad: "Starlight", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
%% (ZCE) * EightiesHair
%% (ZCE) * GodIsLoveSongs: Several, "Lavdate Dominvm", from ''Better Than Raw'', for example.
%% (ZCE) * GreenAesop:
%% (ZCE) ** "Paint A New World", from ''Gambling With The Devil''.
%% (ZCE) ** "If A Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) * GriefSong: "Fallen To Pieces" is a straightforward example.
%% (ZCE) * HeavyMeta:
%% (ZCE) ** The unfortunately-titled "Get It Up", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Falling Higher" from ''Better Than Raw''
%% (ZCE) * HeavyMithril
%% (ZCE) * HotBlooded: "Power" from ''The Time of The Oath''.
%% (ZCE) * LargeHam: Andi Deris.
%% (TLANE) * LeadBassist: Markus Grosskopf is a firm Type A.
%% (ZCE) * LighterAndSofter: ''Straight Out of Hell'' and especially ''My God-Given Right'' are this compared to ''Gambling With The Devil'' and ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE and EANA) * LoudnessWar: Arguably, their latest releases, from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy'' onwards. ''7 Sinners'' was particularly egregious in this regard.
%% (ZCE) * NatureMetal:
%% (ZCE) ** "Paint a New World" from ''Gambling with the Devil''
%% (ZCE) ** "If a Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) * NewSoundAlbum
%% (ZCE) * NonAppearingTitle:
%% (ZCE) ** "Giants" and "Longing" from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Mr. Ego", from ''Master of the Rings''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Dreambound", from ''Gambling With The Devil''.
%% (ZCE) * ProtestSong: "Cry For Freedom", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
%% (ZCE) * RebelLeader: Kiske sings as one in "Revolution Now", from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) * RockstarSong:
%% (ZCE) ** "Heavy Metal Hamsters", from ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Rise and Fall", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'', mocks the trope.
%% (ZCE - How?) * SevenDeadlySins: Some songs from the aptly named ''7 Sinners'' play with this concept, even if it's not a ConceptAlbum.
%% (ZCE) * SurvivorsGuilt: "Sole Survivor", from ''Master of the Rings''.
%% (ZCE) * ThisIsReality: "Open Your Life", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
%% (ZCE - How?) * 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.
%% (ZCE) * WarIsHell: "Warrior", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
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%% (ZCE - How?) * ZerothLawRebellion: "Twilight Of The Gods", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1'', combines this and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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%% (ZCE - How?) * ZerothLawRebellion: "Twilight Of The Gods", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1'', combines this and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
----TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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* 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 30 seconds ''without breaking''.
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* 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 30 20 seconds ''without breaking''.
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%% (ZCE) * AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent:
%% (ZCE) ** ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Unarmed''.
%% (ZCE) ** To some extent, ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape''.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Unarmed''.
%% (ZCE) ** To some extent, ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape''.
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%% (ZCE) ** ''Unarmed''.
%% (ZCE) ** To some extent,
** ''Unarmed'' is a compilation where every selected song got the ''PBGA''/''Chameleon'' treatment. It's what would happen if Helloween did an [[UnpluggedVersion Unplugged Album]].
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* UnpluggedVersion: ''Unarmed'' is a compilation album where every selected song got this treatment.
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%% (ZCE) * AllLoveIsUnrequited: "A Tale That Wasn't Right", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1''.
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* LyricalDissonance: 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 RetroGaming.
%% (ZCE and EANA) ** "Star Invasion". It sounds between [[Music/DavidBowie Space Oddity]] and the most solemn metal epic. Until the bitter end and beyond.
%% (ZCE and EANA) ** "Star Invasion". It sounds between [[Music/DavidBowie Space Oddity]] and the most solemn metal epic. Until the bitter end and beyond.
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* LyricalDissonance: LyricalDissonance:
** 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 RetroGaming.
%% (ZCE and EANA) ** "Star Invasion". It Invasion" sounds between [[Music/DavidBowie like a near-epic and entirely serious ballad with a cool solo[[note]][[Music/DavidBowie Space Oddity]] and the most solemn metal epic. Until the bitter end and beyond.epic[[/note]]. [[spoiler:Even after 1008 {{screwball squirrels}} teleport in]].
** 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 RetroGaming.
* SequelSong:
** "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''.
** A straighter example is "Who is Mr. Madman", from ''7 Sinners'', which takes place [[RealLifeTimeskip 18 years]] after the titular "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings''.
** "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''.
** A straighter example is "Who is Mr. Madman", from ''7 Sinners'', which takes place [[RealLifeTimeskip 18 years]] after the titular "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings''.
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%% (ZCE - How?) * SpeedMetal: On ''Helloween'' and ''Walls of Jericho'', with ''The Dark Ride'', ''Gambling With the Devil'', and ''7 Sinners'' also incorporating elements of this.
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--> ''"Sole survivor\\
Of a kill without alert\\
Sing your feelings out\\
Your song remains unheard"''
* SpeedMetal: On ''Helloween'' and ''Walls of Jericho'', with ''The Dark Ride'', ''Gambling With the Devil'', and ''7 Sinners'' also incorporating elements of this.
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* StartMyOwn: After ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', Kai Hansen left Helloween. Several years later, he formed Music/GammaRay. Also, as noted above, Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, who were fired from the band and created Masterplan.
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* StartMyOwn: StartMyOwn:
** After ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', Kai Hansen left Helloween. Several years later, he formedMusic/GammaRay. Also, as noted above, Music/GammaRay.
** After being sacked from the band, after ''The Dark Ride'' was completed, Roland Grapow and UliKusch, who were fired from the band and Kusch created Masterplan.
** After ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', Kai Hansen left Helloween. Several years later, he formed
** After being sacked from the band, after ''The Dark Ride'' was completed, Roland Grapow and Uli
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** 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" (in a ShoutOut to [[{{Mascot}} Fangface]]) but the "Into Pumpkins" section has the band taking shots at many people for many reasons.
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** 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" (in a ShoutOut to [[{{Mascot}} Fangface]]) "fangs", but the "Into Pumpkins" section has the band taking shots at many people for many reasons.
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** After Michael Kiske was fired, the next album (''Master Of The Rings'') had a song dedicated to him, "Mr. Ego".
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** 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."
** 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]].
* TakingTheBullet: "The Departed (Sun Is Going Down)", from ''The Dark Ride'':
--> ''"I would die for you would you die with me?\\
No, you can't deny!\\
Would you catch the bullet that was meant for me?\\
Blaze across the sky!!"''
* TechnicianVsPerformer: Kai Hansen, Roland Grapow and Sascha Gerstner were all the Performers to Michael Weikath's Technician.
** 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]].
* TakingTheBullet: "The Departed (Sun Is Going Down)", from ''The Dark Ride'':
--> ''"I would die for you would you die with me?\\
No, you can't deny!\\
Would you catch the bullet that was meant for me?\\
Blaze across the sky!!"''
* TechnicianVsPerformer: Kai Hansen, Roland Grapow and Sascha Gerstner were all the Performers to Michael Weikath's Technician.
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* 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.
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* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: "Star Invasion" has one such misunderstanding. An awful mess ensues.
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%% (ZCE) * BigRockEnding: "Where The Rain Grows", from ''Master of the Rings'', among other examples.
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--> I'd need a shotgun in my dreams tonight\\
To terminate my rotten side.
* BigRockEnding: "Where The Rain Grows", from ''Master of the
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** "Who is Mr. Madman?", also from ''7 Sinners'' acts as a sequel song to "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings'', even including the riff from the original song in several instances, and beginning with an intro describing how the character from Perfect Gentleman's narcissism drove him to insanity. The song itself depicts his time in an insane asylum and subsequent plot to escape it.
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* CoverAlbum: ''Metal Jukebox'' contains purely covers from bands such as Music/JethroTull and Music/FaithNoMore. The japanese version also has "[[Music/DeepPurple Rat Bat Blue]]".
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* CoverAlbum: CoverAlbum:
** Helloween themselves have ''MetalJukebox'' Jukebox'', which contains purely covers from bands such as Music/JethroTull and Music/FaithNoMore. The japanese version also has "[[Music/DeepPurple Rat Bat Blue]]".Blue]]".
** 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.
** Helloween themselves have ''Metal
** 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.
* DoubleDoubleTitle: "Mirror Mirror", from ''The Dark Ride''.
* DrFakenstein: The titular "Dr. Stein", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2''.
* GratuitousPanning: "Kill It", from ''Gambling With The Devil'', killswitches the left and right guitar tracks for over a minute.
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** "Heavy Metal (Is the Law)", from ''Walls Of Jericho'', is a declaration of love towards the genre.
** "Are You Metal", from ''7 Sinners'', on the other hand, is a {{parody}}.
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%% (ZCE) ** "Heavy Metal (Is the Law)", from ''Walls Of Jericho''.
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%% (ZCE) ** "Are You Metal", from ''7 Sinners'', parodies the trope.
* HotWitch: Appears in the cover of ''Better Than Raw'', cooking pumpkins.
* 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.
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** ''Keeper of the Seven Keys pt. 1'' ends with "Halloween" (13:18) preceding the closer outro "Follow The Sign".
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** ''Keeper of the Seven Keys pt.Pt. 1'' ends with "Halloween" (13:18) preceding the closer outro "Follow The Sign".
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%% (ZCE) * NotChristianRock:
%% (ZCE) ** "Save Us", from the {{Updated Rerelease}}s of ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'' and the ''I Want Out'' single.
%% (ZCE) ** "I Believe", from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Salvation" and "We Damn the Night", from ''The Dark Ride''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Final Fortune" from ''Gambling With The Devil''.
%% (ZCE) ** "My Sacrifice" from ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) * NumberOfTheBeast: "Escalation 666", from ''The Dark Ride''.
* OminousMusicBoxTune: "Still We Go", from ''Master Of The Rings'', opens with a musicbox tune.
* {{Portmantitle}}: The band is called Helloween, a mix of Hello and Halloween.
%% (ZCE) ** "Save Us", from the {{Updated Rerelease}}s of ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'' and the ''I Want Out'' single.
%% (ZCE) ** "I Believe", from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Salvation" and "We Damn the Night", from ''The Dark Ride''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Final Fortune" from ''Gambling With The Devil''.
