Mighty Midgets is a melodic hardcore band from Aalborg, Denmark formed in June 2006. The band has played more than 125 shows all over Europe with bands as US Bombs, Banner Pilot, Tragedy, The Unseen, Streetlight Manifesto, Smoke or Fire, Voice of a Generation, This is a Standoff, Real McKenzies, Off With Their Heads, Fake Problems, Leatherface, MDC and many more. Mighty Midgets released their debut album “Raising Ruins for the Future” in March 2010, as a co-operation between Shattered Thought Records, Deadlamb Records and 5FeetUnder Records. The album was recorded at 5FeetUnder Studio in Aalborg, Denmark, in the band’s spare time and free evenings during 2009. The record is mixed and mastered by Jacob Bredahl (Last Mile and former Hatesphere) at the Dead Rat Studio in Århus, Denmark in January 2010. The album has received worldwide critical acclaim and made onto quite a few top lists of 2010.
In June 2011 the band released a 4-way international split with Revenge of the Psychotronic Man (UK), Fist of the North Star (USA) and Broken Aris (Sweden) including six new songs.
Mighty Midgets' earlier releases include the EP Plug-N-Pray (2008) on their own label 5FeetUnder Records, the split 7" (2007) with the Copenhagen band Stars Burn Stripes also on 5FeetUnder Records and a split CD (2006) with German band The Cakes on Canadian AMP Records. Furthermore, the band has contributed songs to various compilations around the globe. Mighty Midgets takes pride in writing evocative songs; often with political and personally charged lyrics. The band tries to keep a somewhat educated and positive outlook in their songs yet deals with serious subjects such as racism, homophobia, free speech and the state of the environment.