Hela

When the band started in 2,012, they could never imagine the name
they chose, Hela, the norse goddess of the underworld, could fit so well
with their music. The first album, Broken Cross (Marchalenta and
other labels, 2013; Svart Records, 2014) has a collection of heavy dirty
riffs and a lot of ethereal and melancholic melodies. Several webs and
blogs worldwide put the album as one of the best of 2013 in the
doom metal genre.

Just one year later, the band based in Alicante (Spain) came with two
new songs for a new recording (split w/Lodo, Marchalenta Records,
Discos Macarras, Third I Rex, 2.014). Heavier and darker than their
first work, also contains a cover from the 70's band Pentagram, “The
Sign of the wolf”. This release was the last one with Isabel Sierras
on vocals.

2,015 was a new beginning to Hela. Mireia Porto joined the band on
vocals and guitar, together with the original members: Julián Velasco
(guitars), Tano Giménez (bass) and Miguel Fernández (drums). With
this new line up, the band won versatility and agressiveness, but also
better melodies, expanding the range of influences enormously.
A new recording started in summer 2,016. The first official song with
Mireia on vocals was a cover, “For my Fallen Angel” (My dying
Bride), saw the light in a compilation for the web doom-metal.com, to
pay tribute to the Halifax band.

Finally, in 2017, Lay Bare Recordings released their new album,
“Death May Die” in 12” LP and Discos Macarras, Cosmic Tentacles
and Música Híbrida in CD digipack. A conceptual album about the
suffering, revenge and the rise up of a girl in a world that try to punish
the freedom to be herself. Hela keeps their trademark riffs and
melodies, but with the new line up and the new influences, the songs
are more dynamic, with progressive structures and memorable vocal
melodies, being superior to their previous works.

In early 2.018, Mireia Porto leaves the band, but Hela continues.