%% (ZCE) ** "My Sacrifice" from ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) * NumberOfTheBeast: "Escalation 666", from ''The Dark Ride''.
* OminousMusicBoxTune: "Still We Go", from ''Master Of The Rings'', opens with a musicbox tune.
* {{Portmantitle}}: The band is called Helloween, a mix of Hello and Halloween.
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%% (ZCE) ** "Save Us", from
%% (ZCE) ** "I Believe", from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Salvation" and "We Damn the Night", from ''The Dark Ride''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Final Fortune" from ''Gambling With The Devil''.
%% (ZCE) ** "My Sacrifice" from ''7 Sinners''.
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* NumberOfTheBeast: "Escalation 666", from ''The Dark Ride''.
* OminousMusicBoxTune: "Still We Go", from ''Master Of The Rings'', opens with
* OrWasItADream: "We Damn The Night", from ''The Dark Ride''.
--> ''Blood on my pillow.\\
Blood on my skin.\\
Am I going mad\\
Or was this a dream?''
* PachelbelsCanonProgression: "Eagle Fly Free", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', has this progression as its main musical component.
* {{Portmantitle}}: The band is called Helloween, a mix of
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* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: The cover art for ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' has a magician struggling to get a rabbit out of the hat.
* PumpkinPerson: Jack-O-Lantern, the band's mascot, is basically this everytime he appears.
* PumpkinPerson: Jack-O-Lantern, the band's mascot, is basically this everytime he appears.
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* RealTimeTimeskip: "Who is Mr. Madman?", also from ''7 Sinners'' acts as a sequel song to "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings'', even including the riff from the original song in several instances, and beginning with an intro describing how the character from Perfect Gentleman's narcissism drove him to insanity. The song itself depicts his time in an insane asylum and subsequent plot to escape it.
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* 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.
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[[folder:Band tropes]]
* EightiesHair
* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Weikath
** TheLancer: Andi
** TheSmartGuy: Sascha
** TheBigGuy: Dani
** TheHeart: Markus
** SixthRanger: Kai and Kiske
* LeadBassist: Markus Grosskopf is a firm Type A.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. ''Michael'' Kiske, singer from ''Keeper 1'' all the way to ''Chameleon'', and ''Michael'' Weikath, guitarist on all of them. Also, Kai Hansen's second name is ''Michael''.
** Another example is the aforementioned Weiki (whose full name is Michael ''Ingo'' Joachim Weikath) and the late drummer ''Ingo'' Schwichtenberg, who played in the first 5 albums.
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* TrrrillingRrrs: When speaking in Spanish, Andi can't avoid these.
* StartMyOwn: After ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', Kai Hansen left Helloween. Several years later, he formed Music/GammaRay. Also, as noted above, Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, who were fired from the band and created Masterplan.
* VocalTagTeam: Hansen, Kiske and Deris all share lead vocals on "Pumpkins United", a song written and recorded for reunion tour of the same name.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Kai Hansen quit the band over CreativeDifferences and went on to form Music/GammaRay. Apparently, giving him room to have his own band and removing Michael Kiske from the equation was enough to calm both sides down, as the personnel from Helloween and Gamma Ray now get along quite amicably and even tour together, concluding their concerts by [[FusionDance taking the stage simultaneously to form one big supergroup]], and as ''[[{{Portmanteau}} Gammaween]]'', they perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cVRnTcEuS8 "I Want Out"]]. In that video, they certainly ''look'' [[HoYay friendly]]. And this is older than the 2008 joint tour, as his appearance in the Wacken Open Air 2004 can testify. And to make things better, he said in an [[http://metalassault.com/Interviews/060410_Gamma_Ray.php audio interview]], that he liked the Gammaween tour, and that he won't dismiss the chance of doing another tour like that.
** Also, Michael Kiske did guest a guest appearance on Gamma Ray's ''Land Of The Free'' album in the mid-90s, did guest vocals for Roland Grapow's and Uli Kusch's spinoff band Masterplan ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen and would have agreed to be their studio vocalist altogether, just not to performing live]]) and is working on a side project with Kai Hansen and Roland Grapow as well, trying to write, according to Hansen, some softer songs for him because of his "Metalphobia".
*** In 2011, Kai Hansen joined Michael Kiske in the band Unisonic, whom Kiske had been a part of since 2009.
*** As of 2017, they have "reunited" for 30th aniversary tour with both Hansen & Kiske. The [[http://pumpkins-united.helloween.org/en/pumpkins-united.html "Pumpkins United Tour"]] Epic, much?
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[[folder:Song tropes]]
[[folder:Band tropes]]
* EightiesHair
* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Weikath
** TheLancer: Andi
** TheSmartGuy: Sascha
** TheBigGuy: Dani
** TheHeart: Markus
** SixthRanger: Kai and Kiske
* LeadBassist: Markus Grosskopf is a firm Type A.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. ''Michael'' Kiske, singer from ''Keeper 1'' all the way to ''Chameleon'', and ''Michael'' Weikath, guitarist on all of them. Also, Kai Hansen's second name is ''Michael''.
** Another example is the aforementioned Weiki (whose full name is Michael ''Ingo'' Joachim Weikath) and the late drummer ''Ingo'' Schwichtenberg, who played in the first 5 albums.
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* TrrrillingRrrs: When speaking in Spanish, Andi can't avoid these.
* StartMyOwn: After ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', Kai Hansen left Helloween. Several years later, he formed Music/GammaRay. Also, as noted above, Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, who were fired from the band and created Masterplan.
* VocalTagTeam: Hansen, Kiske and Deris all share lead vocals on "Pumpkins United", a song written and recorded for reunion tour of the same name.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Kai Hansen quit the band over CreativeDifferences and went on to form Music/GammaRay. Apparently, giving him room to have his own band and removing Michael Kiske from the equation was enough to calm both sides down, as the personnel from Helloween and Gamma Ray now get along quite amicably and even tour together, concluding their concerts by [[FusionDance taking the stage simultaneously to form one big supergroup]], and as ''[[{{Portmanteau}} Gammaween]]'', they perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cVRnTcEuS8 "I Want Out"]]. In that video, they certainly ''look'' [[HoYay friendly]]. And this is older than the 2008 joint tour, as his appearance in the Wacken Open Air 2004 can testify. And to make things better, he said in an [[http://metalassault.com/Interviews/060410_Gamma_Ray.php audio interview]], that he liked the Gammaween tour, and that he won't dismiss the chance of doing another tour like that.
** Also, Michael Kiske did guest a guest appearance on Gamma Ray's ''Land Of The Free'' album in the mid-90s, did guest vocals for Roland Grapow's and Uli Kusch's spinoff band Masterplan ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen and would have agreed to be their studio vocalist altogether, just not to performing live]]) and is working on a side project with Kai Hansen and Roland Grapow as well, trying to write, according to Hansen, some softer songs for him because of his "Metalphobia".
*** In 2011, Kai Hansen joined Michael Kiske in the band Unisonic, whom Kiske had been a part of since 2009.
*** As of 2017, they have "reunited" for 30th aniversary tour with both Hansen & Kiske. The [[http://pumpkins-united.helloween.org/en/pumpkins-united.html "Pumpkins United Tour"]] Epic, much?
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[[folder:Band tropes]]
* EightiesHair
* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Weikath
** TheLancer: Andi
** TheSmartGuy: Sascha
** TheBigGuy: Dani
** TheHeart: Markus
** SixthRanger: Kai and Kiske
* LeadBassist: Markus Grosskopf is a firm Type A.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. ''Michael'' Kiske, singer from ''Keeper 1'' all the way to ''Chameleon'', and ''Michael'' Weikath, guitarist on all of them. Also, Kai Hansen's second name is ''Michael''.
** Another example is the aforementioned Weiki (whose full name is Michael ''Ingo'' Joachim Weikath) and the late drummer ''Ingo'' Schwichtenberg, who played in the first 5 albums.
%% Don't add ReplacementScrappy here. It belongs in the YMMV tab.
* TrrrillingRrrs: When speaking in Spanish, Andi can't avoid these.
* StartMyOwn: After ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', Kai Hansen left Helloween. Several years later, he formed Music/GammaRay. Also, as noted above, Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, who were fired from the band and created Masterplan.
* VocalTagTeam: Hansen, Kiske and Deris all share lead vocals on "Pumpkins United", a song written and recorded for reunion tour of the same name.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Kai Hansen quit the band over CreativeDifferences and went on to form Music/GammaRay. Apparently, giving him room to have his own band and removing Michael Kiske from the equation was enough to calm both sides down, as the personnel from Helloween and Gamma Ray now get along quite amicably and even tour together, concluding their concerts by [[FusionDance taking the stage simultaneously to form one big supergroup]], and as ''[[{{Portmanteau}} Gammaween]]'', they perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cVRnTcEuS8 "I Want Out"]]. In that video, they certainly ''look'' [[HoYay friendly]]. And this is older than the 2008 joint tour, as his appearance in the Wacken Open Air 2004 can testify. And to make things better, he said in an [[http://metalassault.com/Interviews/060410_Gamma_Ray.php audio interview]], that he liked the Gammaween tour, and that he won't dismiss the chance of doing another tour like that.
** Also, Michael Kiske did guest a guest appearance on Gamma Ray's ''Land Of The Free'' album in the mid-90s, did guest vocals for Roland Grapow's and Uli Kusch's spinoff band Masterplan ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen and would have agreed to be their studio vocalist altogether, just not to performing live]]) and is working on a side project with Kai Hansen and Roland Grapow as well, trying to write, according to Hansen, some softer songs for him because of his "Metalphobia".
*** In 2011, Kai Hansen joined Michael Kiske in the band Unisonic, whom Kiske had been a part of since 2009.
*** As of 2017, they have "reunited" for 30th aniversary tour with both Hansen & Kiske. The [[http://pumpkins-united.helloween.org/en/pumpkins-united.html "Pumpkins United Tour"]] Epic, much?
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Chameleon'' and ''Unarmed''. To some extent, ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape''.
* AntiLoveSong: "In The Middle Of A Heartbeat", from ''Master of the Rings''.
* AudienceParticipationSong: "Future World" and "Power", among other examples.
* AntiLoveSong: "In The Middle Of A Heartbeat", from ''Master of the Rings''.
