The Demo Compilation | ||||
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Released | 8 July 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1992 at Hortlax Hardcore Studio, Hortlax, Sweden | |||
Genre | Hardcore punk, heavy hardcore, thrashcore | |||
Length | 56:00 | |||
Label | Burning Heart Records, Startracks | |||
Producer | Pelle Gunnerfeldt | |||
Refused chronology | ||||
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The Demo Compilation is the second compilation of old songs by Swedish hardcore punk band Refused. It was released in 1997 through Burning Heart Records. It is also known as This Album Contains Old Songs & Old Pictures Vol. 2.
Tracks 1–15 collect the EPs First Demo: Refused (1992, self-released) and Second Demo: Operation Headfirst (1992, Umeå Hardcore Records). Tracks 16–21 are bonus songs.
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