Roel van Helden

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.

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 succes 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.

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

Discography

 * 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)