"[2] In an interview with BBC 1's Daniel P. Carter, he added, "it’s been one of those, in typical Refused fashion, it’s just been going on for a long time and no one’s enjoying the process of making the record and it’s been kind of grueling.

"[3] The recordings were split in two parts: at first they captured the drum tracks at a studio on Gotland, a small island in the Baltic Sea, before finishing the album at Cobra in Stockholm with producer Martin Ehrencrona (who worked with Tribulation and Viagra Boys).

"[9] The song "Malfire" is about refugees and linked to the rise of fascism and Nazism across Europe, while "Death In Vännäs" is the most personal track on the record, bringing back memories of the outsider life as young punks in Sweden.

[13] On 13 September 2019, they premiered the single "Rev 001", with a theatrical video where "Lyxzén dances his way towards revolution, battling neo-fascists in a bright cabaret of clarity and full of panache".

[7] Brian Roesler of Treble liked that the band returned to their hardcore origins, with "brutal and violent passages of raw guitar, neck-breaking percussion, and stop/start trickery between each bridge".

"[26] Alex Sievers of Kill Your Stereo wrote that War Music "isn't some perfect new classic" but that it was "at its most basic form, just a solid, politically-charged rock album with some metal undertones and off-kilter riffs coming out the wazoo.