Hels - A Lost Gem By Derek Edward Kellington

Hels were a Swedish doom metal band from 1985 that as far as I have been able to find, only released one 7" and two tracks from the Klipp Rock Compilation from 1987. But the tracks on the Klipp Rock Comp were your typical mid 80s heavy metal/shock rock style. Why the change in style or why the band only was able to produce 4 songs is unknown. There is barely any information on the band that i can find aside from the tracks, the band members and when formed, which is supposed to be 1983.

Any ways, the point of this is to show the public what I feel to be a gem that has been lost, and I wish to share it with the doom community. The 7" is entitled Birth/Death, and the tracks display just that. Birth being a more upbeat fist pumping track, where Death is slowed down. Birth and death is obviously the theme of the 7" and I feel it was portrayed very well here. from what I can find, this is the earliest doom recording I have found to come out of Sweden. This is traditional doom for the old school fans out there.

Below I have supplied a link for the two tracks from the 7" for you to download. This is indeed worth a listen. I have been digging on this recording for sometime now. I believe I had mentioned it at one time before, supplying links on youtube for these songs. But I listened to it the other day for the first time in months, and felt the need to bring it to
the publics attention again. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Derek Edward Kellington

The following link is for the two tracks from Hels 7" Birth/Death as featured on Vibrations of Doom

http://vibrationsofdoom.com/test/test2/Hels.html