Storms of Genocide Now Available via PayPal

Helmsplitter — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:23:45 +0000

Get our new CD, “Storms of Genocide” via PayPal! A full-color, clear jewel-case CD chock-full of all the brutality you deserve!

CD Release Party @ RibCo

Helmsplitter — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:23:29 +0000

Come and join us for our CD release party at RibCo on January, Friday the 13th!!Joining us will be Enabler (featuring members of Anal Blast), Vermillion and the return of The Pear Device!

Bands start at 9PM and tickets are $5.00!!

It’s also bass player Bruce’s last show…

Welcome to Helmsplitter.com

Helmsplitter — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:18:11 +0000

In the summer of 2008 guitarist Ross Mallie and drummer Nate Boyd joined forces with Waco Jesus bassist Bruce Duncan to create Helmsplitter. Right away it was clear that there was good chemistry between the three musicians as they began to compose songs that effectively combined several styles of underground metal. Black metal, doomy sludge, grind, death metal, thrash, punk, and a touch of the blues were all stirred together to form the foundation of the band’s sound. Johnny Baker (former Waco Jesus and current Lizard Skynard drummer) joined on vocals shortly after and the band quickly began to play shows locally in the quad city area and throughout the Midwest .

It eventually became apparent that Johnnie’s demanding schedule was going to make it near impossible for him to be in Helmsplitter full time, this resulted in an amicable split between he and the band. After a few months of searching for the proper replacement, Angelkill vocalist Blakk was added in September of 2010 and the lineup was complete.
After several shows with the new lineup under its belt, the band headed to Mercenary Digital Studios in July of 2011. After a month of hard work “Storms of Genocide” was complete. The songs posted on this page are a small taste of what is in store for the listener on this album. Look for the album to be released late Fall 2011.
Helmsplitter is determined to spread their dark form of art as far and wide as they possibly can. They only have one plan for the future: work as hard as possible to take the band as far as it can possibly go. “Storms of Genocide” marks just the beginning for a band with a long and bright (or perhaps they would prefer the term “dark”) future ahead of them.