H8000 Hardcore
H8000 Hardcore from the province of West-Flanders in Belgium, Europe. Renowned for it’s metallic style of Hardcore. The nineties decade wouldn’t be what it was without the H8000 Hardcore scene. That was at the peak of it’s expansion between 1996 en 1998.
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Firestone Dark Fantasies
Read more: Firestone Dark FantasiesFound an original copy of the Dark Fantasies demo cassette of Firestone. This demo has four songs that are unreleased elsewhere. The demo was recorded in August 1996. This is the band where Lennart from AmenRa and Oathbreaker started out with. It has the artwork borrowed from the Kreator “Pleasure To Kill” LP cover. On…
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Falls Of Torment
Read more: Falls Of TormentFeels great that Liar’s first LP called “Falls Of Torment” is reissued and available again. I already told you about the “Falls Of Torment” Diehard version. Well, besides the Diehard version there is also a version pressed with the original cover artwork that was used for the original pressing on Good Life Recordings. The record…
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Blindfold, Congress, Deformity, Firestone, H8000 Hardcore, Hitch, Liar, Lifecycle, Nations On Fire, ODK Crew, Regression, Rise Above, Sektor, Shortsight, Solid, Spineless, Spirit Of Youth, Vitality, Wheel Of Progress
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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Deformity “Murder Within Sin” LP
Read more: Deformity “Murder Within Sin” LPMurder Within Sin is the first full length of Deformity and was released on Next Sentence Records for Europe and Blasphemour Records for the USA. After their Hardcore releases (live beyond demo, Misanthrope CD and split with Congress) they started to play more pure and technical Death-Metal but their Hardcore background still shines through. That…
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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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Shortsight Testpress
Read more: Shortsight TestpressTHIS TOPIC IS STILL OBJECT OF RESEARCH
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Interview with Hans Liar
Read more: Interview with Hans LiarThis interview with Hans Liar was done in 2009. It’s about the many things he did for Hardcore from his youth up until 2009. About the bands he played in: Liar, Blindfold and more. About the record labels he ran and about the friendships he made.
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Steve & Bob of Vitality interview
Read more: Steve & Bob of Vitality interviewInterview with two Vitality members done in 2012. Vitality is a H8000 band from the coastal region of West-Flanders. The interview was with Bob the lead guitarist and Steve the vocalist and took place in the ODK Skate Shop.
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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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