HAWXX have announced a brand new album!
The London-based political punk metal trio have revealed their second full-length album, The World Splits Open, which is set for release on June 26th, 2026 via self-release. The record serves as the follow‑up to their 2023’s Earth, Spit, Blood And Bones and sees the band delivering their most devastating and expressive work to date, rejecting modern metal production conventions in favour of a raw, fully live approach.
The World Splits Open was recorded live, abandoning click tracks, quantisation, and vocal automation to capture the band’s chemistry and intensity without compromise. Drawing from alternative metal, punk, and traditional Greek music rooted in vocalist Annouli’s heritage, the album confronts themes of resistance, grief, rage, queer love, and survival in a collapsing world.
Commenting on the album as a whole, Annouli shares, “this album is the rawest thing we’ve ever made. 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.”
Alongside the album announcement, HAWXX have also shared a music video for the new single ‘Feral Mother’, which offers a stark and emotional entry point into the album’s themes of grief, resistance, and connection to the natural world. The new song is the latest single to be released from the upcoming album, following on from Macho Bullshit and Resistance Is Justified.
Speaking on the new single, Annouli explains, “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 official music video for Feral Mother here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
- Resistance Is Justified
- Macho Bullshit
- Feral Mother
- We Are Nature
- Arm The Animals
- Bind
- Sacred Water
- Shriek
- Me Her And The Birds
- Be That Whore
The World Splits Open is set for release on June 26th, 2026 via self-release. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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