Nations On Fire
Nations On Fire were the driving force behind the Belgian Hardcore scene in the early nineties. They had a clear and positive message. While other contemporaries of the same scene had a darker mindset. They toured across Europe and their records are still reissued up to this day. The main man in the band was Edward from Rise Above who later also started Good Life Recordings. Strike The Match is their debut full-length and has become a world-known classic amidst the Hardcore Punk scene kids. The record has seen pressings in Germany, Spain, Brasil, Poland, etc…
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Interview with Edward of Good Life Recordings
Read more: Interview with Edward of Good Life RecordingsInterview with Edward Verhaeghe of Rise Above, Nations On Fire and Good Life Recordings. This interview was taken somewhere in 2009 and was actualized by Edward himself in September 2023.
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Nations On Fire reissues
Read more: Nations On Fire reissuesThe 2018 and 2019 reissues of the three Nations On Fire LP records called Strike The Match, Burn Again and Death Of The Pro-Lifer. The band formed around 1990 and still plays shows up to this day. The biggest Belgian positive Hardcore band.
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Nations On Fire Live at Vortn’ Vis
Read more: Nations On Fire Live at Vortn’ VisCOMING SOON
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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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Nations On Fire 1991 – 2017
Read more: Nations On Fire 1991 – 2017Strike The Match was Nations On Fire’s first LP. It was originally released in 1991 and is quickly becoming the most representative European Straight-Edge Hardcore release to date. Here’s why. Nations On Fire was more than a Straight-Edge band. They have arisen from Rise Above, a pure Straight-Edge band that took critical stance towards the…
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Nations On Fire strike the match reissue
Read more: Nations On Fire strike the match reissueThe return of the mighty instigators Nations On Fire, after more than twenty years since it’s release one of the most influential early H8000 records has been reissued for the masses to discover. The 1991 release ‘Strike The Match’ has undergone a complete remake from artwork to mastering and is ready to extend the legacy…
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Congress blackened persistance release poster
Read more: Congress blackened persistance release posterFacts related to the Congress Blackened Persistance release show poster.
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Regress No Way Compilation (Belgium 1992)
Read more: Regress No Way Compilation (Belgium 1992)Speaking of “bars and stars” from the DC-flag as mentioned in the previous post by my co-author Ezekiel. Here’s another later record that was inspired by that artwork. But that’s far from the core of this write-up! What I’m trying to say is that this record was never discussed on H8000 Central and never here,…
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Nations on fire: Research Excerpts
Read more: Nations on fire: Research ExcerptsTHIS TOPIC IS STILL OBJECT OF RESEARCH
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