Helms Alee

Helms Alee is an American sludge metal/noise rock trio from Seattle, Washington formed in 2007 featuring guitarist/vocalist Ben Verellen (ex-Harkonen, Roy), bassist Dana James and drummer/vocalist Hozoji Matheson-Margullis. The band has released six studio albums including Night Terror (2008) and Weatherhead (2011) on Hydra Head Records and Sleepwalking Sailors (2014), Stillicide (2016), Noctiluca (2019) and Keep This Be the Way (2022) on Sargent House. The name "Helms Alee" is a nautical command used when tacking a sailboat.