HELLBOOK
O F F I C I A L L I C E N S E D P R O D U C T HELLBOOK 30 TH ANNIVERSARY
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O F F I C I A L L I C E N S E D P R O D U C T<br />
<strong>HELLBOOK</strong> 30 TH ANNIVERSARY
PROLOGUE)<br />
The fathers of power metal (Xavier Rusell)..................10<br />
A Great Little History)<br />
When the gods were born in Hamburg ........................18<br />
...And then a path appeared ..........................................19<br />
The Pumpkins' parade .................................................. 22<br />
A soul for a band. When the gods are<br />
whispering to Kiske .......................................................23<br />
When the devil was overthrown ...................................28<br />
Progress and glory riding metal ...................................29<br />
Kai, fly. Fly high free spirit ............................................36<br />
And the pumpkin changed its skin ..............................37<br />
Force for a band. Andi Deris and<br />
the return to their roots ................................................ 42<br />
A heart for a band. A heart that never stops<br />
beating. An eternal heart ...............................................45<br />
Potentia Metalla Classica ..............................................51<br />
The pumpkin and the dark ages ...................................53<br />
A headlong rush... ...........................................................54<br />
The return of the king and the fear fight .....................60<br />
The speed and the melody returns .............................. 61<br />
Can’t fight your desire... ................................................67<br />
A slap in the face. The pumpkin rides as<br />
fast as a ray ....................................................................67<br />
The desert, the fortress, the kingdom, the legend......70<br />
Heroes ............................................................................. 71<br />
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Members<br />
Michael Weikath .................................................................. 80<br />
Kai Hansen ...........................................................................81<br />
Michael Kiske .......................................................................84<br />
Andi Deris .............................................................................85<br />
Ingo Schwichtenberg ..........................................................88<br />
Markus Grosskopf ...............................................................89<br />
Uli Kusch .............................................................................92<br />
Roland Grapow................................................................93<br />
Sascha Gerstner............................................................94<br />
Dani Löble.....................................................................95<br />
Jörn Ellerbrock............................................................ 98<br />
Mikkey Dee................................................................. 98<br />
Mark Cross.................................................................. 98<br />
Piet Sielck................................................................... 99<br />
Stefan Schwarzmann............................................... 99<br />
Ritchie Abdel-Nabi............................................ 99<br />
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HELLEQUIPMENT<br />
Hellequipment........................................... 100<br />
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INTIMATE SESSIONS<br />
With Weikath........................................................116<br />
With Markus.........................................................118<br />
With Andi..............................................................120<br />
With Kai.............................................................. 122<br />
With Uli................................................................124<br />
With Dani.............................................................128<br />
With Kiske.......................................................................... 130<br />
With Sascha........................................................................132<br />
With Roland.........................................................................134<br />
With Ingo.............................................................................136<br />
Statment about Ingo by his best friend Sven Warnke...138<br />
Guests<br />
Helloween’s guests............................................................140<br />
Helloween’s members<br />
Guest appearances...................................................... d D<br />
142<br />
THE HERITAGE FROM THE PAST<br />
Helloween's legacy........................................................... 144<br />
Legendary recordings - a tale to eternity ...................... 146<br />
PUMPKIN , S TOURS<br />
Helloween's world tours....................................................164<br />
Helloween tour dates.........................................................166<br />
Backstage...........................................................................168<br />
HIGH LIVIN , MOMENTS<br />
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1987 - Seven Keys on Tour................................................176<br />
