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Reissue of The Vikings Are Coming..., originally released in 1985. Swedish punk began in the late '70s and by the mid-80s, the small steel mill town of Fagersta had seven bands, immortalized on rare compilation The Vikings Are Coming..., which is surprisingly diverse: Bizarr's old-school punk is influenced by the Clash and SLFCruel Maniax give social criticism and Crude S.S.'s hardcore draws on DischargeRescues In Future's speedcore is super melodic, influenced by Hüsker DüFear Of War's thrash is anti-religious and there's more thrash from Bedrövlerz (or "Miserablerz"), while Ugly Squaw proffer unique power-punk humor (also making an incognito faux-reggae appearance as Rasta Boys). This edition revives the original Swedish version released on Uproar Records in 1985, giving us the full monty of this must-have anthology.