Refused – War Music

Oct19. I gotta it that listening to opening track, 'REV001' before the album was released, it did not do much for me, but it grew on me. Same with 2nd song 'Violent Reaction'. It seemed a little slow but then kicks on with a cool riff and chant of 'Level it all!' A few good songs and then the one that immediately got my attention, 'Malfire' with its cry of, 'The wolves are at the door.' This is a similar album throughout, but it is consistently very good too. Only one song near end did not appeal to me, but I did not dislike it either. Overall, this is a cracking album. 4/5

The sound quality is there as far as the pressing goes, but this really doesn't sound like a Refused album at times. Leans harder towards being The International Noise Conspiracy. Freedom was a much stronger release, which was their weakest attempt prior to this most recent album. Nice to have it in the collection for the sake of collecting, but this will go into the small pile I own that only gets listened to once or twice a year. I'm only hoping now that they don't favour the new album too much on tour, because I'd like to hear anything but when I see them live.