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Part 2 of our very special New York HardLore series features special guest Tom Sheehan of Indecision/Most Precious Blood. We're in Sunset Park Brooklyn, Tom's childhood stomping grounds (and birthplace of Merauder) at what was formerly known as the Crazy Country Club, the venue where Tom earned his stripes as a young hardcore kid and played his first shows. Where the late 80s hardcore and punk ban...

Fresh off of separate tours supporting two of hardcore's flagship bands, Drain and Kublai Khan - Colin and Bo reconvene to recap the events of the first time both of them have been on tour concurently since the inception of HardLore. Harms Way was part of Kublai Khan's second leg of their recent U.S. tour alongside Pain of Truth, and Twitching Tongues joined up with Drain, Terror and more for a fe...

Colin and Bo chat with Tied Down Fest founders Jimmy Lawson and Curtis Dalton, Detroit hardcore kids that grew up booking shows, playing in bands, & printing merch who would eventually to bring a 2,000+ attendee hardcore festival to their beloved hometown. The 2024 edition of the festival featured Have Heart, Youth of Today, Drain, Terror and HardLore's very own God's Hate and Twitching Tongues. T...

HardLore proudly presents the first part of our three-part series shot in a single day all about New York Hardcore, all three of which feature special guest co-host: King Nine vocalist Dan Seely. Part one features Mike Dijan, an absolutely all-time great hardcore guitar player and song writer. We visited his hometown neighborhood in Astoria Queens and learned the origin of how hardcore music made...

While HardLore was at LDBBB Fest, we tried something new and challenged some people outside, including a few members of bands and previous guests, to name the bands behind the opening FIRST SECOND of some iconic hardcore songs. How many can you guess right on your first go? HardLore is now on Patreon! Join now to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly epis...

HardLore welcomes back one of the very first guests, Brody King of God's Hate and All Elite Wrestling to deliver his personal, experienced ranking of American Fast Food through the eyes of a professional wrestler who travels more than any band. Even though food is the main topic, we still found a way to fill this episode with personal lore and shared experiences throughout our collective two decad...

HardLore Presents our official tournament bracket to determine the heaviest band OF ALL TIME. We methodically argued to find one winner amongst the following bands: Obituary, Slayer, Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower, Sleep, Crowbar, All Out War, Neurosis, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Suffocation, Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, Conan, Dying Fetus, Disembodied, Celtic Frost, Decapitated, Demillich, Warning, T...

Colin and Bo celebrate their momentous 100th episode with a massive HardLore Q&A, answering questions sent by the viewers. We can't thank you enough for the past 100 episodes, we wouldn't have made it past the few handful without your support. Here's to a million more. HardLore is now on Patreon! Join now to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes:...

This week in a very special episode, we are joined by SeeYouSpaceCowboy... vocalist Connie Sgarbossa live and in-person at HardLore HQ, for a highly anticipated instant classic episode of HardLore. We discuss Connie's path from Che Cafe volunteer to spinkicking screamo pioneer, the personal experience of her transition, her early bands and SeeYouSpaceCowboy's entire history thus far. An inspiring...

Colin and Bo chat with Spencer Hazard, guitar player and founder of Full of Hell. 15 years and 31 records in, Spencer shares his and the band's story about how a small town Maryland band grinded (no pun intended) to the top of their field in extreme music. An amazing insight into carving your own path in music, making art your own way and the belief in your own success. Coagulated Bliss is out Apr...

On June 28th, 2023, every band’s worst nightmare became reality for our good friends in Year of the Knife - they were involved in a horrific van accident while on tour, which put the band on hiatus and ultimately lead to vocalist MADISON WATKINS being in in critical condition, suffering major physical trauma, experiencing over a month of memory loss and fracturing nearly every bone in her body. Af...

HardLore presents... LETTERMOSHD! While attending the Triple B Records / Daze / Streets of Hate showcase in Brooklyn, Colin and Bo talked to the hardcore musicians (and friends!) brave enough to share their picks for their 4 favorite hardcore albums of all time. Thanks to Terror, Big Boy, King Nine, Bulldoze, Age of Apocalypse, Balisong, Hold my Own, Combust, Pain of Truth, Aaron Warman, Twitching...

