HardLore

For our final episode of the year, we proudly present a compilation of some of our personal favorite moments from throughout all 52 weeks of HardLore episodes this year. We've already got some big plans and episodes in the works for 2025, but for now we thank you for the ongoing support and hope you enjoy. - Join the HARDLORE PATREON to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongsid...

For the very first time... HardLore and The Downbeat (Craig Reynolds) together at last. Two podcasts finally collide LIVE at a sold out event in Buffalo, New York before Better Lovers' second annual Holiday show: Blissmas. Filmed live by our good buddy Rob Menzer (New York HardLore series) and edited in record time by our main man Steven 197, enjoy this incredibly special live episode of both show...

It's HardLore Christmas time! We're ringing in with December (AKA the best time of year) with a classic Q&A special, where we answer more than 2 hours of questions from the HardLore audience. We also get into how Deadbody playing AEW happened, our thoughts on Knocked Loose playing Kimmel, and much more! Three new HardLore shirts out now, thank you: https://knotfest.com/collections/hardlore - Join...

HardLore proudly presents our 40 (20 each) picks for our favorite recorded guest vocal features of all time within the hardcore, metal and punk genres. Features are a timeless art that exists in every genre of music, where likely and unlikely artists collaborate to make something one of a kind that couldn't be achieved alone. It's a foolproof method to create new stars, or re-cement legends, and s...

This week on HardLore features special guest Leah Massey, vocalist of the United Kingdom's absolute best and brightest new band: PEST CONTROL. The crossover band inspired by classics such as Anthrax and Suicidal Tendencies also draws from some of HardLore's cult favorites like the Crumbsuckers, and Leah walks us through her journey from young emo kid, to discovering hardcore in Leeds' vibrant hard...

HardLore is finally joined by modern hardcore's most charismatic frontman, AKIL GODSEY of Baltimore's END IT. End It quickly went from local band, to nationwide hardcore festival staple, to now worldwide phenomenon all by practicing the most important thing a hardcore band can be: AUTHENTIC. 00:00:00 - Start 00:00:49 - Introduction 00:04:33 - Moral Code 00:07:34 - The Orgin of Akil 00:09:13 - Show...

A HardLore Investigative Special… In this incredibly special deep dive, we sit down with an important name in Misfits history: Tom Bejgrowicz, formerly of Caroline Records. When the band sued Danzig for nearly 20 years of back payment for performance royalties, Caroline Records stepped into the foot the bill… in exchange for owning the entire Misfits discography. Enter then lower level Caroline em...

This week we have a very special guest and VERY important musician when it comes to the DNA of our show and one of our bands in particular... We are joined by the incomparable Only Living Witness vocalist Jonah Jenkins. The short lived, but ahead of their time and impactful band existed for only 6 years, managing to release 2 iconic LPs in that time that would become cult classics and contribute t...

Happy Halloween! We're celebrating the only way we know how: Putting on costumes and talking about Hatebreed. Harm's Way just got home (literally minutes before this episode was filmed) from a month long tour with Hatebreed, Carcass and Crypta and we're gonna hear all about it. PLUS some inside info about the very fast and very intricate making of/rollout of Twitching Tongues newest Misfits tribut...

Hello welcome, it's HauntLore time... In this year's SPOOKY edition of HardLore's Haunted Spinoff, we received a very special tour of the Queen Mary, the world's most haunted ship, via The Grey Ghost Project's incredible guide, Rebecca Knight. This nearly 100 year old ship has survived multiple wars and over 1001 trips across the Atlantic... and at least 47 deaths.. Will Bo finally be a believer?...

Your favorite, our favorite, everybody's favorite... Please enjoy this newest Q&A special where we answered questions submitted by the HardLore Discord. Welcome FIRESTARTER to HardLore Records, and stream the new single "Tear Stained Youth", featuring Mark Porter from Floorpunch. Don't miss out on the next one, join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef HardLore is now on Patreon! Jo...

The long awaited full length HardLore episode with the frontman of, in our opinion, the greatest and most consistent hardcore band ever: SCOTT VOGEL of TERROR. In an episode that lives up to every bit of anticipation and excitement that we had, we find out all about Scott's upbringing from childhood to find hardcore, how his early bands started, (and ended, thanks Snapcase...) his love for Zero To...

