HardLore: Hard Songs by Soft Bands

[@knotfest]

Listen to the official playlist with all of the picks from this episode here: Spotify - open.spotify.com/playlist/4qM43HqPA39ZiRNE8p93N8?si=4f8b75e98cdd408e Apple Music - music.apple.com/us/playlist/hardlores-hard-songs-by-soft-bands/pl.u-yZyVWdLtd4kG1p3

[@chuckjamesnorris5928]

Colin just looking at Bo like a teacher looking at a student who didn’t understand the assignment

[@mattygunner]

Colin's wearing sleeves...shit's about to get serious

[@MazChuga]

Must be laundry day 😂

[@spencerwood5304]

Shirt just got serious lol

[@alexpdrumz684]

Bands: soft Lore: hard as fuck

[@nicolaskeating8962]

What If by Creed, the breakdown is INSANE and it's Scott Stapp's most angry performance

[@SBeckerDTD]

And it's on the Scream 3 soundtrack which is hard.

[@user-dn2bg9lx1m]

My own prison

[@YaBoyJRock42069]

Solid choice 💯

[@jimmyjawn723]

song fucking riiiiips

[@masterofnull9695]

Glad to see this getting the love it deserves and always has

[@brndn666]

The lady Gaga intro was top tier

[@wileyhxc]

Huge points to Colin for Coheed’s No World for Tomorrow. As a longtime fan of them and hardcore, hearing that breakdown made me so happy.

[@alanavalos934]

Green Day - Take Back I still remember that song catching me off guard at first listen

[@tacotacotacobajablast6821]

platypus on that album too.

[@djsmith1166]

You said ‘Paramore but hard’ talking about Katy Perry and that leads me to throw down my own pick “All We Know” Track One. First album. It has a legit spinkick breakdown. It’s brief but perfect. BAAA DAAA DAAA *WEEEEEEE* NYOW NYOWWW NYOW iS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED !?? DA NA NA *EEEEEEEEEEEE* IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED ??? I have ripped it off in my old hardcore bands. It rules. Thank you for coming to my ted talk

[@j0sedotexe]

if there's anyone that deserves to go to tied down after this comment section it's you, because JESUS CHRIST this song rules

[@chasebahne7195]

Amen brother

[@SBeckerDTD]

White Limo by Foo Fighters goes so fucking hard. The riffage and Dave just screaming into a megaphone effect. The dropout in the last 15 seconds. Total banger.

[@josephchubb1528]

I thought this but couldn’t say foo fighters was a soft band. But for a pop band it is hard hard. And stacked actors

[@8195229]

Foo Fighters - FFL Is also a hard track. Bonus song on In Your Honor.

[@chaoticfirearm]

Also Lemmy is in the music video

[@DFMusic811]

Foo Fighters are hard rock though. They have poppy hooks, but the sound is heavy enough.

[@Dennis_The_Peasant]

Weenie Beenie is the hardest Foo Fighters song and I'll die on that hill. I could 2step to that shit all day

[@ianmontesinos1001]

I want you (She’s so Heavy) - the Beatles. Unbelievably heavy riff and how it it just keeps getting louder and louder and then abruptly cuts out of the blue?? Unbelievable.

[@bluenitriletouch2842]

This is what I was gonna comment with! That part goes so hard

[@sinclairsamuels5077]

YES

[@brandonmartinez1662]

exactly the song i was going to comment

[@paraworldblue]

That outro is the sound of the world getting ripped apart. People always say they invented metal with Helter Skelter, but it doesn't even come close to this song

[@psychedelicjesus89]

Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy Heavy bass, crazy break beat, insane vocals with screaming at 2:37, unhinged music video "I want your soul I will eat your soul Come to daddy"

[@tmw3489]

Aphex Twin isnt soft on any planet.

