Nations On Fire
Nations On Fire was 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 to this day. The main man in the band was Edward who later started Good Life Recordings.
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Interview with Edward of Good Life Recordings
Interview 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
The 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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H8000 Book
Last 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…
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Nations On Fire 1991 – 2017
Strike 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…
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NATIONS ON FIRE Strike The Match BLUE
In addition to Ezekiel’s post about the reissue, I wanted to give my vision upon this too. Not that it differs much from his point of view though. He’s absolutely right about the sound, it’s much better. More deeply and detailed vocals, guitars, drums and bass. It doesn’t happen too…
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Nations On Fire – STRIKE THE MATCH Reissue
The 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…
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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…
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