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{{Infobox album
| name       = Helium
| type       = album
| artist     = [[H3llb3nt]]
| cover      = H3llb3nt - Helium.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1998|2|16}}
| recorded   = {{Start date|1996}} – {{Start date|1998}}
| venue      =
| studio     = {{Collapsible list|title=Various|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;font-size:12px;background:transparent;text-align:left|{{plainlist|
* Black Socket, London
* {{small|([[London]], UK)}}
* Doctor Digital
* {{small|([[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], OR)}}
* Electric Music Foundation
* {{small|([[Minneapolis]], MN)}}
* Fast Forward
* {{small|([[New York City]], NY)}}
}}}}
| genre      = [[Electro-industrial]]
| length     = 40:41
| label      = [[Re-Constriction Records|Re-Constriction]]
| producer   = H3llb3nt
| prev_title = [[0.01 (album)|0.01]]
| prev_year  = 1996
| next_title = [[Hardcore Vanilla]]
| next_year  = 2001
}}
'''''Helium''''' is the second [[studio album]] by the [[electronic music|electronic]] band [[H3llb3nt]]. It was released in 1998 on [[Re-Constriction Records]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0001119542|pure_url=yes}}|title=Hellbent: ''Helium'' > Overview |website=Allmusic |accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref>
== Reception ==
''[[CMJ]]'' critic David Avery gave the album a positive write-up saying "Helium takes the elements industrial holds dear — sinister, breathy vocals, brutal beatscapes and slicing guitar riffs — and augments them with intelligently programmed rhythmss and a wide range of electro influences."<ref name="cmjreview">{{cite journal |first=David |last=Avery |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9uYwm-dwInwC&pg=PA28 |title=Hellbent: ''Helium'' |journal=[[CMJ]] |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc. |date=February 8, 1999 |volume=57 |issue=604 |pages=28 |accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref> ''Aiding & Abetting'' was also enthusiastic, saying despite re-using previously released tracks that fans of the band's debut "will find plenty here to get you going once more."<ref name="a&areviews">{{cite journal|first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archH.html#HELLBENT |title=Hellbent: ''Helium'' |journal=Aiding & Abetting |date=May 27, 1996 |issue=110 |accessdate=December 21, 2017}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{tracklist
| all_writing     = [[H3llb3nt]]
| title1          = 3D
| length1         = 0:39
| title2          = Sensual Eventual
| length2         = 4:43
| title3          = Regress
| length3         = 0:34
| title4          = Blue Monochrome
| length4         = 4:17
| title5          = 3 Murders, 3 Nights
| length5         = 4:19
| title6          = Electro
| length6         = 0:31
| title7          = Chromed
| length7         = 4:30
| title8          = Overloaded
| length8         = 5:00
| title9          = 3D
| note9           = version
| length9         = 4:16
| title10          = Burnout
| length10         = 4:23
| title11          = Arom
| note11           = edit
| length11         = 1:56
| title12          = Tokyo
| length12         = 5:03
}}
== Personnel ==
Adapted from the ''Helium'' liner notes.<ref name="linearnotes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Helium |others=[[H3llb3nt]] |year=1998 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Re-Constriction Records|Re-Constriction]] |location=San Diego, California}}</ref>
'''H3llb3nt'''
* Bryan Barton
* [[Charles Levi]]
* [[Jared Louche]]
* Jordan Nogood&nbsp;– [[design]]
* [[Eric Powell (musician)|Eric Powell]]
'''Additional musicians'''
* Joel Allard
* Jon Irish
* Jeff Leyda
* Dylan Thomas More
* Ned Wahl
* Rob Williams
'''Production'''
* John Golden&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|engineering]], [[Sound recording and reproduction|recording]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* [[H3llb3nt]]&nbsp;– [[record producer|production]], recording, mixing, mastering
* Mike Larson&nbsp;– [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalog
|-
| United States
| 1998
| [[Re-Constriction Records|Re-Constriction]]
| [[compact disc|CD]]
| REC-034
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Discogs master |master=40965 |name=Helium}}
{{H3llb3nt}}
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[[Category:1998 albums]]
[[Category:H3llb3nt albums]]
[[Category:Re-Constriction Records albums]]