1988 - Pumpkins Fly Free.................................................178<br />
1988 - Monsters of Rock.................................................. 182<br />
1989 - MTV Headbangers Ball.......................................... 184<br />
1989 - 15 Days in Japan.................................................. 188<br />
1992 - Pink Bubbles Go Ape............................................. 190<br />
Helloween's plecs............................................................. 192<br />
1996 - Monsters of Rock.................................................. 194<br />
1998 - Better than Raw.................................................... 196<br />
2001 - The Dark d Ride DTour................................................ 198<br />
2003-04 - Rabbits on the Run Tour................................. 200<br />
2005-06 - Legacy Tour..................................................... 202<br />
2006 - Masters of Rock.................................................... 208<br />
2006 - Gods of Metal........................................................ 208<br />
2008 - Woodstock............................................................. 209<br />
2007-08 - Hellish Rock......................................................210<br />
2008 - Bloodstock............................................................. 212<br />
2010-11 - The 7 Sinners World Tour................................. 220<br />
2012 - Loud Park............................................................... 224<br />
2013 - Hellish Rock II........................................................ 226<br />
2013 - Rock in Rio...............................................................232<br />
Helloween , s Management<br />
Ralf Limb Schnoor............................................................. 236<br />
Harrie Smits....................................................................... 236<br />
Rod Smallwood (Sanctuary)............................................237<br />
Jan Bayati (Bottom Row) ................................................ 238<br />
Helloween , s Producers<br />
Harris Johns...................................................................... 242<br />
Tommy Newton ................................................................. 242<br />
Tommy Hansen................................................................. 242<br />
Chris Tsangarides...............................................................243<br />
Roy Z....................................................................................243<br />
Charlie Bauerfeind..............................................................243
Helloween , s ArtWork<br />
Frederick Moulaert............................................................ 246<br />
Marcos Moura.....................................................................247<br />
Rainer Laws....................................................................... 258<br />
Uwe & Edda Karczewski................................................... 258<br />
Martin Häusler................................................................... 259<br />
Schmidt Design................................................................. 264<br />
Storm Elvin Thorgerson.................................................... 264<br />
Gisbert Reuter (Chiliclip's)............................................... 268<br />
Martin Zeissler................................................................... 268<br />
David Bredebach............................................................... 269<br />
This is Hellywood<br />
Helloween's video clips.................................................... 270<br />
Photography.......................................................................276<br />
Tributes<br />
Tributes...............................................................................278<br />
Helloween's tribute bands............................................... 280<br />
Helloween , s Lyrics (1984-2015)<br />
Death Metal [Compilation] (1984)................................. 287<br />
Helloween [Extended Play] (1985) ............................... 289<br />
Walls of Jericho [Long Play] (1985) .............................. 292<br />
Judas [Single] (1986) ..................................................... 300<br />
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I [LP] (1987)................ 301<br />
Future World [Single] (1987) ......................................... 306<br />
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II [LP] (1988)............... 306<br />
Dr. Stein [Single] (1988) ..................................................315<br />
I Want Out [Single] (1988) ..............................................316<br />
Pumpkin Tracks [Compilation] (1989) ...........................317<br />
The Best the Rest The Rare [Compilation] (1991)........ 322<br />
Kids of the Century [Single] (1991) .............................. 322<br />
Pink Bubbles Go Ape [Long Play] (1991) ...................... 325<br />
Number One [Single] (1991) .......................................... 329<br />
When the Sinner [Single] (1993).................................... 330<br />
Chameleon [Long Play] (1993)...................................... 332<br />
I Don’t Wanna Cry No More [Single] (1993) .................. 342<br />
