HellsongsHellsongs saw the light of day in the early fall, 2004. They kickstarted with a premiere gig in a barn out on the countryside. The threepiece managed to rehearse and arrange three songs and got cosmic response from the audience. Cheers and suggestions of new songs kept coming during the night and next show lurked around the corner. Was it the fresh air out in the countryside that made the band realise that they had something coming? During the summer of 2005 Hellsongs were promoted by the lovely Heavy Metal radio show, Rundgång, sent on the swedish national channel - P3. People started to pay attention to the new branch on the metal tree – lounge metal. Hellsongs attracted even more fans when Rundgâng became a television program and featured a live recording of Run to the Hills. Whitin these two years Hellsongs has also established themselves as a joyful and respectable live act. The word on the streets is that the shows often end with the audience singing happily together with the band, everyone holding arms and rocking back and forth like one big, happy family! This year the Hellsingers will release their full length debut. So far the album will be released in the nordic countries, Japan and Russia.
Harriet OhlssonHarriet is the person in the band with the most diverse roots (both jew & half finnish). She's a big fan of yoga and working out at "Friskis & Svettis". Harriet is spending much of her time persuading the rest of the band to agree on her versions of the old metal classics. Do we have to say that she does this with unquestionable success?
Johan BringhedBringlord, Bringhood, Dr Bringlove. A dear child has many names... The Stevie Wonder of Hellsongs matched the elite of Sweden when it comes to match weight at birth. Little Johan weighed in at 6 kilos and made an echo all over Gothenburg! The newborn Bringbaby quickly developed an interest in the keys of the piano and in mathematics. This combination give the songs of Hellsongs their very own and loungey character. This year we will see Johan taking on the challenge of the worlds largest bike race, Vätternrundan (300km!).
Kalle KarlssonThe axemaster in the band has a dubios past in the brotherhood of the hippiefarmers. A way too stressful living in the epicenter of Gothenburg made the blonde guitarist yearn for the countryside. With a jar of Sauerkraut under his arm and a naive smile on his lips he moved out to a bunch of slackers, living very tightly together in a tiny, tiny house. Rumours say that he actually managed to bring up at least one carrot a year but quite soon the call from the city was too strong and he abandonded the rural lifestyle. Nowadays the tall handsome tries to persuade people not to eat cod from the Baltic sea, it is soon extinct. Photo: Per Kristiansen |
