Hellvar @ Airwaves 2013
Formed in 2003 in Berlin by singer/guitarist Heiða and guitarist Elvar,
out of pure boredom, Hellvar made “Bat out of Hellvar” in the year 2007.
They mostly used drum-machines and electric guitars and performed in
that simple, almost naive, way. Back in Iceland they added a
bass-player, and another guitar-player, Alexandra, but kept the
drum-machine. They toured in the US, Germany and in China with that
setup, and it was only in 2010 that live drumming was added. Now a
5-piece, recordings were started and in September 2011 the long awaited
second album “Stop that noise” came out, and it had a noticeably rockier
sound to it. In December 2011 Hellvar recorded an acoustic version of
the best songs of their two albums, and it was called “Noise that
stopped” and only 200 copies were made. Since that, Hellvar has had a
lot of people quit and other people join. Bass-player Sverrir moved to
Denmark and Haukur “the murderer” was added (check out his other band
Morðingjarnir/The Murderers), Óli drummer quit, and Andri was added
(check out his other band Monterey). Other original members stayed in
Hellvar. Sometimes this girl called Aðalheiður sings with them too. When
that happens Hellvar is a six-membered 3 girl/3 boy indie-band with big
smiles, nice vibes, good character, and lots and lots of fine songs. On
the subject of fine songs, new ones are in the making this year, and
they might come out next year, if Hellvar-members get of their behinds!
Formed in 2003 in Berlin by singer/guitarist Heiða and guitarist Elvar,
out of pure boredom, Hellvar made “Bat out of Hellvar” in the year 2007.
They mostly used drum-machines and electric guitars and performed in
that simple, almost naive, way. Back in Iceland they added a
bass-player, and another guitar-player, Alexandra, but kept the
drum-machine. They toured in the US, Germany and in China with that
setup, and it was only in 2010 that live drumming was added. Now a
5-piece, recordings were started and in September 2011 the long awaited
second album “Stop that noise” came out, and it had a noticeably rockier
sound to it. In December 2011 Hellvar recorded an acoustic version of
the best songs of their two albums, and it was called “Noise that
stopped” and only 200 copies were made. Since that, Hellvar has had a
lot of people quit and other people join. Bass-player Sverrir moved to
Denmark and Haukur “the murderer” was added (check out his other band
Morðingjarnir/The Murderers), Óli drummer quit, and Andri was added
(check out his other band Monterey). Other original members stayed in
Hellvar. Sometimes this girl called Aðalheiður sings with them too. When
that happens Hellvar is a six-membered 3 girl/3 boy indie-band with big
smiles, nice vibes, good character, and lots and lots of fine songs. On
the subject of fine songs, new ones are in the making this year, and
they might come out next year, if Hellvar-members get of their behinds!
