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Formed in Umeå in 1991. Globally influential hardcore punk band. Classic albums: This Just Might Be... the Truth (1994), Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent (1996), The Shape of Punk to Come (1998) — considered one of the most important hardcore albums in history. Disbanded 1998, reunited 2012. Albums: Freedom (2015), War Music (2019). Frontman Dennis Lyxzén also leads The (International) Noise Conspiracy.

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The Umeå hardcore band that redefined global punk with 'The Shape of Punk to Come' — an album so ahead of its time that the music world needed a decade to catch up

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OriginUmeå
Genre
hardcore punkpost-hardcoreexperimental rock
Active1991–1998, 2012–
Last updated: 2026-06-18
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