23.04.08: VIDEO FROM THE KINDERGARTEN CONCERT ON YOUTUBE
21.04.08: HELHEIM RELEASE CONCERT AT KLOSTERET KINDERGARTEN
Helheim had their release concert in 'Klosteret Barnehage' today. They wanted to do a different kind of release concert to mark the new album 'Kaoskult'.
They played for the oldest kids in the kindergarten, and the response was
fantastic! The kids were introduced to several stories from Norse Mythology
by
Odin
himself (greatly impersonated by Rolf Royce of Hellhikers who did guest vocalist
for the event). Helheim have a genuine wish to spread the knowledge of Norse
Mythology, and there is no better place to start than with the young children.
Hrymr was able to explain the reason for this event into a single sentence: "We
need
to let Metal and Odin catch the kids before Jesus does!".
Video of the concert will be available at helheim.com in a short while, meanwhile
check out the TV report available on various webtv (in Norwegian.. click on the addresses below):
The world's biggest selling weekly rock magazine (their own slogan), KERRANG!, has reviewed 'Kaoskult' and awarded it 4/5 points. Again we are really happy about the fantastic feedback!
"Forming shortly after Enslaved, Norwegians Helheim were amongst the very first wave of bands to mix searing black metal with viking themes. Now on their sixth album they still hold to that same starting point although Kaoskult is slower, darker and far more epic than anything they've done before. The lyrics are mostly back to Norwegian, but as vocalists V'gandr and H'grimnir largely sound like they're hawking up badgers, the distinction is largely moot anyway. The music, though, is stately and grandiose, still possesed of a blackfire bite but now with a more progressive and measured gait." -Paul Travers
11.04.08: 5/6 IN THE FIRST NORWEGIAN REVIEW OF KAOSKULT
Norways largest metal magazine, Scream Magazine, has reviewed 'Kaoskult' and given it 5/6 points. A good start in Norway as well, not bad!
Play.com is already offering digital sales of Kaoskult. So, if you are up for an early listen (the album is set to be released in stores 21/04), click on the logo:
02.04.08: BEHIND THE GATES OF HELHEIM #2
The second video in this series of behind the scenes footage is now ready. This video shows Vgandr recording the track Åndevind from the Kaoskult album in Conclave studio in Alvøen right outside of Bergen.
A general description of "The Behind the gates.." project: The "Behind the gates of Helheim"-project is an ambitous and hairy goal to give our fans and critics a possibility to get a peak into what is going on with Helheim besides stage performances. We want to give our audience a view into rehearsals, studio performances, backstage, etc.
Finally Helheim is available through digital downloads on iTunes. So far Jormundgand, Av Norrøn Ætt and The Journeys... are available, but more will come.
Check out the following iTunes links (you need to have iTunes installed on your computer):
All Helheim albums on iTunes Jormundgand
Av
Norrøn Ætt
The Journeys and the Experiences of Death
30.03.08: WEBSHOP FOR HELHEIM
At last!! The Helheim webshop has it grand opening this weekend! This webshop is dedicated to Helheim products only, and will expand bit by bit in the near future. We also provide Helheim products not available anywhere else.
At the moment several of the products available int the store is at the end of its stock, so if you are dedicated to exclusive clothing and merchandise, you ought to be damn quick!! End of stock is also the reason to why some of the clothes are in limited size variations.
We will also in the near future re stock items printed by Plastic Head and Perverted Taste, all Helheim items are to be available in our shop!!
By supporting this store, you support Helheim directly. All merchandise bought in this store is handled and sendt directly by members of Helheim. This means that if you are interested in a signed CD, Vinyl or clothing, do no hesitate to ask us!!
OK, enough bullshit. Check out the store by clicking the Merchandise link on the top of this page, or click on the banner:
30.03.08: MORE FROM LEIPZIG
A little better mobile-video quality this time from Leipzig. The video shows a short clip from Bewitchment:
29.03.08: THE FIRST KAOSKULT REVIEW OUT; 4/5 POINTS
Finlands largest metal magazine, Inferno, has reviewed 'Kaoskult' and given it 4/5 points.
