Congress
The creators of the trademark Edge-Metal sound, the H8000 scene is renowned for. They made many influential and genre defining records such as “Euridium” and “Blackened Persistance”. Josh Fury was the brain behind the band and wrote most of the music and words for the band. Good Life Recordings was their label during the 90’s.
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Congress Interview Deel 3
Read more: Congress Interview Deel 3De complete audio-opname van het tweede deel van het Nederlandstalige interview dat ik deed met Joost van Congress voor het H8000 boek en ook deze website. Dit interview vond plaats in de ouderlijke bakkerij van Joost ergens rond het jaar 2010. Gesproken taal is het West-Vlaams dialect.
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H8000 Book
Read more: H8000 BookLast week I went to Kortrijk in the south of West-Flanders to see the reunion show of Liar and Sektor, they both played amazing sets, more on that later. It was also the date of launch of the H8000 Book which they sold there in two versions. The book and the show is what this…
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Angry With The Sun
Read more: Angry With The SunAngry With The Sun is the album when Congress were in their most popular phase. And logically the scene where they came from was also at it’s peak. It was in the year of 1998 when Good Life Recordings released this full length. “Not only Edge-Metal kids danced to this music but also Old School…
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Josh Fury of Congress: Part II
Read more: Josh Fury of Congress: Part IISecond part of the interview with Josh Fury. All about the music and lyrics of the Blackened Persistance LP. Discussed song by song and word by word.
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Josh Fury of Congress: Part I
Read more: Josh Fury of Congress: Part IThe first part of the interview done with Josh Fury of Congress. The Edge-Metal pioneers from West-Flanders, Belgium. It’s about his days before Congress, the Congress demo and the “Euridium” 7 inch.
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Congress & Liar test press 7 inch
Read more: Congress & Liar test press 7 inchTest pressing of the most logical split in the Belgian scene, the one between Congress and Liar.
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Blindfold, Congress, Deformity, Firestone, Genet Records, H8000 Hardcore, Hitch, Liar, Lifecycle, ODK Crew, Regression, Sektor, Shortsight, Sober Mind Records, Solid, Spineless, Spirit Of Youth, Vitality
VA H8000 Compilation Volume One LP
Read more: VA H8000 Compilation Volume One LPInfo about this 1998 H8000 hardcore sampler. Came out when the scene was at the peak of it’s expansion.
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Congress euridium 7 inch reflections
Read more: Congress euridium 7 inch reflectionsThe ‘Euridium’ release of Congress was groundbreaking. There was no school in Kortrijk where there were school kids that weren’t into Congress. Every Kortrijk school had kids that were into Congress at that time. At least that is what someone of my age and from the area told me during an interview. It spread further…
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Wheel Of Progress it’s alive 7 inch
Read more: Wheel Of Progress it’s alive 7 inchWheel Of Progress was an important band that is considered to have produced the embryonic sound of Edge-Metal. That’s a statement that can be defied by many authors of the history of Hardcore and Punk. This is why I choose not to oppress this statement but let you hear it for yourself The recordings were…
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