Damn! This is.. GREAT!?!

Post by **DaN** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:37 am

A friend stumbled upon these Swedish youngsters on MySpace and tipped me off. Seems like I owe him one!

So this band has 2 major issues working against them:

1. A crappy name - HELLEVATOR (sounds like some lame, trendy "action rock" act)
2. More than a few 'suspect' bands on their friends-list at their MySpace site

..but when listening to their music I really don't give a fuck. In some weird way they become even more fascinating when you consider that this is not another in-the-know, cult-Metal-worshipping act aiming to please. The brilliant songs speak for themselves. Musically HELLEVATOR sound like an old Swedish demo/mixed-comp act w/ a hefty SLOUGH FEG fetish.

Comments from "Ze Elit"?

http://www.myspace.com/hellevatorswe

edit: "Witch Doctor" could very well be the best Swedish Metal song I've heard since HELVETETS PORT's "Hårdrockens Förkämpe".

decibelrebel · Post by **decibelrebel** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:50 am

yeah great sound...look like a bunch of poofters...but great sound

The Sentinel · Post by **The Sentinel** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:07 am

This is indeed great stuff. I like the song "Deadly Deliverance" very much, hell, all songs rule. Does someone know how to order that demo? It seems they don't have a homepage, besides this myspace.

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:09 pm

I really like the 'soft' guitar distortion, and generally these dudes sound much trve-er than they look. I can't believe a band named Hellevator is any good. Gosh, if I could force them to change their name.

Proto-heavy metal in 2007, hah!

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:33 pm

Woah all the songs are pretty great

Post by **DaN** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:08 pm

I found their e-mail address on a Swedish music site:
hellevator_sweden[at]hotmail[dot]com

Gonna drop them a line and see how much they want for that demo..

Post by **DaN** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:00 pm

Just got back an answer concerning the demo: it's not all wrapped up yet but should be ready in a couple of weeks. I'll post details as soon as I get them..

Noisenik · Post by **Noisenik** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:39 pm

I've given them first spin. Decent Maiden praise for the most of time. Witch Doctor is a highlight.

But pls wait to give them another spin.

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:49 pm

Are you sure they're not trying to be a Hellacopters/Gluecifer/Hives type rock band that are accidently sounding 'true'!???
Some of the live photo poses on their myspace look like the typical Scandy rock act.
But it's promising with repeated listens...

RobbyRockbag · Post by **RobbyRockbag** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:40 pm

Hey guys!
This is Rob from Hellevator, and I'm pretty fucking stoked over the fact that you like our music!
We haven't been around long, the current line-up is barely a year old.
As you might have heard, we play oldschool, very guitaroriented heavy metal, and our humble goal is world domination.

Our first demo, "Witchdemo?" (pun intended) is printed and done, but we have a couple of things to take care of first. We need to get ourselves a proper credit card, so that we can get a Paypal account.
Today we started a bank account, and we'll try to get the Paypal thing done ASAP.

If you want to buy a demo, give us a shout at: hellevator_sweden(at)hotmail(dot)com
(That should keep spambots away)

The SECOND we are ready to start using Paypal we will let you all know. The mere fact that there are people out there who want to buy our demo is utterly mindblowing!

Black Axe · Post by **Black Axe** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:54 pm

RobbyRockbag wrote:We need to get ourselves a proper credit card, so that we can get a Paypal account.

Welcome!

You don't need a credit card for Paypal.

vasilis2112 · Post by **vasilis2112** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:57 pm

Black Axe wrote:
RobbyRockbag wrote:We need to get ourselves a proper credit card, so that we can get a Paypal account.
Welcome!

You don't need a credit card for Paypal.

What do you need?

RobbyRockbag · Post by **RobbyRockbag** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:17 pm

vasilis2112 wrote:
Black Axe wrote:
RobbyRockbag wrote:We need to get ourselves a proper credit card, so that we can get a Paypal account.
Welcome!

You don't need a credit card for Paypal.
What do you need?

Yeah, I tried hooking it up to just our account, but it didn't work!
Help me out here, guys...

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:21 pm

Black Axe wrote:
RobbyRockbag wrote:We need to get ourselves a proper credit card, so that we can get a Paypal account.
Welcome!

You don't need a credit card for Paypal.

You need a credit card as back up only when sending funds. But to receive funds you only need a bank account!

RobbyRockbag · Post by **RobbyRockbag** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:36 pm

Korgüll wrote:
Black Axe wrote:
RobbyRockbag wrote:We need to get ourselves a proper credit card, so that we can get a Paypal account.
Welcome!

You don't need a credit card for Paypal.
You need a credit card as back up only when sending funds. But to receive funds you only need a bank account!

I see...

I'll get back to you!