The German group Helloween is considered to be the ancestor of Europower. This band is, in fact, a "hybrid" of two bands from Hamburg - Ironfirst and Powerfool, who worked in the style of heavy metal. The first line-up of the quartet Halloween Four guys united in Helloween: Michael Weikat (guitar), Markus Grosskopf (bass), Ingo Schwichtenberg (drums) and Kai Hansen (vocals). The last two later […]
Markus Grosskopf
The power metal project Avantasia was the brainchild of Tobias Sammet, lead singer of the band Edquy. And his idea became more popular than the work of the vocalist in the named group. An idea brought to life It all started with a tour in support of Theater of Salvation. Tobias came up with the idea of writing a "metal" opera, in which famous vocal stars would perform the parts. […]
