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Having over 200 releases behind them, Chicago label Victory Records has been one of the driving forces in independent punk and hardcore music over the past decade. One look at their roster tells you the story of their past, present, and future.
Past bands on the label include Bad Brains, Boy Sets Fire, Earth Crisis, Grade, Hatebreed, Refused, Shelter, Skarhead, and Warzone - a who's who of modern hardcore, if you will. While many have criticized Victory's current roster for not having any bite, the label still possesses one of the most defining voices in the genre, Snapcase. They also have a surprisingly strong group of ska-related bands, including Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto, and Voodoo Glow Skulls 2001 was a defining year for Victory, with the release of Thursday's Full Collapse. A record that has since come to define modern emotional hardcore, the disc was first released to little fanfare. Over the course of 2001 and 2002, however, the record picked up steam, and as the band made the leap to major label Island Records, controversy surrounded the issue with the band questioning Victory about their business practices, something that has always been a point of contention about the label. Victory has taken a decidedly poppier stance in recent years. Student Rick, Count The Stars, Spitalfield, The Reunion Show, Bayside, and the enormous success of Taking Back Sunday have opened up the label to thousands of kids previously blind to the label's history. This trend shows no signs of stopping with the label's most recent signings. Artists with releases on this label:
Reach The Sky, Grade, Earth Crisis, Snapcase, Boy Sets Fire, Grey Area, Thursday, Waterdown, Minus, Thumb, Catch 22, Guilt, Refused, River City Rebels, In Cold Blood, Snowdogs, Taking Back Sunday, Atreyu, Strife, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Darkest Hour, Ten Foot Pole, The Reunion Show, Blood For Blood, Somehow Hollow, Count The Stars, Dead To Fall, Silverstein, Freya, Spitalfield, Hoods, Streetlight Manifesto, Glasseater, All Out War, Between The Buried And Me, Burning Heads, Bayside, Scars Of Tomorrow, Madcap, The Hurt Process, Martyr AD, Hawthorne Heights, Straylight Run, Bury Your Dead, Action Action, The Black Maria, Comeback Kid, Sinai Beach, Giles, The Forecast, The Junior Varsity, A Perfect Murder, The Audition, The Tossers, Aiden, With Honor, June, Smoking Popes, The Autumn Offering, Nights Like These, The Sleeping, Path of Resistance, Moros Eros, Beneath the Sky, Emmure, Endwell, A Day to Remember, 1997, The Warriors, Four Letter Lie, Driver Side Impact, Ringworm, Secret Lives of the Freemasons, Arise and Ruin, Deadguy Recent ReviewsRecent NewsGrade to record a couple of new songs for split with Bane Burlington melodic hardcore band Grade have announced plans to hit the studio to record a few new songs from a new seven-inch, and possible digital EP. The band posted this update: On July 6th we're starting to record a couple of new songs for the At Both Ends Magazine final issue double 7" comp with our old friends from Bane. Shawn, Greg, Kyle and I have been jamming with our good friend Matt Richmond (from the Video Dead and Saint Alvia) for a little while now. What started out as getting together to jam for fun has produced some pretty awesome new…Darkest Hour: "The Eternal Return" Darkest Hour has posted their new album The Eternal Return The album is the follow-up to 2007's Deliver Us and their first album with new guitarist Mike "Lonestar" Carrigan. Check it out on…Victory signs Destrophy Victory Records has signed Iowa's Destrophy. The band was officially launched in 2002 by producer and singer/songwriter Ari. The band is currently playing select shows throughout the Midwest in support of their new CD, The Way of Your World Check out some music on their . myspace…Darkest Hour: "Devolution of the Flesh" Darkest Hour have posted another new song from their forthcoming album. The record is titled The Eternal Return and is due out June 23, 2009. It is their first since Deliver Us in 2007 and also marks the debut of guitarist Mike "Lonestar" Carrigan who replaces longtime guitarist Kris Norris who left the band last year. Check out "Devolution of the Flesh" on their myspace page.…Voodoo Glow Skulls Voodoo Glow Skulls have announced their US, UK and European tour dates for the…Silverstein / Poison The Well / The Sleeping / Oceana Silverstein have announced a two week headlining run with support from Poison The Well, Oceana and The…Darkest Hour: "No God" Darkest Hour have posted the first song from their upcoming album. The record is titled The Eternal Return and is due out June 23, 2009. It is the follow-up to Deliver Us which was released in 2007. The album also marks the debut of guitarist Mike "Lonestar" Carrigan who replaces longtime guitarist Kris Norris who left the band last year. Check out "No God" on their myspace page.…Bury Your Dead:"Hurting Not Helping" Bury Your Dead have posted a new track from their new album. The record is titled It’s Nothing Personal and is due out May 26, 2009. Check out "Hurting Not Helping" on their myspace page.…Streetlight Manifesto, Darkest Hour albums to see vinyl release Victory Records has announced plans to issue two fan favorite albums on vinyl. The first is Darkest Hour's critically acclaimed 2003 album, Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation and the second is Streetlight Manifesto's Everything Goes Numb also released in 2003. According to a Vinyl…The Tossers: "Katie at the Races" Chicago's celtic/punk The Tossers have released the music video for "Katie at the Races," from their latest release, On a Fine Spring Evening. The video was shot together with their previous video, "Whiskey Makes Me… |
