Helloween - Monsters Of Rock Festival 1988 ~ Festival Grounds, Donnington, England August 20, 1988 (Pre-FM) - Remaster

Helloween
Monsters Of Rock Festival 1988
Festival Grounds, Donnington, England
August 20, 1988
Pre-FM Recording - Remaster
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Lineage: Beta > CD > Wav > Audacity > Flac

01 A Little Time
02 Halloween
03 Dr. Stein
04 Future World
05 Eagle Fly Free
06 I'm Alive

Michael Kiske – lead vocals
Kai Hansen – guitar, backing vocals
Michael Weikath – guitar, backing vocals
Markus Grosskopf – bass, backing vocals
Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums

My Metalhead Mind told me that I have been forgetting my fellow Headbangers with my posts lately. To remedy that I have a couple great Metal Bands for you this time around. We start with one of my favorite early Metal Underground Bands Helloween. Helloween's debut full length Walls Of Jerico was and still is one of my favorite Heavy Metal albums. Walls Of Jericho blew me away, it was fast yet precision with Kai Hanson's vocals striking a different tone than the rest of the Speed Metal/Thrash Metal bands. Kai didn't growl he sang with a voice that could hit some very nice high notes. I was surprised when the band hired a front man. I thought Kai Hansen's vocals were great for their music. Michael Kiske could really hit the highs and sang very smooth. So yeah when I bought Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1, I was still hooked. This show really takes me back to The Heavy Metal Take Over Of The 1980s. So many different sounds emerging, Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal the list goes on and on....Relive those days with Helloween.

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Helloween - Sportparadies, Gelsenkirchen, Germany June 7, 1986 (FM)

Helloween
Sportparadies
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
June 7, 1986
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Intro
02 Ride The Sky
03 Gorgar
04 Victim Of Fate
05 Reptile
06 Judas
07 Guardians
08 Heavy Metal (Is The Law)
09 Metal Invaders

Kai Hansen – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Michael Weikath – lead guitar, backing vocals
Markus Grosskopf – bass, backing vocals
Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums

Helloween was one of the first of the German Underground bands I heard. A friend of mine brought over his new copies of Helloween's Walls Of Jericho album and Running Wild's Branded And Exiled. I was an instant fan, not of both bands, Running Wild for some reason had to grow on me. I was actually disappointed when Helloween released Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1. It was a bit of a change. The early output was Thrash/Speed Metal while Keeper was the birth of a new kind of Power Metal and Progressive Metal. It grew on me.

This recording is a little (little) rough for an FM recording. It's not unlistenable. On the contrary I think it adds to the Underground Metal Vibe myself. The art included doesn't have the correct track listing. It also has a picture of Michael Kiske on the back cover. Michael isn't in the line up as of this recording.

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Grim Reaper, Helloween, & Armored Saint - MTV Headbangers Ball Hell On Wheels Tour ~ First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 10-15-1987 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

 

 

Grim Reaper, Helloween, & Armored Saint
MTV Headbangers Ball Hell On Wheels Tour
First Avenue
Minneapolis, Minosota, U.S.A.
October 15, 1987
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art
Screen Shots Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 - I'm Alive
02 - Future World
03 - Twilight Of The Gods
04 - A Tale That Wasn't Told
05 - Halloween
06 - Rock You To Hell
07 - Night Of The Vampire
08 - Lust For Freedom
09 - Rock Me Till I Die
10 - Fear No Evil
11 - Dead On Arrival
12 - See You In Hell
13 - March Of The Saint
14 - Overdose
15 - Human Vulture
16 - Chemical Euphoria
17 - Isolation
18 - Can U Deliver (w/ drum solo)
19 - Madhouse

Total Playing Time: 1hr 38mn 3sc

Tracks 01-05 Helloween
Tracks 06-12 Grim Reaper
Tracks 13-19 Armored Saint

Grim Reaper
Steve Grimmett lead vocals
Nick Bowcott guitars
Geoff Curtis bass
Mark Simon drums

Helloween
Michael Kiske lead vocals
Michael Weikath guitars, backing vocals
Kai Hanson guitars, backing vocals
Markus Grosskopf bass, backing vocals
Ingo Schwichtenberg drums

Armored Saint
John Bush lead vocals
Dave Prichard (R.I.P.) lead guitar, backing vocals
Jeff Duncan rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Joey Vera bass, backing vocals
Gonzo Sandaval drums, backing vocals

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to edit track marks, adjust the volume of all tracks to be uniform, add fade outs/ins and cross fades. No EQ or noise reduction was used. The DVD had lossy audio so I encoded the waves to MP3 320kbps with Trader's Little Helper.

The recording shows a little age, and maybe a couple generations, not so much that it is unlistenable though. I never thought I would find a soundboard recording of Grim Reaper. Finding a Pro-Shot DVD from the only tour I caught them on was far from my mind. I heard of Grim Reaper through Hit Parader magazine. There was an add for See You In Hell. You could send a stamped self addressed envelope for the to send you a floppy sampler of Grim Reaper & White Wolf. The floppy record had snippets of "See You In Hell" & "Dead On Arrival" plus 2 unmemorable tunes by White Wolf. The floppy came with mail order info so I bought See You In Hell. I bought all the Grim Reaper releases, along with Helloween & Armored Saint. When I heard they were touring together I had to see them. It was awesome, this Metal Head was in Heaven.

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Helloween - Donington Festival ~ Donington Park, Derbyshire, England 08-20-1988 (FM)

Helloween
Donington Festival
Donington Park
Derbyshire, England
August 20, 1988
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

01 - A Little Time 3:50
02 - Halloween 15:31
03 - Dr Stein 4:46
04 - Future World 6:17
05 - Eagle Fly Free 5:27
06 - I'm Alive 4:08

Michael Kiske – lead vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, tambourine, megaphone
Michael Weikath — lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Kai Hansen — lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Markus Grosskopf — bass, backing vocals
Ingo Schwichtenberg — drums

Roots Of Heavy Metal post #  5

German Power Metal band Helloween released the very influential Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I in 1987. The album has been sited by many Power Metal musicians as vital in framing their genre. The album was supposed to be a double LP but the bands label would not let it be released that way. The second LP Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II was released in 1988, 9 days after this performance. The band focuses on the 2 Keeper releases playing songs only from them. My exposure to the band came when a friend of mine played me the bands first LP Walls Of Jericho. To this day, for me, that is my favorite Helloween album.

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