PopMatters on the new Cult of Luna album "Eternal kingdom": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/61531/cult-of-luna-eternal-kingdom/

The Silent Ballet reviews the new Cult of Luna album "Eternal kingdom": http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/1570/Default.aspx

Teeth of the Divine is not stoked on the new Cult of Luna album "Eternal kingdom": http://teethofthedivine.com/site/reviews/cult-of-luna-eternal-kingdom/

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Lögnhalsmottagningen - Bodybuilder
02. TALK 1
03. Svart - Carl du lever i en dröm
04. Majessic Dreams - Beautiful days
05. Antennas - Lies (Oscar Tillman remix)
06. TALK 2
07. The Sound O.E - Universal tourist
08. Kaipa - Nattdjurstid
09. Murmansk - Pale
10. TALK 3
11. On Volcano - Ride the wolf
12. Markus Krunegård - Samma nätter vänter alla
13. Ondo - Mahavishnu
14. TALK 4
15. Popsicle - Hey princess
16. CMX - Tulikiveä
17. Ström i P2/Håkan Lidbo - Strömavbrott (Boeoes Kaelstigen Etsi remix)
18. TALK 5
19. The Goner - Kill them all save Simon Joyner
20. Cult of Luna - Eternal kingdom
21. Montys Loco - Ages ago
22. TALK 6
23. Mattias Alkberg BD - Allting är drömt
24. Masshysteri - Monoton tid
25. Ljudbilden & Piloten - You know you're doing OK
26. Abduktio - Thermador
27. TALK 7
28. Hebosagil - Big sun
29. Anna Ternheim - To be gone
30. Kusowsky - Tjuvar
31. Fredrik - 1986
32. TALK 8
33. Johan Heltne - 16 Avenue de l'Opera
34. Cortex - Arkham
35. Kleerup - Until we bleed (ft. Lykke Li)
36. TALK 9
37. Coldworker - Citizens of the cyclopean maze

Heads-up: my show is moving to a new time next week! Starting on Sunday, June 8 my show will be on at 11pm Eastern / 8pm Pacific with a repeat on Monday at the exact same time. I'm also paring down to an hour of programming a week, so expect all-killer/no-filler from here on out! Also, seeing as how I'm leaving for Sweden on June 9, this week's coming show will be a Hultsfred Festival special so mark your calenders, update your alarm clocks or do whatever it is you need to do to remind yourself to listen in!

Here's this week's radio show playlist:

01. Siena Root - Waiting for the sun
02. TALK 1
03. Cult of Luna - Eternal kingdom
04. Svartbag - Black Capricorn
05. Kite - Ways to dance
06. TALK 2
07. Eero Johannes - Finnrexin
08. Looptroop Rockers - The building
09. Holiday for Strings - Touch the tiger
10. TALK 3
11. Silverbullit - Magnetic city
12. Thomas Denver Jonsson - My wardrobe
13. Samtidigt Som - Constant in motion
14. Wolfbrigade - Feelings you don't want to feel
15. TALK 4
16. Johndoe - Piggtråd og piss
17. Sol Andersson - All is full of love
18. King of All the Animals - The snowflake song (I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper remix)
19. TALK 5
20. Last Days of April - You don't believe me (Monster & Maskiner remix)
21. Pacta Sunt Servanda - To claim your prize
22. The Goner - Spirit round-up
23. TALK 6
24. Tape - Altamira
25. Letum - Tallriksis
26. Zeigeist - Black milk
27. TALK 7
28. Knife and Ape - Semiotic dysfunction
29. Terveet Kädet - Message
30. Giant Boar - Chronic date
31. The Lionheart Brothers - Time river floaty
32. TALK 8
33. Echo Is Your Love - Lion tamer vs tigers
34. Agent Side Grinder - Lashes of flashes
35. Skitsystem - Solidaritetens sista utpost
36. TALK 9
37. Final Exit - Punk enough

Reminder: my show on Sirius Blog Radio runs Saturdays at 12 noon and midnight ET on channel 26 (Left of Center). My show is being preempted this coming weekend (05/24) for a special Memorial Day Block Party special, but I'll be back in full effect on June 7.

