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Since 2009 we are bringing you the best of our research. Research done in several fields like H8000 Hardcore, Nineties Hardcore, personal interviews and various records. Elaborated with texts, photos, videos and audio samples.
H8000 Hardcore
We were the first to start publishing the history of the H8000 Hardcore scene. And we did it online through this website.
Nineties Hardcore
Besides our local scene, other cities and countries are documented as well. Find history about the scenes in the USA, France, The Netherlands, Italy and more as well.
Interviews
Find interviews and Q&A with people from various scenes. Like Josh Fury of Congress, Hans Liar, Agus, Tim Rule and more.
Record reviews
Records are the best source for Hardcore Punk music, lyrics and photos. So this is why we collect and review them.
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This Routine Is Hell First Full Length Review
Read more: This Routine Is Hell First Full Length ReviewThis band from Utrecht in the Netherlands, started out in 2006 with a serious reason to play hardcore: to resist to the weight of the world and fight back. As the cover suggests you better push the giant rock on the mountain or you get crushed by it – this is their ethic. They manage…
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1917 Records #06: Eaten Alive s/t
Read more: 1917 Records #06: Eaten Alive s/t1917 Records succeeded again in releasing something different than the mainstream Hardcore. This is truly pissed and fast hitting punk and can surely be added to the skate core genre. I’m not familiar with this style so I can’t compare it to other bands. But it is also a tribute to the older punk and…
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1917 Records #11: Attitude Turn Into Stone
Read more: 1917 Records #11: Attitude Turn Into Stone4 months in the pending phase, but finally a result is there. I’m talking about this deal I did with an American dude who had remarkably much and rare records from the label 1917 in his sell- list. Told you already that I confined myself more or less to organized collecting. And that records from…
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Rise & Fall demo 7 inch
Read more: Rise & Fall demo 7 inchThere is a new label around, called Control Records and they just released their first record. They kicked it off with releasing nothing less than the Rise And Fall demo 2003 on a 7″ sized piece of vinyl. Previously released as cassette only. The cassettes come in two versions, band copies and blank cassette case.…
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Record Collection Outtake: Rise & Fall
Read more: Record Collection Outtake: Rise & FallThis band is great in all aspects. When I first heard them I quickly realized this. The first Rise & Fall record I had was the 2 song ep on Deathwish. It was a long time ago that recent music reminded me of the to me familiar H8000 style. This ep isn’t their best work…
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Kindred And The Art Of Rebellion
Read more: Kindred And The Art Of RebellionFinally found some time to tell you something about the band Kindred. This band was playing innovative hardcore in the mid-nineties throughout the late nineties. All the members were from the beautiful province of Flanders (Belgium) that is Limburg. Some members are each other’s kin, thus the name for the band. Kindred isn’t an easy…
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