* AudienceParticipationSong: "Future World" and "Power", among other examples.
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%% (ZCE) * AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Chameleon'' and ''Unarmed''. AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent:
%% (ZCE) ** ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Unarmed''.
%% (ZCE) ** To some extent, ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape''.
%% (ZCE) * AntiLoveSong: "In The Middle Of A Heartbeat", from ''Master of the Rings''.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In the fourth page of the booklet of the remastered ''Walls of Jericho'', the band takes shots at many people into the section "Into pumpkins". Then, the last part goes this way:
--> ''"(...) all troublemakers on concerts, PUMA Sportswear, (because of no cooperation) Neil Perry (Sounds): if we sound like Discharge, [[JustForPun discharge]] yourself! You don't have any glimpse, '''and everyone who is still spelling [[SpellMyNameWithAnS HELLOWEEN with an "A"]].'''"''
%% (ZCE) * AudienceParticipationSong: "Future World" and "Power", among other examples.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Unarmed''.
%% (ZCE) ** To some extent, ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape''.
%% (ZCE) * AntiLoveSong: "In The Middle Of A Heartbeat", from ''Master of the Rings''.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In the fourth page of the booklet of the remastered ''Walls of Jericho'', the band takes shots at many people into the section "Into pumpkins". Then, the last part goes this way:
--> ''"(...) all troublemakers on concerts, PUMA Sportswear, (because of no cooperation) Neil Perry (Sounds): if we sound like Discharge, [[JustForPun discharge]] yourself! You don't have any glimpse, '''and everyone who is still spelling [[SpellMyNameWithAnS HELLOWEEN with an "A"]].'''"''
%% (ZCE) * AudienceParticipationSong: "Future World" and "Power", among other examples.
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* BigRockEnding: "Where The Rain Grows", from ''Master of the Rings'', among other examples.
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%% (ZCE) * BigRockEnding: "Where The Rain Grows", from ''Master of the Rings'', among other examples.
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* BreakupSong: "Forever And One (Neverland)", from ''The Time Of The Oath''.
** "Fallen To Pieces" from ''Gambling With The Devil'' is a variation, as it's about somebody who commits suicide after his lover leaves him.
* CannotSpitItOut: "Just A Little Sign", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
* ConceptAlbum: ''The Time Of The Oath'', which is about a Nostradamus's prophecy.
** To some extent, ''Gambling With The Devil'', which has the underlying theme of how difficult it often is to do the right thing.
** "Fallen To Pieces" from ''Gambling With The Devil'' is a variation, as it's about somebody who commits suicide after his lover leaves him.
* CannotSpitItOut: "Just A Little Sign", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
* ConceptAlbum: ''The Time Of The Oath'', which is about a Nostradamus's prophecy.
** To some extent, ''Gambling With The Devil'', which has the underlying theme of how difficult it often is to do the right thing.
to:
* BreakupSong: "Forever And One (Neverland)", from ''The Time Of The Oath''.
**"Fallen To Pieces" from ''Gambling With The Devil'' is a variation, as it's about somebody who commits suicide after his lover leaves him.
him.
%% (ZCE) ** "Forever And One (Neverland)", from ''The Time Of The Oath''.
%% (ZCE) * CannotSpitItOut: "Just A Little Sign", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
*ConceptAlbum: ConceptAlbum:
** ''The Time Of TheOath'', which Oath'' is about a Nostradamus's prophecy.
**To some extent, ''Gambling With The Devil'', which Devil'' has the underlying theme of how difficult it often is to do the right thing.
**
%% (ZCE) ** "Forever And One (Neverland)", from ''The Time Of The Oath''.
%% (ZCE) * CannotSpitItOut: "Just A Little Sign", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
*
** ''The Time Of The
**
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** ''7 Sinners'' contains many of these. As some examples:
*** The chorus of "Are You Metal?" has the chords of "Halloween", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'', at full speed. Just check the version from the ''Legacy World Tour'' live album, if you have some doubts.
*** "Who is Mr. Madman?" acts as a sequel song to "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings'', even including the riff from the original song in several instances, and beginning with an intro describing how the character from Perfect Gentleman's narcissism drove him to insanity. The song itself depicts his time in an insane asylum and subsequent plot to escape it.
*** The chorus of "Are You Metal?" has the chords of "Halloween", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'', at full speed. Just check the version from the ''Legacy World Tour'' live album, if you have some doubts.
*** "Who is Mr. Madman?" acts as a sequel song to "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings'', even including the riff from the original song in several instances, and beginning with an intro describing how the character from Perfect Gentleman's narcissism drove him to insanity. The song itself depicts his time in an insane asylum and subsequent plot to escape it.
to:
** ''7 Sinners'' contains many of these. As some examples:
***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. Just check the version from the ''Legacy World Tour'' live album, if you have some doubts.
*** ** "Who is Mr. Madman?" Madman?", also from ''7 Sinners'' acts as a sequel song to "Perfect Gentleman", from ''Master of the Rings'', even including the riff from the original song in several instances, and beginning with an intro describing how the character from Perfect Gentleman's narcissism drove him to insanity. The song itself depicts his time in an insane asylum and subsequent plot to escape it.
***
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* CoolCat: "Crazy Cat", from ''Chameleon''.
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%% (ZCE) * CoolCat: "Crazy Cat", from ''Chameleon''.''Chameleon''.
* CompilationRerelease:
** Later editions of ''Walls of Jericho'' include the ''Helloween'' EP and the ''Judas'' single.
** 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.
* ContemptibleCover: Every album between 1998's ''Better Than Raw'' and 2021's ''Helloween'' features hideous CGI cover art.
* CompilationRerelease:
** Later editions of ''Walls of Jericho'' include the ''Helloween'' EP and the ''Judas'' single.
** 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.
* ContemptibleCover: Every album between 1998's ''Better Than Raw'' and 2021's ''Helloween'' features hideous CGI cover art.
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* CoverAlbum: ''Metal Jukebox''. The japanese version also has "[[Music/DeepPurple Rat Bat Blue]]".
* TheCoverChangesTheGender: "[[Music/{{ABBA}} Lay All Your Love On Me]]", from ''Metal Jukebox''.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''The Dark Ride'', sort of. It's certainly dark for Helloween, and was sufficiently different to cause CreativeDifferences with Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, but it is still goofy by objective standards. Considered proof that Helloween is physically incapable of taking themselves seriously, even when they try.
** ''Master of the Rings'' would also count, coming off the LighterAndSofter ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon''. (Also slightly compared to the ''Keeper of the Seven Keys'' albums, due to Andi Deris' rougher singing style)
** ''Gambling With the Devil'' is mostly more mature, and one could almost conclude that Helloween finally grew up if they were to compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWK0gzIgM0 "As Long as I Fall"]] to their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8U8gjFx9Vk older]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAegHGGwru8 work]]... except for the fact that ''Gambling With the Devil'' also gave us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fFNTdJXAAo "Can Do It"]]. Still, if nothing else, it was definitely the album where Helloween (at least momentarily) TookALevelInCynic.
** ''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 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, 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.
* TheCoverChangesTheGender: "[[Music/{{ABBA}} Lay All Your Love On Me]]", from ''Metal Jukebox''.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''The Dark Ride'', sort of. It's certainly dark for Helloween, and was sufficiently different to cause CreativeDifferences with Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, but it is still goofy by objective standards. Considered proof that Helloween is physically incapable of taking themselves seriously, even when they try.
** ''Master of the Rings'' would also count, coming off the LighterAndSofter ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon''. (Also slightly compared to the ''Keeper of the Seven Keys'' albums, due to Andi Deris' rougher singing style)
** ''Gambling With the Devil'' is mostly more mature, and one could almost conclude that Helloween finally grew up if they were to compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWK0gzIgM0 "As Long as I Fall"]] to their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8U8gjFx9Vk older]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAegHGGwru8 work]]... except for the fact that ''Gambling With the Devil'' also gave us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fFNTdJXAAo "Can Do It"]]. Still, if nothing else, it was definitely the album where Helloween (at least momentarily) TookALevelInCynic.
** ''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 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, 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.
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* CoverAlbum: ''Metal Jukebox''.Jukebox'' contains purely covers from bands such as Music/JethroTull and Music/FaithNoMore. The japanese version also has "[[Music/DeepPurple Rat Bat Blue]]".
* TheCoverChangesTheGender: "[[Music/{{ABBA}} Lay All Your Love On Me]]", from ''MetalJukebox''.
Jukebox''. The original was sung by female singers, while this version is sung by the male Andi Deris.
*DarkerAndEdgier: DarkerAndEdgier:
%% (ZCE) ** ''The DarkRide'', sort of. It's Ride'' is certainly quite dark for a band like Helloween, and was sufficiently different to cause CreativeDifferences with Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, but even though it is still has its goofy by objective standards. Considered proof that Helloween is physically incapable of taking themselves seriously, even when they try.
moments.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Master of the Rings''would also count, coming off came after the LighterAndSofter ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon''. (Also slightly compared to the ''Keeper of the Seven Keys'' albums, due to Andi Deris' rougher singing style)
''Chameleon''.
** ''Gambling With the Devil'' ismostly more mature, and one mature than their previous works, to the point it could almost conclude be argued that Helloween finally grew up if they were to compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWK0gzIgM0 "As Long as I Fall"]] to their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8U8gjFx9Vk older]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAegHGGwru8 work]]... except for the fact that ''Gambling With the Devil'' also gave us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fFNTdJXAAo "Can Do It"]]. Still, if nothing else, it was definitely the album where Helloween (at least momentarily) TookALevelInCynic.
** ''7 Sinners''somehow managed to be is even more DarkerAndEdgier than ''Gambling With The Devil''. Lesee: the The two comic songs of the album ("[[HeavyMeta Are You Metal?]]" and "[[GoMadFromTheRevelation Who's Mr. Madman?]]") are very 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, sometimes; speeds; "Not Yet Today", the intro to "Far In The Future" is chillingly dark... hell, dark, 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.heavy.
