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Refused members announce debut album as Backengrillen with menacing single ‘A Hate Inferior’

by jummy84 November 12, 2025

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Members of Refused have launched a new project, Backengrillen, and announced their self-titled debut album. Listen to the single ‘A Hate Inferior’ below.

READ MORE: Refused tell us about their final tour, winning over fans from ‘The Bear’ and the future of hardcore

The Swedish hardcore punk outfit are due to play their final-ever live shows next month, following a recent run of last dates in the UK and Europe.

When announcing their farewell gigs, Refused revealed that a new group had “been born within the band”. Now, it’s been confirmed that Backengrillen will release their debut album on January 23, 2026 via Svart Records (pre-order here).

The experimental project features three out of four Refused members (singer Dennis Lyxzén, bassist Magnus Flagge and drummer David Sandström), as well as the non-Refused saxophonist Mats Gustafsson.

“Backengrillen’s music is a paean to chaos and destruction,” the band explained in a statement. “The basic idea is to take a death/doom metal, or noiserock riff and play it until it loses meaning and then break it apart like a ravenous cat would a tiny forest mouse.”

They went on to describe the LP as being “filled to the brim with the self-hatred endemic to the province of Västerbotten from whence the members hail”.

<a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://backengrillen.bandcamp.com/album/backengrillen-2">Backengrillen by Backengrillen</a>

“The record was written on a Thursday during their first ever rehearsal, performed live on a Friday and recorded on a Saturday, so what you’re hearing is raw, stupid, gut instinct music played by seasoned purveyors of hardcore punk, metal, free jazz, noise et cetera,” the outfit continued.

Backengrillen confirmed that their second album was already “in the making”, describing it as “less stupid, more ugly”. They added: “Stay tuned and fuck the pigs.”

The band have previewed their five-track debut with a menacing 10-minute single, ‘A Hate Inferior’. Tune in above.

The tracklist for Backengrillen’s self-titled debut album is:

1. ‘A Hate Inferior’
2. ‘Dör För långsamt’
3. ‘Repeater II’
4. ‘Backengrillen’
5. ‘Socialism Or Barbarism’

Sandström had previously explained that the members wanted to be in “a band with no baggage, no fans to please, limited only by our wildest musical hopes and dreams”, adding: “We’re very excited about getting around to taming this new wild beast.”

Backengrillen previously played live together in early 2023.

Refused’s final-ever dates will take place in Sweden, with performances scheduled for Gothenburg, Norrköping, Stockholm and Umeå next month. These are set to follow a run of gigs in Australia.

Speaking to NME at Mad Cool 2025 this summer, Sandström explained: “We have other plans for our future, and Refused doesn’t fit in there.”

Lyxzén elaborated: “What we’re doing with Refused is very physical and quite demanding. I already feel like it’s pushing it. In 10 years, I’ll be 62, and that’s not a good look to try and prance around in tight pants.”

The band also discussed the future of the hardcore scene, and how featuring on The Bear’s soundtrack had won them some new fans. Watch the video interview in full below.

Refused’s winter 2026 Sweden dates are:

DECEMBER
11 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Pustervik (with Division Of Laura Lee and Spøgelse)
12 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Pustervik (with Rome Is Not A Town and Darla_
13 – Norrköping, Sweden – Arbis (with Fireside and Lost Faith)
17 – Stockholm, Sweden – Fallan (with Abhinanda and Twin Pigs)
18 – Stockholm, Sweden – Fallan (with Youth Code and Harrowed)
19 – Umeå, Sweden – Vaven (with Youth Code, Left Hand Of Darkness and Millencolin)
20 – Umeå, Sweden – Vaven (with Fireside, Mattias Alkberg, Top 10 Babies and Deppa)
21 – Umeå, Sweden – Vaven (with Abhinanda, Final Exit, Nix and Dream Warriors)

November 12, 2025 0 comments

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Refused Members Announce Debut Backengrillen Album: Hear “A Hate Inferior”

by jummy84 November 11, 2025

written by jummy84

Refused are still playing their last shows as Refused, but they’re also launching their new project already. Backengrillen has three out of four Refused members: vocalist Dennis Lyxzén, bassist Magnus Flagge, and drummer David Sandström, in addition to the non-Refused saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. They’re announcing their eponymous debut album today.

“Backengrillen’s music is a paean to chaos and destruction,” the band says in a statement. “The basic idea is to take a death/doom metal, or noiserock riff and play it until it loses meaning and then break it apart like a ravenous cat would a tiny forest mouse.”

“It’s filled to the brim with the self-hatred endemic to the province of Västerbotten from whence the member’s hail,” they continue. “The record was written on a Thursday during their first ever rehearsal, performed live on a Friday and recorded on a Saturday, so what you’re hearing is raw, stupid, gut instinct music played by seasoned purveyors of hardcore punk, metal, free jazz, noise et cetera. Record no 2 is in the making, less stupid, more ugly. Stay tuned and fuck the pigs.”