Step out of Hell [Single] (1993) ..................................... 343<br />
Windmill [Single] (1993) ................................................ 344<br />
Mr. Ego (Take Me Down) [Single] (1994) ...................... 346<br />
Master of the Rings [Long Play] (1994) ....................... 348<br />
Where the Rain Grows [Single] (1994).......................... 355<br />
Perfect Gentleman [Single] (1994) ............................... 356<br />
Sole Survivor [Single] (1995)......................................... 356<br />
Power [Single] (1996) .................................................... 358<br />
The Time of the Oath [Long Play] (1996) .......................361<br />
The Time of the Oath [Single] (1996)............................. 367<br />
Forever and One [Single] (1996) ................................... 367<br />
Forever and One [Single] (1996) ................................... 368<br />
Pumpkin Box [Compilation] (1998) .............................. 369<br />
I Can [Single] (1998) ........................................................371<br />
Better Than Raw [Long Play] (1998) ..............................374<br />
Hey Lord [Single] (1998) .................................................379<br />
Metal Jukebox [Compilation] (1999) .............................379<br />
Lay All Your Love on Me [Single] (1998) ....................... 386<br />
If I Could Fly [Single] (2000) .......................................... 386<br />
Mr. Torture [Single] (2000) ............................................ 388<br />
The Dark Ride [Long Play] (2000) ................................. 389<br />
Treasure Chest [Compilation] (2002)............................ 395<br />
Buried Treasure [Compilation] (2002) .......................... 397<br />
Just a Little Sign [Single] (2003)................................... 397<br />
Rabbit Don’t Come Easy [Long Play] (2003) ................ 401<br />
Mrs God [Single] (2005) ................................................. 409<br />
Keeper of the Seven Keys: the Legacy [LP] (2005) .....413<br />
Light the Universe [Single] (2006) ................................421<br />
The Singles Box [Compilation] (2006) .......................... 424<br />
As Long As I Fall [Single] (2007) .................................... 425<br />
Gambling with the Devil [LP] (2007) ............................ 429<br />
Dr. Stein [Single] (2009) ..................................................437<br />
Unarmed Best of 25th Anniversary [LP] (2009) ..........437<br />
Are You Metal? [Single] (2010) ...................................... 442<br />
7 Sinners [Long Play] (2010) ......................................... 443<br />
Burning Sun [Single] (2012) ...........................................451<br />
Nabataea [Single] (2012) ............................................... 453<br />
Straight out of Hell [Long Play] (2013) ......................... 454<br />
Battle's Won[Single] (2015) ........................................... 462<br />
My God-Given Right [Long Play] (2015) ....................... 464<br />
Index Lyrics........................................................................473<br />
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Special Thanks , and Credits<br />
Pumpkinheads.................................................................. 482<br />
Fan art................................................................................ 484<br />
Thanks fans ....................................................................... 486<br />
Very special thanks .......................................................... 490<br />
Daily Pumpkin................................................................... 492<br />
That's all folks.................................................................... 496<br />
Epilogue............................................................................. 498
February 2 nd<br />
1986 was<br />
a day that<br />
would become<br />
etched on my brain<br />
for the rest of my<br />
life. Helloween, Celtic<br />
Frost and Grave Digger<br />
were due to play<br />
the Markthalle, Hamburg,<br />
Germany on a<br />
Noise Records triple<br />
bill. I was already a<br />
big fan of the Pumpkin<br />
Men, having been<br />
mightily impressed by<br />
their six-track debut<br />
EP Helloween, and<br />
the Walls of Jericho<br />
albums toxic slice<br />
of Germanic Power/<br />
Speed Metal. But how<br />
would they fare live?<br />
Every hair on my neck<br />
stood up as the band<br />
launched into Ride the<br />
Sky—sheer adrenalin<br />
came pouring off the<br />
stage— the powerhouse<br />
drumming of Ingo<br />
Schwichtenberg, the<br />
delightful bass runs of<br />
Markus Grosskopf and<br />
the hypnotic dual lead<br />
guitars of Messrs. Kai<br />
Hansen and Michael<br />
Weikath were almost,<br />
dare I say it, operatic<br />
in their delivery! And<br />
it just got better, as<br />
the hysterical Gorgar<br />
followed. Hansen<br />
snarled 'Gorgar will<br />
eat you', while the<br />
main riff chugging<br />
away in the background<br />
was very remi-
2008<br />
BLOODSTOCK
Live performance by<br />
ccphotoart, Bloodstock 2008.
extreme Long Live the King, Deris’<br />
musical tribute to Ronnie James<br />
Dio, and the social criticism in<br />
the powerful, melodic and epic<br />
If a Mountain Could Talk. The<br />
enchanting, lyrical The Sage, The<br />
Fool, The Sinner links to orchestral<br />
