The Summer 2025 HardLore Q&A Special has arrived, we answered a huge array of questions from our Patreon and Discord ranging from our thoughts on Turnstile's new album "Never Enough", the spinkick heard 'round the world, our favorite merch designs ever, how we'd rank every Metallica album ever, and MUUUUCH more. Enjoy our favorite type of episode to do!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:01:08 - Hello Welcomee

00:02:11 - Harms Way Tour Recap

00:06:35 - Special Announcement....

00:06:50 - Tied Down 2025

00:13:54 - Patreon Q&A Begins

00:15:18 - Best and Worst Meal of Tour

00:17:50 - Metallica Albums Ranked

00:22:51 - Best Advice Ever Received

00:24:04 - Favorite High School memory

00:27:47 - New Music Soon?

00:28:07 - Mt. Rushmore of Hatebreed Tracks

00:30:41 - Frank Iero

00:33:05 - Followed by an Alien

00:34:01 - Lightsabers

00:35:32 - Deathcore

00:37:28 - Bands Needing to Push the Envelope

00:41:43 - Touring in A Van vs Touring in a Bus

00:46:20 - Hardcore Not F****** With Metalcore

00:47:11 - Bucket List for Traveling

00:49:48 - What Went Into Twitchfits Vol 2

00:51:45 - Best HC Merch Designs

00:52:03 - Pardon This Interruption…

00:56:09 - The Process of Doing Guest Vocals

00:56:56 - Top 5 TV Shows

00:59:32 - Glow Ups and Podcasts

01:00:45 - Best Needle Drop in TV / Movies

01:02:50 - Turnstile

01:04:10 - Hardest riffs in your own bands

01:07:29 - Top 4 animated movies

01:14:21 - All Time Favorite Indie Wrestling Match

01:15:05 - Predicting Rushmore of Modern Hardcore

01:18:20 - Bo's Skin Care Routine

01:19:18 - Rushmore of Weightlifting Records

01:21:30 - Holy Grail of Lost Media

01:22:27 - Dahmer Party?

01:22:44 - Age Limit to claim Edge

01:23:54 - When Tours Cross Paths...

01:26:12 - ideal Breakfast Spread

01:26:49 - Lal Mirch Order

01:28:54 - Mikkey Dee on the Pod when?

This week HardLore is celebrating modern hardcore greatness as we BREAK DOWN some of our favorite breakdowns released between 2000-2025 in the very first new list/ranking video on the new HardLore channel.

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00:00:00 - Hello Welcome

00:00:50 - Introduction

00:03:00 - King Nine - No Dreams

00:04:37 - First Blood - Victim

00:06:24 - Sunami - Step Up

00:07:44 - Cosmic Joke - Empty Nesting Doll

00:09:18 - 100 Demons - His Fathers Son

00:11:36 - New Lows - Hatchet Head

00:13:51 - Nails - Gods Cold Hands

00:15:33 - Xibalba - Cold

00:17:09 - Irate - Gone

00:18:09 - Comeback Kid - All in A Year

00:19:48 - Trapped Under Ice - Too True

00:21:33 - Righteous Jams - Bust it

00:23:48 - Torena - Bleed

00:25:07 - Missing Link - New York Minute

00:26:32 - Harms Way - Breeding Grounds

00:28:32 - Gods Hate - Finish The Job

00:30:18 - Bad Seed - Real Rain Pours

00:33:12 - Figure Four - Kill And Deceive

00:34:56 - Pardon This Interuption

00:36:49 - Ingrown - Gun

00:39:45 - Most Precious Blood - Apparition

00:40:49 - All Out War - Vengance Reigns Eternal

00:42:22 - The Killer - True Failure

00:44:27 - Mongrel - Tightrope Walk

00:45:56 - Trapped Under Ice - Half Person

00:47:46 - Never Ending Game - God Forgives

00:49:14 - King Nine - Art of War

00:50:39 - Death Threat - Never Again

00:52:02 - Disgrace - True Enemy

00:53:51 - Disgrace - Self

00:55:36 - Have Heart - Watch Me Rise

00:56:58 - Top 5 time

00:57:05 - Downpresser Intro

00:58:21 - Mental - DFJ's Diary

00:59:57 - Cold as life - Who Holds the Truth

01:00:47 - No Warning - Scratch The Skin

01:02:25 - Dead And Dying - Prophecy of War

01:03:59 - Dying Fetus - Subjected to A Beating

01:05:04 - Kickback - No Surrender

01:06:29 - Hatebreed - Proven

01:08:18 - Crowbar - Cemetery Angels

01:09:40 - Lamb Of God - Now You Have Something To Die For

WHEEL. OF. LORE-TUNE. Detroit Wheel City baby! Live from Edgemen at Tied Down fest, we were joined by Mongrel, Cosmic Joke and Cyadine for our second ever LIVE game show. All three bands are members of the HARDLORE RECORDS roster and they're battling to find out who is the smartest on the label (at meaningless HardLore-picked word trivia)

ENJ_Y.