* TheCoverChangesTheGender: "[[Music/{{ABBA}} Lay All Your Love On Me]]", from ''Metal
*
%% (ZCE) ** ''The Dark
%% (ZCE) ** ''Master of the Rings''
** ''Gambling With the Devil'' is
** ''7 Sinners''
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* DrugsAreBad: "Starlight", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
* EpicRocking: These songs are all over the 10 minutes mark, and this is just for starters:
** "Halloween", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1''.
** "Keeper of the Seven Keys", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2''.
** "The King for a 1000 Years" and "Occasion Avenue", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy''.
** The mashup song "The Keeper Trilogy", from ''Unarmed'', which is a 17-minute orchestral rocking mashup between the first three songs.
* EpicRocking: These songs are all over the 10 minutes mark, and this is just for starters:
** "Halloween", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1''.
** "Keeper of the Seven Keys", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2''.
** "The King for a 1000 Years" and "Occasion Avenue", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy''.
** The mashup song "The Keeper Trilogy", from ''Unarmed'', which is a 17-minute orchestral rocking mashup between the first three songs.
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* DownerEnding: "Dr. Stein", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', ends with the eponymous Doctor being DrivenToSuicide.
%% (ZCE) * DrugsAreBad: "Starlight", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
%% (ZCE) *EpicRocking: These songs are all over the 10 minutes mark, and this is just for starters:
EightiesHair
* EpicRocking:
** The album version of "Halloween", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt.1''.
1'', clocks at 13:18.
** "Keeper of the Seven Keys", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt.2''.
2'', clocks at 13:37.
**"The King for a 1000 Years" and "Occasion Avenue", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy''.
Legacy'' has "The King for a 1000 Years" (clocking at 13:54) and "Occasion Avenue" (clocking at 11:04).
** The SelfTitledAlbum ''Helloween'' closes with "Skyfall", which clocks at 12:11.
** The mashup song "The Keeper Trilogy", from ''Unarmed'',which is a 17-minute 17:06 orchestral rocking mashup between the first three songs.
%% (ZCE) * DrugsAreBad: "Starlight", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
%% (ZCE) *
* EpicRocking:
** The album version of "Halloween", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt.
** "Keeper of the Seven Keys", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt.
**
** The SelfTitledAlbum ''Helloween'' closes with "Skyfall", which clocks at 12:11.
** The mashup song "The Keeper Trilogy", from ''Unarmed'',
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* GodIsLoveSongs: Several, "Lavdate Dominvm", from ''Better Than Raw'', for example.
* GoingNative[=/=]InsultBackfire: "Savage", from the UpdatedRerelease of ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 1'' and the ''Future World'' songle.
* GoingNative[=/=]InsultBackfire: "Savage", from the UpdatedRerelease of ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 1'' and the ''Future World'' songle.
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%% (ZCE) * GodIsLoveSongs: Several, "Lavdate Dominvm", from ''Better Than Raw'', for example.
* GoingNative[=/=]InsultBackfire: "Savage", from the UpdatedRerelease of ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 1'' and the ''Future World'' songle.example.
* GoingNative[=/=]InsultBackfire: "Savage", from the UpdatedRerelease of ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 1'' and the ''Future World'' songle.
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* GreenAesop: "Paint A New World", from ''Gambling With The Devil''. "If A Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
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%% (ZCE) * GreenAesop: GreenAesop:
%% (ZCE) ** "Paint A New World", from ''Gambling With TheDevil''. Devil''.
%% (ZCE) ** "If A Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Paint A New World", from ''Gambling With The
%% (ZCE) ** "If A Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
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** "Fallen To Pieces" is a straightforward example.
* HeavyMeta:
** The unfortunately-titled "Get It Up", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy''.
** "Heavy Metal (Is the Law)", from ''Walls Of Jericho''.
* HeavyMeta:
** The unfortunately-titled "Get It Up", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy''.
** "Heavy Metal (Is the Law)", from ''Walls Of Jericho''.
to:
%% (ZCE) ** "Fallen To Pieces" is a straightforward example.
* 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.
%% (ZCE) * HeavyMeta:
%% (ZCE) ** The unfortunately-titled "Get It Up", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Heavy Metal (Is the Law)", from ''Walls OfJericho''.Jericho''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Falling Higher" from ''Better Than Raw''
%% (ZCE) ** "Are You Metal", from ''7 Sinners'', parodies the trope.
%% (ZCE) * HeavyMithril
* {{Homage}}:
** "Steel Tormentor", from ''The Time Of The Oath'', is dedicated to Music/JudasPriest.
* 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.
%% (ZCE) * HeavyMeta:
%% (ZCE) ** The unfortunately-titled "Get It Up", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Heavy Metal (Is the Law)", from ''Walls Of
%% (ZCE) ** "Falling Higher" from ''Better Than Raw''
%% (ZCE) ** "Are You Metal", from ''7 Sinners'', parodies the trope.
%% (ZCE) * HeavyMithril
* {{Homage}}:
** "Steel Tormentor", from ''The Time Of The Oath'', is dedicated to Music/JudasPriest.
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** "Falling Higher" from ''Better Than Raw''
** "Are You Metal", from ''7 Sinners'', parodies the trope.
* HeavyMithril
* {{Homage}}: "Steel Tormentor", from ''The Time Of The Oath'', is dedicated to Music/JudasPriest.
* HotBlooded: "Power" from ''The Time of The Oath''.
** "Are You Metal", from ''7 Sinners'', parodies the trope.
* HeavyMithril
* {{Homage}}: "Steel Tormentor", from ''The Time Of The Oath'', is dedicated to Music/JudasPriest.
* HotBlooded: "Power" from ''The Time of The Oath''.
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** "Are You Metal", from ''7 Sinners'', parodies the trope.
* HeavyMithril
* {{Homage}}: "Steel Tormentor", from ''The Time Of The Oath'', is dedicated to Music/JudasPriest.
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* LargeHam: Andi Deris.
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%% (ZCE) * LargeHam: Andi Deris.Deris.
%% (TLANE) * LeadBassist: Markus Grosskopf is a firm Type A.
%% (TLANE) * LeadBassist: Markus Grosskopf is a firm Type A.
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* LighterAndSofter: Michael Kiske preferred this style in general and had been pushing for it for years, finally getting his wish granted with ''Chameleon'', which got him kicked out as part of the album's backlash. He even recently released a solo album entitled ''Past in Different Ways'', which was essentially a fluffy dreamy acoustic version of every old Helloween song he had written while still with them.
** Also, the compilation album ''Unarmed''.
** ''Straight Out of Hell'' and especially ''My God-Given Right'' are this compared to ''Gambling With The Devil'' and ''7 Sinners''.
** ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' was this to ''The Dark Ride''.
** Also, the compilation album ''Unarmed''.
** ''Straight Out of Hell'' and especially ''My God-Given Right'' are this compared to ''Gambling With The Devil'' and ''7 Sinners''.
** ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' was this to ''The Dark Ride''.
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* LighterAndSofter: Michael Kiske preferred this style in general LighterAndSofter:
** ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' andhad been pushing for it for years, finally getting his wish granted with ''Chameleon'', which got him kicked out as part of ''Chameleon'' are the album's backlash. He even recently released a solo album entitled ''Past in Different Ways'', which was essentially a fluffy dreamy acoustic version softest albums of every old Helloween song he had written while still with them.
** Also,their catalogue, containing more ballads and more happy/optimistic songs than all the previous and successive albums.
** ''Unarmed'' is an unplugged MilestoneCelebration compilationalbum ''Unarmed''.
where every song featured was reworked to be LighterAndSofter. The songs contain brass sections, child chorus, classical strings and other "non-metal" stuff.
%% (ZCE) ** ''Straight Out of Hell'' and especially ''My God-Given Right'' are this compared to ''Gambling With The Devil'' and ''7 Sinners''.
** ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''was this to came after the DarkerAndEdgier ''The Dark Ride''. Ride'', featuring more happy/optimistic songs and a lighter sound.
** ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and
** Also,
** ''Unarmed'' is an unplugged MilestoneCelebration compilation
%% (ZCE) ** ''Straight Out of Hell'' and especially ''My God-Given Right'' are this compared to ''Gambling With The Devil'' and ''7 Sinners''.
** ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''
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* LoudnessWar: Arguably, their latest releases, from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy'' onwards. ''7 Sinners'' was particularly egregious in this regard.
* LyricalDissonance: "Star Invasion". It sounds between [[Music/DavidBowie Space Oddity]] and the most solemn metal epic. Until the bitter end and beyond.
* LyricalDissonance: "Star Invasion". It sounds between [[Music/DavidBowie Space Oddity]] and the most solemn metal epic. Until the bitter end and beyond.
to:
** ''Helloween'' ends with "Skyfall" (12:11).
%% (ZCE and EANA) * LoudnessWar: Arguably, their latest releases, from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy'' onwards. ''7 Sinners'' was particularly egregious in thisregard.
* LyricalDissonance: "Star Invasion". It sounds between [[Music/DavidBowie Space Oddity]] and the most solemn metal epic. Until the bitter end and beyond.regard.
%% (ZCE and EANA) * LoudnessWar: Arguably, their latest releases, from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy'' onwards. ''7 Sinners'' was particularly egregious in this
* LyricalDissonance: "Star Invasion". It sounds between [[Music/DavidBowie Space Oddity]] and the most solemn metal epic. Until the bitter end and beyond.
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* MadScientist: "Dr. Stein", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2''.
* MetalScream: Michael Kiske was a master at these. Check him out in "I Want Out", just before (and going into) the final chorus, as he belts out "Leave me alone" for nearly ''twenty friggin' seconds''.
* MetalScream: Michael Kiske was a master at these. Check him out in "I Want Out", just before (and going into) the final chorus, as he belts out "Leave me alone" for nearly ''twenty friggin' seconds''.
to:
%% (ZCE and EANA) ** "Star Invasion". It sounds between [[Music/DavidBowie Space Oddity]] and the most solemn metal epic. Until the bitter end and beyond.
* MadScientist: The eponymous "Dr. Stein", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt.2''.
2'', who makes cloning experiments, and at one point "tried to clone himself", to no results.
*MetalScream: MetalBandMascot:
** [[PumpkinPerson Jack-o-Lantern]] is a common sight in every release of the band.
** They also had Fangface in the beginning, which Kai later appropriated for Music/GammaRay.
* MetalScream:
** Michael Kiske was a master atthese. Check him these:
*** In "Halloween", the "AAAAAH!" he belts outin from the chorus are quite high-pitched.
*** In "I Want Out",just before (and going into) the final chorus, as he belts out "Leave me alone" for nearly ''twenty friggin' seconds''.seconds''.
