The Hellfreaks Explained

The Hellfreaks
Origin:Budapest, Hungary
Years Active:2009–present
Label:Napalm Records
Past Members:See below

The Hellfreaks are a Hungarian punk rock band from Budapest, formed in 2009. Originally a psychobilly band, the band switched to punk rock on their third album Astoria.

History

The Hellfreaks were formed in February 2009. However, the band's history began back in 2007 when the two founders played in a surf psycho band called Los Tiki Torpedoes. Freaky Tiki was a guitarist and Shakey Sue was a drummer. After many performances together, the two decided in 2009 that they wanted to take a harder musical stance. This is how The Hellfreaks were formed, who stylistically locate themselves between psychobilly, horror punk and metal.[1]

In 2010, they released their first album entitled Hell, Sweet Hell.[2] Their second album, Circus of Shame, was released in the summer of 2012,[3] which was pressed on red vinyl in a limited edition in addition to the CD.

After the band hadn't been heard from for a long time, Shakey Sue announced in early 2015 that the band was back with a new line-up and that they would be touring in the US and Europe in 2015 and 2016.[4] The double bass was replaced by an electric bass.

The Hellfreaks released their third studio album Astoria in 2016, with which the band says it represents a change in style from psychobilly/horrorpunk to female fronted modern punk-rock-riot! was completed.[5] The style on Astoria is reminiscent of the early sound of the band The Distillers.[6] They released their fourth album God on the Run in 2020.[7] On 14 April 2023, The Hellfreaks released their fifth studio album, Pitch Black Sunset. On the same day, they released their music video for PBSS, which is their abbreviated title track for that album.[8] [9]

Members

Current members

Former members

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

Music videos

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview: Wir sind alle Outsider (Amboss Mag) . Michi . 21 September 2012. 10 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Angehört: The Hellfreaks – Hell Sweet Hell . 2013-04-10.
  3. Web site: CD-Review: The Hellfreaks – Circus of Shame . Luisa Dasbach . 2013-01-17 . 2013-04-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131215022605/http://www.pressuremagazine.de/rockabilly-psychobilly/4089/the-hellfreaks-circus-of-shame.html . 2013-12-15 .
  4. Web site: The Hellfreaks come back! . 2015-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150917151055/http://www.thehellfreaks.com/2015/03/the-hellfreaks-come-back/ . 2015-09-17 .
  5. Web site: Facebookseite: The Hellfreaks . . 2017-06-26.
  6. Web site: THE HELLFREAKS - Astoria. 9 June 2016. 26 June 2017.
  7. Web site: The Hellfreaks “Even before it was released, I was sure this was the best album we have ever written”. Neale. McGeever. 19 May 2020. ramzine.co.uk.
  8. Web site: THE HELLFREAKS Premiere ‘PBSS’ Music Video. Metal Forces. 14 April 2023.
  9. Web site: The Hellfreaks release new music video for ‘PBSS’. Distorted Sound Magazine. 14 April 2023.
  10. Web site: The HellFreaks: Hell has Never Sounded so Sweet . 2013-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131215055801/http://indiemusic.co/2012/01/27/the-hellfreaks-hell-has-never-sounded-so-sweet/# . 2013-12-15 .
  11. Web site: YouTube. 2014-04-09. PUNKABILLY SHAKES THE WORLD VOL3 TRAILER.

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