This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
02. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
03. Alejandro Fuentes - Tomorrow only knows
04. Dance With A Stranger - Everyone needs a friend - The Very Best of DWAS
05. Raga Rockers - Ubermensch
06. Minor Majority - Candy store (2 CD edition)
07. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
08. Jørn Hoel - På grunn av dæ
09. Sigvart Dagsland - Forandring
10. Solveig Slettahjell - Domestic songs
11. Trond-Viggo Torgersen - Det du kan + noe rart & noe nytt
12. GT-Sara - På farten med full rulle
13. Leif Ove Andsnes - Ballad for Edvard Grieg
14. Postgirobygget - Tidløs
15. Finn Kalvik - Bjerke/Hagerup/Kalvik
16. Darkthrone - F.O.A.D
17. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
18. Inger Lise Rypdal - Ansikter
19. The Fernets - The Fernets
20. Superfamily - Warszawa

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

01. Lars Winnerbäck - Innan mörkret faller
02. TALK 1
03. TIAC - Boredom
04. Brainbombs - Who can you trust
05. Ted Gärdestad - Helena
06. TALK 2
07. Björn Kleinhenz - China Blue
08. Viktor Sjöberg - The sensation of your head on my chest
09. Marvins Revolt - Deliberate deeds
10. TALK 3
11. Abalone Dots - Under the rain
12. The Bear Quartet - The lost kid office
13. Lo-Fi-Fnk - Wake up
14. Watain - Underneath the cenotaph
15. TALK 4
16. The Tiny - Closer
17. Supersilent - 8.4
18. Anna Ternheim - Today is a good day
19. TALK 5
20. The Skull Defekts - The secret
21. Lukestar - White shade
22. Pay TV - Fashion report
23. Wolfpack - Enter the gates
24. TALK 6
25. Tigerbombs - Shaking the tree
26. Familjen - Ivanhoe & Rebecca
27. Giant Robot - Public = shopping
28. Eskju Divine - Hold on
29. TALK 7
30. The Bell - On and on
31. DHG - The snuff dreams are made of
32. Trio Mediaeval - Det lisle bånet
33. TALK 8
34. Peter Bjorn and John - It beats me every time
35. Margaret Berger - Seek I'll hide
36. Kaizers Orchestra - Kontroll på kontinentet
37. TALK 9
38. Darkthrone - F.O.A.D.

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Henning Kvitnes - Stemmer i gresset
02. Vidar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Ord & Øgonblick
03. Alejandro Fuentes - Tomorrow only knows
04. Raga Rockers - Ubermensch
05. Minor Majority - Candy store (2 CD edition)
06. Sigvart Dagsland - Forandring
07. Jørn Hoel - På grunn av dæ
08. Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
09. Dance With A Stranger - Everyone needs a friend - The Very Best of DWAS
10. Black Debbath - Hyller kvinnen
11. Trond-Viggo Torgersen - Det du kan + noe rart & noe nytt
12. GT-Sara - På farten med full rulle
13. Darkthrone - F.O.A.D
14. Vazelina Bilopphøggers - Bensin på bålet
15. Finn Kalvik - Bjerke/Hagerup/Kalvik
16. Bjølsen Valsemølle - Over elva
17. Leif Ove Andsnes - Ballad for Edvard Grieg
18. Leieboerne - Følg oss hjem Ole Paus
19. Superfamily - Warszawa
20. Kari Bremnes - Live

MIC Norway has new profile pieces up for both Darkthrone and Solveig Slettahjell.

