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Influenced By Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Dio, Rainbow 1979-1983: Helloween's history dates back to 1979 when two guitarists named Kai Hansen and Piet Sielck both were in a band called "GENTRY" and through different lineup changes through the years they named their band "IRONFIST" which then featured Ingo Schwichtenberg on drums and Markus Grosskoph on bass. Piet later left for other reasons and became a sound engineer for bands such as Blind Guardian, Grave Digger, Gamma Ray, and now has his own project....Iron Savior. Then came in Michael Weikath who left his band "POWERFOOL" for Kai's band. They then named the band "HELLOWEEN"....... 1984: "HELLOWEEN" then recorded 2 songs for a NOISE compliation record called "Death Metal". The first track was called "Oernst For Life" which Weikath wrote, and the next was a heavier more sloppy and slower version of "Metal Invaders". 1985: 1985 came around and H...