---
title: "Helms Alee"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/helms-alee"
genre: "More Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 2007
---

# Helms Alee

**Helms Alee** is a more metal band, from United States, active 2007 to present.

Helms Alee is an American rock band that formed in 2007. Based in Seattle, Helms Alee features Ben Verellen, former member of Harkonen and Roy. Helms Alee has released six albums, Night Terror (2008) and Weatherhead (2011) through Hydra Head Records, and Sleepwalking Sailors (2014), Stillicide (2016), Noctiluca (2019) and Keep This Be the Way (2022) through Sargent House .
"Helms Alee" is a nautical term, included in the commands for tacking a sailboat.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helms_Alee

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Helms Alee |
| Genre | More Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Seattle, United States |
| Formed | 2007 |
| Releases in catalog | 9 |

## Genres

[More Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ben Verellen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ben-verellen) | Guitar, Lead vocals |  | Current |
| [Dana James](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dana-james) | Bass guitar, Lead vocals |  | Current |
| [Hozoji Matheson-Margullis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/hozoji-matheson-margullis) | Drums (drum set), Lead vocals |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | [Helms Alee](https://themetalnet.com/album/d9034ec3-bf98-4d30-ba67-8cf51f73422a) | EP |
| 2008 | [Night Terror](https://themetalnet.com/album/8d3c197b-6dcc-386d-a38d-5e91e518f146) | Album |
| 2011 | [Weatherhead](https://themetalnet.com/album/d800fe2b-49e7-4492-9490-a8d564fef2ee) | Album |
| 2013 | [Helms Alee / Tacos!](https://themetalnet.com/album/b75dc08f-a2c2-480c-a5de-97ea9d1db5d6) | EP |
| 2014 | [Helms Alee / Young Widows](https://themetalnet.com/album/de0fefd2-04e8-4c14-a5a0-e3603dfe8b00) | EP |
| 2014 | [Sleepwalking Sailors](https://themetalnet.com/album/456243fe-c125-477c-8841-4ba46e26b1dd) | Album |
| 2016 | [Stillicide](https://themetalnet.com/album/bca34578-63d6-4045-9ef9-4a183baf0a22) | Album |
| 2019 | [Noctiluca](https://themetalnet.com/album/ef9083d7-531d-41e5-b1d3-69b6746d5f60) | Album |
| 2022 | [Keep This Be the Way](https://themetalnet.com/album/892068e2-1b47-48cb-bbe6-4de0eb14db60) | Album |

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- [Neurosis](https://themetalnet.com/band/neurosis-a9416fb3) (listened together)
- [Russian Circles](https://themetalnet.com/band/russian-circles) (listened together)
- [Kylesa](https://themetalnet.com/band/kylesa) (listened together)
- [Baroness](https://themetalnet.com/band/baroness) (listened together)
- [Mastodon](https://themetalnet.com/band/mastodon) (listened together)
- [Kowloon Walled City](https://themetalnet.com/band/kowloon-walled-city) (listened together)
- [Melvins](https://themetalnet.com/band/melvins) (listened together)
- [Mutoid Man](https://themetalnet.com/band/mutoid-man) (listened together)
- [Old Man Gloom](https://themetalnet.com/band/old-man-gloom) (listened together)
- [Black Tusk](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-tusk) (listened together)
- [Converge](https://themetalnet.com/band/converge) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HelmsAlee
- x: https://twitter.com/HelmsAleeMusic
- bandcamp: https://helmsalee.bandcamp.com/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/286110902
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/471368
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helmsaleemusic/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/11O8jS9NNmewQkpiGXu0eb

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/helms-alee](https://themetalnet.com/band/helms-alee). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt