Bristol O2 Academy, 27th June 2022
Review HAWXX
O2 Academy Bristol 27/6/22
October’21 I was shocked & awed by a band in front of around 50 people @louisiana.bristol, that literally blew my mind. I declared them at the time my band to watch in 2022.
Skip forward just eight months & that same band have earned plaudits across the Metal community, picked up multiple video awards, chalked up their first @downloadfest appearance and are now on tour with the legendary @tremontiofficial.
You could tell from day one that Hawxx had both the character &
quality to ensure their trajectory was set to rise very quickly.
Now seeing them back in Bristol, on the big stage, in front of a packed crowd it’s clear that this is a band that’s star will only keep on rising.
Armed to the teeth with explosive riffs, crushing drums and the melodic, siren-esque vocals that lure you in. Before smashing you against the rocks with heavily barbed lyrics. Hawxx encapsulate everything that is good about modern metal.
And the fact they deliver their message of self empowerment & determination for change whilst taking a sledgehammer to the glass ceiling of metal only makes us love them more.
In the months since we’ve last seen them, the set has matured immeasurable. There’s a swagger and confidence in their stage presence that seeps from the machine that is @jessicadrums at the back, through the shockwaves given off by @hannah.hawxx on guitar and provides a strong aura of rock goddess to @anna.hawxx ‘s vocal performance. Newest Hawxx member @julia.b.cadau commands the bass like a Valkyrie using it to hammer on the doors of Valhalla itself.
Hearing older favourites such as “Low” & “Blunt” coupled with my first live experiences of “detonate” has left me screaming to gods of metal to please let us have a full album sooner rather than later.
The set finishes, as it should with “Dogma” and the reception at the end removes all doubt that Hawxx will be headlining this stage in the near future.
@bristolnomad_gigphotography / The Bristol Nomad
