来自地狱的使者 - 瑞典Groove Metal乐队Hellstedt专访

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今天采访到的是一支来自瑞典的单人律动金属乐队Hellstedt。瑞典音乐人Mircea Nestor将Hellstedt作为对创造力寻找的出口在2023年的夏天成立了他的这支单人乐队。独自创作令Mircea在Hellstedt中由非常自由的空间实现各种音乐想法。2024年，Hellstedt发行首张全长专辑《For No One in Particular》。这张30分钟的专辑中包含10首歌曲，歌曲大多在2到3分钟，时间不长，但能从中听到Mircea丰富多变的音乐想法。同时，Mircea独自包揽这张专辑从录音到制作的所有工作。在这次采访中，Mireca向我们分享了作为小型独立音乐人的创作心得与对未来再次开始新创作的期待。

（V: 代表笔者 M: 代表Mireca）

Today we’re featuring Hellstedt, a one-man rhythm metal band from Sweden. Swedish musician Mircea Nestor formed this solo project in the summer of 2023 as an outlet for his creative exploration. Working alone allows Mircea the freedom to bring his diverse musical ideas to life within Hellstedt. In 2024, Hellstedt released their debut full-length album, For No One in Particular. This 30-minute album features 10 tracks, most of which are between 2 and 3 minutes long. Though brief, they showcase Mircea’s rich and diverse musical ideas. Additionally, Mircea handled every aspect of the album himself, from recording to production. In this interview, Mircea shares his insights on creating music as a small-scale independent artist and his anticipation for embarking on new creative projects in the future.

(V: represents author M: represents Mireca)

采访对象：Mireca（Hellstedt乐队创始人）

采访时间：2026.04.01

V: 你好Mircea，很高兴见到你，非常感谢你参加这次采访。我想这是你们乐队第一次接受中国杂志的采访。首先向所有中国球迷和朋友问好。Hellstedt乐队是什么时候成立的，你是如何组建这个乐队的？

M: Hello Mircea, nice to meet you and thank you very much for participating in this interview. I think this is the first time your band has been interviewed by a Chinese magazine. First of all, let me say hello to all Chinese fans and friends. When was Hellstedt band founded and how did you form this band?

M: 你好，我也很高兴认识你！我认为这是对的，这是第一次与中国出版物交谈。我在2023年夏天创办了Hellstedt，大约在那个时候。我一直喜欢音乐，演奏乐器等等，我也渴望或者更确切地说，需要一个创造性的出口。对我来说，创造一些东西的感觉真的很好，所以我认为是时候把这两者结合起来了。我试着写自己的歌，我玩得很开心，所以Hellstedt继续写下去。

Hello, nice to meet you, too! I think that's right, it is the first time talking to a Chinese publication. I started Hellstedt over the summer of 2023, around that time. I had always loved music, played instruments and so on, and I also had a desire, or rather a need, for a creative outlet. It's a really good feeling for me to create something, so I thought it was about time to put those two together. I tried writing my own songs, I had a blast doing it, so Hellstedt kept on going.

V: 乐队只有一个人，所以创作歌曲会更方便，因为你可以根据自己的想法创作歌曲。你能介绍一下你的创作过程吗？

The band has only one person, so it will be more convenient to create songs because you can create songs according to your own ideas. Can you introduce your creative process?

M: Hellstedt对我来说就是独自发挥我的创造力，看看想法会把我带到哪里，我最终会表达什么。起初，也许是因为我自己的不安全感，我有更多的设计，让它听起来像某种方式，或者让歌曲以某种方式。多年来，尤其是在我们谈论的最后一张专辑的制作过程中，这个过程不断发展，变得更加开放。我任由自己的想法自由发挥，尽量不给它们的发展设置太多障碍。一首歌可以以即兴重复段、一种情绪、我想表达的东西开始，比如歌词。大多数时候，它们是成对出现的，也许是歌词中与这个想法的即兴重复。然后是修修补补、开发、尝试想法的真正乐趣，看看它们是否合适。我想一个很好的类比，无论好坏，都是想象一个画家独自在他们的工作室里。不管是好是坏，因为正如你所说，在这个过程中，我是一个人，所以总是有可能在某些事情上走极端，但也许这也有某种美。

Hellstedt for me is all about being alone with my creativity, seeing where ideas take me and what I end up expressing. In the beginning, perhaps due to my own insecurities, I had more of a design in mind to have it sound a certain way or have the songs be a certain way. Over the years, and especially during the making of this last album we are talking about, the process evolved and it became more open-ended. I let my ideas run wild and tried not to impose too much barriers on what they could become. A song could start with a riff, a mood, something I wanted to express, like a lyric. Most times they came in pairs, maybe that riff with that idea in the lyrics. Then came the really good fun of tinkering, developing, trying out ideas, see how they fit (or not!). I suppose a good analogy, for better or worse, would be imagining a painter alone in their workshop. For better or worse, because as you said, I am alone in this process so there is always of risk of going overboard with something, but perhaps there is some sort of beauty in that as well.

V: 你的专辑录音效果很好。你的专辑是在哪个录音室录制的？哪位制作人为你制作了这张专辑？

Your album has excellent recording effects. Which studio did you record your album in? Which producer made the album for you?

