Victims
Killer
I don’t know how I stumbled across Victims, but the second I
heard them I knew that I had found a new musical-best friend. They were like Disfear’s slightly more
palatable little brother that mixed driving death n’ roll riffs with the
ability to write a killer chorus. In
other words, there wasn’t anything not to like.
Although their whole discography is worth listening, Killer will always be my
favourite. I guess it’s kinda hard to
say exactly why, but I think it’s a combination of the catchiness-factor and
the fact that this was the first Victims album I ever heard. There really is something inexpressible about
those first songs from a previously-unknown band that leaves a lasting
impression. I remember stumbling across
this band on my own (which for some reason always makes me like a band a little
bit more....does that make me a douchy hipster?
A metal elitist? An idiot?) and I knew that I had found something
special.
Victims is unmistakably European in a very indescribable
way. I don’t know if it’s the riffs, the
song structure, or the fact that Swedish d-beat/anthemic punk is unique for
some odd reason, but after two songs I had them pegged as meatball-loving,
eternal-winter-having Nordic gods, which I later confirmed using the interweb.
My uncanning ability to peg a band’s geographic origin
aside, the purpose of this review is two-fold: 1. To express my love of this
record, 2. To give this criminally underrated band a little more exposure. While they do get acclaim within the d-beat
community (if that is even really a thing), but most metal heads I have known
aren’t wise to this band, or only have a cursory knowledge of their existence
or discography. And that’s a fucking
crime. So go listen to Victims and revel
in one of the best records of 2008....which I guess makes this album 5 years
old....fuck. Where does the time go?
Go buy it now!
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