BACKENGRILLEN

Backengrillen is not just a band – it’s a sonic anti-fascist and anti-racist riot. This highly explosive ensemble featuring members of Refused, TEXT, INVSN, Fire! Orchestra, and the jazz-rock collective Nirvana unleashes a sound that is equal parts punk defiance, jazz anarchy, and doom metal weight. Their self-titled debut (2026, Svart Records) – written, performed live, and recorded in just 72 hours – is a manifesto of raw, unfiltered creation: A brutal, beautiful collision of saxophones, bass, drums, and vocals that refuses to be confined by genre or expectation.

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Here, Mats Gustafsson’s saxophones shriek and spiral like a storm of broken glass, Magnus Flagge’s bass rumbles with the weight of a collapsing bridge, and David Sandström’s drums hammer with the precision of a machine on the edge of collapse. Dennis Lyxzén’s voice – sometimes a snarl, sometimes a chant – cuts through the chaos, pulling the listener into a whirlwind of sound and fury. Backengrillen doesn’t just play music; they detonate it, leaving only splinters of jazz, punk, and noise in their wake. 

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WHAT TO EXPECT
Backengrillen transform the stage to a zone of controlled anarchy, a live wire of improvisation and defiance. Saxophones wail like sirens, basslines crawl like living things, and drums explode in rapid-fire bursts. There’s no script, no safety net – just pure, unfiltered energy. This is not a performance – this is an cathartic exorcism.