** 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:
*** In the live versions of the aforementioned "I Want Out", he can keep up with Kiske's own screams.
*** As for his era, there's "Push", from ''Better Than Raw'', which is sung almost entirely on screams.
* MadScientist: The eponymous "Dr. Stein", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt.
*
** [[PumpkinPerson Jack-o-Lantern]] is a common sight in every release of the band.
** They also had Fangface in the beginning, which Kai later appropriated for Music/GammaRay.
* MetalScream:
** Michael Kiske was a master at
*** In "Halloween", the "AAAAAH!" he belts out
*** In "I Want Out",
** 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:
*** In the live versions of the aforementioned "I Want Out", he can keep up with Kiske's own screams.
*** As for his era, there's "Push", from ''Better Than Raw'', which is sung almost entirely on screams.
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* NatureMetal: Helloween has two environmental songs: "Paint a New World" from ''Gambling with the Devil'' and "If a Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
* NewSoundAlbum
* NonAppearingTitle: "Giants" and "Longing", (from ''Chameleon'') "Mr. Ego", (from ''Master of the Rings'') and "Dreambound". (from ''Gambling With The Devil'')
* NotChristianRock: "Save Us", (from the {{Updated Rerelease}}s of ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'' and the ''I Want Out'' single) "I Believe", (from ''Chameleon'') "Salvation" and "We Damn the Night", (from ''The Dark Ride''), "Final Fortune" (from ''Gambling With The Devil''), and "My Sacrifice" (from ''7 Sinners'') among other examples.
* NumberOfTheBeast: "Escalation 666", from ''The Dark Ride''.
* OminousMusicBoxTune: At the beginning of "Still We Go", from ''Master Of The Rings''.
* NewSoundAlbum
* NonAppearingTitle: "Giants" and "Longing", (from ''Chameleon'') "Mr. Ego", (from ''Master of the Rings'') and "Dreambound". (from ''Gambling With The Devil'')
* NotChristianRock: "Save Us", (from the {{Updated Rerelease}}s of ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'' and the ''I Want Out'' single) "I Believe", (from ''Chameleon'') "Salvation" and "We Damn the Night", (from ''The Dark Ride''), "Final Fortune" (from ''Gambling With The Devil''), and "My Sacrifice" (from ''7 Sinners'') among other examples.
* NumberOfTheBeast: "Escalation 666", from ''The Dark Ride''.
* OminousMusicBoxTune: At the beginning of "Still We Go", from ''Master Of The Rings''.
to:
%% (ZCE) * NatureMetal: Helloween has two environmental songs: NatureMetal:
%% (ZCE) ** "Paint a New World" from ''Gambling with theDevil'' and Devil''
%% (ZCE) ** "If a Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) * NewSoundAlbum
%% (ZCE) *NonAppearingTitle: NonAppearingTitle:
%% (ZCE) ** "Giants" and"Longing", (from ''Chameleon'') "Longing" from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Mr. Ego",(from from ''Master of the Rings'') and "Dreambound". (from Rings''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Dreambound", from ''Gambling With TheDevil'')
Devil''.
%% (ZCE) *NotChristianRock: NotChristianRock:
%% (ZCE) ** "Save Us",(from from the {{Updated Rerelease}}s of ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'' and the ''I Want Out'' single) single.
%% (ZCE) ** "I Believe",(from ''Chameleon'') from ''Chameleon''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Salvation" and "We Damn the Night",(from from ''The Dark Ride''), Ride''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Final Fortune"(from from ''Gambling With The Devil''), and Devil''.
%% (ZCE) ** "My Sacrifice"(from from ''7 Sinners'') among other examples.
Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) * NumberOfTheBeast: "Escalation 666", from ''The Dark Ride''.
* OminousMusicBoxTune:At the beginning of "Still We Go", from ''Master Of The Rings''.Rings'', opens with a musicbox tune.
* {{Portmantitle}}: The band is called Helloween, a mix of Hello and Halloween.
* PowerMetal: Credited as the TropeMaker of the European style.
%% (ZCE) ** "Paint a New World" from ''Gambling with the
%% (ZCE) ** "If a Mountain Could Talk" from ''7 Sinners''.
%% (ZCE) * NewSoundAlbum
%% (ZCE) *
%% (ZCE) ** "Giants" and
%% (ZCE) ** "Mr. Ego",
%% (ZCE) ** "Dreambound", from ''Gambling With The
%% (ZCE) *
%% (ZCE) ** "Save Us",
%% (ZCE) ** "I Believe",
%% (ZCE) ** "Salvation" and "We Damn the Night",
%% (ZCE) ** "Final Fortune"
%% (ZCE) ** "My Sacrifice"
%% (ZCE) * NumberOfTheBeast: "Escalation 666", from ''The Dark Ride''.
* OminousMusicBoxTune:
* {{Portmantitle}}: The band is called Helloween, a mix of Hello and Halloween.
* PowerMetal: Credited as the TropeMaker of the European style.
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* ProtestSong: "Cry For Freedom", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: '''PUSH!!! EN-FORCE!!! YOUR!!! IN-DE-PEN-DENCE!!!'''[[note]]"Push", from ''Better Than Raw''.[[/note]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: '''PUSH!!! EN-FORCE!!! YOUR!!! IN-DE-PEN-DENCE!!!'''[[note]]"Push", from ''Better Than Raw''.[[/note]]
to:
%% (ZCE) * ProtestSong: "Cry For Freedom", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
*PunctuatedForEmphasis: PunctuatedForEmphasis:
** '''PUSH!!! EN-FORCE!!! YOUR!!! IN-DE-PEN-DENCE!!!'''[[note]]"Push", from ''Better Than Raw''.[[/note]]
*
** '''PUSH!!! EN-FORCE!!! YOUR!!! IN-DE-PEN-DENCE!!!'''[[note]]"Push", from ''Better Than Raw''.[[/note]]
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* RebelLeader: Kiske sings as one in "Revolution Now", from ''Chameleon''.
* RefrainFromAssuming: "The Departed", from ''The Dark Ride'', is also called "Sun Is Going Down". Subverted in that the full title of the song is "The Departed (Sun Is Going Down)".
* RefrainFromAssuming: "The Departed", from ''The Dark Ride'', is also called "Sun Is Going Down". Subverted in that the full title of the song is "The Departed (Sun Is Going Down)".
to:
%% (ZCE) * RebelLeader: Kiske sings as one in "Revolution Now", from ''Chameleon''.
* RefrainFromAssuming: Subverted in "The Departed", from ''The Dark Ride'', which is also called "Sun Is GoingDown". Subverted in that Down" because of its chorus. However, the full title of the song is "The Departed (Sun Is Going Down)".Down)".
* RegionalBonus:
** The 1989 japanese edition of ''Walls of Jericho'' includes "Don't Run for Cover".
** [[RunningGag The japanese release]] of ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' includes "Shit and Lobster".
** The japanese release of ''Master of the Rings'' includes "Can't Fight Your Desire" and "Grapowski's [[Music/YngwieMalmsteen Malmsuite]] 1001 (in D-Doll)".
** The japanese release of ''The Time Of The Oath'' includes "Still I Don't Know" and "Take It To The Limit".
** The japanese release of ''[[CoverAlbum Metal Jukebox]]'' comes with [[Music/DeepPurple "Rat Bat Blue"]].
** The japanese release of ''The Dark Ride'' includes "The Madness Of The Crowds".
** The japanese release of ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' comes with [[Music/{{Accept}} "Fast As A Shark"]].
** The japanese release of ''Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy'' comes with "Revolution".
** The japanese release of ''Gambling With The Devil'' comes with "We Unite".
** The [=iTunes=] release of ''Unarmed'' comes with an acoustic rendition of "Why?".
** The japanese release of ''7 Sinners'' comes with "Faster We Fall" and a code for downloading "Aiming High".
** The japanese release of ''Straight Out of Hell'' comes with "No Eternity" and a Hammond version of "Burning Sun" dedicated to [[Music/DeepPurple Jon Lord]].
** The [[OverlyLongGag japanese release]] of ''My God-Given Right'' comes with "I Wish I Were There", "Wicked Game" and "Free World".
* RefrainFromAssuming: Subverted in "The Departed", from ''The Dark Ride'', which is also called "Sun Is Going
* RegionalBonus:
** The 1989 japanese edition of ''Walls of Jericho'' includes "Don't Run for Cover".
** [[RunningGag The japanese release]] of ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' includes "Shit and Lobster".
** The japanese release of ''Master of the Rings'' includes "Can't Fight Your Desire" and "Grapowski's [[Music/YngwieMalmsteen Malmsuite]] 1001 (in D-Doll)".
** The japanese release of ''The Time Of The Oath'' includes "Still I Don't Know" and "Take It To The Limit".
** The japanese release of ''[[CoverAlbum Metal Jukebox]]'' comes with [[Music/DeepPurple "Rat Bat Blue"]].
** The japanese release of ''The Dark Ride'' includes "The Madness Of The Crowds".
** The japanese release of ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' comes with [[Music/{{Accept}} "Fast As A Shark"]].
** The japanese release of ''Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy'' comes with "Revolution".
** The japanese release of ''Gambling With The Devil'' comes with "We Unite".
** The [=iTunes=] release of ''Unarmed'' comes with an acoustic rendition of "Why?".
** The japanese release of ''7 Sinners'' comes with "Faster We Fall" and a code for downloading "Aiming High".
** The japanese release of ''Straight Out of Hell'' comes with "No Eternity" and a Hammond version of "Burning Sun" dedicated to [[Music/DeepPurple Jon Lord]].
** The [[OverlyLongGag japanese release]] of ''My God-Given Right'' comes with "I Wish I Were There", "Wicked Game" and "Free World".
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* {{Retraux}}: Helloween will never grow up. For example, the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_uEdaIbWww "Just A Little Sign"]], from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'', is both ''BeyondTheMindsEye'' and [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]] in equal parts, and was made in ''2003''.
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* RockstarSong: "Heavy Metal Hamsters", from ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'', and "Rise and Fall", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'', mocks the trope.
** "Never Be A Star" from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' is a sort of [[SubvertedTrope Anti-Rockstar Song]].
