June 8 street date. Arguably the most influential hardcore album of all time, The Shape of Punk to Come was Refused’s masterpiece, their last recording, and the record that launched a generation of bands by pointing the way to a hardcore sound that was dense, sophisticated, and brimming with smarts. "The pure intellect that was pouring out of this band - musical intellect, political intellect...even when it comes to arrangement, they were very sophisticated. It still sounds fresh, it still sounds contemporary and new" said uberfan Kirk Hammett of Metallica. Now fans can explore The Shape of Punk To Come in whole new light, with an added CD with over 50 minutes of unreleased live performances, and a DVD documenting their first US tour and ensuing demise. LP includes download card for full album & bonus tracks.
June 8 street date. Arguably the most influential hardcore album of all time, The Shape of Punk to Come was Refused’s masterpiece, their last recording, and the record that launched a generation of bands by pointing the way to a hardcore sound that was dense, sophisticated, and brimming with smarts. "The pure intellect that was pouring out of this band - musical intellect, political intellect...even when it comes to arrangement, they were very sophisticated. It still sounds fresh, it still sounds contemporary and new" said uberfan Kirk Hammett of Metallica. Now fans can explore The Shape of Punk To Come in whole new light, with an added CD with over 50 minutes of unreleased live performances, and a DVD documenting their first US tour and ensuing demise. LP includes download card for full album & bonus tracks.
June 30 street date. Refused came to an end in front of 50 kids at a basement show in a Virginia college town in 1998, just as their release of the same year, The Shape of Punk to Come, was taking its first steps toward becoming an acknowledged classic and a massive influence on a generation of bands. Refused Are Fucking Dead! became the slogan, as kids discovered Shape and its breakout track “New Noise” only to find their new heroes disbanded. Refused Are Fucking Alive! After a 2012 invitation to reform for the Coachella festival, Refused followed its first shows in 15 years with a triumphant tour, as every kid who had discovered them after death came out to see them reborn. Now comes Freedom, the first album in almost 20 years, on Epitaph, the label that released The Shape of Punk to Come all those years ago. Freedom explodes out of the speakers with opening track “Elektra,” as frontman Dennis Lyxzen’s throat-shredding declaration that “nothing has changed” catapults Refused into the 21st century. If Shape blasted apart the constraints of the punk and hardcore worlds with which Refused had long been associated, Freedom goes a step further by incorporating the wide-ranging influences that have shaped each band members’ personal tastes. Produced by Nick Launay (Gang Of Four, Public Image Ltd., Nick Cave, Arcade Fire) with additional work by fellow Swede and longtime Refused fan Shellback, Freedom is not just a follow-up to Shape, but a living breathing snapshot of a band, alive, now. “It’s not a reunion anymore,” Lyxzen insists. “This is one of the most radical things we’ve ever done, both musically and lyrically.” (LP version contains download card)
June 30 street date. Refused came to an end in front of 50 kids at a basement show in a Virginia college town in 1998, just as their release of the same year, The Shape of Punk to Come, was taking its first steps toward becoming an acknowledged classic and a massive influence on a generation of bands. Refused Are Fucking Dead! became the slogan, as kids discovered Shape and its breakout track “New Noise” only to find their new heroes disbanded. Refused Are Fucking Alive! After a 2012 invitation to reform for the Coachella festival, Refused followed its first shows in 15 years with a triumphant tour, as every kid who had discovered them after death came out to see them reborn. Now comes Freedom, the first album in almost 20 years, on Epitaph, the label that released The Shape of Punk to Come all those years ago. Freedom explodes out of the speakers with opening track “Elektra,” as frontman Dennis Lyxzen’s throat-shredding declaration that “nothing has changed” catapults Refused into the 21st century. If Shape blasted apart the constraints of the punk and hardcore worlds with which Refused had long been associated, Freedom goes a step further by incorporating the wide-ranging influences that have shaped each band members’ personal tastes. Produced by Nick Launay (Gang Of Four, Public Image Ltd., Nick Cave, Arcade Fire) with additional work by fellow Swede and longtime Refused fan Shellback, Freedom is not just a follow-up to Shape, but a living breathing snapshot of a band, alive, now. “It’s not a reunion anymore,” Lyxzen insists. “This is one of the most radical things we’ve ever done, both musically and lyrically.” (LP version contains download card)
November 25 street date. This special limited edition BLACK FRIDAY vinyl EP features 6 tracks--live recordings of classic Refused tracks, captured during their triumphant 2015 Freedom tour, along with additional studio tracks, “Servants of Death” – from the Freedom album and “Stolen Voices”, a bonus track never before available on vinyl. Track List: 1. "Servants of Death" 2. "Stolen voices" 3. "Servants of Death - remix" 4. "Thought is Blood (Live)" 5. "Shape of Punk to Come (Live)" 6. "Tannhauser (Live)"
Please note new street date: July 8. 25th anniversary edition, including never before heard and previously unreleased demo tracks from the album. The second full-length release from Sweden's Refused, "Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent" was released in 1996 to uniform praise as the group's worldwide following grew in both numbers and intensity. Signifying a musical evolution that culminated with their masterpiece "The Shape of Punk to Come", "Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent" is perhaps the most metal offering in the group's catalogue. Consistently aggressive, the staccato guitar riffs and drumming rest directly on top of the beat, giving this tighter, later-era Refused material a thick sound that retains its punk energy. A truly definitive late-1990s hardcore disc, "Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent" is a first-rate record from one of the best, most aggressive hardcore bands of this or any era.
June 17 street date. 25th anniversary edition, including never before heard and previously unreleased demo tracks from the album. The second full-length release from Sweden's Refused, "Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent" was released in 1996 to uniform praise as the group's worldwide following grew in both numbers and intensity. Signifying a musical evolution that culminated with their masterpiece "The Shape of Punk to Come", "Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent" is perhaps the most metal offering in the group's catalogue. Consistently aggressive, the staccato guitar riffs and drumming rest directly on top of the beat, giving this tighter, later-era Refused material a thick sound that retains its punk energy. A truly definitive late-1990s hardcore disc, "Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent" is a first-rate record from one of the best, most aggressive hardcore bands of this or any era.
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