Colin and Bo sit down with LDBBB Fest promoters Sam Yarmuth (Triple B Records) and Colin Feeney (Gold Theory Artists) to talk about this year's installment of the midwest United State's premiere hardcore festival, LDB Fest, this year featuring a unique twist of being co-presented by Triple B Records for the first time. HardLore is now on Patreon! Join now to watch every single weekly episode early...

Colin and Bo recap a recent Texas tour featuring HardLore's own Twitching Tongues and God's Hate, alongside Incendiary, Violencia, Suburban Scum, Judiciary, Conservative Military Image and more! HardLore is now on Patreon! Join now to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepod HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records...

HardLore sits back down together for the first time in weeks, catching up in this 3 hour Q&A/recap of Colin's time in Japan and playing Just Another Gig festival in Tacoma, WA the next day. HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.com Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef This episode is brought to you by ATHLETIC GREENS! Try AG1 at athleticgreens.co...

Months after presenting you their picks for "soft songs" by "hard bands", Colin and Bo finally present their highly requested picks for HARD songs by soft bands... Hard and soft are as subjective as they come, but enjoy our insane rationalizations to why these songs belong in our least hardcore-oriented episode yet (sorry!) Listen to the official playlist here: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/p...

HardLore sits down with Brendan Garrone, the enigmatic frontman of INCENDIARY, contemporary Long Island legends. Occuring just minutes after their incredible set at FYA Fest 2024, we hear all about Incendiary's origins and their early goals as the most local of local bands, how Cost of Living accelerated their growth expeditiously, and what a massive undertaking it is to release 4 full length albu...

HardLore is joined by Trey Williams, drummer of the legendary death metal band Dying Fetus, whom we have officially dubbed "the hardest band to ever play music". This interview occured just hours before their incredible and highly anticipated set at this year's FYA Fest, the preeminent hardcore music festival in Florida/the whole Southeast USA. Dying Fetus has always been a band that can fit in an...

Colin and Bo are back together at HardLore HQ so they figured they'd take this week to catch you all up on what they've had going on and do a special Q&A based on the questions that you all submitted to Discord and Twitter. HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.com Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef This episode is brought to you by ATHLETIC GR...

HardLore is joined this week for an unbelievable and unfiltered conversation with Parris Mayhew, currently of AGGROS, but formerly the co-founder/original co-writer of legendary New York Hardcore band, the CRO-MAGS. The Cro-Mags are inarguably one of the most influential and important hardcore bands of all time, and the sheer insanity and legend of the internal twists and turns within the band its...

Colin and Bo are back from FYA Fest 2024, and for the very first time, we're joined by festival promoter Bob Wilson himself to go in depth about the lineup, presentation and everything else that goes into putting on the first big hardcore festival of the year for 10 years and running. Also for the very first time, our HardLore On the Street segment was spliced into this episode to further enhance...

HardLore is joined by LONG time friend of the show and Fleshwater singer Marisa Shirar, also known as Mirsy. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, we talk about Marisa's journey from being scouted by a teacher at her high school, to cutting her teeth at the Cobalt Cafe, her history with Colin and Twitching Tongues, meeting her boyfriend and now bandmate Anthony, joining Fleshwater, her exten...

Happy New Year! For our first episode of the year, we are joined by GRAMMY-WINNING producer/recording engineer Will Putney. Aside from being the master of the modern metalcore sound for other bands, he is well known for playing guitar in genre-staple Fit For An Autopsy, multi-regional supergroup END, and the spiritual successor to Every Time I Die, Better Lovers. We discuss getting his start as a...

As 2023 comes to a close, HardLore wanted to thank all of you are for making our first full calendar year an unbelievable success. We wanted to look back at a few of our personal favorite moments and episodes from this year, but we put our hearts into every single episode and hope it shows. We love you all. It is and forever will be HardLore time. See you next year. Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: http...

It's time for the first ever annual HardLore Awards, celebrating the best of hardcore music in 2023. All nominations were hand-selected by an 8-person committee and HardLore from all 13 categories that will be awarded today The categories are... ALBUM OF THE YEAR EP OF THE YEAR SINGLE OF THE YEAR HARDCORE MFS PLAYING ALTERNATIVE TYPE SHIT AOTY HARDCORE MFS PLAYING DEATH METAL TYPE SHIT AOTY MUSIC...