Refused they definitively shelve their career, although three of their members reinvent themselves as Backgrillen. This is the new band Dennis Lyxzén, Magnus Flagge and David Sandström.
Refused They will say goodbye to the stage on December 21 with a last concert in their hometown, Umea (Sweden), on a tour that has taken them all over the world, including recent dates in our country. However, far from retiring, Dennis Lyxzen (voice), Magnus Flagge (low) and David Sandstrom (drums) have announced the birth of Backgrillena new project free jazz-post-metal next to the saxophonist Mats Gustafssonregular collaborator of artists such as Sonic Youth, Four Tet or The Ex.
The quartet, who already gave a concert in 2023, will publish their self-titled debut album next January 23 through the seal Svart Records. According to what they have announced, the album will bring together influences as diverse as The Cramps, Little Richard, Albert Ayler, Polly Bradfield, Entombed, John Zorn, Misfits, Stooges, Lars Gullin and Can. According to the band, they explained in a statement: “Our music is a hymn to chaos and destruction.” “The idea is to take a metal or noise rock riff, play it until it makes no sense, and then rip it apart like a hungry cat would a mouse.”
Backgrillen has already presented the first preview of the album, “A Hate Inferior”, a ten-minute piece that combines the chaos of punk with the radical improvisation of jazz and the characteristic screams of Lyxzen. For now, the single is available exclusively on bandcamp.