** "Never Be A Star" from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' is a sort of [[SubvertedTrope Anti-Rockstar Song]].
to:
* RockstarSong: Inverted in "Never Be A Star" from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' which denounces the idea of rock-stardom.
%% (ZCE) ** "Heavy Metal Hamsters", from ''Pink Bubbles GoApe'', and Ape''.
%% (ZCE) ** "Rise and Fall", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'', mocks thetrope.
** "Never Be A Star" from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' is a sort of [[SubvertedTrope Anti-Rockstar Song]].trope.
%% (ZCE) ** "Heavy Metal Hamsters", from ''Pink Bubbles Go
%% (ZCE) ** "Rise and Fall", from ''Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 2'', mocks the
** "Never Be A Star" from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' is a sort of [[SubvertedTrope Anti-Rockstar Song]].
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* SevenDeadlySins: Some songs from the aptly named ''7 Sinners'' play with this concept, even if it's not a ConceptAlbum.
to:
%% (ZCE - How?) * SevenDeadlySins: Some songs from the aptly named ''7 Sinners'' play with this concept, even if it's not a ConceptAlbum.
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--> Bad luck if you get a stone,
--> like the good old Charlie Brown,
--> you think Linus could be right
--> The kids will say it's just a stupid lie!!!
--> like the good old Charlie Brown,
--> you think Linus could be right
--> The kids will say it's just a stupid lie!!!
to:
--> Bad luck if you get a stone,
-->stone,\\
like the good old CharlieBrown,
-->Brown,\\
you think Linus could beright
-->right\\
[[YankTheDogsChain The kids will say it's just a stupidlie!!!lie!!!]]
-->
like the good old Charlie
-->
you think Linus could be
-->
[[YankTheDogsChain The kids will say it's just a stupid
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--> [[Music/JudasPriest White heat]]
--> [[Music/JudasPriest Red hot]]
--> [[Music/JudasPriest Red hot]]
to:
--> [[Music/JudasPriest White heat]]
--> [[Music/JudasPriestheat\\
Red hot]]
--> [[Music/JudasPriest
Red hot]]
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* SurvivorsGuilt: "Sole Survivor", from ''Master of the Rings''.
to:
%% (ZCE - How?) * SpeedMetal: On ''Helloween'' and ''Walls of Jericho'', with ''The Dark Ride'', ''Gambling With the Devil'', and ''7 Sinners'' also incorporating elements of this.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This comes from the fourth page of the booklet of the ''Walls of Jericho'' remaster:
--> ''"WARNING! Everybody Who Will Be Writing HELLOWEEN With An "A" Or Tries To Distribute Pamphlets With An "A" Will Be Turned Into A Pumpkin!!!"''
* StartMyOwn: After ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', Kai Hansen left Helloween. Several years later, he formed Music/GammaRay. Also, as noted above, Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, who were fired from the band and created Masterplan.
%% (ZCE) * SurvivorsGuilt: "Sole Survivor", from ''Master of the Rings''.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This comes from the fourth page of the booklet of the ''Walls of Jericho'' remaster:
--> ''"WARNING! Everybody Who Will Be Writing HELLOWEEN With An "A" Or Tries To Distribute Pamphlets With An "A" Will Be Turned Into A Pumpkin!!!"''
* StartMyOwn: After ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', Kai Hansen left Helloween. Several years later, he formed Music/GammaRay. Also, as noted above, Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, who were fired from the band and created Masterplan.
%% (ZCE) * SurvivorsGuilt: "Sole Survivor", from ''Master of the Rings''.
** 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" (in a ShoutOut to [[{{Mascot}} Fangface]]) but the "Into Pumpkins" section has the band taking shots at many people for many reasons.
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* ThisIsReality: "Open Your Life", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
* 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.
* 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.
to:
%% (ZCE) * ThisIsReality: "Open Your Life", from ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy''.
%% (ZCE - How?) * 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 metalalbums.albums.
* TrrrillingRrrs: When speaking in Spanish, Andi can't avoid these.
* UpdatedRerelease:
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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)"]].
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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"]].
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''Straight Out Of Hell'': The Limited Edition comes with "Another Shot of Life" and the aforementioned Hammond version of "Burning Sun".
** ''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".
* 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.
%% (ZCE - How?) * 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
* TrrrillingRrrs: When speaking in Spanish, Andi can't avoid these.
* UpdatedRerelease:
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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)"]].
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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"]].
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''Straight Out Of Hell'': The Limited Edition comes with "Another Shot of Life" and the aforementioned Hammond version of "Burning Sun".
** ''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".
* 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.
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** "Warrior", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
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%% (ZCE) ** "Warrior", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
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* WordSaladTitle: "Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude in Z", from ''Better Than Raw''. All their other album-introduction tracks are single words beginning with an I - it's possible that this was the result of running out of ideas. Also the B-Side "Grapowski's Malmsuite 1001 In D-Doll".
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* WordSaladTitle: WelcomeBackTraitor:
** 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.
** Michael Kiske ''also'' quit the band due to CreativeDifferences, which were sort in 2017, when he ''also'' rejoined the band.
* WordSaladTitle:
** "Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude in Z", from ''Better Than Raw''. All their other album-introduction tracks are single words beginning with anI - it's possible that this was the result of running out of ideas. I.
** Also the B-Side "Grapowski's Malmsuite 1001 In D-Doll".
** 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.
** Michael Kiske ''also'' quit the band due to CreativeDifferences, which were sort in 2017, when he ''also'' rejoined the band.
* WordSaladTitle:
** "Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude in Z", from ''Better Than Raw''. All their other album-introduction tracks are single words beginning with an
** Also the B-Side "Grapowski's Malmsuite 1001 In D-Doll".
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* UpToEleven: If you thought Andi Deris was a LargeHam in their music videos ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8U8gjFx9Vk which he is]]), try seeing them live!
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: "Years", from ''Straight out of Hell''.
* YouCantFightFate: "Victim Of Fate", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
* ZerothLawRebellion: "Twilight Of The Gods", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1'', combines this and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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[[folder:Miscellaneous tropes]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In the fourth page of the booklet of the remastered ''Walls of Jericho'', the band takes shots at many people into the section "Into pumpkins". Then, the last part goes this way:
--> ''"(...) all troublemakers on concerts, PUMA Sportswear, (because of no cooperation) Neil Perry (Sounds): if we sound like Discharge, [[JustForPun discharge]] yourself! You don't have any glimpse, '''and everyone who is still spelling [[SpellMyNameWithAnS HELLOWEEN with an "A"]].'''"''
* CompilationRerelease:
** Later editions of ''Walls of Jericho'' include the ''Helloween'' EP and the ''Judas'' single.
** 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.
* ContemptibleCover: Every album after 1998’s ''Better Than Raw'' features hideous CGI cover art which calls to mind IronMaiden’s infamous ''Dance of Death'' album. Finally averted with 2021’s ''Helloween'', which features a beautiful painting by Eliran Kantor as the cover.
* MetalBandMascot: [[PumpkinPerson Jack-o-Lantern]] and Fangface; the latter went to Music/GammaRay along with Kai Hansen.
* {{Portmantitle}}
* PowerMetal: Credited as the TropeMaker of the European style. Some give them credit for creating power metal as a whole, but this isn't entirely accurate as the American style of power metal had been around for a couple years before Helloween released their debut.
* RegionalBonus:
** The 1989 japanese edition of ''Walls of Jericho'' includes "Don't Run for Cover".
** [[RunningGag The japanese release]] of ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' includes "Shit and Lobster".
** The japanese release of ''Master of the Rings'' includes "Can't Fight Your Desire" and "Grapowski's [[Music/YngwieMalmsteen Malmsuite]] 1001 (in D-Doll)".
** The japanese release of ''The Time Of The Oath'' includes "Still I Don't Know" and "Take It To The Limit".
** The japanese release of ''[[CoverAlbum Metal Jukebox]]'' comes with [[Music/DeepPurple "Rat Bat Blue"]].
** The japanese release of ''The Dark Ride'' includes "The Madness Of The Crowds".
** The japanese release of ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' comes with [[Music/{{Accept}} "Fast As A Shark"]].
** The japanese release of ''Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy'' comes with "Revolution".
** The japanese release of ''Gambling With The Devil'' comes with "We Unite".
** The [=iTunes=] release of ''Unarmed'' comes with an acoustic rendition of "Why?".
** The japanese release of ''7 Sinners'' comes with "Faster We Fall" and a code for downloading "Aiming High".
** The japanese release of ''Straight Out of Hell'' comes with "No Eternity" and a Hammond version of "Burning Sun" dedicated to [[Music/DeepPurple Jon Lord]].
** The [[OverlyLongGag japanese release]] of ''My God-Given Right'' comes with "I Wish I Were There", "Wicked Game" and "Free World".
* SpeedMetal: On ''Helloween'' and ''Walls of Jericho'', with ''The Dark Ride'', ''Gambling With the Devil'', and ''7 Sinners'' also incorporating elements of this.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This comes from the fourth page of the booklet of the ''Walls of Jericho'' remaster:
--> ''"WARNING! Everybody Who Will Be Writing HELLOWEEN With An "A" Or Tries To Distribute Pamphlets With An "A" Will Be Turned Into A Pumpkin!!!"''
* TakeThat: 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" (in a ShoutOut to [[{{Mascot}} Fangface]]) but the "Into Pumpkins" section has the band taking shots at many people for many reasons.
* UpdatedRerelease:
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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)"]].
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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"]].
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''Straight Out Of Hell'': The Limited Edition comes with "Another Shot of Life" and the aforementioned Hammond version of "Burning Sun".
** ''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".
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: "Years", from ''Straight out of Hell''.
* YouCantFightFate: "Victim Of Fate", from the ''Helloween'' EP.
* ZerothLawRebellion: "Twilight Of The Gods", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1'', combines this and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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[[folder:Miscellaneous tropes]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In the fourth page of the booklet of the remastered ''Walls of Jericho'', the band takes shots at many people into the section "Into pumpkins". Then, the last part goes this way:
--> ''"(...) all troublemakers on concerts, PUMA Sportswear, (because of no cooperation) Neil Perry (Sounds): if we sound like Discharge, [[JustForPun discharge]] yourself! You don't have any glimpse, '''and everyone who is still spelling [[SpellMyNameWithAnS HELLOWEEN with an "A"]].'''"''
