Sandwiched awkwardly between grunge’s domination of the music scene in the early 90s and nu metal taking over the world at the end of the decade, sit one of metal’s most unique, influential and underappreciated bands: New York alt metal legends Helmet.
One of the first signings to Jimmy Iovine’s Interscope Records in the major label gold rush to sign anything vaguely resembling alternative music after the huge success of Nirvana’s Nevermind, Helmet’s second full-length album, Meantime, enjoyed some breakthrough success in 1992.
