Helix (CAN)

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Helix - Bastard Of The Blues (2014)











Year : 2014
Style : Hard Rock , Heavy Metal
Country : Canada
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 119 mb

Bio:

The Canadian heavy metal band Helix formed in 1974 in Kitchener, Ontario; comprising singer Brian Vollmer, guitarists Brent Doerner and Paul Hackman, bassist Keith Zurbrigg, and drummer Brian Doerner, the group debuted in 1979 with Breaking Loose. White Lace & Black Leather followed two years later, and was the first Helix release to feature new bassist Mike Uzilac and drummer Leo Nebudeck; with 1983's No Rest for the Wicked, the group signed to Capitol, substituting Nebudeck for another new drummer, Greg "Fritz" Hinz. Bassist Daryl Gray replaced Uzilac in time for the follow-up, Walkin' the Razor's Edge, which spawned the hit "Rock You"; 1985's Long Way to Heaven, meanwhile, topped the charts in Sweden. After touring in support of 1987's Wild in the Streets, Brent Doerner quit Helix, and the remaining quartet resurfaced with Back for Another Taste. In 1992, Hackman was killed when the group's van rolled down a 40-foot embankment after a concert in Vancouver; Helix forged on, however, with Brent Doerner returning to the lineup long enough to record 1993's It's a Business Doing Pleasure, which also featured guitarist Greg Frazer. In 1998, Helix -- now comprising Vollmer, Gray, Hinz, and guitarists Mark Chichkan and Gary Borden -- issued Half Alive. A collection of B Sides arrived in 2002, followed by the full-length Rockin' in My Outer Space in 2004. Power of Rock N Roll arrived in 2007.

Album:

The biggest heavy metal band in Canadian history! With a catalogue of music that spans a history of over 30 years. With 5 gold and 2 platinum albums under their belt and millions of records sold around the world, we see HELIX release their 13th studio album, not counting several live CDs and numerous compilation albums this year called "Bastard Of The Blues".Written primarily with Sean Kelly, the CD is a continuation of 2008's "Vagabond Bones" and also contains two songs from the follow-up EP "Skin in the Game." It's now been six years since Kelly and Vollmer combined writing forces, and it shows. The songs are more focused and bigger sounding, the lyrics more concise and catchy. The song "Bastard of the Blues" describes Helix music to a "T"-the unholy co-mingling of blues and rock and roll to produce the bastard child heavy metal; at least the variety Helix has been kicking out for close to 40 years now. The track "Screaming at the Moon" also features Nick Walsh of Slic Toxic (a platinum selling Canadian metal band) on back-up vocals. Helix will be on a Europe tour including Spain, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark later this year. The last time Helix toured Europe was with KISS in 1983 and in 1988 with Ian Gillan. Helix also appeared in Sweden June of 2005 at the Sweden Rock Festival. Helix is already booked on 2015's MONSTERS OF ROCK BOAT CRUISE with some of the biggest and brightest metal/hard rock stars of the 80s'.

Line Up:

Brent Niemi - Drums
Rick VanDyk - Guitar
Paul Fonseca - Bass
Jim Lawson - Guitar
Brian Vollmer - Vocals

Tracklist:

01. Bastard of the Blues
02. Even Jesus (Wasn't Loved In His Hometown)
03. Winning is the Best Revenge
04. Screaming at the Moon
05. Metal at Midnight
06. Hellbound for a Heartbreak
07. When All the Love is Gone
08. Axe to Grind
09. Skin in the Game
10. The Bitch is a Bullet
11. Sticks & Stones



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Helix - Old School (2019)











Year : 2019
Style : Hard Rock , Heavy Metal
Country : Canada
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 180 mb

Bio:

