Heldmaschine (German for "Hero Machine") are a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in 2008 in Koblenz as a parallel project from the Rammstein cover band Völkerball.

After releasing their first album they changed their name to Heldmaschine and decided to focus on original music.

[1][2] Their first album, Weichen und Zunder, was originally released by Völkerball.

It was re-released in 2013 by Heldmashine but with a line-up change – the brother of singer René Anlauff, Marco Schulte (bass), took over for Tilmann Carbow and Andreas Schanowski.

The position of keyboard player was abolished.