Was sich erst mal wie der Anfang eines schlechten Witzes anhört, ist tatsächlich der Beginn der Bandgeschichte von „The Helldozers". 2010 trafen sich in Köln Atha Vassiliadis (git), Philipp Reißfelder (git) und Tony Rynskiy (voc), alle drei erfahrene Musiker, und legten - unter eifriger Zuhilfenahme der jeweiligen Nationalgetränke - den Grundstein für die musikalische Zusammenarbeit der
folgenden Jahre.
Nach drei Jahren intensiver Arbeit, zwei kleineren Veröffentlichungen in Eigenregie („My Anger“, EP, 2011 / „Revolution“, Maxi, 2012) und diversen wechselnden Mitstreitern an Bass und Drums steht jetzt mit Sebastian Kleine Siemer (dr) ein festes Line Up, ein explosives Bühnenprogramm. Am 01.11.2013 veröffentlichte die Band ihr erstes full-length-Album „Hate Sweet Hate“.
Da „The Helldozers“ als absolute Überzeugungstäter den Ansatz verfolgen, dass es wichtiger ist, viele Menschen ihre Musik hören zu lassen als damit Geld zu verdienen, ist das neue Album, wie auch die Vorgängerproduktionen, auf der Homepage der Band umsonst erhältlich.
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| Tony / CMF 2014 |
What starts out like a bad joke
is actually a quite exact description of The Helldozers' hour of birth. In
2010, Atha
Vassiliadis (guitar), Tony Rynskiy (vocals), and Philipp Reissfelder (guitar), everyone of them a seasoned musician in his own right, met in
Cologne, Germany, got wasted, and decided to record some songs.
Relying heavily on their national beverages, they created their very own kind of riff oriented groove metal, infused with stoner and southern rock elements.
During the
next three years, the three kept writing, published two smaller releases
("My Anger", EP, 2011, "Revolution", Maxi-Single, 2012),
and finally found the guy that had been missing all along. With Sebastian Kleine Siemer (drums), the Helldozers'
line-up was complete. What had started out as a multi-national studio project
in 2010 had grown into a full-fledged heavy rock band, armed to the teeth with
killer riffs and ready to wreak havoc on stage. So the guys played their first
explosive, booze-soaked live shows, just to return to the studio in the summer
of 2013 to prepare their most ambitious effort yet. They wrote more than 30
songs, fine-tuning the band's sound as they went, and finally started recording
the 12 tracks they liked best.
After three
months of constant fighting, yelling, drinking, declarations of love and hate
and generally all sorts of mental confusion, in other words known as recording
an album, the guys finally made it: on November 1st 2013, The Helldozers
released their fist full length album "Hate Sweet Hate". Following
the approach that it is more important to have as many people as possible
listening to your music than to make money with it, The Helldozers decided to
give their new album away for free. This resulted in an estimated 50.000
downloads in the first week after release alone, enthusiastic reviews from all
over the world, and some rather exotic reactions, like a 15 minute feature on a
Ukrainian radio show.
In 2014, The
Helldozers are still going strong and are thirsty for more: more gigs, more
songs, more fame, and more booze, so keep an eye open for them.
http://www.helldozers.com/ Photos CMF: Stefan Schmitt (https://www.facebook.com/stefan.schmitt.54922) Photo BQF: EmotionVFX / M.Fleischhut (https://www.facebook.com/EmotionVFXProductions) |
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