Roel van Helden

Roel van Helden
Van Helden with Powerwolf at Wacken Open Air 2017
Background information
Born	(1980-09-02) 2 September 1980 (age 44) Lottum, Limburg, Netherlands
Genres	Heavy metal power metal progressive metal gothic metal death metal progressive rock punk rock
Occupations	Drummer
Years active	1991–present
Website	roelvanhelden.com

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.^[1]

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 success around the world.