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 the announcement of their second full-length album, “The World Splits Open”. Due 26th June 2026, this album 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.
In celebration of the announcement, they’ve shared a music video for brand new single ‘Feral Mother’. On the new single’s inspiration, vocalist Annouli comments:
“‘Feral Mother’ is our song of grief and loss. It’s about allowing the natural world to hold that raw, feral process; the deep ache of loss, the rage, the hollow, the ritual, the release. Grieving is a part of loving deeply. It can feel like the whole world has turned against you, like you are completely alone in your pain. The trees, the songbirds, the rivers, the things that once gave you a sense of home have turned away from you. Until one day you feel a little more able to breathe, a little more space around your heart. A quiet voice reminds you of your place in this world and whispers that it’s time to let go.”
Watch the video for ‘Feral Mother’ HERE.
Stream ‘Feral Mother’ HERE.
Pre-order “The World Splits Open” HERE.
“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. ‘Feral Mother’ closely follows previous singles ‘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.
HAWXX – “The World Splits Open” Track Listing:
2. Macho Bullshit
3. Feral Mother
4. We Are Nature
5. Arm The Animals
6. Bind
7. Sacred Water
8. Shriek
9. Me Her And The Birds
10. Be That Whore
HAWXX make songs of protest, feminist resistance, grief, ecological catastrophe and queer love, they write songs to keep the soul alive in a dying world, to carve a way through the terrifying times we are in. Due in Spring of 2026, their upcoming second full-length album weaves alternative metal, punk, and traditional Greek music from Annouli’s heritage.
The band’s debut full-length album, “Earth, Spit, Blood And Bones”, spawned the singles ‘Death Makes Sisters Of Us All‘ (a track tackling the heartbreakingly ever-relevant topic of global femicide), ‘Embrace The Ugly‘ (a call to arms in finding beauty in disobedience of everything that’s expected of you), ‘Soulbreaking Machines‘ (with lyrics forcing us to question the blind and mislead lives we lead at the direction of the powerful and greedy), and lead single ‘The Worst Thing‘. The debut record was heralded by Metal Hammer as “the righteous racket heavy music needs right now” and nominated for their Album Of The Year, whilst Kerrang! called them “the peak of rock n’ roll, Hawxx play like they want to start a revolution’, and Distorted Sound labelled them “uncompromising, outspoken and poised to take on the world.”
HAWXX have taken their rage to stages across the country, straddling the heavy community at festivals like Download and Bloodstock and opening for the mighty Tremonti and The Raven Age, but also staying true to the topics at the root of their music from Brighton Pride, Boomtown, and GrrrFest across the pond on the continent.
HAWXX‘s line-up is:
Annouli Papadimitriou – vocals, guitars
Hannah Staphnill – guitars, backing vox
Jessica Dann – drums, backing vox
For more information:
https://www.hawxx.co.uk/
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