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We're joined by a titan of American metal (everybody calls him that): Randy Blythe of Lamb of God.
We dive deep into Randy's life and musical history, from young punk rocker hopping freight trains, blowing off singing for the band that would become Burn the Priest, battling alcoholism from the early days through the glory days of Lamb of God, getting sober on tour with Metallica, his experience in Czech prison, and much, MUCH more.
This is a loaded episode with a true legend in extreme music, who practices what he preaches and lives up to all of the kind things you hear about him.
Go see Lamb of God on tour, check out their new record "Into Oblivion" on March 13th, and grab a copy of Randy's latest book "Just Beyond The Light" wherever you get your books!
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00:00:00 - Start
00:03:08 - Approaching the 10th Lamb of God Album
00:05:26 - Logo Change (Papyrus)
00:06:26 - Finding Music (Disco, Rock, Punk)
00:16:15 - Finding Local Music & Community
00:19:33 - Randy isn't a Metalhead, Moving to Richmond
00:28:50 - Randy's First Band
00:30:25 - The Tale of Burn The Priest
00:43:53 - Pardon This Interuption
00:46:38 - Sobriety
00:49:42 - Burn The Priest Self-Titled
00:55:10 - Changing The Name To Lamb Of God
01:00:43 - Panic Attack on a Roof
01:03:29 - Playing CBGBs, Recruiting Willy, New American Gospel
01:12:54 - As The Palaces Burn, Ashes of the Wake, Ozzfest & George W. Bush
01:25:10 -  Sacrament, Making LoG Their Living, Advancing Alcoholism
01:28:59 - Redneck is About Randy
01:35:39 - Wrath, Getting Sober on Tour With Metallica
01:39:39 - Resolution, Grammy Nom #2, Alcoholism Within the Rest of LoG
01:41:26 - The Dark Days: Czech Prison
01:46:53 - First Day In General Population, The Metalhead Prison Guard
01:52:38 -  VII: Sturm und Drang, a Relief?
01:55:37 - Lamb of God Self-Titled, The P*ndemic, Omens
02:05:48 - The Heavy Music Boom
02:09:24 - Into Oblivion, SST Crossover, Modern Political Landscape
02:18:13 - Photography, Surfing, Writing & Other Endeavors
02:20:35 - Food
02:23:28 - Lamb of Ghosts
02:24:49 - Top 4 Hardcore Records


HardLore: A Knotfest Series, Fueled by Monster Energy
Edited by Steven Grise • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf
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It's another historic day on HardLore, as we're joined by Frank Novinec (AKA Florida Frank/Frank 3 Gun) of Hatebreed, and formerly of Ringworm, Integrity, Terror and more.
We've often lauded him as having one of the best resumes in the history of the genre, and now we hear all about his introduction to music and eventually to hardcore. From raiding his parents' record collection, his lifelong connection with heavy metal (mostly KISS and Blue Oyster Cult), growing up in the Cleveland hardcore scene and starting RINGWORM, joining INTEGRITY during Systems Overload, playing TERROR while they were on the rise, all the way to now celebrating 20 years of being in HATEBREED.
An amazing insight to one of our favorite guys. Enjoy.
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00:00:00 - Start
00:01:00 - Hello Welcome, The Rays, The Broncos
00:05:50 - Discovering Music in a Bad Environment
00:13:41 - Meeting Human Furnace, Learning Guitar
00:15:15 - Ringworm (Force of Habit)
00:17:35 - The Ringworm Demo/The Promise
00:26:47 - Joining Integrity
00:29:56 - "Frank 3 Gun"
00:36:37 - Birth Is Pain/Terror Split 7"
00:41:37 - Integrity Warped Tour 1995
00:43:03 - Systems vs. Seasons
00:45:56 - Pardon This Interruption...
00:48:17 - Justice Replaced By Revenge
00:53:26 - Joining & Leaving Terror
01:00:30 - Joining Hatebreed
01:04:30 - European Festival Crowds vs. Touring the States
01:06:41 - Hatebreed Playing With Kiss
01:14:27 - Kiss Collection
01:15:41 - Type O Negative Kiss Parties
01:18:53 - Frank Loves Disney Resorts (Hates Universal)
01:21:20 - Hatebreed Writing Contributions
01:22:24 - Favorite Hatebreed Songs to Play
01:23:58 - Music Videos
01:25:31 - New Hatebreed?
01:26:28 - Food Frank
01:33:25 - Supernatural Frank
01:34:49 - Touring
01:36:08 - Remaining Goals
01:42:33 - Parting Words


