Ryan Helm
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Ryan Helm is an American heavy metal
musician from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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from 2008 to 2009. During this time he helped write and record their first album, To Die as Kings
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replacing Don Clark
. Since then he has toured exclusively with Demon hunter and appears on their album The World Is a Thorn
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to take a break from playing guitar and pursue his interest in singing. Damien Deadson's first album "A Warm and Dark Embrace" is scheduled for release in January 2012.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
musician from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, with a 2010 population of 229,617. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to...
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The Ascendicate
Ryan Helm began his career playing guitar and singing back up vocals in The AscendicateThe Ascendicate
The Ascendicate is a metalcore band from High Point, North Carolina,, USA.-To Die As Kings :Formerly known as The7Method, a break-up forced members Eric Marlowe and Chris Wheat to retool and look for new band mates, eventually acquiring three other men who were playing in various bands at the time...
from 2008 to 2009. During this time he helped write and record their first album, To Die as Kings
To Die As Kings
To Die As Kings is the first full length album by the metalcore band The Ascendicate. It was released in 2009 on Solid State Records. The song "Burden" features lines from the movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose.- Track listing :#"Scottish" - 4:00...
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Demon Hunter
In 2009 Helm was recruited to play rhythm guitar in the band Demon HunterDemon Hunter
Demon Hunter is an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington, started in 2000 by brothers Don Clark and Ryan Clark. All of Demon Hunter's members are Christians and express their love for Jesus in many of their songs. Although the brothers created the band, only one remains, Don Clark...
replacing Don Clark
Don Clark (musician)
Don Clark was the rhythm guitarist for the Christian metalcore band Demon Hunter, which he co-founded with his brother, vocalist Ryan Clark. Before Demon Hunter, Clark was a former guitarist and co-founder of Training for Utopia with Rob Dennler.Clark also founded Seattle-based Asterik Studio with...
. Since then he has toured exclusively with Demon hunter and appears on their album The World Is a Thorn
The World Is a Thorn
The World Is a Thorn is Demon Hunter's fifth studio album, which was released March 9, 2010. The album is described by the band as their "heaviest but most melodic" album yet...
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Damien Deadson
In 2010 Helm began working on a side project known as Damien DeadsonDamien Deadson
Damien Deadson is an American heavy metal band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, started in 2010 by Ryan Helm.-Formation :Damien Deadson was initially conceived as a solo project by Ryan Helm, who had previously played guitar in the band The Ascendicate, as an opportunity to take a break from...
to take a break from playing guitar and pursue his interest in singing. Damien Deadson's first album "A Warm and Dark Embrace" is scheduled for release in January 2012.