Seattle, WA

Sargent House’s deep roster has always been well loved at Sled Island - from Adebisi Shank’s frantic Lightning Bolt meets Nintendo chaos to Boris’ mind-melting riffage, from Russian Circle’s expert musicianship to Chelsea Wolfe’s haunting gothic drone-folk - and Helms Alee are just the latest of their must-see artists playing at the festival. Fusing metal with art rock and even pop, they sound less like a stitched together Frankenstein and more like a fully birthed alien beast…one who must’ve listened to nothing but the best music while in the womb.