Krime hit me in much the same way as KLĄTWA did when we featured them recently: a tight, fast, concentrated hardcore beating from the first seconds. The new 7-inch is well played and clear enough in the mix that you can hear exactly what the band are doing. A few riffs open up into rock’n’roll swing with a slight Southern pull, leaving enough room to get your foot moving before the next burst. The people playing it already went through Brat Pack and Citizens Patrol years ago, then jobs, families and kids filled the calendar. In 2026, Krime are at around fifteen shows for the year and still chasing the next good one.
If you need rough coordinates, Poison Idea, Long Knife, RKL, Government Warning, Annihilation Time and Syndrome 81 all make sense here. The songs stay short and direct. The guitar keeps breaking into small pockets of swing, then the band tighten everything up again. Near the end, the record finally gives you a little more room. That is about as close as it gets to taking a breather.
Krime formed in the Netherlands in early 2024, bringing together people who had already played in Brat Pack and Citizens Patrol. Both older bands put out multiple records during their own runs. Krime’s first 7-inch came through Shield Records. The second arrived on vinyl on August 25, 2026, after a tape edition released in France on April 25 through Guelmeur Records.
When we first covered Krime in 2025, they were still a new band. By September 2026, they had played around fifteen shows that year, many of them in France. Ken Jeurissen says the good shows made them want to keep playing. “We got the chance to play some real cool shows last year. People seem to like the tunes. We like to play in front of an enthousiastic crowd. When things feel good it makes you high and craving for more.”
The basics are still “having fun”, Ken said. Kids, jobs and other responsibilities now set the limits. “Twenty years ago you simply just skipped class to go on tour or called in sick from your side job with some made up story just to hit the road on time.”
The current four-piece is Bas on guitar, Tommy on bass, Koen on drums and Ken on vocals. Ronny at Overdose Audio recorded and mixed the 7-inch, and Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios mastered it. Tommy handled the artwork. Seein Red bassist Jos coloured a few copies by hand, which Ken is already calling collector items.
The five songs are just as direct lyrically. “Brainfog” is autobiographical, written around blurry thoughts, a foggy head, too much going on and no output. “Sour Milk” goes after the current conservative push towards a romanticised image of the 1950s. Ken sums it up: “Have a glass of milk, its good for you.”
“Piss and Vinegar” came from a much simpler urge. Ken had always wanted to write a song about being a punk roaming the streets and getting up to no good. “Anxiety” is imposter syndrome boiled down to one question: “What the hell am i doing?”
Then there is “Moral Autopsy”. Ken rejects the idea that the West can still claim the moral standard of good in the middle of everything happening in the world. Ken said, “with all the shit going on in the world you simply cannot claim that ‘the west’ is the moral standard of good.”
Those subjects suit the way Krime play them. The riffs keep moving, the drums push forward, and the rock’n’roll swing gives some sections a little extra bounce before the band tighten up again.
Many of Krime’s shows this year have been in France. Krime all love Syndrome 81, and Ken calls “Prisons Imaginaires” one of the best records of the last ten years. The relationship goes back to the days when members of Syndrome 81 were still playing in Thrashington DC. Brat Pack played Brest years ago. Ken remembers a great show and a very long drive.
When Krime got the chance to return to Brest, they went. Ken calls that show probably the coolest one the band have played so far. Damian, who runs Guelmeur Records, later handled the French cassette edition. His label had already released a Mr. Radical promo tape and, more recently, an 86 Mentality tape.
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“We always had fun in France so its cool to get a release there and play some shows,” Ken said. His current French list includes Prisonnier du Temps, Syndrome 81, Rixe, Condor and Cuir.
Four labels share the vinyl release. Autoreverse Rec and Way Back When are in the Netherlands, Out of the Darkness comes from the Austria/Serbia connection, and Too Circle Records is in Japan. Ken thanked Jos at Autoreverse, called the Way Back When connection “Ome Bro”, and sent a “kanpai Shingo!” to Too Circle.
Nemanja Boskovic runs Out of the Darkness as a zine and label. Brat Pack already had releases out in ex-Yugoslavia, and Nemanja saw all four of their Serbian shows. Citizens Patrol also made it there once, playing To Be Punk Festival in 2012. Krime will play the same festival in Novi Sad on November 13, 2026.
In Novi Sad, Krime also meet people from those earlier years. Staticø are still around, and the band’s own visit last year showed that people there still wanted to hear what they were doing.
“Its a different chapter, but its still cool to meet people you talked to 15/20 years ago and reminisce on the good old days ;) The people we know from that period are still around (like the band Staticø) and from our last years experience in Novi Sad with Krime its cool to see that people still enjoy the music that we make. So we are really excited we can play the To be Punk festival this year!”
Back in the Netherlands, the week Ken answered our questions was also the week Slachthuis in Haarlem closed. Krime never got to play there, though Ken remembers the shows as wild, with a lot of younger kids showing up and an active local crowd. OCCII in Amsterdam is still putting on shows. Chaos, a collective in Nijmegen, books in and around the city, and Erik from Oust and Traumatizer is also putting shows together in Groningen.
Last time we spoke, Ken pointed us towards The Covids, Traumatizer, Pressure Pact, Abusive Forms, Third Ego and Dobertrotter. Traumatizer were in Japan when Ken wrote back. Pressure Pact had just released a new LP. Abusive Forms have stopped, and members are already doing a new band. Third Ego have been playing regularly in Germany and France. Robber recently did a weekender with Beton Arme. Seein Red are still around too.
“Well im writing this the same week the Slachthuis venue in Haarlem got closed. We never got the chance to play there but shows were always wild, lots of young kids and a verry active scene. Bummer places like that often fall away.”
The 7-inch format suited Krime because they wanted new songs out quickly after the demo. The next one will be an LP. They already have about seven new songs ready musically and expect to record in 2027.
“The next record is definitly gonna be an LP. We’re working on new tunes, have about 7 new songs ready (musically). We will be recording somewhere in 2027. I like the 7inch format, and we wanted to get new stuff released as soon as possible after the demo.”
Krime have plenty left on the calendar too. They play OCCII in Amsterdam on September 25, then head to Leipzig on October 9 and Berlin the following night, before returning to Novi Sad for To Be Punk Festival in November. Their latest flyer finishes with “more dates TBA”, and with an LP already being written for 2027, they clearly have no plans to slow this thing down yet.
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