Michael Weikath (Helloween)

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Host Andrew McKaysmith finally interviews Helloween's Michael Weikath, but hints the show itself might be ending.

Andrew McCasemate opens by welcoming listeners and setting up a conversation with Michael from Helloween. He says Michael Weikath has been at the center of the band since its inception and treats the chat as a long-awaited chance to talk. The focus then turns to Giants and Monsters, which he says is out right now. McCasemate adds that the conversation took place around July 18, 2025, and that a reprise discussion never came together, so this is the first installment. He says he waited a couple of months, hoping the follow-up would be organized. The episode keeps coming back to Helloween's catalog and where the new album fits inside it. Weikath points to Keeper 1, Keeper 2, and God Given Right as the closest comparisons. He says there is something of each of those records on this one. McCasemate then widens the frame to Dark Ride, Gambling with the Devil, and Rabbit Don't Come Easy. Weikath says that everything after Rabbit Don't Come Easy has more or less gone the same way. That idea gives the talk its spine. The conversation also reaches back to Pink Bubbles Go Ape. McCasemate says he is glad Weikath does not disown it, and the exchange keeps the mood lightly playful. McCasemate also returns to the basic reason for a new album: it sounds good, he says, and the fans are waiting. The closing stretch shifts away from album talk and toward the show's own ending. McCasemate says Scars and Guitars is on indefinite hiatus and speaks directly to the people who have listened, messaged, and become mates. He then leaves Michael with the final words. The whole thing lands as a long, measured goodbye that still makes room for catalog talk and fan memory.

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A catalog-focused conversation that edges toward a farewell.

The conversation around Giants and Monsters is strongest when it uses the new album as a way into Keeper 1, Keeper 2, and God Given Right. That back-catalog frame gives the piece its structure, and the host stays rooted in specific records rather than drifting into broad…

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