It's a beautiful day, what a beautiful day... HardLore is joined by SKINHEAD vocalist/songwriter known only as SKULL. After a lifetime of playing drums in bands such as Criminal Instinct, Black My Heart, On Broken Wings, Death Before Dishonor, Rude Awakening, Drug Test, etc... SKINHEAD is the raw, intimate and brutally honest vessel of artistic expression straight from Skull's personal mental archives, that results in an incomparable band and unforgettable listening experience.

We're joined by Damonteal Harris, vocalist of the hardest slam/death metal/hardcore hybrid band on earth right now: PEELINGFLESH from Oklahoma. Damonteal walks us through how growing up in the the Tulsa hardcore scene led him eventually joining forces with the rest of the band to their unexpected (to them) rise as the absolute kings of modern brutal slam. With their unique integrations of hip hop samples throughout their entire discography, an undeniably charismatic frontman, flawless live performance, and tireless songwriting output, you can't help but root for PF. Thanks to Damonteal for joining us, PF RADIO 2 OUT SOON!!!

We're in Fort Wayne, Indiana today at the legendary SWEETWATER headquarters! The nearly ONE MILLION square foot facility houses the largest music retailer in North America whose customer service is as legendary as their inventory. We were joined and guided by our Sweetwater Representatives/Sales Engineers of over ten years, Tad Shaffer and Jozy Franco for a FULL tour of nearly the entire facility. Thank you to Tad, Jozy and Sweetwater for having us.

Now that the dust has settled after yet another incredible Sound & Fury festival, we recap the entire week leading up to this year's fest. This year was amongst the best in the premiere hardcore festival's history, from standout sets from Big Boy, Knocked Loose and Missing Link, to a secret Terror set during God's Hate before being joined by Todd and Ryan from Carry On for a song. Enjoy this year's annual recap!

It's a momentous day in HardLore history as we finally explored the hometown of half of our show: Chicago, Illinois. We visited a few places around town (hand picked by Bo) where we were joined by very special guests for one on one conversations before finally all converging together at the legendary Fireside Bowl, Chicago's most iconic hardcore venue of the late 90s and early 00s. Featuring Shane Merrill from The Killer, Chris Mills from Harms Way, and Anchit Chhabra from Hold My Own (and many other Chicagoland bands) Thanks to Electric Mud, NADC Burger, Reckless Records and of course the Fireside for having us.

In loving memory of the greatest of all time, we decided to make an impromptu, audio only, bonus episode talking about our favorite Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne songs of all time. Rest in peace to the prince of darkness. Playlist here: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2awisGYhNnjq5gwPKNuWHA?si=bacb59e5c7a24608 Apple - https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/hardlores-top-10-ozzy-sabbath-songs/pl.u-ajl4tPkEYWk

Days before Kruelty's return to Sound & Fury Fest, vocalist and beloved HardLore regular Kohei Azuma (AKA Zuma) returns for his 4th appearance on the show to challenge our honor by (insanely) declaring that he thinks he can eat more nuggets than us. After 8 consecutive weeks on two different full US tours that Kruelty has finally freshly wrapped up, he just might be right... Featuring his wife and Kruelty bassist Seina as special guest co-host and scorekeeper, and Kruelty's manager Taylor Young (AKA his Dad) as moral support.

We were joined at The Pit Recording Studio in Sunland, CA by Nitisart “Mike” Chaiburi and Kitti “Ole” Suwan of the great WHISPERS, all the way from Bangkok, Thailand. A truly unbelievable group of people both personally and musically, they’ve broken through every barrier imaginable through their undeniable spirit, infectiously unique and hard and passionate love for hardcore music.

Our third annual Sound & Fury week event: LIVE from the SOLD OUT Brain Dead Studios in Hollywood, California... We're proud to present the first ever HardLore Jeopardy, featuring Bryan Garris from Knocked Loose, Martin Stewart from Terror/God's Hate/Sound & Fury, and Kohei Azuma (AKA ZUMA) from Kruelty head to head to head in CLASSIC Jeopardy fashion, with a HardLore twist.Enjoy our best live show yet!

HardLore is joined by close friend of the show and vocalist of the first ever band on the HardLore Records roster: Mac Miller (real name) of COSMIC JOKE. Fresh off of their brand new 12" EP "Forced Perspective", we hear all about their goal as a band to carry the torch for the classic style of California Hardcore Punk made famous by their influences (Bad Religion, Adolescents, Circle Jerks, etc...) and the long road as lifelong touring musicians and crew that got them there.

It's HardLore Summer and the sun is blazing, a little too much. It's too hot and it sucks. But you know what doesn't suck? These 20 records we're about to talk about.

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!

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.

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)

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."