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Edited by Steven Grise • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf
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We finally sit down with one of the greats at FYA Fest: Walter Schreifels of Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Youth of Today, Rival Schools and MANY more.
In this long awaited discussion, we discuss the danger of NYHC in the 1980s and how surviving it to tell the tale was all just part of the fun that kept him coming back, Gorilla Biscuits being his first hardcore band/writing “Start Today” at 19 years old, the effect on his writing that being in Youth of Today had on him, expanding beyond hardcore for the first time with Quicksand, producing Title Fight’s “Shed” and much more.
A true legend in hardcore, punk and beyond and we’re honored and grateful to have shred this time with him. Thanks to Walter and all of you. Enjoy.
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00:00:00 - Start
00:02:47 - Discovering Music
00:06:35 - Early Hardcore Bands Walter Connected With
00:13:57 - Finding Community in Hardcore via Token Entry
00:15:40 - The Danger of 1980s NYHC (Walter is Handsome)
00:20:06 - First Band (The Rodents, Not Quite)
00:21:18 - Gorilla Biscuits & The "Together" Comp
00:30:10 - Youth Of Today, Revelation Records, Walter's First Tour
00:36:35 - We're Not In This Alone, Disengage
00:41:55 - Danzig vs. Youth of Today
00:43:05 - Pardon This Interruption...
00:46:39 - Youth Crew Fashion
00:53:05 - Start Today
01:06:45 - Walter Loses Stuff
01:10:28 - Between GB & Quicksand
01:13:43 - Formation of Quicksand
01:19:35 - "Start Today" and "Slip" in Retrospect
01:21:06 - Tool Comparisons, Hearing His Riffs in Other Music
01:22:38 - Touring On Slip And Response To The Record
01:24:06 - Thoughts On Streaming
01:29:00 - Producing "Shed" For Title Fight, Discovering Memes, Playing for Outburst
01:34:58 - Top 4 Hardcore Records


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Edited by Steven Grise • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf
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It’s that time again! A new year has begun which means FYA fest was here once again in Orlando, FL to kickstart 2026. From Exit Life to Hatebreed, and Sin Against Sin to Drain, we talk about all 38 bands that played both days of the festival that sets the tone for the rest of the year.
We're joined by FYA founder Bob Wilson once again for some inside about putting the line up together and his thoughts on the weekend overall, so stay around a while, learn about some new bands, hear about some classics, and enjoy our recap of FYA 2026.
FYA 2026 Playlist: 
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2LQsFpiQObFF3DXVxB4jRt?si=125908c81d854835
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/hardlore-fya-fest-2026-playlist/pl.u-qxyllDaI3yVWD4g
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00:00:00 - Start
00:00:52 - Introduction
00:04:17 - Exit Life
00:07:20 - Wit’s End
00:09:06 - Start Today
00:11:02 - Everybody Takes One
00:12:22 - Bulls Shitt
00:14:21 - FYA Behavior
00:19:46 - Mongrel
00:21:22 - Seed Of Pain
00:23:33 - No Idols
00:25:39 - Forced Order
00:28:13 - Whispers
00:30:13 - Magnitude
00:32:20 - Scarab
00:34:01 - Excessive Force
00:37:50 - Big Boy
00:39:51 - Mindforce
00:44:06 - Pardon This Interruption
00:46:04 - Haywire
00:50:55 - Merauder
00:54:01 - Kickback
00:57:56 - Hatebreed
01:03:44 - Day 2
01:04:15 - Sin Against Sin
01:07:48 - With Hate
01:09:21 - Unmoved
01:11:31 - Identity Shock
01:12:50 - I Promised The World
01:17:08 - Nasty
01:18:24 - Hold My Own
01:19:46 - Age of Apocalaypse
01:21:22 - C4
01:24:43 - Combust
01:26:56 - Outta Pocket
01:30:55 - Final Resting Place
01:32:56 - Gridiron
01:35:01 - Missing Link
01:36:42 - Turmoil
01:40:00 - End It
01:41:44 - Fleshwater
01:43:55 - Gorilla Biscuits
01:48:16 - Drain


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Welcome to HardLore.fm… Years in the making, we’re joined by longtime friend of the show Anthony Didio, vocalist of Vein and Fleshwater. We learn about his introduction to music, and how finding The Carrier early on lead to cutting his teeth at Anchor’s Up in the Merrimack Valley.
We discover his evolution as a musician: starting Vein, making the landmark instant classic “Errorzone” and their mature follow up “This World is Going to Ruin You,” and ending suddenly shortly after upon the meteoric rise of Fleshwater immediately after their breakout debut LP “We’re Not Here to Be Loved”
Now fresh off a tour with Deftones, their enormously ambitious sophomore LP “2000: In Search of the Endless Sky” and their biggest headlining tour ever, Anthony finally joins us for a long awaited (from us and from you) in-person sit down interview. Enjoy.
HardLore: A Knotfest Series • Fueled by Monster Energy
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Shot, mixed and edited by Steven Grise (@iamoneonenineseven)
Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf (@marzluf)
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00:00:00 - Start
00:03:26 - Finding Punk And Hardcore Music
00:10:15 - Meeting Matt, Lifescript, East Beast
00:16:00 - The Origin of Vein
00:26:31 - This Is Hardcore Windbreakers
00:29:28 - Closed Casket
00:32:16 - “Errorzone”
00:38:31 - Posthuman Tour
00:40:41 - Vein’s Fateful First European Tour
00:51:37 - Pardon This Interruption…
00:52:38 - L.I. Joe and Video Games
00:57:46 - “Vein.fm” Name Change
01:00:40 - “This World is Going to Ruin You”
01:06:32 - Fleshwater Demo
01:08:20 - Forming Fleshwater
01:11:24 - “We're Not Here To Be Loved”
01:15:18 - Fleshwater Music Videos
01:16:35 - Experiences From The Record
01:25:46 - Touring With Deftones
01:28:46 - “2000: In Search of The Endless Sky”
01:38:37 - Fleshwater Dynamic in 2026
01:39:37 - Playing Lollapalooza
01:40:47 - Ghosts
01:41:47 - Food
01:49:46 - Top 4 HC Records


HardLore: A Knotfest Series, Fueled by Monster Energy
Edited by Steven Grise • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf
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