* CompilationRerelease:
** Later editions of ''Walls of Jericho'' include the ''Helloween'' EP and the ''Judas'' single.
** 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.
* ContemptibleCover: Every album after 1998’s ''Better Than Raw'' features hideous CGI cover art which calls to mind IronMaiden’s infamous ''Dance of Death'' album. Finally averted with 2021’s ''Helloween'', which features a beautiful painting by Eliran Kantor as the cover.
* MetalBandMascot: [[PumpkinPerson Jack-o-Lantern]] and Fangface; the latter went to Music/GammaRay along with Kai Hansen.
* {{Portmantitle}}
* PowerMetal: Credited as the TropeMaker of the European style. Some give them credit for creating power metal as a whole, but this isn't entirely accurate as the American style of power metal had been around for a couple years before Helloween released their debut.
* RegionalBonus:
** The 1989 japanese edition of ''Walls of Jericho'' includes "Don't Run for Cover".
** [[RunningGag The japanese release]] of ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' includes "Shit and Lobster".
** The japanese release of ''Master of the Rings'' includes "Can't Fight Your Desire" and "Grapowski's [[Music/YngwieMalmsteen Malmsuite]] 1001 (in D-Doll)".
** The japanese release of ''The Time Of The Oath'' includes "Still I Don't Know" and "Take It To The Limit".
** The japanese release of ''[[CoverAlbum Metal Jukebox]]'' comes with [[Music/DeepPurple "Rat Bat Blue"]].
** The japanese release of ''The Dark Ride'' includes "The Madness Of The Crowds".
** The japanese release of ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' comes with [[Music/{{Accept}} "Fast As A Shark"]].
** The japanese release of ''Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy'' comes with "Revolution".
** The japanese release of ''Gambling With The Devil'' comes with "We Unite".
** The [=iTunes=] release of ''Unarmed'' comes with an acoustic rendition of "Why?".
** The japanese release of ''7 Sinners'' comes with "Faster We Fall" and a code for downloading "Aiming High".
** The japanese release of ''Straight Out of Hell'' comes with "No Eternity" and a Hammond version of "Burning Sun" dedicated to [[Music/DeepPurple Jon Lord]].
** The [[OverlyLongGag japanese release]] of ''My God-Given Right'' comes with "I Wish I Were There", "Wicked Game" and "Free World".
* SpeedMetal: On ''Helloween'' and ''Walls of Jericho'', with ''The Dark Ride'', ''Gambling With the Devil'', and ''7 Sinners'' also incorporating elements of this.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This comes from the fourth page of the booklet of the ''Walls of Jericho'' remaster:
--> ''"WARNING! Everybody Who Will Be Writing HELLOWEEN With An "A" Or Tries To Distribute Pamphlets With An "A" Will Be Turned Into A Pumpkin!!!"''
* TakeThat: 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" (in a ShoutOut to [[{{Mascot}} Fangface]]) but the "Into Pumpkins" section has the band taking shots at many people for many reasons.
* UpdatedRerelease:
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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)"]].
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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"]].
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''Straight Out Of Hell'': The Limited Edition comes with "Another Shot of Life" and the aforementioned Hammond version of "Burning Sun".
** ''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".
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In the fourth page of the booklet of the remastered ''Walls of Jericho'', the band takes shots at many people into the section "Into pumpkins". Then, the last part goes this way:
--> ''"(...) all troublemakers on concerts, PUMA Sportswear, (because of no cooperation) Neil Perry (Sounds): if we sound like Discharge, [[JustForPun discharge]] yourself! You don't have any glimpse, '''and everyone who is still spelling [[SpellMyNameWithAnS HELLOWEEN with an "A"]].'''"''
* CompilationRerelease:
** Later editions of ''Walls of Jericho'' include the ''Helloween'' EP and the ''Judas'' single.
** 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.
* ContemptibleCover: Every album after 1998’s ''Better Than Raw'' features hideous CGI cover art which calls to mind IronMaiden’s infamous ''Dance of Death'' album. Finally averted with 2021’s ''Helloween'', which features a beautiful painting by Eliran Kantor as the cover.
* MetalBandMascot: [[PumpkinPerson Jack-o-Lantern]] and Fangface; the latter went to Music/GammaRay along with Kai Hansen.
* {{Portmantitle}}
* PowerMetal: Credited as the TropeMaker of the European style. Some give them credit for creating power metal as a whole, but this isn't entirely accurate as the American style of power metal had been around for a couple years before Helloween released their debut.
* RegionalBonus:
** The 1989 japanese edition of ''Walls of Jericho'' includes "Don't Run for Cover".
** [[RunningGag The japanese release]] of ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' includes "Shit and Lobster".
** The japanese release of ''Master of the Rings'' includes "Can't Fight Your Desire" and "Grapowski's [[Music/YngwieMalmsteen Malmsuite]] 1001 (in D-Doll)".
** The japanese release of ''The Time Of The Oath'' includes "Still I Don't Know" and "Take It To The Limit".
** The japanese release of ''[[CoverAlbum Metal Jukebox]]'' comes with [[Music/DeepPurple "Rat Bat Blue"]].
** The japanese release of ''The Dark Ride'' includes "The Madness Of The Crowds".
** The japanese release of ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' comes with [[Music/{{Accept}} "Fast As A Shark"]].
** The japanese release of ''Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy'' comes with "Revolution".
** The japanese release of ''Gambling With The Devil'' comes with "We Unite".
** The [=iTunes=] release of ''Unarmed'' comes with an acoustic rendition of "Why?".
** The japanese release of ''7 Sinners'' comes with "Faster We Fall" and a code for downloading "Aiming High".
** The japanese release of ''Straight Out of Hell'' comes with "No Eternity" and a Hammond version of "Burning Sun" dedicated to [[Music/DeepPurple Jon Lord]].
** The [[OverlyLongGag japanese release]] of ''My God-Given Right'' comes with "I Wish I Were There", "Wicked Game" and "Free World".
* SpeedMetal: On ''Helloween'' and ''Walls of Jericho'', with ''The Dark Ride'', ''Gambling With the Devil'', and ''7 Sinners'' also incorporating elements of this.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This comes from the fourth page of the booklet of the ''Walls of Jericho'' remaster:
--> ''"WARNING! Everybody Who Will Be Writing HELLOWEEN With An "A" Or Tries To Distribute Pamphlets With An "A" Will Be Turned Into A Pumpkin!!!"''
* TakeThat: 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" (in a ShoutOut to [[{{Mascot}} Fangface]]) but the "Into Pumpkins" section has the band taking shots at many people for many reasons.
* UpdatedRerelease:
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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)"]].
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''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"]].
** ''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".
** ''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".
** ''Straight Out Of Hell'': The Limited Edition comes with "Another Shot of Life" and the aforementioned Hammond version of "Burning Sun".
** ''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".
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** The BSide "Les Hamburgueois Walkways" is inspired by GaryMoore's "Parisiennes Walkways".
** The rhythm section during Weikath's solo in "Cry For Freedom", from the ''Helloween'' EP, was taken from Mania's "Shadows Under Your Eyes".
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** The BSide "Les Hamburgueois Walkways" is inspired by GaryMoore's Music/GaryMoore's "Parisiennes Walkways".
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* 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 with the Devil'' (although the latter album was probably as close to the cynical side as the band had ever gotten).
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** The "Happy Happy Halloween" intro heard in "Starlight", from the ''Helloween'' EP, is taken from the movie "Halloween III - Seasons Of The Witch".''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonsOfTheWitch''.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onFoZS5gdx0&hd=1 Ride the Sky]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOAl0enE7kI&hd=1 Halloween]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQGwRsMorLI&hd=1 (Full version here)]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV8SHjHvHk&hd=1 I Want Out]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEzLn4l-q80&hd=1 Kids of the Century]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k62mutHpHY&hd=1 When The Sinner]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8U8gjFx9Vk&hd=1 Perfect Gentleman]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmP4iTGY97Y&hd=1 Power]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dl6CLWLMzk&hd=1 Forever And One (Neverland)]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1KfDkPmB-8&hd=1 I Can]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDzIez1uYmw&hd=1 Hey Lord!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAegHGGwru8&hd=1 Just A Little Sign]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qIHXR8jQr0&hd=1 Light the Universe]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWK0gzIgM0&hd=1 As Long As I Fall]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDXfR-0MwJM&hd=1 Paint A New World]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24JnVQ3i7fw&hd=1 Are You Metal]]
[[http://www.helloween.org/ The official site]].
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Before adding a trope, check that it isn't subjective. Subjective tropes about the band go [[YMMV/{{Helloween}} here]].
!!I Want Tropes:
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[[folder:Band tropes]]
* EightiesHair
* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Weikath
** TheLancer: Andi
** TheSmartGuy: Sascha
** TheBigGuy: Dani
** TheHeart: Markus
** SixthRanger: Kai and Kiske
* LeadBassist: Markus Grosskopf is a firm Type A.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. ''Michael'' Kiske, singer from ''Keeper 1'' all the way to ''Chameleon'', and ''Michael'' Weikath, guitarist on all of them. Also, Kai Hansen's second name is ''Michael''.
** Another example is the aforementioned Weiki (whose full name is Michael ''Ingo'' Joachim Weikath) and the late drummer ''Ingo'' Schwichtenberg, who played in the first 5 albums.
%% Don't add ReplacementScrappy here. It belongs in the YMMV tab.
* TrrrillingRrrs: When speaking in Spanish, Andi can't avoid these.
* StartMyOwn: After ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', Kai Hansen left Helloween. Several years later, he formed Music/GammaRay. Also, as noted above, Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, who were fired from the band and created Masterplan.
* VocalTagTeam: Hansen, Kiske and Deris all share lead vocals on "Pumpkins United", a song written and recorded for reunion tour of the same name.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Kai Hansen quit the band over CreativeDifferences and went on to form Music/GammaRay. Apparently, giving him room to have his own band and removing Michael Kiske from the equation was enough to calm both sides down, as the personnel from Helloween and Gamma Ray now get along quite amicably and even tour together, concluding their concerts by [[FusionDance taking the stage simultaneously to form one big supergroup]], and as ''[[{{Portmanteau}} Gammaween]]'', they perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cVRnTcEuS8 "I Want Out"]]. In that video, they certainly ''look'' [[HoYay friendly]]. And this is older than the 2008 joint tour, as his appearance in the Wacken Open Air 2004 can testify. And to make things better, he said in an [[http://metalassault.com/Interviews/060410_Gamma_Ray.php audio interview]], that he liked the Gammaween tour, and that he won't dismiss the chance of doing another tour like that.