sounds and the psychedelic in My<br />
Sacrifice, while the epic anthem that closes the album<br />
is Far in the Future.<br />
Back on the road, the 7 Sinners world tour saw the<br />
guys accompanied by a band who took their creative<br />
influence from Helloween, and is another great<br />
reference point for European power metal:<br />
Stratovarius.<br />
«Nabataea...»<br />
tHE DESERt, tHE FORtRESS,<br />
tHE KiNGDOM, tHE LEGEND<br />
Helloween launched Straight out of Hell in January 2013,<br />
again under the production glare of Charlie Bauerfeind.<br />
As with the previous ‘generational trilogies’ created by the<br />
different line-ups of Helloween (Walls, Keeper I and Keeper<br />
II in the 1980s; Master, Better and Time in the 1990s), we<br />
can regard this new album as the creative and evolutionary<br />
continuation of the previous Gambling with the Devil<br />
and 7 Sinners.<br />
and the way it represents<br />
each member,<br />
means this is a very<br />
compact album in<br />
terms of creativity,<br />
with a truly<br />
remarkable<br />
production.<br />
The quintet<br />
gradually<br />
left behind<br />
the dark<br />
and gloomy<br />
feeling on<br />
Gambling, as they<br />
blatantly explored the<br />
modern, progressive sound<br />
delivered on 7 Sinners.<br />
Again, despite showing a different<br />
colour and musical landscape,<br />
the band never<br />
neglected their trademark<br />
approach on<br />
the epic pieces<br />
and hymns here.<br />
There’s a powerful<br />
rhythmic b a s e ,<br />
ultrafast changes of rhythm<br />
and frenzied twin guitar breaks. The unique personality<br />
that emerges from the band as regards composition,
70 | 71<br />
The quartet of songwriters comprising Weikie,<br />
Andi, Sascha and Markus again raise expectations<br />
after those years of tireless creative<br />
contributions.<br />
The masterpiece has an impressive<br />
opening tale with the progressive,<br />
mystical Nabataea. The composition<br />
evokes this legendary kingdom that<br />
was discovered in the early twentieth<br />
century and is the origin of<br />
many myths and legends, as<br />
well as Petra’s Secret, while<br />
hiding us behind a musical<br />
cliff. Nabataea is a unique<br />
creative piece with musical<br />
reminiscences, and<br />
we can hear several<br />
independent melodic<br />
developments in the<br />
course of its short<br />
seven minutes.<br />
The soaring creation and the most overwhelming track<br />
on the new album is entitled Burning Sun. It is a complex,<br />
direct and hymnal track written by Weikie, with elegant<br />
instrumental arrangements full of beauty. It is sharp and<br />
pure, as are Sascha’s World of War, Markus’ Far from the<br />
Stars, or Andi’s Live Now! and Waiting for the Thunder.<br />
The array of musical colours displayed by the impressive<br />
Hold Me in Your Arms, Straight out of Hell, Asshole,<br />
Years, Make Fire Catch the Fly and Church Breaks Down<br />
has been shaped into a monumental album, where the<br />
band make each idea work, without cracks or bumps.<br />
This is improved still further by an immeasurably broad<br />
pitch range in Andi’s performance on vocals. And there's<br />
a fitting tribute to the memory of Jon Lord through the<br />
wonderful rendition of Burning Sun (Hammond Version),<br />
included as a B-side on the CD.<br />
With positive fan and media recognition, Helloween<br />
set out on a successful world tour, recalling a highlight<br />
from their own history by revisiting the Hellish<br />
Rock Tour along with Gammaray together on the same<br />
stage.<br />
«We have created better ones so<br />
we control the way…»<br />
HEROES<br />
‘To embrace your origins<br />
and to leave<br />
behind the frontier<br />
of your primeval<br />
world is the<br />
path to blindly face<br />
the future.’ It seems<br />
the perfect ending for a new<br />
beginning, driven by the strong<br />
instinct to improve themselves, to keep<br />
innovating and not to rule out risks.<br />
Now 30 years have passed<br />
since those eager, visionary<br />
teenagers started<br />
their journey with their<br />
first official<br />
recording, and<br />
in May 2015<br />
Hellow<br />
e e n<br />
will released their long-awaited 15 th studio album entitled<br />
My God-Given Right. Together with their successful team of<br />
collaborators, our tireless band recorded the entire album<br />
between October 2014 and February 2015 at their own Mi<br />
Sueño Studio in Tenerife.<br />
As with their seven previous works, their long-term producer<br />
Charlie Bauerfeind handled the whole production and every<br />
recording duty. Helloween have also returned to the German<br />
record label Nuclear Blast, a cooperation that had been<br />
suspended since the release of Rabbit Don't Come Easy in<br />
2003.<br />
In addition to this, Martin Häusler brings back to us his mastery<br />
as a designer and illustrator by presenting us a stunning<br />
cover in full 3D, with a groundbreaking choice of colour<br />
palette, dominated by white with slight contrasts of blue<br />
and shiny elements. In line with the album's title, it seems<br />
to lead us to a new beginning full of light, fresh energy and<br />
purpose, like those pumpkin robots ready to march. Just in<br />
a simple way, direct and thrilling, like a virginal blank page.
