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 and relatable voyage of trailblazing, non-compromising self-discovery. Their new album Coup...

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 April 26th on Closed Casket Activities and Full of Hell is on tour RIGHT NOW! HardLore is now on...

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. After months and months of uncertainty, impossibly hard work on her end, triumph of her...

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 Tongues, Hannah Louise, COREY MF WILLIAMS, James Vitalo (first time long time), Magnitude,...

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 and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepod HardLore...

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 store: https://hardlorepod.com Join the HARDLORE DISCORD:...

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.com/HARDLORE to receive a free 1-year supply of vitamin D and 5 travel packs of AG1. Get...

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/playlist/4qM43HqPA39ZiRNE8p93N8?si=4f8b75e98cdd408e Apple Music -...

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 albums as a hardcore band. Brendan is a great friend of the show and possesses the gift of gab like...

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 any genre of extreme music, and tour with bands from Twitching Tongues to Hatebreed to Suicide...

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 GREENS! Try AG1 at athleticgreens.com/HARDLORE to receive a free 1-year supply of vitamin D...

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 itself is the only thing that rivals the magnitude of their contributions to hardcore music. 10...

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 the overall presentation of our recap. Introducing... HARDLORE RECORDS! Head over to our...

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 extensive and terrifying history with supernatural experiences and much, much more. Dare I say... An...

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 recording engineer, his early, lesser known bands that spawned into FFAA, winning a Grammy with...

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: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef This episode is brought to you by ATHLETIC GREENS! Try AG1 at...

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 VIDEO OF THE YEAR BEST BREAKDOWN BEST SKANK BREAKDOWN BEST GUEST FEATURE BEST LIVE...

Our beloved Cayle Sain has passed away suddenly and tragically at the age of 31. Cayle was a pillar of the hardcore punk music community, a master-level drummer and a great friend to anyone he so much as spoke to. If you knew him he loved you, and he’ll live forever through his countless recorded performances and beautiful memories he made with everyone he encountered. We were lucky enough to have convinced him to join us for a short interview in December of last year, for what was supposed...

When hard bands go soft... Today on HardLore we explore our favorite "soft" songs played by bands that are normally much harder. Not every ballad is soft and not every soft song is a ballad. We're here to fill the gaps and educate the HardLore listeners by expanding their musical palette, because we all know that the hardest thing a band can truly do is sing about their feelings or take a sonic risk. THE HARDLORE AWARDS, live at Brain Dead Studios Fairfax in Los Angeles, California on...

Colin and Bo welcome back Zuma, vocalist and guitar player of Kruelty from Tokyo, Japan. Zuma's passionate opinions on American fast food are responsible for HardLore's most watched clip of all time, so we figured it only made sense to have him break down ALL of his thoughts on what it's like to experience American Cuisine while on the road in the states with Kruelty with this comprehensive TIER LIST. One of the funniest and most entertaining people in the world, enjoy this instant classic...

Happy Thanksgiving, It's finally HardLore time. The first newly recorded episode in 5 weeks! With the Harms Way "Common Suffering" tour wrapped up, Bo and Colin are home and reunite to fill each other in on everything they've missed. What is a headlining tour like in 2023? How was Flyover Fest? How much money did Colin lose? Find out in this massive 3 hour episode. Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef This episode is brought to you by MADD VINTAGE, use code BLACKFRIDAY...

Gridiron: Fueled by football, McDonald's, and hard riffs. After releasing one of our favorite albums of 2022, Gridiron joined us live and in-person at FYA Fest 2023. Fronted by Matt Karll, longtime local PAHC figurehead and composed by Will Kaelin, the insanely talented riff-machine from Never Ending Game. Enjoy this chaotic 30-minute look into what makes Gridiron so special. We will be back to longform HardLore episodes NEXT THURSDAY. Join the HARDLORE DISCORD:...

Thumbnail photo by Reid Haithcock. Colin and Bo talked to Nate Newton from Converge, Cave In, Doomriders and MUCH MORE in-person in Manchester, UK, and as stated in the intro, Nate is true legend both personally and creatively in hardcore/punk, a pioneer at juggling multiple incredible bands and expertly filling multiple rolls in all of them and we can't wait to have him back on. We talk Converge's thoughts on Jane Doe when they finished the album, joining the band without knowing any of...

While Bo is on tour with Harms Way and Colin is recovering from being possessed by the spirit of Ronald McDonald, we bring you this very special extended mini-HardLore from the vault with one of the great modern riffers of our time: The great Isaac Hale of Knocked Loose, Inclination and Weapon X. They talk bonding through the Cheescake Factory, touring with each other as strangers, being called industry plants and much, much more! This episode is brought to you by MADD VINTAGE, use code...