Roel van Helden

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Helden, not Helden.

Roel van Helden
Van Helden with Powerwolf at Wacken Open Air 2017
Background information
Born	(1980-09-02) 2 September 1980 (age 44) Lottum, Limburg, Netherlands
Genres	Heavy metal power metal progressive metal gothic metal death metal progressive rock punk rock
Occupations	Drummer
Years active	1991–present
Website	roelvanhelden.com

Roel van Helden (born 2 September 1980) is a Dutch musician known mostly for his work as a drummer for German power metal band Powerwolf.[1]

Roel was born in 1980 in a small village called Lottum in The Netherlands. He started playing drums at the age of 11, inspired by his older brother Ruud, and took lessons from teachers such as Duncan Tilmans. He played in various Punk and Metal bands throughout his teens. In his early twenties his musical career got more serious when he started studying drums at the Conservatory in Tilburg (NL) Roel has toured and recorded albums with the bands Sun Caged, Delphian & Subsignal. This all led to joining the German Metal band Powerwolf in 2011 who are preaching the Metal Mass with great success around the world.

Career

He played in DVPLO, Gramoxone, Marcel Coenen, My Favorite Scar, Subsignal, and Sun Caged. He currently plays in Powerwolf, Delphian, Lites over Fenix and System Pilot.

He joined Powerwolf replacing Tom Diener in 2011.[2]

On 25 October 2012 he released his debut solo album RvH.[3]

Discography

Van Helden performing in 2019

• RvH (2012)

With Powerwolf

• Blood of the Saints (2011)
• Preachers of the Night (2013)
• Blessed & Possessed (2015)
• The Sacrament of Sin (2018)
• Call of the Wild (2021)
• Interludium (2023)
• Wake Up the Wicked (2024)

With Delphian

• Demo (2004)
• Oracle (2005)
• Unravel (2007)

With Lites over Fenix

• From Dust E.P. (2008)

With DVPLO

• Demo #1 (1998)
• Promo '98 (1998)
• Demo #2 (1999)
• Peaceful Easy End (2000)

With Subsignal

• Beautiful & Monstrous (2009)
• Touchstones (2011)

With Sun Caged

• Artemisia (2007)
• The Lotus Effect (2011)

References

1. "Roel Van Helden | POWERWOLF". Retrieved 27 August 2019.
2. "POWERWOLF – Blood of the saints". 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
3. "Roel van Helden". 17 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

External links

• Official website