Bryan Garris and Isaac Hale are the co-leaders of Knocked Loose, and you’d have to imagine that would keep them plenty busy, especially since Hale also has side projects like Inclination. But every once in a while, Garris and Hale still make time to make some noise with xWeaponx, a straightforwardly brutal metallic hardcore band with a militant straight-edge theme. Hale plays guitar and sometimes screams in xWeaponx, while Bryan Garris plays bass. Garris’ brother Trey, also of the Louisville death metal destroyers Gates To Hell, plays drums, and their friend Dave Baugher fronts the band. xWeaponx are the kind of project who really only play hardcore festivals, which means that every live set is an event. The band steers right into that, only ever releasing music that will induce absolute bedlam in a big room. You can really, really hear that in their new demo.
