Los Angeles Metal Trio Delivers Its Most Expansive and Emotionally Charged Release Yet
LOS ANGELES, CA — Los Angeles metal trio HXTXD (pronounced Hated) has officially unleashed its ambitious new double-disc album, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf , released August 21, 2026 via Riot Ready Records . Spanning 20 tracks, the sprawling new release represents the band’s most expansive and fully realized work to date, pushing the boundaries of its sound while maintaining the raw aggression, emotional weight, and underground authenticity that have defined HXTXD since its formation.
Formed in Los Angeles in 2020, HXTXD emerged from the chaos with a simple goal: make heavy music that hits as hard emotionally as it does physically. Featuring Wesley Richards on vocals and guitar, Staxx Tightsey on bass, and Cash Monty on drums, the trio draws from metal, melodic death metal, hard rock, metalcore, and hardcore without allowing itself to become trapped by any single genre.
On The Hour Between Dog and Wolf , those influences collide in a record that embraces both brutality and atmosphere. Crushing riffs, aggressive rhythms, emotionally charged melodies, and moments of unexpected clarity create a dynamic listening experience built around contrast.
The album’s title reflects that very idea. The Hour Between Dog and Wolf refers to the uncertain space between light and darkness, instinct and reason, violence and vulnerability. HXTXD uses that liminal concept as a foundation for an album that explores alienation, resilience, despair, catharsis, and the human instinct to fight back.
Rather than simply delivering one relentless barrage of heaviness, HXTXD allows the music to breathe, shift, and evolve. The result is an album that can be savage one moment and deeply reflective the next, finding common ground between bone-crushing intensity and genuine emotional songwriting.
” The Hour Between Dog and Wolf is our most expansive and fully realized work to date,” says Wesley Richards . “We wanted to push the sound into new territory without losing the rawness, grit, and authenticity that have defined HXTXD from the beginning.”
The entire album was written, engineered, produced, mixed, and artworked by Wesley Richards at Riot Ready Records in Los Angeles, California. Mastering was handled by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege in Portland, Oregon.
With years of underground experience behind them and a growing reputation for intense live performances, HXTXD continues to carve out its own space within the West Coast metal scene. The band proudly wears its influences on its sleeve while transforming them into something distinctly its own.
For listeners drawn to the aggression of Cannibal Corpse , the melodic intensity of modern extreme metal, the raw energy of hardcore, and the emotional punch of metalcore, HXTXD offers something that refuses to sit neatly inside a box.
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf is more than a collection of heavy songs. It is a record about existing in the space between extremes, where chaos becomes catharsis and darkness can become its own form of clarity.
HXTXD is:
Wesley Richards — Vocals / Guitar
Staxx Tightsey — Bass
Cash Monty — Drums
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
Artist: HXTXD
Release: The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
Format: Double-Disc Album / 20 Tracks
Release Date: August 21, 2026
Label: Riot Ready Records
Location: Los Angeles, California
Check them out on YouTube:
Listen & Follow
Contact
Wesley Richards
Riot Ready Records
Add Comment