Check out the 10-minute, off-kilter rocker “A Hate Inferior” below.

TRACKLIST:

01 “A Hate Inferior”
02 “Dör För långsamt”
03 “Repeater II”
04 “Backengrillen”
05 “Socialism Or Barbarism”

Backengrillens is out 1/23/26 via Svart Records. Pre-order it here.

November 11, 2025 0 comments

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AP Dhillon reveals why he refused to sing for Bollywood despite offer from ‘huge actors’: They exploit the song, artiste

by jummy84 October 18, 2025

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Punjabi singer AP Dhillon has carved a niche for himself by entertaining audiences with chart-topping hits such as Brown Munde, Excuses, With You and Dil Nu, among others. In a recent conversation on a podcast with YouTube channel SMTV, Dhillon opened up about why he has never sung for Bollywood and accused certain actors of exploiting artistes.

AP Dhillon reveals why he never sang a song for Bollywood.

AP Dhillon on refusing to sing songs for Bollywood movies

AP Dhillon discussed refusing to sing for Bollywood and said in Punjabi, “I’ll tell you why I’ve never done a Bollywood song yet. It’s only because I care for my people. It’s not about Bollywood. I want to set an example for my people. I told them that I’m happy to do a song for them, but they must first change the way they do business. They exploit the song and the artiste for their own profit. I don’t want to take names, but a couple of huge actors said that they want my music in their film. I made the song; we even had the scene in mind. But they want to own the song, they want the rights to the song, the remix rights, they want to exploit. That’s not correct.”

He further added, “So, I told them that until they change this, I can’t do a song with them. If I do it, then junior artistes will also have to do it, and I don’t want them to. I don’t want a young artiste to lose out on their source of income by selling their hit song. I don’t want them to be exploited. But the only problem is that the other A-listers are still giving songs.”

Dhillon went on to explain that unless other Punjabi artistes draw a line and say no, there will be no real progress. He noted that if he refuses, Bollywood producers would simply approach the next big Punjabi artiste, as there are “only three or four” of them.

While many Punjabi singers such as Diljit Dosanjh, Karan Aujla, Honey Singh and Badshah have delivered hit songs in Bollywood, AP Dhillon has so far refrained from lending his voice to the industry. He recently collaborated with Shreya Ghoshal on the track Thodi Si Daaru, which also featured Tara Sutaria.

AP Dhillon’s upcoming tour

The singer has announced his ‘One of One India Tour’, during which he will perform in eight cities. The tour will kick off on 5 December in Ahmedabad, followed by Delhi on 7 December, Ludhiana on 12 December, Pune on 14 December, Bengaluru on 19 December, Kolkata on 21 December, Mumbai on 26 December, and will conclude in Jaipur on 28 December.

October 18, 2025 0 comments

Randhir Kapoor Once Revealed That This Veteran Star Refused To Use Their Bathroom

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Randhir Kapoor Once Revealed This Veteran Star Refused To Use Their Bathroom & The Reason Behind It Is Even More Unusual

by jummy84 October 15, 2025

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Randhir Kapoor Once Revealed That This Veteran Star Refused To Use Their Bathroom (Photo Credit – YouTube)

Randhir Kapoor is a renowned veteran actor belonging to the Kapoor clan. He is the father of Karisma and Kareena Kapoor. As part of the Kapoor family, he has lots of stories involving several other legendary actors, as he grew up in the industry. Therefore, he once shared an interesting story about a veteran late actor and why he refused to urinate in their bathroom. Keep scrolling for more.

Randhir is the son of Raj Kapoor, grandson of Prithviraj Kapoor, and brother of Rishi and Rajiv Kapoor. Like his father, he is multifaceted, from acting to directing. Some of his best-known movies are Rampur Ka Lakshman, Jawani Diwani, and more. He directed Henna, starring Rishi Kapoor, which was a success.

Randhir Kapoor once revealed that Raaj Kumar had refused to use their bathroom to pee.

A few years ago, Randhir Kapoor appeared on one of the episodes of The Kapil Sharma Show with Karisma Kapoor. He revealed that Raaj Kumar once attended their house for a party and refused to urinate in the Kapoors’ house. The incident left the host, Kapil Sharma, and others in splits.

Speaking of Raaj Kumar, Kapoor began, “Mujhe unhone bulaya aur kaha, ‘Main bahar jaana chahta hoon’.” The Jawani Diwani actor asked Kumar why the late actor said he wanted to urinate but would not do it in their bathroom because of Raj Kapoor.

Raaj Kumar refused to use the bathroom at the Kapoors because of Raj Kapoor.

Randhir continued, “Raj Kapoor ek raja hai aur hum bhi ek raja hai. Raj Kapoor ke ghar mein aake peshaab karna uski tauheen hogi. Hum bahar jaake karenge.” This is indeed a hilarious story that left everyone laughing. Check out the throwback video clip here.