The Canadian heavy metal band Helix formed in 1974 in Kitchener, Ontario; comprising singer Brian Vollmer, guitarists Brent Doerner and Paul Hackman, bassist Keith Zurbrigg, and drummer Brian Doerner, the group debuted in 1979 with Breaking Loose. White Lace & Black Leather followed two years later, and was the first Helix release to feature new bassist Mike Uzilac and drummer Leo Nebudeck; with 1983's No Rest for the Wicked, the group signed to Capitol, substituting Nebudeck for another new drummer, Greg "Fritz" Hinz. Bassist Daryl Gray replaced Uzilac in time for the follow-up, Walkin' the Razor's Edge, which spawned the hit "Rock You"; 1985's Long Way to Heaven, meanwhile, topped the charts in Sweden. After touring in support of 1987's Wild in the Streets, Brent Doerner quit Helix, and the remaining quartet resurfaced with Back for Another Taste. In 1992, Hackman was killed when the group's van rolled down a 40-foot embankment after a concert in Vancouver; Helix forged on, however, with Brent Doerner returning to the lineup long enough to record 1993's It's a Business Doing Pleasure, which also featured guitarist Greg Frazer. In 1998, Helix -- now comprising Vollmer, Gray, Hinz, and guitarists Mark Chichkan and Gary Borden -- issued Half Alive. A collection of B Sides arrived in 2002, followed by the full-length Rockin' in My Outer Space in 2004. Power of Rock N Roll arrived in 2007.

Album:

Canadian hard rock legends HELIX are releasing their new album “Old School” via Perris Records next June 22, 2019, and you have it here in exclusive today.“Old School” is HELIX’s 15th full length studio album, comprised of songs written from 1981-1989 but never released. Produced by longtime bass player Daryl Gray and mastered by Harry Hess of Harem Scarem, these are must have classic HELIX.The “Old School” album came about quite by accident. In 2018 frontman Brian Vollmer was cleaning out the basement closet at Planet Helix. What he found were various tapes he had almost forgotten about.Vollmer said; “I was going to throw out the tapes until I got a frantic phone call from my old friend Greg Godovitz who realized the tapes’ value. Greg made me take a serious look at what I had and I realized there was at least a whole album of unreleased material – and so the idea of “Old School” was born.None of these tracks were ever released. Three of the songs they were able to extract from 2” tape were recorded for the ‘Back for Another Taste’ sessions in 1989: ‘Games Mother Never Taught You’, ‘Tie Me Down’, and ‘Your Turn to Cry’. The late Helix guitarist Paul Hackman is playing guitar and singing on these tracks.Vollmer continues: “To “extract” these recordings from the tape we had to take the tapes to Beach Studios outside of Goderich, Ontario and get Siegfried Meier to thermally bake them. Upon doing so, the tracks were immediately transferred to digital. Later they were mixed by Siegfried; some with minor overdubs by Daryl Gray”‘Cheers’ was taken from a cassette tape and cleaned up by Siegfried as well. This song is a live recording off the floor of the studio.The other tracks on the album, ‘If Tears Could Talk’, ‘Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound’, ‘Southern Comfort’, ‘Closer’, ‘Coming Back with Bigger Guns’, and ‘Hound Dog Howlin’ Blues’ were re-recorded by “tracing” the songs from cassette tapes. This was done because the songs were either unfinished or the cassettes were in bad shape.This album is dedicated to the memory of Paul Hackman, who played on 3 of these tracks and was a co-writer on 8 of the tracks.“Old School” is indeed old-school, classic Helix hard rock with an ’80s vibe.

Line Up:

Brian Vollmer – lead vocals, cowbell (1974–present)
Greg “Fritz” Hinz – drums, backing vocals
Daryl Gray – bass, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
Kaleb “Duckman” Duck – guitar
Chris Julke – guitar
Paul Hackman – guitar
Sam Reid – piano

Tracklist:

01. Coming Back With Bigger Guns
02. Whiskey Bent And Hellbound
03. If Tears Could Talk
04. Your Turn To Cry
05. Tie Me Down
06. Closer To You
07. Games Mother Never Taught You
08. Southern Comfort
09. Hound Dog Howlin’ Blues
10. Cheers



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