The playlist for this week's radio show:

01. TALK 1
02. Repoman - Chemically obsessed
03. Moder Jords Massiva - Vapen
04. Kornstad Trio - Intornette
05. TALK 2
06. Ghost Brigade - Autoemotive
07. Rather Sound Than Safe - The beat
08. September - My neighbourhood
09. TALK 3
10. Ebba Grön - 800°
11. Torpedo - My evil twin
12. Jonna Lee - Dried out eyes
13. TALK 4
14. Marvins Revolt - Bugs in time
15. Pimentola - Death is a secret
16. Nils Berg - Sailors fighting in the dance hall
17. TALK 5
18. Lampshade - By and by I come
19. Midnight Choir - Will you carry me across the water
20. Moonbabies - Walking on my feet
21. TALK 6
22. Candlemass - Elephant star
23. Front and the Factory Lies Beneath - Under a black sun
24. Cortex - Warrior night (live)
25. TALK 7
26. The Grizzly Twister - This city is a halo
27. New Decade - I guess you ran from something
28. The Grand Opening - Don't drop off
29. TALK 8
30. The Bear Quartet - I'm still her
31. Paper - My life is going under
32. Darkthrone - Wisdom of the dead
33. Detektivbyrån - Nattöppet
34. TALK 9
35. Mob - Ghost track
36. Fare You Well - Deceiving eyes
37. TALK 10

MP3: Darkthrone - Canadian metal

Darkthrone has a new EP called "NWOBHM", as in "New wave of black heavy metal". Of course, being Darkthrone, there's not really anything 'new' about it. The band prides themselves on embodying all that is kvlt, grim and true in Norwegian black-metal, or as Fenriz says himself, "How much primitive can you can?" (fast-forward to 1:20 before the end) So yeah, think Venom, not fellow Nordsmen Emperor. Also consider, again - this being Darkthrone, that there's gonna be some wackiness. If the tounge-in-cheek EP title wasn't enough, consider "Canadian metal". Um, really? When I think Canadian metal, I think of Voivod and Gorguts, two bands that sound nothing like Darkthrone. Actually, it starts to make a bit more sense when you google the lyrics and find threads like this featuring much more learned metal historians. In a way, Darkthrone seems to be reverting to an almost-Manowar level of singlemindedness. Not that that's a bad thing - someone's got to carry the torch. Besides, Manowar's over-obessive singlemindedness is one of the reasons they're so great. I'd say the same is true for Darkthrone. Stay true!

Darkthrone - Canadian metal

The playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Laakso - Worst case scenario
02. TALK 1
03. Superfamily - I want my money back
04. The Bear Quartet - Ask me don't axe me
05. Ståålfågel - Små gröna män
06. TALK 2
07. Printer - Satisfaction (radio edit)
08. NEI - New morning
09. Paper - Out of it into it
10. Darkthrone - Canadian metal
11. TALK 3
12. Sweatmaster - Animal
13. Bloodbath - Buried by the dead
14. Moneybrother - Guess who's gonna get some tonight
15. TALK 4
16. The Perishers - Victorious
17. The Skull Defekts - Unholy drums are singing
18. Hell On Wheels - Alexander
19. TALK 5
20. Karin Ström - Ordlös
21. Kompjotr Eplektrika - Skulldrummantra
22. Scraps of Tape - How your heart gets thrown
23. TALK 6
24. Brainbombs - Stinking memory
25. M:40 - Brännmärkt
26. Logh - Bring on the ether
27. TALK 7
28. CS Nielsen - Happy
29. Amorphis - Weaving the incantation
30. Juvelen - Hanna
31. TALK 8
32. Killerchaps - Equally dumb
33. Dinosau - Derr lady
34. Knugen Faller - Inte som ni
35. TALK 9
36. The Kissaway Trail - La la song
37. Pg.Lost - Yes I am
38. Suburban Kids with Biblical Names - Marry me
39. TALK 10
40. Don Juan Dracula - Take me home

A Tune A Day has a brand new track from Darkthrone: http://dalen.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/darkthrone-canadian-metal/

Darkthrone will release the new EP "NWOBHM" ("New Wave Of Black Heavy Metal") in late July and will be released on both CD and 7" vinyl. Tracklist:

01. Wisdom of the dead (EP version)
02. Canadian metal (CD only)
03. Hedninger fra helvete ("Heathens from hell", exclusive track)
04. Bad attitude (Testors cover, CD only)

As for the much-anticipated new album, that one's called "F.O.A.D." ("Fuck off and die") and will be out in September. Tracklist:

01. These shores are damned
02. Canadian metal
03. The church of real metal
04. The banners of old
05. Fuck off and die
06. Splitkein fever
07. Raised on rock
08. Pervertor of the 7 gates
09. Wisdom of the dead

Darkthrone, one of the few bands that seems to get better and better with age.

