Hexes (band)
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Hexes is a British hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band featuring the former A
A (band)
A are a British alternative rock band from Suffolk, England, that formed in 1993. They have released four albums, and two live mini-albums.In 2002, the band enjoyed a brief period of commercial success, in which "Nothing", the first single from Hi-Fi Serious , charted at #9 on the UK singles chart...

 bassist, current guitar player for Bloodhound Gang
Bloodhound Gang
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 and presenter of BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
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's Rock Show, Daniel P. Carter. On 2008's "Eyes Like Knives" EP they covered Death from Above 1979
Death from Above 1979
Death from Above 1979 are a Toronto-based Canadian dance-punk/noise rock duo. Their album, You're a Woman, I'm a Machine, was released in late 2004. The band broke up in 2006, but announced a reunion in 2011.-History:...

 song "Blood On Our Hands
Blood on Our Hands
"Blood on Our Hands" was the second single from Death from Above 1979's album You're a Woman, I'm a Machine. It reached number 33 on the UK singles chart....

." The band are signed to Undergroove Records
Undergroove Records
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They have toured with the likes of Gallows
Gallows (band)
Gallows are a hardcore punk band from Watford, England. The band was formed in 2005 after the disbandment of founding member Laurent Barnard's previous band, My Dad Joe. Gallows' debut album, Orchestra of Wolves, was distributed in the United States by Epitaph Records, and they were subsequently...

, Finch
Finch (American band)
Finch was an American rock band from Temecula, California. The band released an EP Falling Into Place and two full-length albums, What It Is to Burn and Say Hello to Sunshine before declaring a hiatus in 2006. Finch reformed in 2007, playing a reunion show on November 23 at the Glasshouse in...

, CKY
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CKY is an American alternative metal band that formed in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1998. Centred around core members Deron Miller , Chad I Ginsburg and Jess Margera , the band shares its name with a skateboarding and stunt video series produced by Bam Margera, brother of drummer Jess...

, Lostprophets
Lostprophets
Lostprophets is a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997. Founded by vocalist Ian Watkins, bassist Mike Lewis, drummer Mike Chiplin and guitarist Lee Gaze, they were originally a side-project to hardcore punk band Public Disturbance. To date, Lostprophets have released four studio...

, Kids In Glass Houses
Kids in Glass Houses
Kids in Glass Houses are a Welsh rock band from Cardiff, and are considered a significant part of the Cardiff music scene. The band's name is inspired by the lyrics "not throwing stones at you anymore" from Glassjaw song "Tip Your Bartender". The band achieved success on the strength of the singles...

, The Used
The Used
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 and The Ghost of a Thousand
The Ghost of a Thousand
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. In 2008 the band played the Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
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 lock-up stage at the Reading and Leeds Festivals
Reading and Leeds Festivals
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 and in 2009 they played the Tuborg stage at Download Festival
Download Festival
The Download Festival is a three day rock music festival held annually at Donington Park, England . It usually takes place in June...

 and later played the Rocksound tent at Guilfest
GuilFest
GuilFest, formerly the Guildford Festival of Folk and Blues is a music festival held in Stoke Park, Guildford, England each July. The festival, like the larger Glastonbury Festival, features a range of genres including rock, folk, blues, and in recent years pop...

. In August 2010 they will play at the Hevy Music Festival
Hevy Music Festival
Hevy Music Festival is a rock festival that takes place annually near Folkestone in the UK. It was originally held on 1 August 2009 on Folkestone seafront as a one-day festival with Feeder, Gary Numan and Ash as headliners. In 2010 it moved to Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and grew to a weekend...

 near Folkestone
Folkestone
Folkestone is the principal town in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Its original site was in a valley in the sea cliffs and it developed through fishing and its closeness to the Continent as a landing place and trading port. The coming of the railways, the building of a ferry port, and its...

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Discography

  • Eyes Like Knives EP (November 17th, 2008)

1. Eyes Like Knives

2. Pissholes in the Snow

3. Blood On Our Hands
  • White Noise / Black Sound (March 16th, 2009)

1. Semaphore Kids

2. Eyes Like Knives

3. Sirhan Sirhan Sirhan

4. Curse the Rotten

5. Carrion Abroad

6. 'Hey Drama...'

7. The Score

8. Kiss the Guns

9. Lipgloss Ghosts

10. Hot Ice / Punishment Soirée

11. The New Immediatists

12. The Invisible War
  • "'Black Lodge Mixes'" (August 1st, 2011)

1. Harmonia

2. Procession

3. We Can Only Blame Ourselves

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