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Pep Bonet

Hellbangers

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Hellbangers is an affirmation that at its core shows the strength and power of the metal community in Africa that connects around the world.


These brilliant and exciting photographs draw us into a special unique story. I feel particularly engaged by the cradle of civilizations, connection from the dawn of humanity to the present day through this lens of metal life captured by Pep.
The love and devotion in the faith of the music these maniacs defend, screams to us with absolute conviction. We are all united by the essence of the metal heart and spirit of Hellbangers!
- Rob Halford/Judas Priest

The Hellbangers are the “enfants terribles” of a sleepy, diamonds rich country.

Photographer Pep Bonet (°1974, Mallorca) has been following Overthrust, a heavy metal band from Botswana, Africa, and shows us a growing, exciting and thoroughly organic heavy metal community. Ten years ago, one group existed. Today there are more than ten – and their fans are growing every year.

The inhabitants of Botswana portrayed in this book are tattooed, wear loudly and proudly leather jackets, leather trousers and play heavy death metal music. Imagine the DIY ingenuity of their ‘costume creation’ involving harvested animal skulls and other natural elements.

With names like Demon and Gunsmoke, it would be easy though to think they are thugs, but “We try to be exemples. Rock is a wild thing, but also something for the heart”, says Gunsmoke, the heavy metal head. Here too, the lyrics of the songs are very critical towards societies, just like their western peers. Metal in Botswana is rebellious movement against authorities. This is the story of what looks at first to be an unlikely union, yet one which powerfully illustrates how music, how heavy metal music, has become a positively unifying force in an unlikely part of the world.
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