Helloween- Sheep in wolves clothing

By looking at the album covers or the titles of songs of the band Helloween, one could easily brand them as a satanic heavy metal band, but reading their lyrics uncovers something very unexpected, the boys in the band are Christians who wish to serve God.

"It's time to go, Time for freedom, Time to face what we all believe in. Pray strong, Pray to the Higher! Turn your back on the devil's fire"

"Look, Jesus also wishes to free you, Your friend to lead you through life, praise Him! Friends, break away evil and wrong from the mind! Receive sound faith in your heart! Jesus Christ on the cross,.."

1998 Time, Lavdate Dominvm, from the album "Better Than Raw"

In an interview with Chaotic Critiques, founding guitarist Michael Weikath was asked if the band was religious or spiritual because some of the songs like "Hey Lord" among others have a spiritual feel to them. Weikath responded by saying, "Well most of the guys in the band are Christian, apart from Uli [former singer] who cannot say that he has decided to accept the existence of a God. Our lyrics tend to have a spiritual feeling...

 they express no bad or wrong thinking."

A few of Helloween's album covers display seemingly occultic or even what some Christians would consider sinful images, but this is clearly not the message of the band in its lyrics. One would think that the band is doing this on purpose to help fans who are caught up in these things to escape, and lead them into a Christian world-view.

Helloween has produced 13 albums since 1985, and a few of their songs contain minimal colorful language, even though the over-all message is to reject evil and pray to God, some Christians may judge this. However, the band takes the full message they are sharing very serious. Speaking further about the importance of proper lyrics, Michael Weikath continued, "It's also necessary to make a point to other people with positive lyrics, because just doing negative lyrics in order to hide the fact that one has no self-developed thinking would not satisfy us. I also think there's no excuse in saying “well, when I wrote this I was young and didn't know better.” Well then, DON'T write lyrics, or think before you do! A lot of people will listen to what a lyricist is saying, and so you should bear in mind the responsibility that you have to the fans."

Lyrics to "Lavdate Dominvm" from the 1998 album "Better Than Raw"

Look, Jesus also wishes to free you, Your friend wishes to lead you through life, praise Him! Friends, break away evil and wrong from the mind! Receive sound faith in your heart! Jesus Christ on the cross, sad, Retired from life. But a new light arose from his death. Oh praise the Lord! Jesus Christ, the Son, Savior of all, and a sacred Spirit! Oh praise the Lord!

"Rejoice, men, about the Lord, Who gives everyone life, because he loves us! Oh God of mine, You live all-powerful, You are always kind, you love us! Our father in the heavens. Rules the whole world. And defeats the wicked fear of all men. Oh praise the Lord! Boast of God, love the Father, who created the earth. praise the Lord!

 

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