COMBUST: Andrew Vacante, King of Staten Island Hardcore

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. 

Edited by Steven Grise (@iamoneonenineseven) • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf (@marzluf) 

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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