The "Behind the gates of Helheim"-project is an ambitous and hairy goal to give our fans and critics a possibility to get a peak into what is going on with Helheim besides stage performanes. We want to give our audience a view into rehearsals, studio performances, backstage, etc.
The first video is now ready, and we aim to release at least one new video each month. This first one is named 'Tour Rehearsal 2008' and contains some short clips from Helheim rehearsing Jormundgand, and a little discussion regarding our producer's lover.
The next video in this series is coming very soon, so stay tuned.
27.03.08: MISSING JORMUNDGAND BOOKLETS
We found some Jormundgand booklets that unfortunately had fallen out of the Digipacks on the Merchandise stand on the recent tour. If you have bought a Jormundgand CD from us on this tour, and you miss the booklet, please contact us and we will send you a new one.
27.03.08: PLAYLIST FOR DARKESSENCE ALLEGIANCE TOUR
A lot of people have been asking about which songs we played on the tour. On some shows we had a shorter time slot (like in Salzburg), and had a slightly shorter set, but on most of the concerts, this was the set:
1. Helheim 6 Intro (Kaoskult)
2. Bewitchment (The Journeys...)
3. Jormundgand (Jormundgand)
4. Oaken Dragons (The Journeys...)
5. Northern Forces (Kaoskult)
6. Thirteen to the perished (The Journeys...)
7. Warlot (Yersinia Pestis)
8. Det Norrøne Alter (Kaoskult)
9. Jernskogen (Blod & Ild)
10. Nattravnens Tokt (Jormundgand)
25.03.08: NEW PICS ADDED
Wiebke Essert has taken some really great pictures of Helheim from Hellraiser in Leipzig. The pictures has been added on the Helheim myspace site, http://www.myspace.com/helheimnorway, check them out.
24.03.08: AMATEUR MOBILE-PHONE VIDEO FROM LEIPZIG 22/03
A video where we play Jormundgand in Leipzig. The sound sucks, but it is fun to watch anyway.
23.03.08: LAST TOUR BLOG - IN NURNBERG - GERMANY
Ok, so the tour is over for this time. We really had a blast. Kudos to both Vulture Industries and Dark Fortress for a perfect cooperation, I hope that we can do a leg 2 of the tour.
Yesterday was Leipzig, a really good evening for all the bands. What a great way to end the tour! Huge crowd in Hellraiser, and lots of Helheim fans supporting us all the way. I guess this was the best gig on this tour for us.
So, now we only have to wait in Nurnberg till 25th of March, when our flight leaves for Norway. We are staying at the organizer of the Metal Eggs Festival..s home. This festival was as mentioned cancelled, and thus we have nothing else to do until our flight leaves than to put all our partying knowledge to use.
Well, thanks a lot to you guys who have followed us either as audience on the concerts, or through these tour blogs!!
Regards, Helheim
21.03.08: TOUR BLOG #6 - IN LUBECK - GERMANY
So, we are getting close to the end of the tour... feels bad. But, we are really looking forward to these two lasts shows, we have great expectations for them.
Tonight we play in Lubeck, at Treibsand, a club that looked like a shit-hole from the outside, but it is truly a really great venue on the inside. Nice people working here, great backstage and a good sound tech. We expect a lot of people these two nights since it is Easter weekend, and since the tour package has shown its ability to draw a lot of people in Germany.
We still have some few 'Kaoskult' pre-release CDs left on the tour, but you need to be quick to get hold of one!
Ok, I will do a final blog after the last two shows to tell how things went... until then, stay metal!!
21.03.08: NEW TOUR PICS ADDED!
Check out our MySpace for lots of new cool tour pics!
