Helloween is a German power metal band formed in the mid-1980s, widely regarded as a key influence on the power-metal genre, best known for early classics like Walls of Jericho and the Keeper of the Seven Keys albums.

Reviews document major lineup and stylistic changes: early records featured Kai Hansen and later Michael Kiske; Kiske left after Chameleon (1993) and was replaced by Andi Deris. The band endured the death of drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg and multiple lineup changes. Their discography includes celebrated classics and several controversial experimental records.

DeBaser reviews celebrate Helloween as a foundational power-metal band. Classics like the Keeper albums and Walls of Jericho receive high praise. Lineup shifts (Kiske out, Deris in; Hansen left earlier) and experimental albums (Chameleon, Unarmed) split opinion. Later releases are judged uneven but often strong.

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 "Oh, listen here, I told you Helloween would mess up! If you listen to their latest album 'Chameleon' it's a mishmash of hard rock stuff mixed with other nonsense, without that phenomenon Kiske, they're good as done, take it from me..."

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 No beating around the bush: "The Dark Ride" is a kick, a shovel hit right in the face of happy power metal that for many years the legendary pumpkins of Hamburg have pushed forward with powerful, melodic, and in some ways amusing songs.

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 This thing called an album is a nightmare come true, it’s an abomination, it’s inexplicable trash, it’s pure crap, it’s the worst album I never bought, but who will buy it, I wonder?

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