Some time ago, I was asked to review a demo from a Finnish death metal band called Refusal. It was their fourth demo since the band formed in 2008. Recently, Tero from Refusal contacted me once again to take a look at their fifth demo.
The first question that pops into my head after listening to this demo is how in the hell has this band not been signed yet? Seriously, the band already sounded pretty good on their last album and, if anything, they have still improved on this one.
The band's basic formula, which was fully realized on their last demo, has not changed. This is death metal with something of a punk flair and some serious grooving riffs. The third track is definitely closer to punk/grind than death metal. As such, it is not my favorite on the demo. The other three tracks though more than make up for this minor misstep.
The demo has not changed much overall since the last one. If anything the band's songwriting has improved, as these songs are even more catchy than they were the last time out. The strong production values and instrumentation still sound great.
I will close things out on here the same way I started: why has this band not been signed yet? When do we get a full-length? Hopefully soon, they deserve it.
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