My World of Music – est. 2013
Usually, it is October 31st when a commercialized scary clownery called Halloween takes place but real metalheads know that things are different. Especially fans of heavy metal from the greater Hamburg area know that Helloween is on November 1st. This is the day when the iconic band from Germany’s north plays a show at Barclays Arena... Continue Reading →
„Giants & Monsters“ is the title of the new Helloween album which is out now and the review is online on Markus’ Heavy Music Blog. The album release is accompanied by a 90’s MTV style music video with "A Little Is A Little Too Much." Under complete banishment of AI, it beams the viewer into... Continue Reading →
Helloween is undoubtedly one of the most influential heavy metal bands hailing from Germany. This metal institution has been around for more than 40 years and caused a big buzz with their first three albums. Founded in Hamburg in 1984, Helloween initiated an exciting project in 2016 when the band announced a tour featuring Deris,... Continue Reading →
Rockharz 2025 is history. While the festival site is slowly being transformed back into an airfield, the anticipation for 2026 is already growing. The huge demand once again exceeded all expectations and underlines the festival's firm place in the European metal scene. Thousands of fans have once again shown what makes the Rockharz community so... Continue Reading →
One of the genre-defining metal band from Germany – Helloween – launched the lead single of the upcoming album called “Giants & Monsters”. The album release is scheduled for August 29th, 2025 and will come via Reigning Phoenix Music. “This is Tokyo” is the title of the new track and here where you can watch... Continue Reading →
German metal heavyweights Helloween played a show in Japan in September 2023 as part of their "United Forces 2022-2023" tour. The show at the legendary Budokan in Tokyo was recorded and will be the basis for the new live album of the metal kings. The album, "Live at Budokan", will be released in different formats,... Continue Reading →
Helloween belong to the pioneers when it comes to heavy metal from Germany. The band founded 1983 in Hamburg and started a very impressive career with “Walls of Jericho”, the debut album from 1985. The two “Keeper of the Seven Keys” albums catapulted the band to the top of metal, a place the band never... Continue Reading →
Helloween announced a vinyl single called ‘Best Time’ on May 20th, 2022 and equally exciting is the start of their tour. Together with Swedish metal icons Hammerfall, Helloween starts the ‘United Forces’-tour tomorrow at Manchester Academy in Manchester, UK. The grand finale will take place one year later on May 6th, 2023 in Hamburg. And... Continue Reading →
United Forces Tour, that's the header for an exciting metal package that unfortunately has to adjust the touring schedule again. The updated schedule for Helloween and Hammerfall looks like this:
Here are the MHMB Top 20 longplayers in 2021: 1.HelloweenHelloween2.MastodonHushed And Grim3.Dream TheaterA View From the Top the World4.Green LungBlack Harvest5.FreedomFreedom6.CarcassTorn Arteries7.FortressDon't Spare With the Wicked8.ExodusPersona Non Grate9.LuciferIV10.BrainstormWall of Skulls11.Count RavenThe Sixth Storm12.HypocrisyWorship13.EclipseWired14.TribulationWhere the Gloom Becomes Sound15.LynxWatcher of Skies16.Flotsam and JetsamBlood In The Water17.LeprousAphelion18.The QuillEarthrise19.OphisSpew Forth Odium20.ButterflyDoorways of Time
This week Friday is the day. The long-awaited new Helloween album will hit the stores. To get some more information and details about the album and the making of it, MHMB had the chance to talk to a clearly happy Markus Großkopf about 'Helloween' and what Markus has to share is you can read here.... Continue Reading →
It was in November 2016 when the news of Helloween United travelled around the globe in no time. Hamburg's metal institution announced a world tour and the sensational part was the fact of Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen rejoining the legendary band and the, at the time, operating line-up. This news was almost too good... Continue Reading →
German metal veterans Helloween had to postpone their tour also more than once due to the pandemic. Now, new dates have been announced. Under the banner of 'United Forces Tour 2022' the metal flagship will embark in March 2022 and with them on tour is no less than Hammerfall. 25-Mar-2022 NOR Oslo - Sentrum Scene26-Mar-2022 ... Continue Reading →
German Metal veterans Helloween re-release their albums ’Unarmed’, ’Straight Out Of Hell’ and ’7 Sinners’ via Nuclear Blast. Release date is today and the re-issues include some bonus tracks too. Here are the tracklists. Tracklist ’Unarmed’: Dr. Stein Future WorldIf I Could Fly Where The Rain GrowsThe Keeper's Trilogy (Medley)Eagle Fly FreePerfect Gentleman Forever And One (Neverland)I... Continue Reading →
Dirkschneider is confirmed as the special guest for Helloween's upcoming "United Alive Part II" European tour 2020. Udo Dirkschneider and his band will be performing songs solely from his era with Accept, the band he experienced his worldwide breakthrough with at the beginning of the 80s. His voice is the soul of such timeless hits... Continue Reading →
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