Hellstrom

the hellström collective was found in early 2004. it started at a show, where we started to talk about founding a new band. the name hellström existed quiet some time in the mannheim area, but no band existed long enough to really use that name. so we decided to take it, since what we do sounds very swedish. we wanted our music to go in exactly this direction, swedish crust punk, it was perfect. Other bands that we wanted to take as influence were LEFT FOR DEAD, RORSCHACH and SEEIN RED. so we had a focus where to go. we started rehearsing as a four-piece, recorded a demo and played some shows that were really cool. there was a lot of positive feedback and we started organizing a tour for late october of 2004 with our friends in PERTH EXPRESS. after ralfs (drums) other band MY OWN LIES broke up, their bass player, martin hub, decided to join hellström as a second guitarist. with him in our bands our musical opportunities grew by the second. the sound started to grow harder and more aggressive and straight forward. we played two shows as a five piece. one at the FLUFF festival in 2004. there were plans to release a split 7-inch with PERTH EXPRESS and went to the studio to record the tracks. before that we were talking a lot about the vocal performance of daniel, our lead singer. and since we felt that his vocals werent the right style for the direction we were taking and his often problems with his voice, we decided to part ways. it wasnt an easy decision, since we werent only band mates but good friends. but we decided to do whats best for the band. so we continue as a four piece with ralf, martin and ralph sharing the vocals. the songs for the split were recorded in september of 2004 and it will be released very soon. we toured several times through many different (european) countries. after our last tour martin and hellström decided to part ways. the famous musical differences, you know. we thought about what to do know since we didn't want to continue as a three piece. our immediate thought was, let's go back to the roots. one guitar - one lead singer. we needed someone with experience, someone we could rely on. so we decided to ask bernd (former singer for STACK and FEAR IS THE PATH TO THE DARK SIDE). he was interested, we started rehearsing and after a bit more than five weeks we played our first show in that line-up. that is where hellström is right now. we will hit the road sooner or later. we hope to see you all out there. if you want to, feel free to drop us a line._________AFTER ABOUT 100 SHOWS IN TWO YEARS AND 3LINE-UP CHANGES WE DECIDED TO SPLIT UP! FOLLOW UP BANDS ARE IN THE MAKING. THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT SHOWED INTEREST IN OUR DOING!!!