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00:00:00 - Start 00:03:45 - Category: Banger 00:07:06 - Category: Detroit Hardcore 00:11:26 - Category: Couple Tracks 00:15:08 - Category: Hilarious Wikipedias 00:20:39 - Category: Bible 00:22:24 - Category: Hella Unvaxxed 00:30:01 - Category: Band Name 00:33:10 - Category: Ska Soundtrack 00:37:50 - Category: Thing 00:43:46 - Category: Pardon This Interruption 00:44:34 - Category: Gateway 00:48:36 - Category: Cursed 00:53:30 - Category: Dope ass second album 00:59:20 - Category: Green Room 01:00:46 - Category: GOAT 01:05:21 - Category: Boners or Hard Songs 01:07:30 - Category: Airport Discomfort 01:13:04 - Category: Beat 01:17:31 - Category: Wow! That's a Lot... 01:21:41 - Category: Enemy

HardLore is joined by COMBUST vocalist Andrew Vacante, the self proclaimed, but unopposed king of Staten Island hardcore fresh off of their highly acclaimed sophomore LP, "BELLY OF THE BEAST."

Andrew finally joins us for a proper full length episode, documenting his origin from middle school heavy metal hesher singing in bands, to his early days DIY screenprinting in a basement, touring extensively in Vice (NY), the many bands that lead him to finally starting Combust, touring Europe (six times), forming his skills as a songwriter and breaking down their new record.

This marks Andrew's 3rd formal appearance on HardLore but his first proper episode, we knew going in that would be a banger and he immediately delivered. Enjoy and listen to Combust!!!

PS sorry to all the Sharks out there if you're listening. FREE OLA.

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00:00:00 - Hello Welcome

00:00:45 - Introduction

00:02:42 - Staten Island

00:04:35 - Formative Years

00:12:12 - Vice

00:12:34 - The Print Shop

00:15:07 - Vice and Knocked Loose

00:19:48 - (One of the) Crazy Vice Shirt(s)

00:27:58 - Getting Fired / Combust Begins

00:35:05 - Getting Over at Home

00:39:23 - The Void

00:40:05 - First Combust Tours

00:43:42 - The Pandemic

00:45:22 - Another Life

00:50:30 - First Time in Europe

00:56:29 - Fluff Fest Debacle

01:02:17 - Pardon This Interruption

01:03:06 - Shark Tales, Europe Reprise

01:16:25 - Combust in 2025

01:17:56 - Belly of The Beast

01:24:26 - Food

01:27:57 - Top 5 New York Pizzas

01:34:11 - Ghosts

01:34:55 - Paid with Pain

01:37:24 - Updated Top 4 HC Records

01:41:32 - Patreon Q&A

01:41:43 - If NYHC Didnt exist...

01:45:40 - Classic Metal Albums

01:49:26 - Belly of the Beast Record Release

01:51:12 - Fugettaboutit

01:52:06 - Hardest band of All Time

The doctor is in, please take a seat.We're joined in person by hilarious and universally beloved friend of the show, the wickedly talented vocalist/guitarist of PITY SEX: Dr. Britty Drake.

We go into great detail about Britty's expulsion from high school due to a (joke) violent threat on Myspace and the extensive aftermath, her upbringing from young Christian Metalcore fan experimenting with many haircuts in Lansing, MI to Indie Shoegaze pioneer extensively touring the country, taking a break from music to become a literal DOCTOR of the mind, balancing work and home life with her husband/bandmate Mike, playing live with Pity Sex in 2025 & beyond and much, much, more!

A truly delightful episode with our great friend that we had as much fun recording as we did watching it back. Pity Sex is here to stay, baby! Enjoy.