M: 非常感谢你这么说。这真的有助于我的自尊！我可能对事情的技术方面最不确定。我自己做的事情甚至延伸到录音、混音等等。我没有与任何人合作过（无论好坏），我记录了我住的地方的一切。我组装了一个非常简单的DIY录音室，可以放在一个袋子里。今天的技术能让人做什么，真是太神奇了！唯一的例外是人声，出于对邻居和家人的考虑，我主要是在租来的排练室录制的。

Thank you very much for saying that. It really helps with my self-esteem! I am perhaps most unsure of the technical side of things. Me doing stuff by myself extends even to the recording, mixing and all that. I have not collaborated with anybody on that (again, for better or worse) and I recorded everything where I live. I have put together a very simple DIY recording studio that fits in a bag. It is quite amazing what technology allows one to do today! The only exception is the vocals which, out of consideration to my neighbours and family, I mostly recorded at a rehearsal space that I rent.

V: 你的标志设计很简单，但我真的很喜欢这种设计形式，因为我可以很容易地记住乐队的名字。谁为你设计了这个标志？你的专辑封面设计也很漂亮。谁为你设计了这些专辑艺术品？

Your logo design is simple, but I really like this design form because I can easily remember the band name. Who designed this logo for you? Your album artwork is also beautifully designed. Who designed these album artworks for you?

M: 我想你现在可能已经注意到了一种模式。我自己也做过。我真的很喜欢自己做所有这些事情，所以即使其他人可能更有技能或更有能力做某项设计工作，我觉得在这一点上自己做更有趣。我在笔记本上一遍又一遍地涂鸦这个标志，直到它看起来不错。我对它应该是什么样子有一个很好的想法。对于封面，我做了几个版本，同样是基于我在创作音乐时慢慢形成的一个想法。我对结果很满意！我实际上收到了一份生日礼物，一件有这个封面的T恤。我觉得它看起来很漂亮，哈哈！

I think you are probably noticing a pattern by now. I did those myself as well. I really enjoy doing all of these things myself so even if that perhaps others are more skilled or better equipped to do a certain design job, I feel it is more fun to do it myself at this point. The logo I doodled in a notebook over and over again until it looked OK. I hade a pretty good idea how it should look. For the cover I did a few versions, again based on an idea that slowly took shape while I was working on the music. I am quite happy with how it turned out! I actually got a gift for my birthday, a T-shirt with this cover on it. I think it looks quite nice, ha ha!

V: 你的音乐主题是什么，你为什么选择这个音乐主题，你想通过这个音乐主题表达什么？你还创建了歌词部分。这些歌词的灵感是什么？

What is your music theme about, why did you choose this music theme, and what do you want to express through this music theme? You also created the lyrics section. What was the inspiration for these lyrics?

M: 我也试图在歌词中反映出这种更开放的方法。我试着写一些自己感觉真实的东西。有时是我在笔记本上写了一段时间的文本，有时是我录制人声时自发出现的。我想你可以把它看作是在制作这张唱片的过程中深入了解我的想法和感受。我想这就是灵感所在，好好生活，度过这一周，哈哈。我想我们大多数人都会经历的事情。在过程接近尾声时，我看了看结果，我想我看到了一个主题，也许从一开始就存在。我想这与接受有关，或者接受你可能无法改变的事情，你到底是谁。这肯定不是什么新鲜事或突破性的！但我想，这样的主题不断出现在人类不断创作的艺术中是有原因的。

I tried to mirror this more open-ended approach to the lyrics as well. I tried to write things that felt true for myself. Sometimes it is line of text I worked on a while in my notebook, other times they came rather spontaneously when I was recording the vocals. I guess you could look at it like a sort of deep dive into my thoughts and feelings over the course of making this record. I guess that would be the inspiration, just live and getting through the week, ha ha. Stuff that I guess most of us go through. Towards the end of the process I looked at what came out and I think I see a theme, that maybe was there from the beginning. I guess it has to do with acceptance, or accepting things that you maybe can't change, who you really are. It is nothing new or groundbreaking, that's for sure! But I guess there's a reason why themes like this keep turning up in the art humans keep making.

V: 专辑都是自己发行的数字版本。你有没有考虑过与唱片公司合作发行专辑？您目前是否与任何制造商有过联系？

Your albums are all self released digital versions. Have you considered collaborating with a label to release albums? Have you been in contact with any manufacturers currently?

M: 不是真的。现在我把Hellstedt看作是我自己的个人创作空间，所以自己处理一切感觉很自然。当然，还有一个商业方面或者更确切地说是缺乏商业方面。我有一份日常工作，我为自己制作音乐，因为我喜欢这个过程。然后我发布它，希望它能对别人有意义，就像别人的歌曲在我自己的生活中变得重要一样。那太好了！但我也会释放它们，让自己有一种终结感，让自己继续前进。看看还有没有更多的歌曲等着出来，或者我是否需要开始寻找另一个爱好！

Not really. As it is now, I look as Hellstedt as my own personal creative space, so it feels natural to handle everything by myself. Then there is a business aspect, of course, or rather the lack of it. I have a day job and I make this music for myself, because I love the process. Then I release it in the hope that maybe it gets to mean something for someone else, just like other's songs have become important things in my own life. That would be great! But I also release them to have a sense of finality, to allow myself to move on. See if there are some more songs waiting to come out or if I need to start looking for another hobby!

