Having not been familiar with neither "These Arms Are Snakes" nor "Harkonen" prior to learning about Helms Alee, I was left speechless the first time I heard them. Never have I heard such beautiful melody with such heavy music. Ben Verellen's screams are so tasteful and well placed, so integral to the music, that they in no way give you that "oh no another screamer" vibe. And now that you know about Helms Alee you can go back and discover all that other good stuff.
This is the newest project from Ben Verellen (formerly of Harkonen). It's heavy yet pretty. If you're looking for some bad-ass rock, then download now and enjoy.
"One of the defining traits of many Hydra Head releases would be the marriage between the ugly and the beautiful, the dissonant and the melodic," says former ISIS frontman Aaron Turner, a co-founder of the label alongside Mark Thompson. "This kind of synthesis is apparent through many of our artists regardless of genre, perhaps at times in spite of it." In other words, there's more to Hydra Head than a battering ram blend of molten melodies,… more »