[@Megaalith]

@@tmw3489I get what he means though, electronic is not usually known for being in the realm of insanity like Aphex

[@notfugazi]

They put alice in chains there

[@ianjones1814]

Gotta go with I Want You (Shes So Heavy) - The Beatles. The ending ending gets heavier every time they play the riff over again. Lyrically not hard at all but the riff is hard af

[@moshua]

Patti Smith - Because the Night goes h a r d. Bonus points to the 10,000 Maniacs live cover featuring a whole ass orchestra

[@__mamabruja138]

My pick is: Sh!t Luck by Modest Mouse This song always has people moshing at their shows 🤘🏽

[@YaBoyJRock42069]

I said Bury Me With It lol

[@corycourtney8923]

The Toy Machine ad in Zero's Misled Youth put me on to that one. It wouldn't be till years later till I got into their other stuff.

[@davidwright3827]

Damn wish I thought about this song, but yes very hard song

[@wozaow]

What People Are Made Of goes hard as well.

[@guillermosanchez3932]

Artist/band: Vincente Fernandez Album: El Idolo de Mexico Song: El Rey Reason why it’s hard: HARD Lyrics Con dinero y sin dinero Yo hago siempre lo que quiero Y mi palabra es la ley No tengo trono ni reina Ni nadie que me comprenda Pero sigo siendo el rey Translation: With money and without money I always do what I want And my word is the law I have no throne or queen Nor anyone who understands me But I'm still the king

[@gabeg1211]

Saves The Day was the low key hardest band in the Jersey hardcore circuit back in the day. Every show was a bloodbath.

[@brendanhorner5727]

Future by paramore, the last song on the self titled, as a teenage emo kid, was the heaviest thing I've ever heard still to this day

[@bigbadbeardo]

This

[@jeffreyorzell]

No One Loves Me and Neither Do I by Them Crooked Vultures. Not a soft band but the breakdown of that song is insane and makes me want to run through a wall

[@AverageLone]

My pick for weezer would have been tired of sex personally. Low key a break down at the end. Hash pipe is hard asf tho I made this before bo shouted out pinkerton. Bo’s the man for that

[@celticmoose33]

Maladroit is an underrated Weezer album with plenty of awesome riffs. Fall Together, American Gigolo, Take Control.

[@mollystrohl199]

Criminal by Fiona Apple “What would an angel say? The devil wants to knowwwwwwww” Hard AF.

[@mycoachknowsthesheriff8396]

MCR is sick and they do rock, indeed

[@DrLangly]

Live - Throwing Cooper has bangers on it for sure. Great choice!!

[@matthewramey5677]

Guys you have to check out more of the band Live. They go really hard most of the time even though they have all those great softer songs too and they are amazing live. But they do have of alot of heavy of harder songs check out Stage, waterboy, lakininis juice, tbd operation spirit, hero psycho dreamer, just a few. Thank me later Live is amazing.

[@GreggNapes]

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Self-Immolate A song literally gooning so hard to set yourself on fire. Crazy time sig on this one too. This band rips like 3 albums a year of folky-experimental madness and decided to lay some pipe on us with an entire full length thrash album.

[@J-gr1ie]

So good

[@samwarren5025]

Invade the rats nest is such a good record

[@twenty1129]

Your comment along with the story about Weezer at 33RPM reminded me of this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZCzlJuqjZ2id9Esi=PsfRHwqkYzhIov8d Gaia at 33RPM goes HAAAAARD

[@callmeozen]

Tom Petty - Runnin’ Down a Dream That riff has so much attitude, the whole track is a high energy 2-step with a hard solo/instrumental outro. Bonus points for pulling off a mean-ass banger that has “woohoo”s in it.

[@jerryrose9472]

Take on Me by A-ha. Chorus during the "I'll be gone" part it switches to a half time ass beater for like two bars then picks right up into two-step territory.

[@riv6580]

I’ve always acknowledged this. I explain it every time too! Haha

[@thechubbman]

Check out the a-ha Limmy sketch. Hard band for sure.

[@tootoo2354]

“XYU” by Smashing Pumpkins Frantic, emotional, and yes.. HARD!

[@hogpattyslap9607]

AFI - Death of Seasons While AFI was technically considered a hardcore band, this song in the greater context of this album and stage of their career is insane.

