Victims
Divide and conquer
Havoc Records

Sweden's Victims were another Havoc Records band I managed to miss while they were on tour (the first was Regulations - d'oh!) Listening to their latest release gave me a taste of what to expect if I ever see them live. "Divide and conquer" is a testament to early '80s American hardcore bands. What's with the Swedes that makes them play something that sounds like it's over 25 years old, but yet still modern? Anyhoo, 15 tracks of American hardcore/Swedish crust-inspired punk that'll get you amped. Think of Discharge when you listen to this. Singer Johan's vocals and the band are balanced pretty well with one not overpowering the other. Not what I would normally listen to, but it kept me interested.
- Navy Keophan

Victims in Seattle last night, one word: siiiiick. The rest of the dates on their US tour:

05/12 - Food Hole, Portland, OR
05/13 - Burnt Ramen, Oakland, CA
05/14 - Warehouse, Long Beach, CA
05/15 - Mexican Cultural Center, Santa Ana, CA
05/16 - Phix (1113 Nw Grand), Phoenix, AZ
05/17 - Univ. House, Las Cruces, NM
05/18-20 - Chaos In Tejas Fest, Austin TX

If you're into hardcore/punk and you miss these guys, you are seriously blowing it.

Aversionline on new releases from Victims and Skitsystem, both on Havoc Records: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2006/05/two-third-lps.html
I haven't heard the new Victims yet (I'm planning on picking it up at the Seattle show tomorrow), but their last record "...in blood" is killer, so I have high hopes.

Download two new songs from Victims: Another mission / Darkness blinds you
The band's new album "Divide and conquer" is out now and their US tour starts in just a few weeks.

US tourdates for Victims are now almost 100% confirmed:

04/27 - Warehouse Nxt Door, DC
04/28 - Unitarian Church, Philly, PA
04/29 - Abc No Rio, NYC
04/29 - tba, NYC (Possible late show)
04/30 - Harvard Social Forum, Boston, MA
05/01 - AS220, Providence, RI
05/02 - Valentines, Albany, NY
05/03 - 29 Custer St., Buffalo, NY (6pm)
05/04 - Roboto Project, Pittsburgh, PA
05/05 - Basement Of The Tower, Cleveland, OH
05/06 - No Exit Cafe, Chicago, IL
05/07 - Red Sea, Minneapolis, MN
05/08 - VFW (202 Broadway), Fargo, ND
05/09 - tba, Great Falls, MO
05/11 - Ss Marie Antoinette, Seattle, WA
05/12 - Food Hole, Portland, OR
05/13 - Burnt Ramen, Oakland, CA
05/14 - Warehouse, Long Beach, CA
05/15 - Mexican Cultural Center, Santa Ana, CA
05/16 - Phix (1113 Nw Grand), Phoenix, AZ
05/17 - Univ. House, Las Cruces, NM
05/18-20 - Chaos In Tejas Fest, Austin Tx

In other Havoc-related news, head to their website for prelimary US tour dates for Victims: http://www.havocrex.com/tours/

Victims will bring the Swedish d-beat to the UK in March:

03/24 - The Grosvenor, London/Brixton
03/25 - Common Place, Leeds
03/26 - The Junction, Bristol

The band will be entering Dustward Studios in Stockholm next week to record a new album.

Victims have been writing and rehearsing a bunch of new material recently and report that they now have plans to enter the studio in February to record a new album. After that it looks like the band will do a 4-week US tour around April/May. More details soon.

Also coming up from Havoc in the future will be a new 7" from 365 Dagar Av Synd, the Swedish crusties formally known as Dödsdömd. There will also hopefully be new full-lengths from both Skitsystem and Victims, but nothing is confirmed just yet.

Head over to the Havoc Records site for some new mp3s from Regulations, Martyr-Död and Riistetyt as well as updated US tour dates for the latter along with European dates for Victims and Vitamin X: http://www.havocrex.com/

Aversionline reviews the new Victims album: http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2036/

Nasum's Jon Lindqvist will be filling in for Entombed/Disfear guitarist Uffe Cederlund at the latter's upcoming appearance during Pointless Fest on August 12-15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After that, he'll be heading back to the States again to tour with his other band Victims.

Sweden's Victims will release their new album "...Blood" in July. Tracklist:

01. Scars
02. Dagar Utan Ljus
03. The Answer
04. This Is The End
05. Right Back At You
06. Swallow Poison
07. My Eyes
08. Now Or Never
09. Insane
10. No Regrets
11. Circles
12. Min Enda Resa
13. Alive But Dead
14. We Have Burnt Our Bridges
15. They Are The Ones
16. Dead Inside
17. Checking Out
18. Victims In Blood pt. 3

In other news, the band is working on a US tour and has posted the following tentative schedule:

08/13-15 Pointless Fest, Philadelphia
08/16 - Allentown, PA w/Kylesa
08/17 - NYC w/Kylesa
08/18 - Baltimore or DC
08/19 - Richmond or Virginia Beach
08/20 - Providence
08/21 - Boston
08/22 - Buffalo
08/23 - Cleveland
08/24 - Pittsburgh
08/25 - Columbus
08/26 - Detroit w/Kylesa
08/27 - Chicago w/Kylesa
08/28 - Thrash Fest 6, Minneapolis
08/29 - Des Moines w/Skitystem
08/30 - Haunted Kitchen, Lawrence w/Skitystem, bmf
08/31 - Oklahoma City
09/01 - Dallas/Fort worth
09/02 - Austin
09/03 - Off
09/04 - Nashville
09/05 - Cincinnatti
09/06 - Philadelphia

About time Skitsystem made it over here as well.

New pics of Victims and Strip Music up at Musique One Stop: http://www.photohenrik.com/mos/

Swedish hardcore punks Victims are starting to book a US tour for August 13 through September 6. Details soon.