Helmet "Left" As Heard On XRT - August 2025 The Stranger became Joel's true

The Stranger became Joel's true critical and commercial breakthrough

" The album was written in "the year and-a-half or two years" that they were touring the material from Your Favorite Weapon

in addition to co-producing the album with Grammy Award-winning engineer

' and reached number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart making DMX the second rapper to have two albums released in the same calendar year debut at number one (Tupac being the first)

six of the songs became staples in the Grateful Dead’s repertoire

Helmet "Left" As Heard On XRT - August 2025 The Stranger became Joel's trueHelmet, the iconic alternative metal band from New York that has left an indelible mark on the scene and shaped generations of rock artists, returns with Left, the first album in seven years. Holiday is the first single from this new album, which can rightly be called the most elegant and articulate sonic assault of the year.