[@craigjames8569]

Despite Sing the Sorrow being their "sellout" album (i love the record) it has the hardest moments in their career. The breakdown in But Home is Nowhere also goes pretty hard

[@Megaalith]

@@craigjames8569 It's also their best album

[@jvogele7190]

Blur- Song 2 I went to their concert in 1997 while they toured with that album. My friend said, "there isn't going to be moshing!" I told him to wait and see!

[@kellymoon3406]

Militarie Gun played it recently in Atlanta on their tour and it went hard af.

[@michael4301]

San Quentin - Nickelback also has the hardest intro 100% spin kickable

[@connorsmyth3403]

Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees The drums are heavy and the song is about a volcano erupting

[@illyacotten]

No Doubt - Ex Girlfriend the chorus is hard, the snare is dope, and Tony’s bass is thick as hell at 2:24 Smashing Pumpkins - Zero - one of the sickest riffs and one of their heaviest songs. God is empty just like me. Hard Soundgarden - Birth Ritual and Room a Thousand Years Wide - both songs are hard as shit, beginning to end, come on. Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 - dark tone and theme, insane lyrics, homie talking about cutting throats of babies. Claudio is a master. Song had me floored at 13. Paramore - My Heart - song builds and builds and then goes off at 2:37. Double bass at the end lol Hard way to close an album. Emma Ruth Rundle - Real Big Sky - the heaviest song on here, with just an acoustic guitar, that could be a doom song. witnessing someone’s pain and them waiting to die. Crushing. Emma deserves more praise.

[@constructionbootgazer]

Emma Ruth Rundle - Protection would be my choice, but I’m so pumped someone else mentioned her

[@nicolegomez8066]

No Ordinary Love by Sade why do they use that guitar tone it goes so crazy

[@FranciscoRodriguez-ly9so]

Not sure if you’re into the deftones but they do a better than decent cover of no ordinary love.

[@SHAOL_NSITH]

The drums from Bjork’s Amy of Me are taken from Jon Bonham in When the Levee Breaks 🤘🏻

[@coreygoodtimes]

Outfield “Your Love” is hard. The way the drum work against the riff? Delicious. Also Tori Amos “God” is basically a NIN song.

[@user-mw3ks3zl2k]

Jane’s Addiction Mountain Song. A song so heavy that my favorite Judge riff is Jane’s Addiction Mountain song

[@samwarren5025]

Oasis - morning glory That intro is heavy as fuck

[@satorified1612]

Badass track, maybe their best. And makes for some excellent 90s nostalgia.

[@robotomassi2011]

High Vis covered it at Outbreak and it went OFF

[@bengreenbank]

Cigarettes and alcohol would be my pick

[@RandomPandaX78]

Bring it on downnnn

[@TBliss88]

Kate Bush - This Woman’s Work. Hardest shit ever. The atmosphere will crush anyone’s soul.

[@paulderbyshire6953]

👌

[@zaqkern]

Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreets Back) Insane riff

[@samwarren5025]

Sabotage too. That bassline makes me want to punch a baby

[@celticmoose33]

Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave? (you are correct)

[@Megaalith]

And the music video is Thriller-esque

[@cletusbeauregard1972]

yeah, that bass riff is a straight rip from Alice Cooper's Eighteen, and it's a brilliant rip.

[@zubrhero5270]

Doesn't matter if you're a big, beardy tattooed metalhead... That's one song we can ALL agree was an absolute banger when it released, and is still a banger to this day.

[@satanscowgirl]

i’m sure it’s been said before already but The Devil Wears A Suit and Tie - Colter Wall insane it goes that hard.

[@sighswoons]

DUDE THE MOUNTAIN GOATS LFG

[@playstation2icon271]

Disintergration - The Cure

[@robotomassi2011]

Converge cover is so good

[@Bleepbloop123]

@@robotomassi2011didn’t know this at all Wtf🤦🏽‍♂️🙏🏽

[@jacobdent7884]

Soft band: Alien Ant Farm Hard song: Wish

[@jakecasson4504]

Colin: The song is called Jizzlobber -- *KZbin ad cuts to a BetterHelp therapy commercial*

[@bengreenbank]

Nick Cave - Stagger Lee From the album Murder Ballads. Both lyrics and song goes hard as fuck and the outro has the snare from stanger in it

[@YaBoyJRock42069]

Nick Cave rules

[@MetalVolcano]

Stagger Lee doesn't even make the top 20 of hardest Bad Seeds songs

[@markperry6017]

the whole skeleton tree album is brutal lyrically

[@Yabutstill]

Hum-Stars

[@samwarren5025]

I feel like hum is heavy rather than hard

[@DigitalBath306]

hum is hard af

[@Yabutstill]

Hum is soft as babyshit

[@CountryMouseCityCrimes]

Yeah bro... Hum was pretty hard as fuck.

