The crustiest band in Denver right now is Victim of Fire . And we mean that as nothing but a term of endearment for the ferocious four-piece, which proudly stakes the claim to being the city’s only “stadium crust band.”

“We love Tragedy . The joke with them is they’re stadium crust, because they’re epic all the time,” says guitarist-vocalist Austin Minney of the crust-punk vets. “The goal is to be as epic as possible at every moment.”

Victim of Fire certainly gives a heroic effort on its new album, The Old Lie , which released on August 1 via San Diego DIY label Human Future Records . While it’s technically the band's second full-length, Minney has been pushing out music under the Victim of Fire banner since he started it as a solo project in 2016. But he considers the sophomor

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