Raaj Kumar is one of the most successful actors in Indian cinema, having worked for over four decades. He passed away in 1996. On the other hand, Randhir Kapoor was last seen in 2014’s Super Nani and has reportedly retired from acting for now.

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October 15, 2025 0 comments

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Refused Forming New Band With Same Members After Last Shows

by jummy84 September 18, 2025

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After their final shows as a unit in December. the four members of Refused will all remain together in a brand new band. Drummer David Sandström broke the news on Instagram while announcing details of their last gigs in their native Sweden before the end of the year.

“We ([guitarist] Mattias [Bärjed], [bassist] Magnus [Flagge], [vocalist] Dennis [Lyxzen] and me) want to explore that — a band with no baggage, no fans to please, limited only by our wildest musical hopes and dreams,” he said without elaborating on the project’s name or specific timeline. “We’re very excited about getting around to taming this new wild beast.”

Addressing why they couldn’t just carry on as Refused, Sandström admitted, “Refused was never good for mine and Dennis’ relationship. We both have our own idea of what the band should be and how we should behave and never the twain shall meet. And we’d rather be friends than play in a popular band.”

As they near the conclusion of their farewell tour, which resumes Oct. 1 in Glasgow, Refused have also set the lineups for the last eight gigs in Sweden, which will boast some of their oldest friends from the global hardcore scene as openers. Among them are Harrowed, Division of Laura Lee, Millencolin, Abhinanda, Final Exit, Nix and Dream Warriors.

“We’re bringing Youth Code over from L.A. to join us, a band we love both artistically and socially,” Sandström said. “Whenever i want listen to some really intense, violent new hardcore I always end up listening to Youth Code instead, and I can’t think of a band that better embodies the maelstrom of hatred and insanity that is presently consuming the U.S.”

He continued, “you have a pretty glorious marriage of old and new, of underground and established, of traditionalists and risk-takers, and nothing could sum up our band more than this amazing catalog of bands. This is going to be an absolute blast of a finale.”

Refused formed in 1991 and split following their landmark 1998 album The Shape of Punk to Come, but they reunited in 2012 and have been active in the studio and on the road ever since. Lyxzen suffered a heart attack in June 2024 but recovered sufficiently for Refused to begin touring again earlier this year.

“A few people have insinuated that like some other bands who, in the fashion of the great Larry David, quit with bells, whistles (and blood raining from a lacerating sky) only to return within a few years as if nothing had happened, Refused would do the same. Well, we won’t, and I feel the need to elucidate,” Sandström said. “We only broke up once and it was involuntary. Most of you might not remember but at the end of our reunion year [in] 2012, we kept things ambiguous in our final statement (‘The hatchet is buried … we’re going home’) for plausible deniability, because we weren’t sure our attempt at a permanent reunion would fly. It did, but only so far.”

September 18, 2025 0 comments

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Refused Announce Last-Ever Shows, Unveil Plans to Form New Band with Same Members

by jummy84 September 17, 2025

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Legendary hardcore band Refused have announced the final shows of their ongoing farewell tour, set to take place in their home country of Sweden. Additionally, drummer David Sandström has revealed plans for the members of Refused to form a new band.

After embarking on a a fall tour of UK and Europe in October, as well as playing three shows in South America, Refused will end their career with eight shows in Sweden, culminating with a final concert in their hometown of Umea on December 21st. Each of the gigs in Sweden will feature a different combination of opening acts, with Youth Code among them.

In a lengthy post on Instagram, Sandström explained why Refused are breaking up, citing the band’s negative effect on his friendship with singer Dennis Lyxzén, while announcing plans for the new band:

“Hello, this is David speaking. A few people have insinuated that like some other bands who, in the fashion of the great Larry David, quit with bells, whistles (and blood raining from a lacerating sky) only to return within a few years as if nothing had happened, Refused would do the same. Well, we won’t, and i feel the need to elucidate.

We only broke up once and it was involuntary. Most of you might not remember but at the end of our reunion year 2012 we kept things ambigious in our final statement: “The hatchet is buried … we’re going home”, for plausible deniability, because we weren’t sure our attempt at a permanent reunion would fly. It did, but only so far. The reasons for ending the band are legion, but the two most important ones are:

1. Refused was never good for mine and Dennis’ relationship, we both have our own idea of what the band should be and how we should behave and never the twain shall meet. And we’d rather be friends than play in a popular band.

2. A new band has been born within the band and we (Mattias, Magnus, Dennis and me) want to explore that, a band with no baggage, no fans to please, limited only by our wildest musical hopes and dreams. We’re very excited about getting around to taming this new wild beast.

But before all that, we have some business to attend to. The last of the last shows are soon upon us and it’s come together better than we could have hoped for. The lineups are stacked with old friends, comrades and collaborators as well as some of the best newer bands in the heavy, punk and/or violent music spectrum.”