and Red Cord Records. In July 2012, it was announced that Victory would become the distribution home for Boston, MA based record label, We Are Triumphant. On May 10, 2013, Victory announced they will be distributing I Scream Records. On September 9, 2014, Famined Records signed a distribution deal with Victory. On February 9, 2017, it was announced that Wilhelm Records will exclusively distribute through Victory Records. Current AEI Carbon Copy Media Desperate Fight Records Dragon Well Famined Records GMM Records I Scream Records Ironbound Records JMB Records Jumpstart Records Life Sentence Records Lobster Records Luxor Records Mutant League Records Pop Up Records Red Cord Records School Night Records Smorgasbord Records StandBy Records Torque Records Toy Box Records Undecided Records We Are Triumphant Records Wilhelm Records Past Hand of Hope Records Lifeforce Records Rise Records Sumerian Records Criticism Relations with label Victory Records has had some negative relations with artists signed to the label. Over the years, multiple bands have cited grievances, conflicts, or filed lawsuits against the record label, while others have stayed with record label for years, or even came back to Victory after releasing albums on different labels. Former Victory band Thursday has had a conflict with the label, citing issues with royalties. The band also cited an incident involving the Victory Records marketing staff producing whoopie cushions for the promotion of their 2001 album Full Collapse, against their wishes. Thursday stated in the DVD accompanying their compilation album Kill the House Lights that they chose to go to a major label (Island Def Jam in 2002) and after fulfilling their contract, Tony Brummel and Victory Records welcomed Thursday "back with open arms." In a 2021 podcast interview, Atreyu guitarist Dan Jacobs spoke ill of Victory and the label's founder, saying they had issues with "Tony Brummel and his awful, scummy ways". On July 12, 2015, Wil Francis of Horror Punk band Aiden posted on their official Facebook that they sold 500,000 albums total through Victory Records and were not paid. Despite the controversy, relations between Victory Records and its bands have not been all negative. Close Your Eyes and Ill Niño have mentioned positive relations multiple times in interview. Emmure has said specifically "Victory does good business, and if you’re a band that is expecting more than what you get, then you’re going to feel cheated and robbed." Hawthorne Heights lawsuit On August 7, 2006, the