1978 - 1980 1980 - 1982<br />
1982 - 1986 1986 - 1988<br />
GENTRY (I)<br />
GENTRY (II)<br />
SECOND HELL<br />
KRONUS<br />
GLORY<br />
IRON FIST (I)<br />
IRON FIST (II)<br />
HELLOWEEN (I)<br />
HELLOWEEN (II)<br />
Piet Sielck<br />
Kai Hansen<br />
Frank Engelin<br />
Andy<br />
Christian Haverland<br />
Piet Sielck<br />
Kai Hansen<br />
Ingo Schwichtenberg<br />
Markus Grosskopf<br />
Kai Hansen<br />
Ingo Schwichtenberg<br />
Markus Grosskopf<br />
Michael Weikath<br />
Kai Hansen<br />
Ingo Schwichtenberg<br />
Markus Grosskopf<br />
Michael Weikath<br />
Michael Kiske<br />
ANCIENT CALL<br />
TRAUMSCHISS<br />
BLAST FURNACE<br />
POWERFOOL<br />
BLAST FURNACE<br />
SAS BAND<br />
III PROPHECY<br />
BREEZE<br />
IRON SAVIOR<br />
[Feat.<br />
Kai Hansen]
30 TH ANNIVERSARY<br />
1989 - 1993 1994 - 2002 2003 - 2004 2004 - present<br />
HELLOWEEN (III) HELLOWEEN (IV) HELLOWEEN (V) HELLOWEEN (VI)<br />
Ingo Schwichtenberg<br />
Markus Grosskopf<br />
Michael Weikath<br />
Michael Kiske<br />
Roland Grapow<br />
RAMPAGE<br />
LINE FOUR<br />
CRYSTAL SIN<br />
TROJAN<br />
PRISMA<br />
VIRUS<br />
GAMMARAY<br />
[Feat. Ralph Scheepers,<br />
ex-Tyran Pace]<br />
Markus Grosskopf<br />
Michael Weikath<br />
Roland Grapow<br />
Uli Kusch<br />
Andi Deris<br />
PINK CREAM 69<br />
KYMERA<br />
DRAGON<br />
PARANOID<br />
AXE LA CHAPELLE<br />
DIE SKEPTIKER<br />
TRANSIT<br />
GAMMARAY<br />
MEKONG DELTA<br />
HOLY MOSES<br />
VIOLENT KIDS<br />
MASTERPLAN<br />
Markus Grosskopf<br />
Michael Weikath<br />
Andi Deris<br />
Sascha Gerstner<br />
[Mark Cross]<br />
[Mikkey Dee]<br />
[Stefan Schwartzmann]<br />
FREEDOM CALL<br />
DREAMGATE<br />
SOLO PROJECT, KISKE, PLACE VENDOME, SUPARED, Feat. AVANTASIA...<br />
[Kai Hansen]<br />
Markus Grosskopf<br />
Michael Weikath<br />
Andi Deris<br />
Sascha Gerstner<br />
Dani Löble<br />
RAWHEAD REXX<br />
HOELLENHUNDE<br />
MASTERPLAN<br />
UNISONIC<br />
GAMMARAY
Well, obviously it's the centre of my life,<br />
I’m not doing anything else.<br />
A place to travel... Bangkok (Thailand), Osaka (Japan), Berlin<br />
(Germany), Barcelona and Valencia (Spain), Denver and Colorado<br />
(USA), St Petersburg (Russia), Italy, Montevideo (Uruguay), Playa De<br />
Carmen (Mexico).<br />
Someone to follow... Minnie Mouse... she is very sexy I think!!! :)<br />
Someone you pray to... the one who is God.<br />
Something to never refuse… 30 million petro dollars to NOT play<br />
any concerts or do records anymore. :)<br />
Something to fight and die for... if I die I can't Fight, if I can't<br />
Fight I can't die... or... what was that?...<br />
Something that you can be proud of… any previous lives I've<br />
lived (hopefully).<br />
Something that you miss in your day…. vanilla cream soda.<br />
A historical character for a dinner date... Audrey Hepburn.<br />
A key turning point in history... end of Cold War.<br />
A key turning point in your life... the idea for Keeper of The<br />
Seven Keys.<br />
If you look at the past… you would change… I've never been<br />
in a situation that could have been controlled actively.<br />
A virtue to share... virtual Flowers (haha. well. humility).<br />
A defect to improve... not knowing enough and how to deal with more<br />
knowledge.<br />
Something to be done... ref lect and decide.<br />
Your essential pillar of life... health.<br />
A smell from yesterday... vanilla, patchouli, lotus.<br />
A childhood influence... Beatles music.<br />
The role of family and friends… mmmmmm.<br />
Any confessable sin or obsession… nope.<br />
A secret hobby… developing a universal propulsion drive and time<br />
machine.<br />
An emotion... melancholy, happiness, romantic spots.<br />
The fullness of joy... yeah would be nice. :)<br />
How would you like to be remembered… in a positive light.<br />
How do you live spiritually... well I just do it somehow.<br />
A passion... not healthy to mention to minors, won't promote bad<br />
habits here.<br />
A perfect day... most days in 1972-1978 but mainly 1978.<br />
A frenetic attraction to… too many celebrities actresses and<br />
models to list.<br />
What makes you laugh... comedies and situations.<br />
What makes you cry... cruelty, unfairness, futility, inconsiderate<br />
behaviour.<br />
You are a true fan of…. Beatles and –not so true cos I<br />
don't know much– Haydn, Mozart.<br />
If you were not a musician… your life would have been<br />
dedicated to… cartoons probably.<br />
A musician you would like to have played with… I am<br />
too low scale to mention any names.<br />
A mania or ritual before a show… I'd rather not say.<br />
Your daily routine outside of music... mmmmmmm. no routine.<br />
I do different things almost every day, I tend not to like routines much.