[@Yabutstill]

There is literally nothing hard about hum

[@xj4maroon5dude]

My Pick: Title Fight: Head In The Ceiling Fan. You can’t not just not, that was the first song I ever heard by them and was blown away. Even if it’s soft in some parts; the lyrics just speak to you. Either your moshing or your crying. Miss you Title Fight, if you come back you’ll still have a place to call home.

[@djsmith1166]

Bombs Over Baghdad - Outkast is one of the best 2 steps of all time and its the whole song. Tough as nails

[@morbidtank5244]

A little band called Toto-hold the line

[@abelpf1]

LAAAARG-OVE ISNT ALWAAAYS ON TI-YIIIME

[@LBOTrecords]

Song: The Con Band: Tegan and Sara

[@rmartin978]

Headwalkable

[@rnbwsmtl]

the youth of benatar crossover needs to happen at all costs

[@farkle]

Pat of Today

[@andrewkong3154]

Just gotta say, I had to file for FMLA a few weeks ago due to a freak injury from doing some work on the heavy bag. The lack of an outlet, along with the social isolation has been crazy on my mental health. Gentlemen, thank you for providing some reprieve to pass the time.

[@rubaneitor]

Muse - Stockolm Syndrome has some serious breakdowns for a soft band

[@jbasti227]

Muse has SO many awesome heavy parts throughout their discography. Absolutely love that band.

[@bluenitriletouch2842]

Straight up. The end is soooo heavy.

[@kuntry816]

Knights of Cydonia was my pick

[@soul.of.nothing2961]

Name by The Goo Goo Dolls. Sickest non hardcore skank/two step for the chorus

[@IamTyler3]

That entire record

[@drummernkj]

Band: The Vanilla Fudge Song: You Keep Me Hangin’ On Whole into goes so hard, one of the oldest bands I’ve seen using double bass back in 1967.

[@conormclaughlin5811]

I think one of the hardest songs by a soft band is “All these things that I’ve done” by The Killers. The palm muted chug part, if played on an Ibanez through a cranked 5150, would signal the start of the purge. It got both me (who only wanted to listen to Perseverance) and my college roommate (who only wanted to listen to Nile and Napalm Death) to both go “fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck” when we heard it.

[@tonyvarella7297]

Live and Let Die - Wings when it kicks in its a borderline two step part

[@eliving4]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Art Star

[@fatdelinquent85]

Great concept. Really enjoy this format. I discover so much cool music through this and your breakdown series. I personally would like a "best of two step sections " or something like that. Always love a great two step :D

[@dollyfarton666]

nick cave - red right hand

[@Noahm9696]

Bloodborne OST - Ludwig the accursed & the holy blade

[@evanjones2377]

Cursive - A Gentleman Caller Heavy riff with heavy lyrics

[@masterofnull9695]

so many cursive picks for me too, maybe cursive is just a hard fuckin band.

[@evanjones2377]

@@masterofnull9695true I started thinking and so many came to mind after

[@immigrationproblems]

I was thinking Cursive and Trail of Dead. Both indie soft bands but I think undeniably hard lyrics and hard parts

[@xxxtkvxxx]

Burst and Bloom is full of breakdowns

[@_D_E_N_N_I_S_]

Big bang live 😮 I punched a nerd in 2012 by accident when they randomly started playing that song at the union transfer in Philly . Doesn’t hit the same on the record but live …. Holy shit

The classical song Bo is asking about is “Night On Bald Mountain” composed by Modest Mussorgsky. N64 Earth Worm Jim OG’s know what’s up! 47:43

[@bookwormjosh]

Sugar Ray - Breathe

[@BigPapaSam96]

Idk, man. I think Dance Party USA goes pretty hard. That breakdown is insane

[@ccoletti81]

Lemonade & Brownies has some legit heavy songs. You could pit to Mean Machine or 10 Seconds Down.

