RetroBlog: Refused – The Shape Of Punk To Come

The Shape Of Punk To Come, by Swedish band Refused, completely passed me by when it was originally released , however I gave it a listen recently and was completely blown away by the unique sound. Check it out, still sounds as fresh today as it did in 1998.

Track listing:

1. Worms of the Senses / Faculties of the Skull
2. Liberation Frequency
3. The Deadly Rhythm
4. Summerholidays Vs. Punkroutine
5. Bruitist Pome #5
6. New Noise
7. The Refused Party Program
8. Protest Song ’68
9. Refused Are Fucking Dead
10. The Shape of Punk to Come
11. Tannhäuser / Derivè
12. The Apollo Programme Was a Hoax

Check it out at Spotify – http://open.spotify.com/album/3qiPCc9ktPONvkHyfqUqOz

Reviewed at:

• AllMusic – http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:om6tk6kxwkr0
• BBC – http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/b8zb
• Sputnik Music – http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=411
• Pitchfork – http://pitchfork.com/news/38431-refuseds-ithe-shape-of-punk-to-comei-gets-three-disc-deluxe-reissue/
• Punknews – http://www.punknews.org/review/364

 

Genre(s):

• Hardcore punk
• Post-hardcore
• Experimental rock

 

Similar artists:

• The (International) Noise Conspiracy
• Snapcase
• Raised Fist
• Gallows
• Fugazi
• The Bronx
• The Ghost of a Thousand

 

Further information:

@Website – http://www.officialrefused.com/

@Myspace – http://www.myspace.com/refused

@Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/RefusedBand

@Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refused

Terrorizer – Top Ten Essential Hardcore Albums Of The Decade

As part of Terrorizer’s Secret History #2 souvenir issue, they included a Top Ten Essential Hardcore Albums Of The Decade on p23. Trapped Under Ice’s 2009 release, “Secrets Of The World”, was the most recent  release to make the list. Here is the complete list:

Converge – “Jane Doe” (Equal Vision 2001)

Hatebreed – “Perserverance” (Universal 2002)

Fucked Up – “Hidden World” (Jade Tree 2006)

The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Miss Machine” (Relapse 2004)

Terror – “Lowest Of The Low” (Bridge Nine 2003)

Killswitch Engage – “Alive Or Just Breathing” (Roadrunner 2002)

Shadows Fall – “Of One Blood” (Century Media 2000)

Throwdown – “Haymaker” (Trustkill 2003)

Sworn Enemy – “As Real As It Gets” (Stillborn 2003)

Trapped Under Ice – “Secrets Of The World” (Reaper 2009)

Reference links:

Terrorizer – http://www.terrorizer.com/frontpage

Terrorizer’s Secret History #2 – http://www.terrorizer.com/decadesrow