The playlist for my radio show this week:

01. Pistol Disco - Walking with Jesus
02. TALK 1
03. Heroes & Zeros - Into the light
04. Vijaya - Your gun will never set you free
05. Convoj - My timekeeping heart
06. TALK 2
07. Darkthrone - Too old, too cold
08. A Perfect Friend - Rush hour
09. Death By Kite - Hiroshima
10. TALK 3
11. Fun - I've got a truck
12. Moonbabies - Walking on my feet
13. The Perishers - When I fall
14. TALK 4
15. Regulations - Police siren
16. Viola - Ordinary teenage sensation
17. Björn Kleinhenz - Starlit queen
18. TALK 5
19. Gravy - Glory to our brilliant name
20. Hero Dishonest - Stalin vs Hank Hardy
21. Sophie Zelmani - To know you
22. Ulver - Capitel III: Graablick blev hun vaer
23. TALK 6
24. Håkan Hellström - Ramlar
25. Abhinanda - Highway tonight
26. Single Unit - Passion, pirates & parasites
27. TALK 7
28. Kompjotr Eplektrika - Skulldrummantra
29. The Tiny - Just like you
30. Death Breath - Death breath
31. TALK 8
32. Entombed - Serpent speech
33. The Cardigans - Marvel hill
34. Soviac - I got the ribbah
35. TALK 9
36. The Bear Quartet - Put me back together
37. You Is Stupid - I am history
38. Paris - 60 minutes
39. The Process - Mot Sverige i tiden
40. TALK 10
41. Weeping Willows - I give you the morning

Dagavisen is counting down the top 30 Norwegian albums of all-time: http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/musikk/article293966.ece
Summary of what's posted so far:

30. Turboneger - Apocalypse Dudes
29. Tre Så Kinesere - 365 Fri
28. Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
27. Madrugada - The Nightly Desease
26. Kung Fu Girls - This Is The Kung Fu Beat
25. Sissy Wish - You May Breathe
24. Lillemor - Lokkemann
23. Terje Rypdal - Bleak House
22. a-ha - Hunting High An Low
21. Thomas Dybdahl - That Great October Sound

Check out Aversionline for an amazing drunken video interview with Fenriz of Darkthrone: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2007/06/04/how-much-primitive-can-you-get/

The Nocturnal Cult webzine has an awesome new interview with Fenriz of Darkthrone: http://www.nocturnalcult.com/

Aortaorta
Bloodrush
Sonitus Insulto

These Finns return with a new six-song batch of sludgy, dirge-heavy punk and this review is long, long overdue. I like it best when they settle into a comfortable groove and are content to bludgeon you relentlessly and repetively with a simple, crushing riff. Closing number "No pulse" is a brutally effective example, sounding like some unholy hybrid of late-era Black Flag meets Darkthrone by way of early Neurosis. It's heavy and hypnotic. Unfortunately, the more they try to change it up, the more they stumble. Keep it simple, keep it strong.
- Avi Roig

MP3: I - Far beyond the quiet

Abbath's new band I picks up pretty close to where Immortal left off and I think that's great. See, unlike most black-metal purists, I've always felt that the each of the band's albums was better than the one that preceded it. Besides being recorded terribly, early material such as "Pure holocaust" and "Battles in the north" just aren't that good. The promo photos? Still undeniably classic. But the music? Eh, I rather listen to Darkthrone if I want to stay tr00 and kvlt. I however, is something different. The cold darkness of black-metal remains, but the music is far more rooted in thrash and other, more classic heavy metal styles. Just listen to that song I've posted today and tell me that opening riff doesn't remind you of "Bark at the moon". Sure, it starts to sound a lot more like Bathory once the drums and ominous keyboards come in, but that too is a good thing. Abbath's croaking vocal style might be too much for some to take, but I think it just adds to the atmosphere he's trying to create. It's supposed to sound evil, y'know? Thrash on.

I - Far beyond the quiet