Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Helen Ballentine, who records under the name Skullcrusher, has announced numerous fall show dates which will be her first ever U.S. tour. Accompanying this ...

On “March,” the first track from her new Skullcrusher album, And Your Song is Like a Circle, Helen Ballentine asks something that reverberates throughout the record: “What do I sing for?” It’s a ...

Imagine trying to weave a spiderweb with your voice, and you’re close to arriving at a Skullcrusher song. Singer/songwriter Helen Ballentine (aka Skullcrusher) has released a new single “It’s Like a ...

Skullcrusher is not a metal band, or an industrial band, or whatever other abrasive genre you're probably thinking of. It's the solo project of LA singer-songwriter Helen Ballentine, a new Secretly ...

In the '80s, the Hated, a young punk band from Maryland, discovered a ragged, melodic, passionate sound that set them apart from their hardcore peers. The Hated's music prefigured the Revolution ...