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Seventeen years deep and showing no signs of mercy, Finnish death metal unit Refusal return with their third full-length, Venomous Human Concept, out June 6th via Time To Kill Records. Today, Decibel is proud to unleash a full stream of the album—a ten-track bludgeoning that fuses death metal’s unrelenting force with the groove-soaked venom of grindcore and hardcore.
From the opening blast of “Scholar of Perversion” to the ominous closer “Eternal Refrain,” Refusal waste no time in asserting their refined sonic violence. The riffs hit harder, the pace is meaner, and the songwriting tighter than ever. There’s no bloat, no filler—just a precisely wielded battering ram of low-end devastation and high-caliber rage.
“‘Venomous Human Concept,’ the first song composed for the album, also became its title,” the band explains. “It sets the tone for the whole record, both musically and lyrically. The song tells a story of rising up against the ruling class—the ones who hold wealth and power.”
That lyrical theme of uprising and systemic rot threads through the entire record. “Dehumanize” pulses with contempt. “The Grip Tightens” and “Insatiable God” explode with desperate urgency. “Sleeping Leviathan” simmers before breaking loose. It’s an album that doesn’t just crush—it seethes.
Formed in 2008, Refusal spent years developing their blend of brutal precision and grind-spiked ferocity. After the release of We Rot Within in 2016 and Epitome of Void in 2019, the band tore through stages across Europe before pandemic chaos and lineup shifts forced them underground. Venomous Human Concept is the sound of their return—not as survivors, but as sharpened weapons.
For fans of Napalm Death, Misery Index, Entombed, and Rotten Sound, this one’s a must. Stream Venomous Human Concept in full below, and preorder the album via Time To Kill Records or Bandcamp.
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