Editing Helloween (section)

=== First years with Andi Deris and return to the roots (1994–2000) ===
Helloween returned in 1994 with former [[Pink Cream 69]] frontman [[Andi Deris]] as their new lead vocalist and [[Uli Kusch]], formerly of Kai Hansen's [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]], on drums. The band already knew Deris from some recording sessions in Hamburg, though both Deris and new drummer Uli Kusch played on the band's next album ''[[Master of the Rings]]'', which was released on 8 July 1994, they were temporary members of the band back during the recording sessions, but they eventually became permanent members of the band on 1 September 1994.<ref name=MRmarkus /> Deris had been approached by Weikath to join the band in 1991, but he had declined, despite being intrigued by the offer and having to deal with emerging conflicts between him and his band. In the years since, however, Kiske was fired from Helloween and the issues within Pink Cream 69 worsened. Faced with the inevitability of his firing, Deris accepted Weikath's offer during a night out with the band members.<ref name=MRmarkus /> With this new lineup and a new record contract with Castle Communications, Helloween released its comeback album, ''Master of the Rings''.

8 March 1995, original drummer [[Ingo Schwichtenberg]] committed suicide by jumping in front of a train in his native Hamburg. In the years since his departure from Helloween, Schwichtenberg had gotten worse from schizophrenia. 1996's ''[[The Time of the Oath]]'' was dedicated to his memory.

Following another world tour, a double live album called ''[[High Live]]'' was released. In 1998, Helloween released ''[[Better Than Raw]]'', one of the band's heaviest albums since the full-length debut. The subsequent supporting tour was made up of stops in Europe, Japan and Brazil, but on 20 December 1998, the band visited New York and played a show at the venue Coney Island High in Manhattan, the first show for Helloween in the United States in nearly a decade.

The band would follow ''Better Than Raw'' with a 1999 release titled ''[[Metal Jukebox]]'', a cover-album featuring Helloween's versions of songs from such bands as [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], [[Faith No More]], [[The Beatles]], [[ABBA]] and [[Deep Purple]].