Refused are still playing their last shows as Refused, but they’re also launching their new project already. Backengrillen has three out of four Refused members: vocalist Dennis Lyxzén, bassist Magnus Flagge, and drummer David Sandström, in addition to the non-Refused saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. They’re announcing their eponymous debut album today.
“Backengrillen’s music is a paean to chaos and destruction,” the band says in a statement. “The basic idea is to take a death/doom metal, or noiserock riff and play it until it loses meaning and then break it apart like a ravenous cat would a tiny forest mouse.”
“It’s filled to the brim with the self-hatred endemic to the province of Västerbotten from whence the member’s hail,” they continue. “The record was written on a Thursday during their first ever rehearsal, performed live on a Friday and recorded on a Saturday, so what you’re hearing is raw, stupid, gut instinct music played by seasoned purveyors of hardcore punk, metal, free jazz, noise et cetera. Record no 2 is in the making, less stupid, more ugly. Stay tuned and fuck the pigs.”
Check out the 10-minute, off-kilter rocker “A Hate Inferior” below.
TRACKLIST:
01 “A Hate Inferior”
02 “Dör För långsamt”
03 “Repeater II”
04 “Backengrillen”
05 “Socialism Or Barbarism”
Backengrillens is out 1/23/26 via Svart Records. Pre-order it here.
