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 PERFORMANCE BEST ARTWORK BEST PRODUCTION BEST NEW BAND. and the presentation for the first ever Cayle Sain Lifetime Achievement Award. 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 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 Check out our merch at https://knotfest.com/store/?view=hardlore Find all of our videos at https://knot1.co/3vWXsbx #HardLore