HELL CATS
A INFERNAL BAND
THAT WILL
CATCH YOU!!
The Interview!
By Darkzen
This time I am pleased to present an interview with a
talented group! Composed by talented women on guitars and sound! Lovers and
exponents of Heavy Metal! They are a group of Hell Cats from Slovenia.
Hellcats is the heavy metal rock band from Slovenia.
It was formed in Ljubljana by Sasha and Sonja Zagorc sisters who have begun
performing together in their childhood when they were still in music school.
Sasha was studying classical guitar and flute Sonja. Later they went to Sonja
drums and formed a girl band. Due to the small size of the space of Slovenian
music was not easy to find many female musicians.
Thank you very much for this interview and know more
of you friends! Come to the interview!
¿How you
been my friends?
We are very well, thank you. We are promoting our new
video for the song “Now Is My Time” from the album Warrior Princess at the
moment. So we are busy with promotional concerts and interviews. We are happy
to do what we do and excited about what future will bring us.
¿Hellcats,
who are you? tell us a little about you?
Hellcats is an all-female old school heavy metal band
from Slovenia. We are the first all-female metal band from this part of Europe
and for now still the only one in our country. The band was formed in 2006 by
the sisters Sasha (bass guitar) and Sonja Zagorc (drums). Due to the small size
of Slovenian music space it wasn't easy to find many female musicians. After a
few band member changes, Hellcats line-up was completed by Katja Mavec (guitar)
and Dasha Makuc (vocals).
In the beginning of 2010 we released our first single “Heavy Metal", which appeared on 2011 EP "Hellcats". Our second single "Master Of The Night" was produced by Davor Kontic and Grant Austin known as producer of the band Laibach. Both songs appeared on our new CD "Warrior Princess", which was self-released by at the end of 2013 in Milano (I). Authors of the songs(music, lyrics and arrangement)are Sasha and Sonja Zagorc. The album was recorded in Studio Conti by producer Davor Kontic. Besides 'Warrior Princess' which is in English language we also recorded an album in Slovenian language named 'Divja pot'.
We love to perform on big stages and had many gigs in clubs
and participated at many festivals to crowds of up to 12,000 people. We also
toured Russia in 2012 and Italy in 2013 due to Warrior Princess release. We
enjoy having as much concerts as possible and we are excited about what the
future will bring us since a German tour is already booked for the next spring.
¿Who are
the members?
Hellcats are: Sasha Zagorc – bass guitar, backing
vocals, author, manager of the band; Sonja Zagorc – drums, backing vocals,
author; Katja Mavec – guitar; Dasha Makuc – vocals
Sasha
Zagorc you play the bass and backing vocal, tell us your story?
I started playing classical guitar at very early age
at the music school. When I finished the music school I’ve decided to switch to
bass guitar and played in a few bands, later started a band with my sister
Sonja.
¿Sonja
Zagorc, you play the drum, and backing vocals too, tell us your story? Is
difficult to sing and to play the same time?
At the beginning I was playing flute. I started when I
was 5 years old in music school. Later on I switched to drums and it was the
best decision ever. Drumming is my passion now and having the Hellcats band is food for
my soul. At first I was just drumming, then I started to sing backing vocals.
You just need to practice more. Now it seems natural to do both. I'm happy if
people appreciate what we do and happy to be able to express myself this way.
¿Dasha
Makuc, you have a good voice! Which is your secret?
First I would like to thank you for your compliments.
I wonder what to say that won't sound already used. I think I can say I sang
before I had spoken. I enjoy singing very much, it makes my body and soul
stronger and coping my obstacles easier. I think everybody has a unique
knowledge or skill, he just needs to find. I found it early. But that doesn't
mean I haven't put hours and hours of hard work in it.
I will sing and express my feelings as long as I will live. I have sang in few bands and projects by now, which definitely made me what I am and gave me much needed experience. Currently my heart beats for Hellcats and my side project DreamOn. I am definitely not bored. My moto is: nothing is to hard if you put your love in it.
¿Katja
Mavec, you to play guitar, How you joined the band?
I was bored, and i was missing playing in a band (had
some bands before), so i started to search for a band on the internet..till i
found an interesting advertisement to join a female heavy metal band.
¿Which is
the main concept of the band?
The main concept of the band is to show the world the
idea of heavy metal music from our point of view. We are combining femininity,
women power, passion and heavy metal. And we believe that it's a great
combination. We are extremely proud when people say they are
inspired by us.
¿Who writes
the songs?
The authors of the songs are sisters Sasha and Sonja
Zagorc.
¿What is
your inspiration or theme that rely for their songs?
Our music is about love, desires, passion and
strength. Our songs are filled with optimism and energy. We have a lot to tell
and we want people to feel good when they listen to our music. are motivating and listening to each others
and talking about everything we want to do. The biggest motivation to write the
songs is life itself.
¿What
influences you have within the Heavy Metal? and Rock?
There was numerous of heavy metal, thrash metal and
hard rock bands that had a big influence on our band. Our favorite bands are
Pantera, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica, AC/DC and many more. We grew up
with them. They helped us to become who we are today.
¿Tell us
about the production of your new video, 'Now is my Time', 'because that song?
The video was filmed at various locations in our
hometown of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The song was written by sisters
Sasha&Sonja Zagorc and recorded and produced in collaboration with the
producer Davor Kontic at the Conti Studio. The chorus says what the song is
about:'Now is my time, I'm letting the days of past go by, I follow my dreams,
I've got nothing left to hide!'
¿What
surprises us you have about your band in this year? And the next year?
We have a lot of plans – some new songs for the
beginning, the EP, full lenght CD and a video or two, tour in Germany, maybe
UK, we'll see!Hope we will be surprised too.
¿Will be
new album?
We are already working on new songs, so expect a new
album in the future.
¿Anything
else you want to share us my friend?
On twitter http://twitter.com/#!/HELLCATSsi
If you want to buy our new album, you can find it here:
Thank you
very much! my friend! a hug! for your time and the last words are yours to all
our readers!
Photos official sources
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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