Good Life Recordings
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Good Life Recordings is a record label
based in Belgium
. It was founded in 1996 by Edward Verhaeghe who had been the lead vocalist in Nations On Fire. The label specializes in hardcore
bands. It has released many highly significant bands of the second and third wave of hardcore, as well as the majority of the signed bands that are part of H8000. Between 2000 and 2003 Good Life made a deal with Trustkill Records
to release limited Picture discs and compilations of some of its bands.
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
based in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. It was founded in 1996 by Edward Verhaeghe who had been the lead vocalist in Nations On Fire. The label specializes in hardcore
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
bands. It has released many highly significant bands of the second and third wave of hardcore, as well as the majority of the signed bands that are part of H8000. Between 2000 and 2003 Good Life made a deal with Trustkill Records
Trustkill Records
Trustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...
to release limited Picture discs and compilations of some of its bands.
Current roster
- A Traitor Like Judas
- Angel Crew
- As We Fight
- Congress
- Damien DoneDamien DoneDamien Done is the current band for Damien Moyal, in which he uses his pseudo-name to release a dark indie musical output. He has been featured on soundtracks and compilations, and has released music videos that have gained popularity for a somewhat controversial attitude.-Beginnings and Love...
- Death Before Disco
- Doomsday
- Endzweck
- Lost in Rhone
- Nasty
- ShelterShelter (band)Shelter is a Hare Krishna hardcore punk band formed by Ray Cappo.-Brief recent history:In 2001, the band released the album The Purpose, The Passion...
- Statecraft
Past roster
- 100 Demons100 Demons100 Demons is a five-piece hardcore punk band from Waterbury, Connecticut. Being fans of tattoos, the band derived their name from a book of traditional Japanese tattoo artwork by Horiyoshi III. The band often incorporates their Agnostic beliefs into their lyrics.After over a decade of playing in...
- 25 Ta Life25 ta Life25 ta Life is an American band from New York City, originally formed in Queens, N.Y. in mid-1991.- History :The band was started by Frank Smarra and Harry Minas in Astoria, Queens, N.Y., they were soon joined by Fred Mesk and together wrote most of the material that would be on their early...
- Abnegation
- AftershockAftershock (band)Aftershock was a metalcore band based out of Boston, Massachusetts. The band was formed in 1992 by the Dutkiewicz brothers, and broke up in mid 1999 shortly after Adam Dutkiewicz joined Killswitch Engage. After a 2-year hiatus, in 2001, the group re-formed for a reunion tour in Japan...
- Arkangel
- As Friends RustAs Friends RustAs Friends Rust is a punk band from Gainesville, Florida.-History:In early 1996 Jeronimo, Henry, and Matt were jamming under the name Wayside. Soon after Damien was recruited from Bird of Ill Omen to step in on vocals...
- Avenged SevenfoldAvenged SevenfoldAvenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California. Formed in 1999, the group consists of vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ....
- BirthrightBirthright (band)Birthright was a vegan straight-edge band in existence during the mid to late 1990s. It was based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.-Band history:...
- BreachBreach (band)-History:Swedish band formed in Luleå 1993. First full length album released in 1995. Pelle Gunnerfeldt from Fireside recorded and mixed several of the groups albums. Shortly after the release of Kollapse the band announced that they had decided to split up. The band played a reunion show in...
- Broken Promises
- Brothers Keeper
- Catafalque
- Comin' Correct
- Course of Action
- CultureCulture (US band)Culture was a Florida-based vegan/straight edge hardcore band. They formed in 1992, and lasted until 1998, when Damien Moyal merged the remaining members into the second incarnation of As Friends Rust.-History:...
- Day of Contempt
- Dead Blue Sky
- Deformity
- DiscipleXDISCIPLEx A.D.xDISCIPLEx A.D. was a straight edge Christian hardcore band from Erie, PA.Formerly xdisciplex or disciple, the band had to change its name to avoid legal actions due to a prior established band named Disciple...
- Disembodied
- Driven
- Dying FetusDying FetusDying Fetus is an American death metal band from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Formed in 1991, the group is known for their outspoken political views, and for being one of the few death metal bands who follow a political nature. Earlier lyrics showcased the common death metal trait of explicit violence...
- Eighteen VisionsEighteen VisionsEighteen Visions was an American metalcore band from Orange County, California, United States. Formed in October of 1995, the group was one of the first practitioners involved in the metalcore genre...
- For the Living
- Grey Goose
- Hamartia
- IntegrityIntegrity (band)Integrity is a metallic hardcore band formed in 1988. Their lyrical themes include religion, the supernatural, mental illness, individualism, and the occult.- Discography :*Harder They Fall - Demo cassette - 1989...
- In-QuestIn-questIn-Quest is a technical death metal band from Belgium. Formerly signed with Good Life Recordings, they are currently unsigned. The band have been active underground since the Early 90s, with Sven de Caluwe as a singer from 2002 to 2004, when he left to focus on Aborted; he was replaced by Swedish...
- Kindred
- Length of Time
- Liar
- Morning AgainMorning AgainMorning Again was a hardcore band from Florida. They were known for their extreme metallic hardcore sound as well as for their straight edge, vegan and anti-government ideas. The band...
- Most Precious Blood
- Naiad
- Negate
- NoraNora (band)Nora is a metalcore band from Highland Park, New Jersey. The band took its name from Nora Diniro, a character from the film Pump Up the Volume.Formed in 1996, the band debuted on Ferret Music and moved to Trustkill Records in 1999...
- One King DownOne King DownOne King Down was a straight edge hardcore band from Albany, New York that recorded and performed from 1994 until 2002.-Background:One King Down was an Albany, New York-based metallic hardcore band that played crunchy, danceable metal-influenced music by such scene contemporaries as Snapcase and...
- Poison the WellPoison the Well (band)Poison the Well was an experimental hardcore band from Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida who were last signed to Ferret Music. Guitarist Ryan Primack and drummer Chris Hornbrook were the only remaining members of the band who were involved since their inception, although vocalist Jeffrey Moreira was...
- RacetraitorRacetraitorRacetraitor was an American political straight edge hardcore punk band from Chicago, Illinois.The band was known for calling audience members "crackers" and for espousing radical beliefs influenced by black nationalism, third worldism and other anti-colonial ideologies...
- Racial Abuse
- Regression
- Reprisal
- Reveal
- Sense FieldSense FieldSense Field was an American indie rock band from California, formed in 1991 out of the ashes of hardcore punk band, Reason to Believe.Sense Field has been largely credited with bringing their sound from emo circles to a more mainstream audience alongside contemporaries like Sunny Day Real Estate,...
- Sentence
- Shai HuludShai Hulud (band)Shai Hulud is an American hardcore punk band with progressive metal influences, originally formed in Pompano Beach, Florida, the band later moved up to Poughkeepsie, New York....
- Shockwave
- Shorebreak
- Shortsight
- SkycamefallingSkycamefallingSkycamefalling are a metalcore band from Long Island, New York, USA. Formed in 1996, the band released three EPs and one full-length album from 1996-2003. After going through several lineup changes , the band eventually split up in 2003...
- Spirit of Youth
- Spirit 84
- Sportswear
- Spread The Disease
- The Last Year
- Torn Apart
- Trapped in Life
- Undying
- Waking Kills the Dream