Michael Weikath

Michael Weikath is the guitarist of the Power metal band called Helloween. He was born on August 7th, 1962 in Hamburg, Germany. His name is a reference for the term Melodic Metal or Power Metal, since he con

Michael Weikath is the guitarist of the Power metal band called Helloween. He was born on August 7th, 1962 in Hamburg, Germany. His name is a reference for the term Melodic Metal or Power Metal, since he contributed much to the innovations that occurred in the Heavy Metal sound in the beginning of the 80ies.

"Weiki" is one of the Helloween founding members, and along with the musicians Kai Hansen (Vocals/Guitars), Markus Grosskopf (Bass) and Ingo Schwichtenberg (Drums), Weikath integrated the first Helloween line up in 1982. In 1984 the band had signed a deal with Noise Records and recorded two songs for a Noise compilation record called Death Metal. In this album, he was responsible for the track "Oernst Of Life".