The Fanpage of the Icelandic band Hellvar by Wim Van Hooste

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Heiða in Jury of Músíktilraunir

Jury of Músíktilraunir of the year 2008:
Árni Matthíasson, Morgunblaðið Formaður dómnefndar
Steinþór Helgi Arnsteinsson, Fréttablaðið,
Ragnheiður , 24 stundir
Hildur Maral Hamíðsdóttir, Monitor
Hildur Guðný Þórhallsdóttir, FÍH
Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen, Rás 2
Kristján Kristjánsson, fulltrúi fólksins
Sjáumst í Austurbæ!

Monday, February 25, 2008

Hellvar: Icelandic Rock in Chatham America


Thanks so much to everyone who attended and helped with the mad sick Hellvar concert. Heida, Sverrir, Alexandra and Elvar are back in Keflavik sending promos to journalists and getting ready for the Airwaves concerts. Heida, who is working on a solo acoustic album, has since played Icelandic radio a few times.
Copies of their great new album BAT OUT OF HELLVAR have finally arrived and are now on sale at Musica!
Alexandra & Guitar

Sverrrir

Source:
www.goodmusica.com

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Baráttufundur gegn virkjunum í neðri hluta Þjórsá 18. February


Heida @ Fríkirkjan, 18. February 2008. Protest against the works in Þjórsá river area.
Baráttufundur gegn virkjunum í neðri hluta Þjórsá

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Bat out of Hellvar - Cover (me)





Heida on Dr. Gunni's Album "Stóri Hvellur" (2003)

Dr. Gunni's "Stóri Hvellur" Album (Smekkleysa, 2003: SM 105)
Heida sings on song # 13 of the album: "Efter 100 Ár".
On Song # 7 "Heimsk Ást", Heida is co-writer.

I found A Review of the Album online (2004):
Dr. Gunni's album Stóri Hvellur? Well, I can say that while some things have changed for the better, such as the album being sung in Icelandic, some things have thankfully NOT changed. Stóri Hvellur is a very solid Pixies/Rocket From The Crypt sounding chunk of rock sugar, though weirder and noisier in moments. Gunni seems to have assembled himself an amazing tight backing rock band, especially given how distorted and rough his solo bedroom demos available for download on his site sound. (See? Didn't I tell you Gunni has the best web site in the world?) Whereas, IMHO, I can count the number of Weezer hooks I've heard over the span of their four albums on two hands, Dr. Gunni nails 15 hooks on this single 15 song album, one after the other. The songs sound heavier and fuzzier than they did with Bless, and, at times, more poppy than anything Gunni has written before.. but Gunni vocally still very much sounds like Gunni, and he's more upfront in the mix than ever before, which is what makes this record stand out amongst all the other Pixies, Weezer, or Rocket influenced bands. His voice is easily the strangest thing about the music, but, wow, if that voice doesn't have the greatest personality -- no matter if you can understand Icelandic or not. No one can belt out a yell or yodel quite like Gunni can.. and this can either be an acquired taste, or a permanent bad taste (no pun intended!). If you have any inkling of a sense of humor, you'll appreciate the voice, and the tight, sonic production on this record, and how amazingly colorful, vibrant, and fun every song on the record sounds. I can't list song highlights, because every song is a winner - although my current favorites are "Alltaf Meir", "Heimsk Ást", "Eftir 100 Ár", and the three-part rock opus "Undo (Pabbi Þinn/Ctr-Alt-Esc/Mamma Þin)" which actually clocks in at over *gasp* five minutes!
Even though it was released last year, Stóri Hvellur is so amazing, I'm going to cheat and adopt this as a 2004 release and claim this is as my favorite record of the year so far.
Source:
http://www.mackron.com/

12 years ago: 25th Birthday of Heida @ Wembley Arena

Unun played together with Goldie & Björk @ the Wembley Arena on Heida's 25th. Birthday, the 25. January 1996.
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Til hamingju Heida.