1987<br />
SEVEN KEYS ON TOUR
Oh, a word and a blow<br />
We wanna stay crazy<br />
And never get lazy<br />
We wanna live our way<br />
Each day as a heyday<br />
Life's a show<br />
Oh, we wanna stay crazy<br />
We wanna stay crazy<br />
We wanna stay crazy<br />
We wanna stay crazy<br />
LOST IN AMERICA<br />
[see page 462]<br />
RUSSIAN ROULE<br />
Can anybody tell me how I gotta do it right?<br />
I need a revelation<br />
Can anybody tell me how to turn back to the light?<br />
I'm yearning for salvation<br />
I don't know<br />
Which way to go<br />
So I<br />
Come out and play<br />
I come out and play<br />
Russian roulè<br />
Come out and play<br />
Russian roulè<br />
Better to die trying than to rot away in vain<br />
The last stop to damnation<br />
Better to be fighting for a better life in pain<br />
Than living on probation<br />
I don't know<br />
Which way to go<br />
So I<br />
Come out and play<br />
I come out and play<br />
Russian roulè<br />
Come out and play<br />
Russian roulè<br />
Somebody tell me how to live my life<br />
Must I break the rules?<br />
Somebody tell me how I have to fight<br />
To live to win, to live up high<br />
Come out and play<br />
Come out and play<br />
Russian roulè<br />
Come out and play<br />
I come out and play<br />
Russian roulè<br />
Come out and play<br />
Russian roulè<br />
Russian roulè<br />
Russian roulè<br />
Russian roulè<br />
THE SWING OF A FALLEN WORLD<br />
Achiever, believer<br />
You saint and cold deceiver<br />
It's the swing of a fallen world<br />
Religion, tactician<br />
Dark horse and politician<br />
It's the swing of a fallen world<br />
Betray, but you won't get away<br />
The damage is done<br />
A million to one<br />
I bet we will witness the war of the sun<br />
The game that we play<br />
Is now here to stay<br />
We never can stop what we've sent on its way, no<br />
It's the swing of a fallen world<br />
The swing of a fallen world<br />
Impeacher, false preacher<br />
Grand man and paltry creature<br />
It's the swing of a fallen world<br />
Manslaughter, garroter<br />
You've slain, you rough-housed daughter<br />
It's the swing of a fallen world<br />
Bye bye, you too will die<br />
The treasure we had<br />
So crazy and mad<br />
Was sold out by people who cannot be glad<br />
A handful of greed<br />
A contagious seed<br />
A handful of assholes who never recede<br />
This adverse evolution<br />
Mankind knows no solution<br />
It's the swing of a fallen world<br />
The damage is done<br />
A million to one<br />
I bet we will witness the war of the sun<br />
The game that we play<br />
Is now here to stay<br />
We never can stop what we've sent on its way, no<br />
It's the swing of a fallen world<br />
The swing of a fallen world<br />
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE<br />
Dreamer, why don't you think like everybody else?