[@BigPapaSam96]

@@ccoletti81 I was in the pit at a Sugar Ray

[@MarkWhorror138]

Hardest Song by a soft band: War - Don’t Let No One Get You Down Could easily be a hardcore song with the lyrics similar to Jasta or Vogel “Don't let no one, no one get you down Cause if they do, if they do I'll be around I want you near standing here by my side So my dear wipe those tears from your eyes”

[@carl3038]

The editing on this episode goes crazy hard

[@benxo]

Thankyou for mentioning the Neurosis tuning because I remember the first time I heard Given To The Rising, on headphones at that, and it completely changed the way I understood music. Completely blew my teenage mind

[@cidnemo]

do you know what Song Bo is talking about?

[@benxo]

@@cidnemo he'll be talking about about a distinct sound across Neurosis's albums but id say for me 'Through Silver In Blood' and 'Given To The Rising' It's just oppressively heavy, Mastodon do it really well on Crack The Skye

[@carsone9259]

The Stroke by Billy Squire, "put your right hand out, give a firm hand shake" GUNG GUNG. It's heavy.

[@aaronjbrock]

“Ring Around the Rosie” - Mother Goose. Mostly known for their child friendly nursery rhymes this one is actually about open sores, the black plague, and impending death. Extremely hard.

[@LamGK]

Soundgarden - 4th of July. Soundgarden is kind of a hard "soft" band, but 4th of July is probably the heaviest opening that any "soft" band has ever had. Kind of in the same realm as your AIC suggestions.

[@rmy3178]

Yooooooo......Going the Fleetwood Mac route...."Big Love." That riff, Lindsey Buckingham singing his heart out wanting love & you have the "Ooooohhh/Ahhhhh" at the end? HARD.

[@chasedylanallen]

Band, Steppenwolf. Song, Born to be Wild. 3 word “Heavy Metal Thunder”. RIFFS

[@comicsmisexplained]

@21:40 the “bomb string” goes hard. If you enjoy Torche, don’t forget to check out their previous band Floor.

[@thrasher5122]

Hell is for Children - Pat Benatar - lyrically heavy af, riff wise HEAVY AF if we’re allowing it’s gotta be Faith No More- Zombie Eaters (it starts soft but that breakdown at the end is KILLER added point for the 2 step riff)

[@jessedampolo]

So glad you guys put Into Another on here, they have to be one of the most criminally underrated bands of all-time. They actually just put out a new album at the beginning of the month and it's really incredible.

[@jacobmccallon9305]

Twitching Tongues cover Dam That River at LDBBB challenge

[@sMoKEy131]

Great Episode !!!! btw. Joy Divison - Failures Soundgarten - Jesus Christ Pose Team Sleep - The Skull is Red

[@jake_villanueva]

Team sleep song is HEAVY

[@sMoKEy131]

@@jake_villanueva yeah 100%

[@antpel88]

I feel like 4th of July or outshined by Soundgarden would fit as well.

[@bobeater934]

Angels Of The Silences- Counting Crows Starts with shrill feedback and a atmbol count in. Song is pretty fast and punky. Vocals kinda work thier way up to a yell at some points. I was caught off guard the first time I heard this one.

[@PetesMusicTweets]

That drum breakdown in "I hope, I think, I know".... fuck it's awesome.

[@threehunniddemons]

The Joy Formidable - “Whirring” (make sure it’s the long 6:47 version) you’re welcome

[@nicholaspresson4279]

My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) - Neil Young & Crazy Horse Riff : Hard Lyrics : Harder 🤘

[@jvallely_]

Weekend Nachos cover of tired of sex is so good and does that part so good. Edit because I worded it dumb.

