Helloween (EP)

Helloween is the debut EP by German power metal band Helloween. It was released on 29 April 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.

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