Political punk metal band HAWXX are known for their wild performances and songs of rage, love and resistance. The London based progressive trio have created their most devastating and beautiful work with their second full-length album, “The World Splits Open”, which is available today. In celebration of the release, they’ve shared a music video for the focus track ‘Arm The Animals‘, which targets those who take pleasure from bloodsports.
On the inspiration for the focus track and video for ‘Arm The Animals‘, the band state:
“This is a song for animal rights that pictures a world where animals take revenge for the cruelty they have endured. This song starts the war cry for the cows, the pigs, the birds, the foxes to rise up with, and take revenge on people who take pleasure in hunting animals for sport.”
This new release untethers HAWXX from the uniformity of modern metal production, abandoning click tracks, quantizing and vocal automation. What you hear is intentional, expressive and fierce. The band’s music is inseparable from its feminist foundations and their activism around Palestine, climate catastrophe and trans and queer liberation. Rebellion is at the heart of all HAWXX do, as they carve out a unique and brave space within the heavy music scene.
On the release of the new record and what it means, vocalist and guitarist Annouli shares:
“We are so thrilled that The World Splits Open is finally out. Writing and recording this album has been an anchor in this last year, a place to embody our rage, to find our healing. The title comes from a lyric on the closing track of the album, ‘Be That Whore’. We made this music in a time of emergency where it felt like the world is splitting open and collapsing on both a societal and ecological level.”
She continues: “How do we unlearn the systems that divide us? How can we tap into that pulse of belonging that exists in the natural world, calling us to new ways of being? To hear that song the earth is always singing, the song that splits the world open in revolution. These are the questions we are asking in this album. From our hearts to yours, here is The World Splits Open!”
Order “The World Splits Open” HERE.
Watch the video for ‘Arm The Animals’ HERE.
After their ‘first-wave’ of live announcements, HAWXX have added an additional set of gigs to their expanding autumn tour. You’ll be able to experience the unity, acceptance, and catharsis of a HAWXX performance in all its chaotic glory this coming September and October on the following dates:
Fri 25th Sep – SHEFFIELD, Sidney & Matilda
Sun 27th Sep – GLASGOW, Nice N Sleazy
Thu 8th Oct – BIRMINGHAM, The Flapper
Sat 10th Oct – CHELTENHAM, The Frog And Fiddle
Sun 11th Oct – MANCHESTER, Gullivers
Wed 14th Oct – BRIGHTON, Hope & Ruin
Sat 17th Oct – LEICESTER, Firebug
Sun 18th Oct – NEWCASTLE, Anarchy Brew
Thu 22nd Oct – TUNBRIDGE WELLS, Forum Basement
Fri 23rd Oct – BOURNEMOUTH, The Anvil
Sat 24th Oct – NEWPORT, Le Pub
Sun 25th Oct – GUILDFORD, The Star Inn
Thu 29th Oct – LONDON, Signature Brew Haggerston
Tickets are available now from: https://www.hawxx.co.uk/tour.
“The World Splits Open” is HAWXX‘s response to the world right now. Songs of resistance, grief, rage, hope, hopelessness, queer love and revolution. The 10 tracks were written as a way of keeping their souls alive in a dying world, as a way of building resilience in themselves, in our communities and on our streets. This record weaves alternative metal, punk, and traditional Greek music from Annouli’s heritage.
“This album is the rawest thing we’ve ever made,” confesses Annouli. “We spent three weeks living at Middlefarm Studios in Devon with our producer Pete Miles. Every song was recorded in a room all together, a process that brings out the fire of our stage performance, where we can absorb each other’s energy and capture real magic. You can pre-order the vinyl with a beautiful booklet with lyrics, the stories behind each song with photographs of our time in Devon all beautifully designed by Milk & Bone.”
In a world where musicians, artists, and creatives are increasingly finding their platforms and livelihoods at risk of being stripped away from them, HAWXX‘s fearlessness only fuels their mission to give a voice to the voiceless in the face of adversity. ‘Arm The Animals’ closely follows previous singles “Feral Mother’, ‘Macho Bullshit’ and the politically-charged ‘Resistance Is Justified’, a track that documents the arrest and detainment of The Filton 24, including Annouli’s close friend Jordan. What sets HAWXX apart from their peers is that they’re proactive about their beliefs, which saw Annouli perform ‘Resistance Is Justified’ outside the courthouse in amongst other protesters fighting, marching, and showing support for Palestine.
Order “The World Splits Open” HERE.
