13/01/2026
2026 🤘🏻
𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐄'𝐒 𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐃 - 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 "𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫"
(out on 20 March 2026 | presale + new single soon!)
The one and only ACID, formed in Bruges in 1980, are widely considered to be one of the very first speed metal bands on the European continent.
In 2019, Kate de Lombaert decided to resurrect the band under the name of Kate's ACID. They appeared live at Keep It True Rising in 2021 and once again at Keep It True in 2023, where a live album was recorded. A year later, »Blowing Your Ears Off« was released on HRR to great critical.
»Hellbender« is the name of the first studio album by the newly formed Kate’s Acid, featuring nine brand-new compositions. The new line-up of the band consists of guitarist Geert Annys, drummer Ash and Camilo (Thunder Screamer) Ortega, from Columbia, who is active in the band Axe Steeler and supplied most of the bass parts, with Kate handling the vocals, of course. The recordings were done in Belgium and Colombia and the mix in Germany (Berlin) in the studio of Jacky Lehmann.
“I wanted to make a new studio album for a very long time, but did not find the right musicians,” comments the legendary singer on the evolution of »Hellbender«. “It was time for me to break the silence. In my opinion, this new album is full of great songs, and I like to share them with old-time fans and new, enthusiastic rockers. To my ears, it still sounds like old-school metal.”
»Hellbender« is indeed full of great songs, making it a natural contender for the legitimate successor to »Maniac«.
Watch out!
- MATTHIAS MADER -
𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓:
01 Hellbender
02 Taking Back My Wings
03 The Lightning Conductor
04 Riding Out
05 Do Not Burn the Witch
06 Valkyrie
07 Buccaneers
08 Stormchaser
09 Air Raid
Mixed by Jacky Lee Man (audiosound.de)
Mastered by Patrick W. Engel (Temple Of Disharmony)
Cover artwork by Marcio Ar**ha