Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg, Northern Germany. The band is a pioneering force in the power metal genre, and their second and third studio albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I and Part II, are considered masterpieces of the genre. Twelve musicians have been a part of the band's line-up in its history, which has consisted of singer Andi Deris, guitarists Michael Weikath and Sascha Gerstner, bass guitarist Markus Grosskopf, and drummer Daniel Löble since 2005.
Helloween was formed in 1984 by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, and Powerfool. Its first line-up consisted of Weikath, Grosskopf, singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. After the release of a self-titled EP and a first album in 1985, it expanded into a quintet when singer Michael Kiske joined, with Hansen only acting as guitarist. Under this line-up, they released the Keeper of the Seven Keys albums (1987 and 1988), which established Helloween as a notable heavy metal band and led to the creation of the power metal subgenre. However, Hansen left the band quickly after the release of Part II and was replaced by Roland Grapow. He then created the band Gamma Ray.
Helloween is the debut EP by German heavy metal band Helloween. It was released in March 1985 on Noise Records.
Although it is a speed metal rather than a power metal album, the record is significant as the first effort by the group that would redefine the power metal genre.Helloween was followed up later that same year by the band's first full-length album, Walls of Jericho.
I should not this
I must not that
No matter how I act
I must regret
It´s not me
It´s not me
I got to play
What others say
I got to turn it down
When I feel great
That´s not me
It´s not me
I am me
Who do you think you are
To tell me what to be?
I am me
No matter what you say
Today I keep my way
I am me
You make me sick
You make me choke
For me your way of life
Is just a joke
It´s not me
It´s not me
I got a face
I got a name
Whatever you perceive
Is not the same
That I see
It´s not me
I am me
Who do you think you are
To tell me what to be?
I am me
No matter what you say
Today I keep my way
I am me
I got to change this
To rearrange this
Start writing onto my own pages
It´s just me
It´s just me
It´s just me
I am me
Who do you think you are
To tell me what to be?
I am me
No matter what you say
Today I keep my way
I am me
How grave you think you are
To tell me what to be?
I am me
You better creep away
Today I´m on my way