21.03.08: AMATEUR VIDEO FROM THE LONDON GIG ADDED TO YOUTUBE
18.03.08: TOUR BLOG #5 - IN USTER - SWITZERLAND
Then Switzerland was on the menu. Tonight we played at Rock city in Uster, a small, but cool club. Suits us well on the weekdays. Really good merchandize sales on this tour for us, we are out of stock on several items and have few items left of the rest,...really positive, but also a source of concern since we still have 3 more concerts to do on this tour (The whole Metal Eggs festival has unfortunately been completely cancelled..). So,... if you are to get some of the stuff we brought on any of these concerts, you got to be quick, this also applies to the pre-sale CDs of Kaoskult that we do on this tour ;)
We already have a nice and fully professional webshop up and running, we were on the verge to announce it before leaving for the tour, but due the stock uncertainity after the tour, we decided to wait till straight after the tour with the "grand" opening. So check helheim.com after the 25th.
What this means for you is that you will be able to order any Helheim merchandize at fantastic prizes after the tour if there is something special you would like to have; girlies, t-shirts, longsleeves, hoodies, CDs, you name it. We are really looking forward to this.
Tomorrow we have an endless drive to Rotterdam, Our minds are used to the vans now, but our knees and backs are not, but there is nothing a couple of beers can not cure I guess :)
Right now I am watching a drunk Bjørnar from Vulture Industries painting his whole face with corpse paint, just for the fun of it. Pictures will definitely come later!!
The remaining three shows are:
Mar 20 2008 Little Devil - Tilburg - The Netherlands
Mar 21 2008 Treibsand - Lübeck - Germany
Mar 22 2008 Hellraiser Fest - Leipzig - Germany
16.03.08: FREE PREVIEW FROM KAOSKULT
The release date for Helheim's upcoming album, Kasokult, has changed release date for Norway, the album will now be release 21st of April everywhere.
To remedy this, we will release more free previews than earlier intended. We start with giving you a good start of the week with the Kaoskult version of 'Northern Forces'.
So, then we have two days off from the tour, nice. The first day we had off, both Hrymr and Vgandr lured themselves into the tequila trap... not very smart, but it was a great evening though!
Yesterday we played in Salzburg, at the ARGEkultur venue, together with 7-8 other bands (also Dark Fortress played) the festival was headlined by Aborted. This was a large venue, with a professional crew. We played quite early, around 1900, but it was already a full house (the venue took around 1000 people), and the atmosphere was great while we played... I guess we tend to enjoy the large stages from time to time, gives us a lot of space to do our show on.
We were all a bit surprised at the amount alcohol consumption at the festival, we have always thought that we norwegians are the guys being most drunken at these kind of happenings,.. but no, we are far from beating these Austrian guys. When we arrived at around 1700, lots of people were already beyond repair... cool!!
Now, back to the sofa and relax with some Zoombie movies. Stay tuned!
14.03.08: TOUR BLOG #3 - IN INGOLSTADT - GERMANY
Okey, Essen is done. In the last blog I estimated around 50-60 people showing up due to the fact that it was a Tuesday, and that it was during one of the worst storms in a long time in Germany... But, luckily, I am quite bad at making estimates.. When we played, 150 souls were enjoying our metal music! This tour does not end to surprise me, and we are all very happy we made a great effort to complete the tour despite all the trouble we experienced while planning it.
Right now we are finished playing in Ingolstadt, at Paradox metal club. I must admit we were quite sceptical at first, the venue seemed kind of unprepared for the concert, but again, things are different than they seem. A lot of people showed up again, and all the bands made real good gigs.
Now we are again emptying bottles of beer in the bar, it is hard not to drink after a show... The logic is as follows: If you we do a great show we drink because we are happy, if we do a lousy show, we drink to forget... so there is no escape :) And, tonight we are happy!
Again... more pictures WILL come.. that is a promise!
