The Helldozers oder "Treffen sich ein Russe, ein Grieche und ein Deutscher.."

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. 

Mit der Zeit kristallisierte sich der bandeigene Stil aus rifflastigem Groovemetal gewürzt mit Stoner- und Southernrock-Einsprengseln heraus.

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.

Atha / CMF 2014

Tony / CMF 2014

	Philipp / CMF 2014 Sebastian / CMF 2014 Helldozers / Cologne Metal Festival 2014 Helldozers / Cologne Metal Festival 2014 "Verköstigung" des Publikums mit Ouzo und Wodka A Greek, a Russian and a German walk into a bar..... 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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