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 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're joined in-person at HardLore HQ by the Biggest Boy himself, Brandon from BIG BOY. The Bay Area of California, and specifically San Jose is home to several of the absolute best and brightest modern bands carrying the torch for hardcore music around the world, and Big Boy is next up for world domination. 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. Edited by Steven Grise (@iamoneonenineseven) Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf (@marzluf) HardLore: A Knotfest Series Join the HARDLORE PATREON to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepod Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef Cool links: HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.com Try AG1 at DrinkAG1.com/HARDLORE to receive a free 1-year supply of vitamin D and 5 travel packs of AG1. Get 15% off MADD VINTAGE with code HARDLORE15! https://maddvintage.com/ FOLLOW BIG BOY: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bigboyrealbayshit FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/hardlorepod/ TWITTER | https://twitter.com/hardlorepod SPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrp APPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2 FOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/colinyovng/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/ColinYovng FOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bosxe/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/bosxe ' #HARDLORE #HARDCORE 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

HardLore is joined by Jem, Dennis and Josh from SPEED for a full day in Los Angeles, where we hear the story of the band while visiting multiple small businesses owned by people associated with the hardcore community. Modu Coffee, Mills Vintage/Varsity, Little Fish and Going Underground Records are the backdrop to this incredible day where we document SPEED's journey from the beginning, detailing all of the steps of their evolution from local band in Sydney to ultimately representing their group of friends and their home on a global scale. THE HARDLORE SPEED MOVIE HAS ARRIVED. Join the HARDLORE PATREON to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepod Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef Cool links: HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.com Get 15% off MADD VINTAGE with code HARDLORE15! https://maddvintage.com/ Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code HARDLORE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod FOLLOW SPEED: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/gangcalledspeed/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/gangcalledspeed FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/hardlorepod/ TWITTER | https://twitter.com/hardlorepod SPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrp APPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2 FOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/colinyovng/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/ColinYovng FOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bosxe/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/bosxe 00:00:00 - Start 0:01:08 - Hello Welcome / Modu Coffee 00:03:09 - Coachella / Sound & Fury 00:10:45 - Jem missed the second flute... 00:12:20 - "A product of a larger friend group" 00:18:09 - Speed Starting in 2019 / Influences 00:19:09 - Demo 00:21:36 - State of Australian HC in 2019 00:29:39 - Mills Vintage / Varsity 00:32:50 - Visual Aspects of Speed 00:40:17 - The Flute 00:43:03 - Putting together a tour spread 00:44:09 - Kardashians 00:48:16 - Favorite Hardcore Shirt 00:51:25 - Fast Food in Australia 00:54:18 - Little Fish 00:55:59 - Dennis the Fish Monger 01:00:21 - Staying Fit and Eating Healthy 01:02:28 - Lunk Alarm allegation... 01:04:40 - Go-To American Spots 01:06:42 - Top 5 Australian Snacks 01:11:37 - Australian Touring Bands 01:14:30 - First Speed Tour 01:17:15 - Last Ride/Flatspot Records 01:24:53 - Pardon This Interruption 01:26:59 - YouTube Home Page 01:29:40 - Video Games 01:31:30 - Going Underground Records 01:33:48 - Only One Mode 01:41:17 - Favorite Speed Tour 01:44:42 - Best Episode Ever Done 01:47:10 - We're all the same 01:48:22 - Top 4 Hardcore Records

The highly requested and anticipated follow-up to our original HardLore 200 Nugget Challenge event episode, this time with our very own Bo Lueders attempting this potentially dangerous, Sodium-Coma inducing endeavor in one sitting. Can he do it? (Even though he never claimed to be able to and REEEEALLLYYYY didn't want to) Thank you to Shattered Realm for the bell. Shot and edited by our main man Steven 197. Join the HARDLORE PATREON to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepod Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef Cool links: HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.com Try AG1 at DrinkAG1.com/HARDLORE to receive a free 1-year supply of vitamin D and 5 travel packs of AG1. Get 15% off MADD VINTAGE with code HARDLORE15! https://maddvintage.com/ Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code HARDLORE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/hardlorepod/ TWITTER | https://twitter.com/hardlorepod SPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrp APPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2 FOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/colinyovng/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/ColinYovng FOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bosxe/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/bosxe 00:00:00 - Hello Welcome 00:01:00 - Introduction 00:03:12 - Sight For Sound 00:04:56 - Is Colin Okay? 00:05:54 - United Blood 00:08:37 - Mt. Rushmore of "whoaaa" parts 00:14:34 - DTFYM? 00:16:28 - Music industry frustration 00:19:51 - Favorite cover we've ever played 00:23:32 - Mt. Rushmore of Death Metal Bands 00:23:57 - Bo and Colin Band when? 00:26:38 - Closed Casket Tour 00:27:20 - Balatro 00:30:44 - Great Job, Mr. Bohan 00:31:27 - Best and worst show ever 00:38:52 - Best Hetfield 00:41:21 - Whats on your FYP? 00:42:38 - 9/11 Episode 00:44:57 - Top 3 Movies 00:46:47 - What Made You Cry laugh last? 00:52:11 - Pardon This Interruption 00:54:59 - Who Do You Root For the Most? 00:57:16 - Albums to take to the future 00:57:57 - New bands we're listening to 01:01:40 - Favorite guitar players 01:04:31 - Weapons from video games IRL 01:05:49 - Unknown bands we've loved after seeing live once 01:16:27 - Must do's in Japan 01:20:46 - Bloodborne 2 01:27:55 - Time Travel to a historic event 01:34:51 - Misfits at Coachella 01:35:31 - Intro to HC Records 01:40:35 - Best Album With Worst Production 01:42:50 - Youth Crew Revival 01:43:47 - One last question...