[@andyknepshield5404]

When Doves Cry - Prince Opening riff goes hard but also about being left alone…..in a world so cold

[@titanovterror]

Burnin’ And Lootin’- The Wailers

[@robotomassi2011]

The Beatles - She's So Heavy (outro) Lankum - The Wild Rover (outro) Lankum - Go Dig My Grave (outro) Carl Orff - O Fortuna (Botch even covered it)

[@AlexM-ok4ho]

In honor of Detroit I have to say Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground by the White Stripes. That intro riff is very spincuckable. Could be the heaviest riff out of Detroit by a notoriously not heavy band. Great list. Hope to see yall in Detroit.

[@coltermerriman5911]

Personal pick- Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield Also pick for soft song by hard band-Forgive And Remember Twitching Tongues And I listened to this at 6 AM when it dropped so I’ve listened to the whole thing already I literally cannot express what you two guys mean to me, yes I’m gonna punish you but it needs to be done. Without Hardlore I wouldn’t know who Merauder was, who Cold As Life were, and I wouldn’t know the Troycore master killer that is Hymns for an Unknown God. You guys are the reason I’m NAILED TO THE FUCKING X. Y’all wanna talk about Hardlore? I remember seeing Sunny’s Harms Way set (the one) and seeing Bo mosh hard as fuck while also never skipping a beat on the guitar and I immediately looked up interviews with him and James. Sorry Bo, you punished American Nightmare so I’m gonna punish you. Last night I was looking at ticket prices for Tied down and it broke my heart because I couldn’t afford it, and I was already heartbroken cause I missed the CAL reunion show cause it was sold out. The thought of missing out on Gods Hate and Twitching Tongues and 100 Demons was so saddening but now I have a chance. Even if I’m not picked, thank you both so much for making Thursday’s a special place in my heart. P.S Yes Bo, Tony Iommi is the riff god for a fucking reason.

[@coltermerriman5911]

You guys are my only old heads of that means anything. Love from Michigan! Peace

[@hcoates]

Unwritten goes so fkn hard!

[@coltermerriman5911]

@@hcoatesHatebreed needs to cover it. That pit would be insane

[@mattgaebler5834]

Mother mother - Tracy Bonham. Not necessarily a soft band but this song is a straight up hardcore song

[@ryanearley8748]

Dazed and Confused is unbelievably heavy. “The soul of a woman was created below.” When the Levee Breaks is sinister too.

[@benjaminadam666]

what an amazing episode this is

[@OddityNineTwo]

Sugar Ray - Mean Machine. Really wanted to go to tied down for the first time this year. Tickets were a little out of my budget though.

[@davidmatheny1993]

Hunger Strike is great, but "Say Hello to Heaven" is one of Chris' best vocal deliveries ever. It is simultaneously bluesy, rocking and also somber given that it was his eulogy to their passed friend Andrew Wood.

[@simon8r10]

Reach Down also has insane vocals from Chris and some mad insane solo as well

[@brentericson7447]

Jizzlobber is definitely the hardest FNM song, super cool Colin mentioned it

[@Montauk1222]

Honestly the entirety of Preacher's Daughter by Ethel Cain. Brutal subject matter but if we are going singular tracks Ptolemaea is the HARD track

[@adriandoom7863]

YES!!! The way that Ptolemaea is basically a doom metal song; unreal

[@justinbragg5614]

Belinda Carlisle- Mad About You A hardcore band should cover that jam. I’m serious. It has that nice slow bridge that could be worked into a slow mosh, plus the backup singing lends to sing alongs. Could be epic Others… Aha- Take on Me Kansas- Carry on My Wayward Sun Lastly… Queen- Under Pressure… that “breakdown” part is so dope

[@jaytheknife]

I came here to say Mad About You for the double kick alone

[@notapplicable5039]

Listen to me I will survive - gloria Gaynor Black velvet - Alanah miles Alone and forsaken - Hank Williams

[@noahjamesboland2669]

The other hardest song by Weezer is “the world has turned and left me here”, banger.

[@bigmono3000]

Tears for fear - the working hour

[@StiffyDickens]

MxPx - Lifetime Enlightenment. They speed up the riff from Smoke on the Water and make it a two step. Insane

[@Vb98765]

I can't believe Colin didn't pick Toto - "Hold The Line"