Helloween (EP)
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[2] |
| Metal Forces | 9/10[3] |
Helloween is the debut EP by German heavy metal band Helloween. It was released in March 1985 on Noise Records.
Background
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.[4] Helloween was followed up later that same year by the band's first full-length album, Walls of Jericho.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Starlight" | Weikath/Hansen | 5:17 |
| 2. | "Murderer" | Hansen | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Warrior" | Hansen | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Victim of Fate" | Hansen | 6:37 |
| 5. | "Cry for Freedom" | Weikath/Hansen | 6:02 |
| 6. | "Surprise Track" (picture-LP bonus) | Traditional | 2:08 |
Personnel
- Kai Hansen – vocals, guitar
- Michael Weikath – guitar
- Markus Grosskopf – bass
- Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums
Production
- Recorded January – February 1985 at Musiclab Studio, Berlin, Germany
- Produced by Helloween
- Engineered and mixed by Harris Johns (who also contributes the devil laugh on "Victim of Fate")
- Cover design by Uwe Karczewski, Hamburg, Germany
References
- ^ Jeffries, Vincent. "Helloween - Helloween review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ Doe, Bernard (1985). "Helloween - Helloween". Metal Forces. No. 11. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Helloween Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ^ "Helloween - Helloween". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-12-30.