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00:00:00 - Hello Welcome

00:00:41 - Introduction

00:05:47 - Finding Punk and Hardcore

00:07:47 - Playing Guitar

00:09:08 - Dr. Britty

00:11:50 - Pivotal Moments and Gigs

00:13:08 - Finding Community

00:14:52 - Britty's Mom

00:17:35 - Getting Expelled from School via Myspace

00:32:02 - Grand Rapids

00:33:52 - Vegan Straight Edge

00:38:40 - Slick Modern Thrillers

00:44:28 - Procession

00:47:48 - Hopping On Tours

00:49:49 - Covered in Hair

00:53:58 - Pity Sex Starts

01:03:05 - Pardon This Interruption

01:07:15 - First Pity Sex Tour

01:14:21 - Feast of Love

01:18:57 - Big Sean

01:21:20 - Feast of Love Tour

01:24:27 - Titanic Curse

01:25:07 - Touring with Ceremony

01:27:06 - White Hot Moon

01:37:42 - Coming to California

01:39:44 - Balancing Music & School

01:41:44 - Mikey Sex

01:43:03 - Sound & Fury 2022

01:49:55 - Eatin' Good

01:54:56 - Ghosts / Science vs. Theology Masterclass

02:10:02 - Top 4 Hardcore Records

02:13:29 - Top 4 Shoegaze Indie Records

02:16:46 - Patreon Q&A

02:17:39 - Favorite Christian HC band

02:21:26 - Hardcore and its influence in life

02:23:09 - Being a married couple on tour

02:26:41 - Favorite Childhood Memory

02:33:33 - Lenny Kravitz - "Alive" (LK Ultra)

02:38:17 - Final Remarks

We proudly present our first ever comedian on HardLore, in person in Los Angeles: The great (almost legendary) Shapel Lacey! Lifelong hardcore punk listener, former cheerleading champion, and comedian on the rapid rise who proudly flies the flag for hardcore music every single time he hits the stage.

We learn all about Shapel's origin from being a young Mesa, AZ hardcore kid at the Nile Underground discovering the wonders of Black Flag, to University of Louisville cheerleader trying comedy on a whim at an open mic night, touring with Bert Kreischer on a bus and then headlining rooms on his own, all the way to his finding his latest love of modern hardcore in 2020 and beyond.

Shapel rules and we had an incredible time getting to know him in real time as this episode progressed, and we think you'll all enjoy it just as much as we did.

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00:00:00 - Hello Welcome

00:00:57 - Introduction / Mills Vintage

00:01:58 - Music or Comedy First?

00:04:54 - Guitar/Bass

00:06:46 - Black Flag

00:09:58 - The Nile

00:10:48 - Formative Local Hardcore Shows

00:13:53 - Sight for Sound

00:15:41 - Cheerleading

00:17:32 - Henry Rollins and Stand up

00:19:10 - DS-13 / That Weird Swedish Kazaa

00:24:42 - The first open mic night...

00:33:26 - First Stand Up Out of State

00:42:06 - Ditching Cheer Practice

00:45:09 - Comedians, Wrestlers and Bands

00:50:51 - Bombing

00:56:27 - Going Underground Recordss

01:00:24 - Do You Feel like You've made It?

01:01:17 - Shapel's Biggest Headline Set

01:04:03 - Favorite Set of All Time

01:05:44 - Walk Out Music

01:07:06 - Top 4 Comedians

01:13:12 - Parasocial Relationships

01:16:20 - Reading Comments

01:21:47 - Finding Top 4 Records

01:30:23 - Favorite Tour

01:33:21 - Life on the Road

01:34:54 - Eatin' Good

01:41:25 - Mad Peaceful

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After releasing their 4th EP ("Love Songs") in 6 years via Daze, Brandon joins us to talk about the origin of the band, RBS, his preference for music made after 2008, the SPLASH ZONE, the unexpected growth of Big Boy/what it means for the future of the band and much much more.

We had a blast getting inside the mind of one of the most naturally charismatic frontmen in hardcore today. Enjoy.

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00:00:00 - Hello Welcome

00:00:57 - Introduction

00:02:27 - RBS Fest

00:04:32 - Finding Punk and Hardcore

00:09:23 - Eureka Coffee/Pivotal Shows

00:11:15 - CDC at the Workshop

00:13:01 - Controversial favorite bands

00:17:53 - Breaking Down in King City

00:19:50 - Straight Edge

00:22:17 - Teri Tuesdays

00:25:09 - THE SPLASH ZONE

00:29:21 - First Band

00:33:55 - Formation of Big Boy

00:48:11 - Demo and Covid

00:51:52 - The Bay Taking Over

00:55:09 - The Spring Promo

00:57:09 - First Proper Tour

00:58:34 - First Big Reaction For Big Boy

01:02:22 - Tour Incidents

01:06:58 - Big Boy LP?

01:11:36 - Pardon This Interruption...

01:14:31 - Covering Life of Agony

01:20:58 - Changing the Name Format

01:25:14 - Big Boy in Australia

01:28:14 - Sound and Fury

01:30:26 - Who Do You Do?

01:37:46 - Columbia

01:39:56 - Big Boy, Big Plans

01:42:41 - Real Eater

01:45:07 - Favorite Coffee in the USA

01:51:59 - Ghosts

01:58:57 - Lettermosh'd revisited

02:05:37 - Patreon Q&A

02:14:43 - Deepest Fear

02:15:58 - Jollibee

02:17:45 - Favorite upcoming Local Band

02:20:33 - Big Boy's Favorite Big Breakdown