Refusal
Seventeen years deep and displaying no indicators of mercy, Finnish dying metallic unit Refusal return with their third full-length, Venomous Human Idea, out June sixth through Time To Kill Data. As we speak, Decibel is proud to unleash a full stream of the album—a ten-track bludgeoning that fuses dying metallic’s unrelenting power with the groove-soaked venom of grindcore and hardcore.
From the opening blast of “Scholar of Perversion” to the ominous nearer “Everlasting Chorus,” Refusal waste no time in asserting their refined sonic violence. The riffs hit more durable, the tempo is meaner, and the songwriting tighter than ever. There’s no bloat, no filler—only a exactly wielded battering ram of low-end devastation and high-caliber rage.
“‘Venomous Human Idea,’ the primary tune composed for the album, additionally grew to become its title,” the band explains. “It units the tone for the entire document, each musically and lyrically. The tune tells a narrative of rising up in opposition to the ruling class—those who maintain wealth and energy.”
That lyrical theme of rebellion and systemic rot threads via the complete document. “Dehumanize” pulses with contempt. “The Grip Tightens” and “Insatiable God” explode with determined urgency. “Sleeping Leviathan” simmers earlier than breaking free. It’s an album that doesn’t simply crush—it seethes.
Shaped in 2008, Refusal spent years growing their mix of brutal precision and grind-spiked ferocity. After the discharge of We Rot Inside in 2016 and Epitome of Void in 2019, the band tore via phases throughout Europe earlier than pandemic chaos and lineup shifts compelled them underground. Venomous Human Idea is the sound of their return—not as survivors, however as sharpened weapons.
For followers of Napalm Loss of life, Distress Index, Entombed, and Rotten Sound, this one’s a should. Stream Venomous Human Idea in full under, and preorder the album through Time To Kill Data or Bandcamp.
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