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Michael Kiske

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German singer

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1968
germanrock

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
27,393
Total plays
638,927

Tags

hard rockPower metalrockgermanAOR

Michael Kiske was born in Hamburg, Germany on January 24th, 1968. His musical career began at age 16 when he was the vocalist for a band called Ill Prophecy. With this band he recorded a demo tape which had early versions of future Helloween songs. Michael Kiske made his fame in the German power metal band Helloween as their lead singer. Kiske joined Helloween in 1987 and recorded Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I, widely considered to be one of Helloween best albums and a milestone in the creati

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Key facts

Born
( 1968-01-24 ) 24 January 1968 (age 58) , Hamburg , West Germany
Genres
Heavy metal power metal symphonic metal speed metal hard rock acoustic
Occupation
Singer
Years active
1985–present
Member of
Helloween Place Vendome Kiske/Somerville
Formerly of
SupaRed Unisonic
Website
michael-kiske .de

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Encyclopedic overview

Michael Kiske (born 24 January 1968) is a German singer who is the co-lead vocalist for the power metal band Helloween. Kiske has also released four solo albums, two albums with the hard rock band Unisonic, has participated on various metal and rock related projects such as Avantasia, Place Vendome and Kiske/Somerville, and has performed with numerous bands as a guest vocalist.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Kiske” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.