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Refused Announce First Album in 17 Years, ‘Freedom’

Refused are fucking alive. After declaring that “Refused Are Fucking Dead” in 1998, the Swedish hardcore act have reformed and announced plans to release their first new album in 17 years. Titled Freedom, the record will arrive on June 30 via Epitaph. In addition to the follow-up to 1998’s The Shape of Punk to Come, the band has a fiery new track titled “Elektra,” which you can listen to below.

Though the band briefly came back together in 2012 for a Coachella performance and reunion tour, frontman Dennis Lyxzén has made it clear that “it’s not a reunion anymore.” He continues, “This is one of the most radical things we’ve ever done, both musically and lyrically.”

Hear “Elektra” below, pre-order Freedom here and see its track list below, and check out the entire list of upcoming tour dates.

Refused Freedom track list: 

1. “Elektra”
2. “Old Friends / New War”
3. “Dawkins Christ”
4. “Françafrique”
5. “Thought Is Blood”
6. “War On The Palaces”
7. “Destroy The Man”
8. “366”
9. “Servants Of Death”
10. “Useless Europeans”

Refused tour dates:

May 2 -Meerhout, Belgium @ Grozerock
May 22 – Hünxe, Germany @Ruhrpott Roden Open Air Festival,
May 24 – Las Vegas, NV @ Punk Rock Bowling festival
May 25 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
May 26 – West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
May 28 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
May 29 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
May 30 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
May 31 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
June 1 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
July 2 – Gdynia, Poland @ Opener Festival
June 3 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
June 4 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
June 5 – Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
June 20 – Montebello, QC, Canada @ Amnesia Rock Fest
June 27 -, Seinäjoki, Finland @ Provinssi
July 2 – Opener Festival @ Gdynia, Poland
July 11 – Collalbo, Italy @ Rock im Ring Festival
July 16 -Viveiro, Spain @ Resurrection Fest
July 17 – Slottsfjell, Tonsberg, Norway
July 18 –  Tromso, Norway @ Bukta Tromso Open Air Festival
July 30 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Music Park
July 31 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
August 1 – Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center
August 2 – Columbia, MA @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 4 – Boston, MA @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
August 5 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
August 7 – Toronto, ON @ Ricoh Coliseum
August 28 – Leeds Festival, UK
August 29 – Gräfenhainichen, Germany @ Pure & Crafted Festival
August 30 – Reading Festival, UK

(May 24 to June 05 Refused US club tour
July 30 to August 7 with Faith No More)