Victimizer (NL), Death
With Deity Down Records from 2009-Present
BIOGRAPHY:
VICTIMIZER from Nijmegen Holland, plays metal. Death, Black, Thrash,
you hear what you want to hear. They do not care and it has always been this
way since 1996. A good share of line up changes caused the delay of their first
full length “DIVIDED AS ONE” which was unleashed upon mankind September 27th
2003. Nevertheless, they always made sure there was a solid line up when it was
time to hit the stage.
During
those first years they opened for bands like DISHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, LAST DAYS
OF HUMANITY, NO RETURN, INHUME, ALTAR, ASPHYX, and DEATH SQUAD. Mostly bigger
bands from the European underground. In 2000 they won the finals of “de Roos
van Nijmegen” and were voted best band by the audience, Played numerous of gigs
along with a spot on the bill of HUNTENPOP. Again some more line up changes in
2001. However, they refused to throw in the towel.
Sacha -
Guitar, Richard - Guitar, Romeo - Drums and Chris - Bass decided to continue
with the four of them and the vocals became a split task for both guitarists.
But after two years the idea of a front man became increasingly appealing.
After a brief search in March 2005, Niels was introduced into the band and
after three rehearsals they played their first gig. In April 2007 they recorded
the EP “THE SPIRAL DOWN" at "HARROW STUDIO" and released it the
10th of June supporting LENG.TCHE and metal legends IMMOLATION and KRISIUN at
Doornroosje Nijmegen. The show was a huge success, and the crowd received the
new tracks with open arms. One month later the band was the closing act on the
last day of the Zomerfeesten Hollands biggest free music festival. Performing
for a crowd of 2500 people.. an absolute honour! During October and November of
2007 they promoted their newborn all through holland together with DEAD SQUAD
and APOCRYPHA.
An
unfortunate event took place when during that tour Sacha was brought to the
intensive care with major head trauma, which lead to a huge setback for the
VICTIMIZER family. The outcome of that event was that Sacha was unable to
continue that thing he loved most, and what he created.. VICTIMIZER. As
founding father he passed the torch on to the rest of VICTIMIZER and their new
family member Andrew.
At 2008
TO HELLFEST they presented their new line up and brought the news to the crowd
and fans of VICTIMIZER which led to a complete silence in the venue... after
the speech during the VICTIMIZER performance there was a huge respond giving
credit to all the years of dedication, heart and soul that Sacha has given to VICTIMIZER
through out the 12 years of service! The next song that they played was a new
one and the last song that Sacha worked on called "For what matters
now"... A track that from now on will have a special meaning for the band.
The
following shows in 2008 they played with bands like EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS,
HOUWITSER, ENTOMBED, DETONATION, THE LUCIFER PRINCIPLE and the last show of
that turbulent year was with the Dutch all-stars from HAIL OF BULLETS at the
GMT fest.
At this
moment the band is moving on and is opening a new chapter, playing shows and
writing new material for the upcoming album, to be released around July of
2010. On December first of 2009 Victimizer signed to Dutch underground label
Deity Down Records.
Left to Right: Chris (Bass,
Backing Vocals), Andrew (Guitars), Niels (Vocals), Richard (Guitars), Romeo
(Drums)
DISCOGRAPHY:
199x: Devicderin.
2003: Divided As One (self-released).
2005: The Spiral Down EP (self-released).
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