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Nova Twins on silencing the heavy metal doubters: ‘People don’t question men’

The duo count Elton and Rage Against the Machine among their fans, but being two Black women in a largely white, male scene means working twice as hard. The duo discuss winning over the mosh pit – and why they’ve banned synths

“Honestly we just yapped the whole time”) first met in their teens, when Love dated South’s brother: she became part of the family – the two girls even shared a bedroom – and eventually they started making music together. It might have started as a reaction to the misogynoir that dogs heavy rock genres but it turned out to be an integral part of a Nova Twins show, with South in particular marshalling two vast planks of pedals at her feet, stomping on them periodically to take her bass from a muscular strut to a thundering dubstep fuzz. The committee listened and in 2022 added the best alternative music act award (the Nova Twins were nominated) and at this year’s show they took to the stage with a blistering performance of Monsters that felt pointedly like a victory lap.

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