斯洛文尼亚 Old School Black/ Speed Metal. 乐队成立于2009年。乐队成员：Ironfist - guitars，Mark Massakre - drums，Mike Manslaughter - bass & vocals。 After Mike's first metal band fell apart due to musical differences, he recruited Mark Massakre (who played drums in his previous band) and began looking for a guitar playe. He soon found Kristjan. At first they wanted to play thrash metal (in tje vein of the German thrashers) but they soon discovered they were not fit for this kind of fast-as-hell music and also that there were many thrash bands in their country at the time. As they were playing cover songs of 1st wave BM luminaries such as Venom, Bathory end Hellhammer, they decided to stick with that kind of style. Soon Kristjan left the band and Ironfist, who is Mark's schoolmate, was brought in. They named themselves Hellsword as a tribute to Hellhammer. Hellsword's first real concert took place on February 12th 2010 at Orto Bar, with two other bands, where they preformed only covers. Meanwhile they also tried to write their own songs, but most of that early material was thrown away, as the band felt it wasn't good enough. The first real Hellsword songs (the ones that came out on Blasphemy Unchained) were written in Autumn 2010.