Mar 07 2008 Gasthaus Einsiedel - Zella-Mehlis
- Germany
Mar 08 2008 Rock It - Aalen - Germany
Mar 09 2008 Baroeg - Rotterdam - The Netherlands
Mar 10 2008 Purple Turtle - London - UK
Mar 12 2008 Turock - Essen - Germany
Mar 13 2008 Paradox - Ingolstadt - Germany
Mar 15 2008 Spring metal fest - Salzburg - Austria
Mar 18 2008 Rock City - Uster - Switzerland
Mar 20 2008 Little Devil - Tilburg - The Netherlands
Mar 21 2008 Treibsand - Lübeck - Germany
Mar 22 2008 Hellraiser Fest - Leipzig - Germany
Mar 24 2008 Metal Eggs fest - Nürnberg - Germany
12.03.08: TOUR BLOG #2 - IN ESSEN
Okey, okey, back on track. We headed for London after a great evening in Rotterdam, with lots of people showing up early in the day on a Sunday :) But the trip to London was far from straight forward due to the terrible weather, the Calais-Dover ferry was not going, and we were given tickets for the Eurotunnel. At the tunnel the queues were of course very long, and we were not in England before 1800, and the doors at the club opened at 1900..... We drove like hell, and were present at the club around 1930. The cool thing is that 50 minutes later, Vulture Industies were on the stage playing, ... Seems like we are a bunch of ants on tour :) The show was pure joy since we were all happy just being to able to do the thing after so much stress.
Today we are in Essen, Germany, ..seems like no more than 50-60 people are showing up today,... a Tuesday is never overcrowded, but, what the hell, we are going to give them a hell of a show to remember us by!!
Ok, enough bullshit for now. More pictures will come later.
09.03.08: TOUR BLOG #1 - IN ROTTERDAM
Okay, first two days of the tour completed, what a great success so far!! Two completely sold out shows and lots of good feedback!
It started it Nurenberg where we were picked up by the guys from Dark Fortress. From here on we have been driving in two vans, Vulture Indutries and Helheim in one, and Dark Fortress in the other with alle the backline.
We are now in Rotterdam after a hell of a night, `No sleep till Rotterdam` this show should be called. We drover the whole night after the show in Aalen yesterday and are quite wasted today.
The shows done on a sunday in Rotterdam are always played early in the day,... quite strange, but that`s just how it is here :) Vulture starts at around 16.30 or so, and Helheim around 1730. But, ok, at least we can have some sleep before we drive to the ferry for England tomorrow.
Mar 07 2008 Gasthaus Einsiedel - Zella-Mehlis
- Germany
Mar 08 2008 Rock It - Aalen - Germany
Mar 09 2008 Baroeg - Rotterdam - The Netherlands
Mar 10 2008 Purple Turtle - London - UK
Mar 12 2008 Turock - Essen - Germany
Mar 13 2008 Paradox - Ingolstadt - Germany
Mar 15 2008 Spring metal fest - Salzburg - Austria
Mar 18 2008 Rock City - Uster - Switzerland
Mar 20 2008 Little Devil - Tilburg - The Netherlands
Mar 21 2008 Treibsand - Lübeck - Germany
Mar 22 2008 Hellraiser Fest - Leipzig - Germany
Mar 24 2008 Metal Eggs fest - Nürnberg - Germany
Thorbjørn was unfortunately not able to attend to the Darkessence Allgeiance Tour.
But, we have been really lucky, Noralf, from Syrach, has stepped in for him on the ongoing tour.
Thanks a lot Noralf, lots of Kudos to you!!
07.03.08: THE TOUR STARTS
Ok, then we are on for a hell of a ride!! This morning the flight leaves for Nurnberg, and we are starting the 'Darkessence Allegiance Tour' at Gasthaus Einsiedel in Zella-Mehlis.
See the news below for all details regarding the tour. Hope to see you at one of the venues!
27.02.08: THE TOUR MUST GO ON!!
The Dark Allegiance Tour was very, very close to be cancelled
due to a sloppy job done by our booking agency. But, since we are all
fighters to the core, none of the bands gave up, and thanks to a great
common effort by everyone, the tour will go on.