Cult of Luna has a brand new track up on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cultofluna
The band's new album "Eternal kingdom" will be released on June 16 in Europe, July 8 in the US.

Belgian doom artist Fear Falls Burning is enlisting the help of Swedish musicians Johannes Persson and Magnus Lindberg (both from Cult of Luna, guitar and drums respectively) plus Tim Bertilsson (Switchblade, drums) to help him perform his album "Frenzy of the absolute" in its entirety on November 1 at Schouwburg Cultuurcentrum Luchtbal in Antwerpen, Belgium. Oh, and Steven Wilson from acclaimed UK act Porcupine Tree will be supporting with his solo act Bass Communion. Read more: http://www.ccluchtbal.org/2003/Concert2003/FearFallsBurning.html

New Cult of Luna European tourdates:

04/19 - Roadburn Festival, Tilburg (NL)
05/03 - Popadelica Festival, Huskvarna (SWE)
06/14 - Myreborock, Ljungby (SWE)
06/17 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
06/18 - Progesja, Warsaw (POL)
06/19 - Firlej, Wroclaw (POL)
06/20 - AJZ, Chemnitz (GER)
06/21 - The Ultimate Summerblast Festival, Trier (GER)
06/22 - Hellfest, Brittany (FRA)
06/24 - Feierwerk e.V, München (GER) w/The Ocean
06/25 - Arena, Wien (AUS) w/The Ocean
06/26 - RockCafe, Prague (CZ) w/The Ocean
06/27 - KFZ, Marburg (GER) w/The Ocean
06/28 - Ghostfest, Leeds (UK)
06/29 - Carling Academy, Birmingham (UK) w/Devil Sold His Soul
06/30 - Barfly, Brighton (UK) w/Devil Sold His Soul
07/01 - Scala, London (UK) w/Devil Sold His Soul, The Ocean
07/02 - Burgerweeshuis, Deventer (NL)
07/03 - Hafenklang w/ The Ocean, Hamburg (GER) w/The Ocean
07/12 - Ilosaari Rock, Joensuu (FIN)

The new Cult of Luna album "Eternal kingdom" is done and confirmed for release on June 16 in Europe, July 8 in the US. Cover art and details: http://earachenews.blogspot.com/2008/04/cult-of-luna-announce-new-album-title.html

Cult of Luna reports that they are done with the recording of their next record and are now entering the mixing phase. See pics from the sessions at their website: http://www.cultofluna.com/

Swedish doom act Suffocate for Fuck Sake has revealed that their new album is finally being sent to get pressed. The work is entitled "Blazing fires and helicopters on the frontpage of the newspaper. There's a war going on and I'm marching in heavy boots" and it features a story told in samples about "a girl who with help from her mother, a friend and a doctor looks back on the time when she was put in a mental institute." Samples at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/suffocateforfucksake
If you like Breach, Cult of Luna or any other bands of that ilk, you'll definitely dig this.

Danish act Late Night Venture recently recorded a bunch of new tracks with Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna) and now have a few samples posted online: http://www.myspace.com/latenightventure

Closer
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Closersounds

Progressive metal has, to be honest, never been up my alley. There are some bands out there with those tendencies I approve of, like King Crimson, Opeth and TOOL among others. And Closer share similarities with the latter in general, the album "Ænima" in particular. The build up to the chorus on "Sensing the wake" is pure genius using elements from folklore, something TOOL's not afraid of doing either. Otherwise, this newly disbanded Stockholm-based combo sure gets my kicks off in all tracks on this EP. Don't know if it's something geographical but you can definitely hear the Scandinavian touch to it. Resembling Cult of Luna and Khoma and even, at times, At the Drive-In, it's a damn shame they decided to call it quits. Let's just hope that offspring act The Goatboys will be as promising.
- Jonas Appelqvist

Check out a musical slideshow that Anders Teglund's (Cult of Luna) father Sven Teglund made: http://ryssbalt.blogspot.com/2007/12/heartbeats-and-icebeat.html