We officially welcome the fall/winter seasons (the best time of year) with an official tribute to our favorite COLD WEATHER albums of all time. Hardcore, metal, industrial, electronic, you name it... Some things are just best served cold. Listen to the official companion playlist for this episode HERE: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3w6sZh4B2NCPPwGhJUxuPb?si=a508f351f83f4ec2 HardLore is now on...

This week's HardLore features special guest and co-founder of the greatest hardcore band in modern history: Sam Trapkin of Trapped Under Ice. We discuss Sam finding hardcore music AFTER joining TUI, growing up in and around Baltimore, moshing hard, his lifelong connection with Hatebreed, TUI's stretch of world domination as a tour band, tidbits throughout writing and recording their mythical disco...

We take a small break from music to have our very own Professor Bo Lueders take time out of his busy schedule to answer some in-depth historical questions. He is right about 30% of the time, let's see if this week he can hit 40%. 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 HardLor...

One of the most consistently requested guest since the beginning of HardLore: THOMAS PEARSON, vocalist of Atlanta's FOUNDATION finally joins us for an epic 3-hour episode documenting Foundation's beginning, ending, and everything in between. Since their breakup in 2016, Atlanta's FOUNDATION has become a mythical band to new fans of hardcore music, a band who's message carried as much meaning and w...

Colin and Bo list their favorite opening tracks in hardcore music. Whether it’s for an LP, an EP or a split, the first song on a record sets the tone for what you can expect from a band and often times can end up defining their entire career. They are the ultimate statement piece for what you’re about to hear, so we’ve paid tribute to some of the greatest ever with our official lists over the next...

We are finally joined by Twitching Tongues and God’s Hate bass player/stage mosher extraordinaire Alec Faber, who fronts the newly conceived Holy Blade alongside one of HardLore’s own. We talk about Alec’s journey from Grand Rapids to California, how playing in Freedom and True Love introduced him to many of his now longtime friends and bandmates around the country, hosting a movie podcast with Co...

We are joined live at HardLore HQ by Braxton Marcellous, the charismatic, multi-talented guitar player of generational standouts ZULU. Braxton is not only wildly magnetic and unforgettable as a stage performer, but truly one of the all time greats one on one. ZULU is a band full of hardcore lifers proudly carrying the torch, and are an amazing example of blazing your own path and finding ways to q...

The long awaited day has arrived... HardLore conducts a live tournament bracket to determine the hardest HARDCORE band of all time in a stacked tournament of bands hand-picked by us, in brackets set completely randomly... We swear. We stuck to MUSICAL HARDNESS as our main criteria, but there are a few examples when separating the art and the artist is simply impossible. Enjoy. HardLore is now on P...

...And we're back! HardLore returns for our first proper long form sit-down episode in over a month with an episode 2.5 hour recap of Bo's recent European excursion with Harms Way, as well as over an hour of answering your questions. 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 Har...

HardLore was joined for our first ever interview with a filmmaker by GREEN ROOM writer and director Jeremy Saulnier, who many don't know is a Virginia/DC hardcore OG. As the now cult classic film approaches its historic 10th anniversary, we moderated a Q&A at a sold out screening of the 2015 punk horror phenomenon at Brain Dead Studios. So much of this movie is crafted out of personal experiences,...

HardLore is joined by Sound & Fury co-promoters Martín Stewart (Terror, God’s Hate) and Madison Woodward (Fury) to recap this year’s incredible iteration of the USA’s biggest hardcore festival.   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 Reco...

Welcome to the first ever HardLore Family Feud! We celebrated the beginning of Sound & Fury week 2024 with a live, sold out show at Brain Dead Studios in Los Angeles. Team Twitching Tongues (Taylor Young, Alec Faber & Mike Cesario) went head to head against team Sound & Fury (Martin Stewart & Madison Woodward) with special guest Anthony Anzaldo from Ceremony/Cold Cave. Witness this historic battle...

HardLore is honored to be joined by the Godfather of hardcore himself: Vinnie Stigma from Agnostic Front. A true pioneer of the genre and a living legend, Vinnie took us around his neighborhood in New York City, including the world famous former home of the legendary venue CBGBs. We learned all about his early days as a punk rocker, making the jump to hardcore, how much he misses playing in Madbal...