We had
to cut some costs, and are down to driving hired Vans instead of a comfortable
nightliner, but hey, this is metal, and this is touring how it is meant
to be done. The greatest loss is that there will be no concerts in France
or Italy, we are truly sorry about this, and we are commited to remedy
this on our next tour.
In England our boooking agent had already cancelled
the show that was planned at The Underworld before we could tell them
that we would go on by ourselves, and we were lucky to get a deal at
such short notice at Purple Turtle instead.
Ok,
so, this is how the tour looks now:
Mar 07 2008 Gasthaus Einsiedel - Zella-Mehlis
- Germany
Mar 08 2008 Rock It - Aalen - Germany
Mar 09 2008 Baroeg - Rotterdam - The Netherlands
Mar 10 2008 Purple Turtle - London - UK
Mar 12 2008 Turock - Essen - Germany
Mar 13 2008 Paradox - Ingolstadt - Germany
Mar 15 2008 Spring metal fest - Salzburg - Austria
Mar 18 2008 Rock City - Uster - Switzerland
Mar 20 2008 Little Devil - Tilburg - The Netherlands
Mar 21 2008 Treibsand - Lübeck - Germany
Mar 22 2008 Hellraiser Fest - Leipzig - Germany
Mar 24 2008 Metal Eggs fest - Nürnberg - Germany
Check out the DISCOGRAPHY section with updated information on all Helheim releases. You can also check out and download all the lyrics from the albums.
21.02.08: SOME PROMO-PICTURES FOR KAOSKULT ADDED
Check out the IMAGE SECTION under the categories 'Individual' and 'Band' for some new cool pics.
15.02.08: FREE DOWNLOAD OF TWO TRACKS FROM KAOSKULT
A good start of the weekend.. Helheim is giving away two brand new tracks from their upcoming release Kaoskult.
The first track to be given away is 'Det Norrøne Alter', the grand opening of the album. Take some time and enjoy this one, next month we will bring the other new track for your pleasure. The first track can be found here:
09.02.08: KAOSKULT TO BE RELEASED FIRST IN NORWAY, BUT PRE-RELEASED ON TOUR
Kaoskult will be released on 17.03 in Norway and 21.04 in the rest of the world. If you want to get hold of the album before this, Helheim will bring it along on their upcoming tour in March as a little bonus for you guys coming to our shows!
07.02.08: DARKESSENCE FESTIVAL AT GARAGE IN BERGEN 29TH OF FEBRUARY
Helheim will play at the upcoming DARK ESSENCE METAL FESTIVAL 29.02 - 01.03. Helheim will play on Friday 29th. This is the lineup:
Friday 29.02:
Vulture Industries
Vaiping
Helheim
Bourbon Flame
Saturday 01.03:
Obscure
Panchrysia
Dimension F3H
Taake
The first bands enter the stage at 22:00, while the last bands starts at around 00:45. The festival actually starts up at Thursday 28th as the Karismarecords fetival where bands such as Herr Nilsson, Lonely Crowd, Vaiping
and Gallery will play. You ought to check into Garage this evening as well!
21.01.08: PHOTO SESSION COMPLETED
Helheim has just completed a photo session for the upcoming album, Kaoskult, with the photographer Kristine Ristesund.
Check out the image section under Bands for some "behind the scenes" shots.
18.01.08: HELHEIM AT WORK
We are in the studio this month working on our next album, Kaoskult, which is to be released in March 2008, only two months from now!
We have added some pictures to let you get a feeling of how our studio environment is, will update with some pictures in the coming weeks. Check out THIS LINK for the pics.
The first two weeks have been mainly drums and rhythm guitars, next week V'gandr will start doing his bass-magic.
So far everything is running by the plan, and it will definitely be a rock solid production with great atmosphere. We are really excited and are looking forward to present this to you guys. Stay tuned!!
22.10.07: KARMøYGEDDON ARCTIC WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!
We really enjoyed the concert with great audience, great arrangement and a great venue! We would be happy to come back one day! Cheers!