466 | 467<br />
People, don't you care 'bout what they say?<br />
Deceivers, they break you down and make you pay<br />
Brothers, they don't understand any word you say<br />
All your life you are fighting<br />
They're trying to force you in<br />
When the time has come<br />
You'll not be alone<br />
Cause walls broke down<br />
They'll see they were wrong<br />
When the time has come<br />
There'll be more of you<br />
With all their strength<br />
You'll show them the truth<br />
Mistreaters, they don't care, but fear your will<br />
Sisters, they don't understand any word you say<br />
All your life you are fighting<br />
They're trying to force you in<br />
When the time has come<br />
You'll not be alone<br />
Cause walls broke down<br />
They'll see they were wrong<br />
When the time has come<br />
You ain't no fool<br />
Cause walls broke down<br />
They stop being cruel<br />
When the time has come<br />
There'll be more of you<br />
With all their strength<br />
You'll show them the truth<br />
Dreamer, why can't you be like everybody else?<br />
CREATURES IN HEAVEN<br />
Are you waiting on something profound in your life?<br />
Something to touch your core?<br />
Making up for what seems millions of years<br />
Reaping the goods, but not sure...<br />
Come along, come along<br />
Can you see there's more?<br />
Not just defeat vain attempts to do things right<br />
More than the toil to endure each day<br />
Or the ache you forget and leave behind<br />
If creatures roamed the space in heaven<br />
They're angels, beasts, or supermen<br />
Do they ease attaining things<br />
No one believed you'd achieve?<br />
So once you may ascend to heaven<br />
Someone there has made it so<br />
You could be the one they've been waiting for<br />
Still running about seeking sense in your life<br />
What you couldn't make count before<br />
Taking much of your time is grieving about things<br />
Well, you could care less, what's that for...<br />
Come along, come along<br />
Can you see there's more?<br />
Not just defeat vain attempts to do things right<br />
More than the toil to endure each day<br />
Or the ache you forget and leave behind<br />
Come along, come along<br />
Can you see there's more?<br />
Not just defeat vain attempts to do things right<br />
More than the toil to endure each day<br />
Or the ache you forget and leave behind<br />
If creatures roamed the space in heaven<br />
They're angels, beasts, or supermen<br />
Do they ease attaining things<br />
No one believed you'd achieve?<br />
So once you may ascend to heaven<br />
Someone there has made it so<br />
You could be the one they've been waiting for<br />
IF GOD LOVES ROCK ‘N’ ROLL<br />
Ticking, ticking, ticking<br />
Always counting right down<br />
The clock strikes ten<br />
You still wear your old gown<br />
Come on, come on, come on<br />
Get the hell up and stay<br />
Alert and strong<br />
Try to find your right way<br />
People say it's wrong<br />
People say it's bad<br />
Others say that God's a little mad<br />
Secretly he'd wear the black, you know<br />
If God loves rock 'n' roll<br />
I'd better protect my soul<br />
'Cause Heaven seems to be<br />
The place I wanna be<br />
If God loves rock 'n' roll<br />
I'd better reset my goal<br />
Do everything I can<br />
To be a rocking man<br />
Yeah, yeah, yeah<br />
Leather suits you better<br />
Got to let your hair grow<br />
Take the black and enjoy the new show<br />
Welcome to an army spreading over the world<br />
Wild and proud brothers<br />
Haven't you heard?<br />
People say it's wrong
Live photo session Brazil 1996,<br />
by Marcelo Rossi.