** Also, Michael Kiske did guest a guest appearance on Gamma Ray's ''Land Of The Free'' album in the mid-90s, did guest vocals for Roland Grapow's and Uli Kusch's spinoff band Masterplan ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen and would have agreed to be their studio vocalist altogether, just not to performing live]]) and is working on a side project with Kai Hansen and Roland Grapow as well, trying to write, according to Hansen, some softer songs for him because of his "Metalphobia".
*** In 2011, Kai Hansen joined Michael Kiske in the band Unisonic, whom Kiske had been a part of since 2009.
*** As of 2017, they have "reunited" for 30th aniversary tour with both Hansen & Kiske. The [[http://pumpkins-united.helloween.org/en/pumpkins-united.html "Pumpkins United Tour"]] Epic, much?
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[[folder: Official music videos]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOAl0enE7kI Halloween]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV8SHjHvHk I Want Out]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEzLn4l-q80 Kids of the Century]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k62mutHpHY When the Sinner]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8U8gjFx9Vk Perfect Gentleman]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evrs_9tUmDE Where the Rain Grows]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmP4iTGY97Y Power]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE5sKuH3hhA The Time of the Oath]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dl6CLWLMzk Forever and One (Neverland)]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1KfDkPmB-8 I Can]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Cca-7UX-E If I Could Fly]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAegHGGwru8 Just a Little Sign]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDzIez1uYmw Hey Lord!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrgKZYpBvXU Mrs. God]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qIHXR8jQr0 Light the Universe]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWK0gzIgM0 As Long as I Fall]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDXfR-0MwJM Paint a New World]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yUihyOKxww Dr. Stein (Unarmed version)]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfSUCJACyKs Are You Metal?]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PKNaVHi4Os Nabataea]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45cN7Cmymxc Battle's Won]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr852PbVZdo My God-Given Right]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh8zPuB03_c Pumpkins United]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAVeG4KS0JM Halloween (Live)]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ceqdP9Hbk Forever and One (Neverland) (Live)]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLV530n3kMw Skyfall]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P95N5j2i2yw Fear of the Fallen]]
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[[http://www.helloween.org/ The official site]].
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Before adding a trope, check that it isn't subjective. Subjective tropes about the band go [[YMMV/{{Helloween}} here]].
!!I Want Tropes:
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Band tropes]]
* EightiesHair
* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Weikath
** TheLancer: Andi
** TheSmartGuy: Sascha
** TheBigGuy: Dani
** TheHeart: Markus
** SixthRanger: Kai and Kiske
* LeadBassist: Markus Grosskopf is a firm Type A.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. ''Michael'' Kiske, singer from ''Keeper 1'' all the way to ''Chameleon'', and ''Michael'' Weikath, guitarist on all of them. Also, Kai Hansen's second name is ''Michael''.
** Another example is the aforementioned Weiki (whose full name is Michael ''Ingo'' Joachim Weikath) and the late drummer ''Ingo'' Schwichtenberg, who played in the first 5 albums.
%% Don't add ReplacementScrappy here. It belongs in the YMMV tab.
* TrrrillingRrrs: When speaking in Spanish, Andi can't avoid these.
* StartMyOwn: After ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', Kai Hansen left Helloween. Several years later, he formed Music/GammaRay. Also, as noted above, Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, who were fired from the band and created Masterplan.
* VocalTagTeam: Hansen, Kiske and Deris all share lead vocals on "Pumpkins United", a song written and recorded for reunion tour of the same name.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Kai Hansen quit the band over CreativeDifferences and went on to form Music/GammaRay. Apparently, giving him room to have his own band and removing Michael Kiske from the equation was enough to calm both sides down, as the personnel from Helloween and Gamma Ray now get along quite amicably and even tour together, concluding their concerts by [[FusionDance taking the stage simultaneously to form one big supergroup]], and as ''[[{{Portmanteau}} Gammaween]]'', they perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cVRnTcEuS8 "I Want Out"]]. In that video, they certainly ''look'' [[HoYay friendly]]. And this is older than the 2008 joint tour, as his appearance in the Wacken Open Air 2004 can testify. And to make things better, he said in an [[http://metalassault.com/Interviews/060410_Gamma_Ray.php audio interview]], that he liked the Gammaween tour, and that he won't dismiss the chance of doing another tour like that.
** Also, Michael Kiske did guest a guest appearance on Gamma Ray's ''Land Of The Free'' album in the mid-90s, did guest vocals for Roland Grapow's and Uli Kusch's spinoff band Masterplan ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen and would have agreed to be their studio vocalist altogether, just not to performing live]]) and is working on a side project with Kai Hansen and Roland Grapow as well, trying to write, according to Hansen, some softer songs for him because of his "Metalphobia".
*** In 2011, Kai Hansen joined Michael Kiske in the band Unisonic, whom Kiske had been a part of since 2009.
*** As of 2017, they have "reunited" for 30th aniversary tour with both Hansen & Kiske. The [[http://pumpkins-united.helloween.org/en/pumpkins-united.html "Pumpkins United Tour"]] Epic, much?
[[/folder]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOAl0enE7kI Halloween]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV8SHjHvHk I Want Out]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEzLn4l-q80 Kids of the Century]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k62mutHpHY When the Sinner]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8U8gjFx9Vk Perfect Gentleman]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evrs_9tUmDE Where the Rain Grows]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmP4iTGY97Y Power]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE5sKuH3hhA The Time of the Oath]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dl6CLWLMzk Forever and One (Neverland)]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1KfDkPmB-8 I Can]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Cca-7UX-E If I Could Fly]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAegHGGwru8 Just a Little Sign]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDzIez1uYmw Hey Lord!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrgKZYpBvXU Mrs. God]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qIHXR8jQr0 Light the Universe]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWK0gzIgM0 As Long as I Fall]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDXfR-0MwJM Paint a New World]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yUihyOKxww Dr. Stein (Unarmed version)]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfSUCJACyKs Are You Metal?]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PKNaVHi4Os Nabataea]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45cN7Cmymxc Battle's Won]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr852PbVZdo My God-Given Right]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh8zPuB03_c Pumpkins United]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAVeG4KS0JM Halloween (Live)]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ceqdP9Hbk Forever and One (Neverland) (Live)]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLV530n3kMw Skyfall]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P95N5j2i2yw Fear of the Fallen]]
[[/folder]]
[[http://www.helloween.org/ The official site]].
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Before adding a trope, check that it isn't subjective. Subjective tropes about the band go [[YMMV/{{Helloween}} here]].
!!I Want Tropes:
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Band tropes]]
* EightiesHair
* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Weikath
** TheLancer: Andi
** TheSmartGuy: Sascha
** TheBigGuy: Dani
** TheHeart: Markus
** SixthRanger: Kai and Kiske
* LeadBassist: Markus Grosskopf is a firm Type A.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. ''Michael'' Kiske, singer from ''Keeper 1'' all the way to ''Chameleon'', and ''Michael'' Weikath, guitarist on all of them. Also, Kai Hansen's second name is ''Michael''.
** Another example is the aforementioned Weiki (whose full name is Michael ''Ingo'' Joachim Weikath) and the late drummer ''Ingo'' Schwichtenberg, who played in the first 5 albums.
%% Don't add ReplacementScrappy here. It belongs in the YMMV tab.
* TrrrillingRrrs: When speaking in Spanish, Andi can't avoid these.
* StartMyOwn: After ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2'', Kai Hansen left Helloween. Several years later, he formed Music/GammaRay. Also, as noted above, Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, who were fired from the band and created Masterplan.
* VocalTagTeam: Hansen, Kiske and Deris all share lead vocals on "Pumpkins United", a song written and recorded for reunion tour of the same name.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Kai Hansen quit the band over CreativeDifferences and went on to form Music/GammaRay. Apparently, giving him room to have his own band and removing Michael Kiske from the equation was enough to calm both sides down, as the personnel from Helloween and Gamma Ray now get along quite amicably and even tour together, concluding their concerts by [[FusionDance taking the stage simultaneously to form one big supergroup]], and as ''[[{{Portmanteau}} Gammaween]]'', they perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cVRnTcEuS8 "I Want Out"]]. In that video, they certainly ''look'' [[HoYay friendly]]. And this is older than the 2008 joint tour, as his appearance in the Wacken Open Air 2004 can testify. And to make things better, he said in an [[http://metalassault.com/Interviews/060410_Gamma_Ray.php audio interview]], that he liked the Gammaween tour, and that he won't dismiss the chance of doing another tour like that.
** Also, Michael Kiske did guest a guest appearance on Gamma Ray's ''Land Of The Free'' album in the mid-90s, did guest vocals for Roland Grapow's and Uli Kusch's spinoff band Masterplan ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen and would have agreed to be their studio vocalist altogether, just not to performing live]]) and is working on a side project with Kai Hansen and Roland Grapow as well, trying to write, according to Hansen, some softer songs for him because of his "Metalphobia".
*** In 2011, Kai Hansen joined Michael Kiske in the band Unisonic, whom Kiske had been a part of since 2009.
*** As of 2017, they have "reunited" for 30th aniversary tour with both Hansen & Kiske. The [[http://pumpkins-united.helloween.org/en/pumpkins-united.html "Pumpkins United Tour"]] Epic, much?
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* ContemptibleCover: Every album after 1998’s ''Better Than Raw'' features hideous CGI cover art which calls to mind IronMaiden’s infamous ''Dance of Death'' album. Finally averted with 2021’s ''Helloween'', which features a beautiful painting by Eliran Kantor as the cover.
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* LyricalDissonance: 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 [[CompletelyMissingThePoint "video games are fun! :D"]] That Website/YouTube video is an absolute celebration of RetroGaming.
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* LyricalDissonance: 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 [[CompletelyMissingThePoint "video games are fun! :D"]] fun!" That Website/YouTube video is an absolute celebration of RetroGaming.
