Helloween (EP)

Helloween (EP)
EP by Helloween
Released	March 1985
Recorded	Musiclab Studio, Berlin, Germany, January–February 1985
Genre	Speed metal
Length	26:22
Label	Noise
Producer	Helloween
Helloween chronology
Helloween (1985) Walls of Jericho (1985)Walls of Jericho1985

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Source	Rating
Allmusic
Metal Forces	(9/10)

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. Helloween was followed up later that same year by the band's first full-length album, Walls of Jericho.

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