1996<br />
MONSTERS OF ROCK
ANDREAS DERIS was born in Karlsruhe on 18 August 1964. He is the current vocalist and one of the main songwriters<br />
for Helloween.<br />
Additionally, he co-founded the German melodic metal band Pink Cream 69, in which he was the lead singer. He<br />
also has an active solo career, as well as his own recording studio in Tenerife called Mi Sueño.<br />
Deris started to sing in his first band, Paranoid, when he was 15 years old, changing the band’s<br />
name to Nameless some years later. He stayed in this band along with his school friend and<br />
drummer Ralf Maurer.<br />
In late 1984 Andi Deris joined a band called Dragon with the two brothers Bruno and Oscar Di<br />
Blasio (Di Blasio Bros) on guitar and Bernd and Stefan Lüddemann on bass and drums. After<br />
playing live concerts in the Karlsruhe area, they went to Edo Zanki’s Studio in Karlsdorf<br />
and to Arco Studio, Munich to record their first demo with producer Tony Monn. In 1986,<br />
Bruno and Oscar Di Blasio, together with Andi Deris, met the Italian bass player Daniel<br />
De Niro and... Kymera was born! Ralf Maurer alias “Ralph Mason” was “again” recruited<br />
as the band’s new drummer. After a few concerts, Ralf quit Kymera and was replaced<br />
by the talented young drummer Kosta Zafiriou.<br />
That early friendship between Andi Deris and Kosta led to the formation of Pink<br />
Cream 69 early in 1987. The original line-up was Dennis Ward, Kosta Zafiriou,<br />
Alfred Koffler and Deris. They became popular enough to attract interest from<br />
numerous record companies, ultimately choosing to sign with CBS (now known<br />
as Sony Music) and toured in Europe, America and Japan, recording 3 successful<br />
albums.<br />
In 1993 Michael Kiske left Helloween and was replaced by Deris. The new<br />
Helloween line-up recorded Master of the Rings, a departure from the progressive<br />
rock sound of Chameleon and a return to their classic power metal<br />
sound. Deris immediately became the primary songwriter for the band together<br />
with Weikath.<br />
Deris then recorded his first solo album Come in from the Rain. The album<br />
contained some power metal material such as The King of 7 Eyes, but<br />
the album is remembered for its experimental side with more mellow<br />
and mid-tempo material. Deris sang and played guitar, accompanied<br />
by Peter Idera, Ralph Maison and Gisbert Royder.<br />
Besides Helloween, Deris is a very active collaborator in parallel<br />
projects. He provided the lead vocals for some songs in Ayreon<br />
and Rage’s albums and he sang with an ensemble of singers in<br />
the 20 Years Anniversary Song by the band Axxis.<br />
He appeared together with Uli in the Tribute to Rainbow album<br />
with the song Catch the Rainbow, and he sings with Angry<br />
Anderson and Lemmy Kilmister on the Saxon anthem I’ve<br />
Got to Rock to Stay Alive.<br />
In 2010 he recorded guest vocals with the band Wicked<br />
Sensation for a duet in My Turn to Fly. In 2011 he<br />
appeared in the duet Black Widow with the vocalist<br />
of Eden’s Curse on their Trinity album. In addition,<br />
he worked on the charity project “Help! For Japan<br />
EP” where he sang along with other well-known<br />
metal players such as former Helloween singer<br />
Michael Kiske.<br />
He also works as a producer in his own studio, producing<br />
Tenerife-based band Meridian Zero’s first album<br />
Doors of Creation and Esclavitud’s album Condenados<br />
Al Paraíso.<br />
ANDI KEEPS THE FLAME OF THE PUMPKIN!!!<br />
ANDI<br />
DERIS
INGO<br />
SCHWICHTENBERG<br />
INGO SCHWICHTENBERG was born in Hamburg<br />
on 18 May 1965. He was one of the<br />
founding members of Helloween and was<br />
famous in professional terms for his highenergy<br />
drumming, but also for his sense of<br />
humour on the personal side. The members of<br />
Helloween gave Ingo the nickname “Mr. Smile”,<br />
because he was hardly ever seen without<br />
a smile on his face.<br />
Living with and for Helloween, Ingo was sadly<br />
ejected from the band in 1993 during the<br />
tour for the album Chameleon. The dismissal<br />
was reportedly due to Ingo’s dependence<br />
on harmful substances to treat his illness.<br />
Ingo also suffered from schizophrenia, and<br />
his refusal to take his medication would lead<br />
to bizarre episodes such as uncontrollable<br />
sobbing, which made it impossible for him to<br />
take the stage.<br />
Additionally, Ingo was apparently somewhat<br />
dissatisfied with the band’s musical direction<br />
as well. According to an anecdote by Michael<br />
Weikath, remembering his friend, Ingo usually<br />
called the song Windmill “Shitmill”.<br />
After his ejection from the band, Ingo Schwichtenberg<br />
slid further and further into his<br />
schizophrenic episodes, which sadly culminated<br />
in his suicide on 8 March 1995, when<br />
he jumped in front of a subway train.<br />
His friend Kai Hansen dedicated the song<br />
Afterlife from Gammaray’s album Land of<br />
the Free to Ingo. In addition, Michael Kiske<br />
makes a tribute to Ingo with the track<br />
Always, on his first solo album Instant<br />
Clarity, and Helloween dedicated the entire<br />
The Time of the Oath album to the loving<br />
memory of Ingo.<br />
Together we went through both beautiful and<br />
rough times. Your place in Helloween’s<br />
history will be forever. Our memories<br />
remain as well as our gratitude.<br />
[In memory of Ingo Schwíchtenberg.<br />
Helloween 1996]