Posts Tagged ‘Toyn Brummel’
Why Would Any Band Sign With Victory Records?
After seeing a post on Twitter that said that San Diego Death Metal band Pathology signed with Victory Records, I was very curious of the situation. As far as I knew, Pathology was on Comatose Music, an independent label out of my current home state of NC. I don’t know all of the details as I’m hoping to find out what is going on from Comatose Music soon, but I wonder why after all the bad press Victory and Tony Brummel has received over the years, why any band would sign to Victory?
Sure there are plenty of bands that are currently signed to Victory that are well known names in metal such as Carnifex, Between The Buried And Me, Emmure, Darkest Hour, Autumn Offer and the list goes on. In the past though there have been many artists that have left the label in dispute of royalties. That list goes on as well to include Hatebreed, Atreyu, Taking back Sunday and Hawthorne Heights, among many, many others.
Victory may be one of the “bigger” indie labels out there with more mainstream bands than some of the other indie labels, but their track record is not very good. Tony Brummel has been called many names and none of them being of nice nature or of ethical business standards. Read the rest of this entry »