V: 你在2024年发行了第一张官方专辑，你的作品充满活力，和声强烈，旋律悦耳，充满节奏感。你觉得你的工作怎么样？

You released your first official album in 2024, and your work is full of vitality, strong harmonies and pleasant melodies, full of rhythmic rhythms. What do you think of your work?

M: 哈哈，我想我是你最不应该问的人。我可能比任何人都更能看到我工作中的缺陷。我想这是不可避免的，因为你从一个想法的梦想版本开始，当它发展成一首真正的歌曲时，这个梦想遇到了现实，成为了现实。这种甜蜜的潜力在成为现实之前可能是无与伦比的。我想知道我钦佩的艺术家对自己的作品是否也有同样的感受。这有点有趣，对吧？你最喜欢的艺术家，也许是你最喜欢、对你意义重大的歌曲，有点失败了！但是，不管怎样，我很高兴你对我的歌曲有这么好的评价。谢谢你！

Ha ha, I guess I am the last person you should ask that. I probably see the flaws in my work more than anybody else. I guess that's inevitable because you start with a dream version of an idea and by the time it develops into an actual song, that dream met reality and became a real thing. That sweet potential before it becomes real is probably unmatched. I wonder if the artist I admire feel the same about their own work. It is kind of a funny thought, right? Your favourite artist maybe things your favourite song, the one that means so much to you, is kind of a failure! But, anyway, I am very glad that you think such nice things about my songs. Thank you for that!

V: 你参加过哪些现场表演，哪些给你留下了深刻的印象？你能介绍一下当时现场表演的气氛吗？2026年，你还有哪些现场表演计划？

What live performances have you participated in, and which ones left a deep impression on you? Can you introduce the atmosphere of the live performances at that time? What other live performance plans do you have for 2026?

M: Hellstedt没有现场表演，只是录制的歌曲。目前，不管怎样。永远不要说永远和所有这些。所以，我的任何现场表演计划都包括在参加音乐会时在舞台上看到出色的音乐家。我喜欢现场音乐，这是一种相当独特的感觉！实际上，我将于8月在瑞典的一个相当特殊的地点观看Opeth。期待着！

Hellstedt does not have a live aspect to it, it is just the recorded songs. At the moment, anyway. Never say never and all that. So any live performance plans I have involve me seeing amazing musicians on stage when I attend concerts. I love live music, it is quite a unique feeling! I am actually going to see Opeth in a rather special venue here in Sweden in August. Looking forward to that!

V: 2025年你有什么新工作要做吗？例如，在创作或录制新歌时，你能与每个人分享一些信息吗？

Do you have any new work to do in 2025? For example, when creating or recording new songs, can you share some information with everyone?

M: 我现在正在休息一下，因为我的生活中几乎没有其他事情需要我现在照顾。当然，我仍然在拿起吉他，玩弄各种想法，但仅此而已。我怀疑，当天气再次变得寒冷沉闷时，在秋天的几个月里，我会躲在我的DIY工作室里，看看有没有什么结果。

I am taking a break from making music at the moment as there are few other things in my life that I need to take care of right now. I am still picking up the guitar and playing around with ideas, of course, but nothing more than that. I suspect that when the weather becomes cold and dreary again, towards the autumn months, that I'll retreat in my DIY studio and see if something comes out of that.

V: 你是一位优秀的音乐家，我会一直关注和支持你的乐队。我也希望通过这次采访吸引更多的中国歌迷关注和支持你们的乐队。采访即将结束，最后你有什么想对中国粉丝和朋友说的吗？

You are an excellent musician, and I will always pay attention to and support your band. I also hope to attract more Chinese fans to pay attention to and support your band through this interview. The interview is coming to an end, do you have anything you want to say to Chinese fans and friends at the end?

M: 再次感谢你的赞美之词。这对像我这样的DIY小艺人来说意义重大。我希望你的读者给这首音乐一个机会，让它至少能引起他们中的一些人的共鸣。我认为这是一件美好的事情，当我找到一首能打动我的歌曲时，就像与世界另一端的人建立联系。所以，如果我创作的一首歌能像这样吸引你的读者，我会很高兴的。这张专辑可以在Bandcamp上免费播放，所以不要觉得你需要付费才能听到音乐。感谢您给我机会与您和您的读者交谈！祝你一切顺利！

Again, thanks for your kind words. It means a lot for a small, DIY artis like myself. I hope that your readers give the music a chance and that it will resonate with at least some of them. I think that is a beautiful thing, when I find a song that clicks with me, it's like making a connection with somebody on the other side of the world. So it would make me very happy if a song I made would click like that with your readers. The album can be streamed free of charge over on Bandcamp, so don't feel like you need to pay to hear the music. Thank you for the opportunity to talk to you and your reades! I wish you all the best!