Song of the Day: Refused - New Noise

     I've talked about today's band and their importance to modern heavy music before before in a Song of the Day, but I feel like there's probably some among you out there who still don't know how much the music you like probably owes them. So today you get another song from the classic final album by Swedish punk pioneers Refused.


     Your song today is "New Noise" from The Shape of Punk to Come. I know that if you know Refused at all, you already know (and love) this song. But for those of you who don't really know Refused (I'm thinking of younger metal fans here) "New Noise" is a chance for you to sit down and take a lesson from a band that spawned a lot of new noise in the decade-plus since they broke up. Despite the title of their final and most well-known album (or perhaps in reflection of it) Refused had become so much more than just a punk band before the end. You owe it to yourself to check this song, and subsequently this album, out.