Two-piece South African heavy rockers Hellcats just dropped their badass new album The Hex And The Healer. With just eight songs over 22 minutes, the album is an adrenaline spike to the heart of furious riffs, raucous rhythms and sweltering vocals. Basically a lot of what is missing from today’s cleaned up, watered down excuses for rock. Hellcats are comprised of Alessandro Benigno on drums and vocals and Warwick Rautenbach on guitar. Recorded by Craig Hawkins at Audio Militia in Johannesburg, the band worked closely with producers Nick Argyros, Paul Norwood, and Craig Hawkins. The band has also announced two festival appearances, Up the Creek and Saggy Stone Beer Festival, and a new tour opening for The Cure to support The Hex And The Healer is available for purchase or streaming below.
The band commented on the album:
“Recording with Audio Militia you get three producers, each with a great guitar, vocal and drum influence respectively – so each instrument was pushed as hard as it could have been.”
Drummer and vocalist Alessandro added:
“Nick is a wizard drummer and he helped me a lot with my style and even set up. He’s also a great vocalist and helped a lot with vocal hooks too. I appreciate the fact that he doesn’t take shit – if it’s kak you’ll do it again and again until he’s happy.”
Hellcats tour dates:
8 Feb – Up the Creek Jägermeister presents Up the Creek 2019
9 Feb – Saggy Stone Beer Festival Saggy Stone Beer & Music Festival 2019
22 Feb – Mercury Live w/ Shadowclub A Club Called Hell (Cape Town)
23 Feb – Aandklas w/ Shadowclub A Club Called Hell (Stellenbosch)
1 March – Pretoria w/ Black Cat Bones & Shadowclub Shadowcats FT Shadowclub, The Black Cat Bones, Hellcats
16 March – The Cure JHB The Cure Live in JHB | Rock on the Lawns 2019
21 March – The Cure CPT The Cure Live in CT | Rock on the Lawns 2019
28 March – JHB album launch & Online march store launch (vinyl, USBs, badges & tees) TBA
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