Helloween

Celebrating their 30th Anniversary, HELLOWEEN will play the Avalon Hollywood on March 7.

Without a doubt, this Hamburg Metal institution immediately took the helm of Melodic Speed Metal when releasing their 5-Track-EP Helloween in December of 1985, the superb LP-debut Walls Of Jericho, as well as the two in 1987/88 unleashed masterpieces Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I/II. Some say they are the godfathers of this genre, who continue to inspire legions of genre-peers and newcomer-bands alike. Throughout their stunning 30-year career HELLOWEEN kept busy occupying the pole positions of renowned festival billings such as Brazilian‚ Rock in Rio’, Japanese‚ Loudpark’ Festival, the annually happening world’s biggest Heavy-Metal-open-air festival, the Wacken Open Air’, or the Polish‚ Woodstock’, where 500.000 ecstatic fans celebrated Germany’s speed kings. On top of that, HELLOWEEN completed countless headlining world tours, made audiences in exotic landscapes such as Indonesian island Borneo or the Brazilian jungle metropolis Manaus go crazy, and literally took their breath away in La Paz, the world’s highest-altitude capitol (situated at 3.200 meters above sea level). Beyond that, they also played some spectacular shows alongside Metal giants BLACK SABBATH, DIO, OZZY OSBOURNE und SLAYER. Meanwhile, the 5-piece has 14 studio releases and 3 live-albums under their belt, which sold a combined 8 million copies worldwide and banked 15 gold and 6 platinum awards in the process. The most recent release Straight Out Of Hell made a sensational #4 album chart entry in Germany (their highest German chart position thus far), which gained another five top 10 chart entries throughout Europe and even crashed the US‚ Billboard top 100. The Hellish Rock Part II-Tour in support of this chart breaker led them through 39 countries in Europe, Asia and North America, booking over 100 sold-out shows.

Even after 3 decades, the new powerful opus My God-Given Right emphasizes on this curious trip to continue in their anniversary year of 2015. According to singer Andi Deris, the band insists on a simple motto: “Back to the roots – but with new songs.” He continues, “More than ever, our fans want to sing and rock out along with us. This simply works best with the use of distinctive choruses and 80-ies hooklines.” Guitarist Michael Weikath clarifies, “It is not our mission to just relive the 80-ies at all cost – to our own surprise, the whole dynamic of this working concept took on a life of its own.”