Band: Weakness
From: Niagara, Canada
Their formation story:
(Jason, vocals): "The band started after Davis (guitar) shared some demos with Joe as an excuse to hang out and make art together. They wanted to do a fast, dark, crusty band that ignores the modern mannerisms of hardcore and references the punk and metal music they grew up on.
"We all share similar backgrounds with regards to the music we were listening to as teenagers. Initially, they asked me to play bass for the band, I asked who was going to do vocals and they hadn’t figured that out so I offered that instead, and Joe switched from guitar to bass. We recorded our demo and got Cole on board pretty much immediately after.
Their sound in their own words:
"Our sound and style are based around writing short simple songs that skip to the fun parts of fast music. Bands we love and rip off include His Hero Is Gone, Bastard, Cursed, and Despise You. Lyrically, I’m influenced by all of the evils in this world."
Latest release info:
"We put a four-song demo online in late April, no physical release as of yet. Davis and Joe recorded all the music for that in a couple hours at Davis’ studio, it came together so quickly that day I only had lyrics written for one song then pretty much as soon as I finished words for the other 3 I came back and recorded the vocals a few days later.
"One of those songs was also featured on a compilation Under the Blade of a Zionist Nightmare Vol. IV which has 30 songs from punk, hardcore and metal bands from all over the world and all the funds from that go to Doctors Against Genocide. Hoping to have some physical copies of that soon."
Future plans:
"We’re playing a few shows within Ontario, finishing up a second demo and hopefully releasing that soon, maybe a couple weekend runs after that."
What other bands from their region should we check out?
"Eskrima from Toronto put out the best hardcore demo of the year so far. Terminator put out the best hardcore LP of the year so far. Cole also plays in Wedge and they rule."
Weakness on social media: Instagram
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