This week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:

01. Diablo - Read my scars (FIN)
02. Viikate - Leimu (FIN)
03. The Crash - Still alive (FIN)
04. Nina Rochelle - (Happy) Jag hatar att det e så (SWE)
05. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust (SWE)
06. Eskobar - Loves strikes (SWE)
07. Outlandish - Walou (DK)
08. Dinojax - Roadblocks ahead (DK)
09. Paleface - Colgate Soulmate (FIN)
10. Hardcore Superstar - Honey Tongue (SWE)

Challengers:
01. K-System - Dream my dream (FIN)
02. Teitur - Sleeping with the lights on (DK)
03. Turbonegro - Sell your body (to the night) (NOR)

The Norwegian Kiss-tribute supergroup Black Diamond Brigade will play a one-off show in Bergen, Norway on February 14. As mentioned before, the lineup features Knut "Euroboy" Schreiner (Turbonegro, guitar), Billy Gould (Faith No More, bass), Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven (Satyricon, guitar), Torgny Amdam (Amulet, vocals) and Tarjei Strøm (Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band, drums). For more info along with an audio interview with Tarjei, go to Norway's Kiss Army website: http://www.kissarmynorway.com/ (in Norwegian)

Excerpts from Swedish Radio program P3 Rock's top albums of the year, as voted on by listeners:

05. Entombed - Inferno
06. Turbonegro - Scandinavian Leather
08. Opeth - Damnation
09. Cult of Luna - The Beyond
10. The Haunted - One Kill Wonder
12. Mustasch - Rat Safari
13. Nasum - Helvete
15. Grand Magus - Monument

The full list is here: http://www.sr.se/p3/rock/

Satyricon's most recent album "Volcano" has been confirmed for an April 6 release. As mentioned before, there's talk of them supporting Morbid Angel on tour over here, but nothing's confirmed quite yet. Also look them to play a couple dates in Norway at the end of February with Turbonegro. Now that's a bill!

02/20 - Molly's, Steinkjer
02/21 - Fogdegaarden, Ålesund

Norweigan hard-rockers We are still busy in the studio working on overdubs and they report that they've been blessed with guest appearances from Jai Shankar, Chris Summers (Oslo Motherfuckers), Anders Møller (Euroboys), Euroboy (Turbonegro), Danny Young (Gluecifer) and more. The band also plans to tour Europe in support on their latest release "Lightyears Ahead" in March and we should have dates confirmed soon.

Here's most of the nominees for the Spellemannprisen, Norway's answer to the Grammy:

Female pop soloist:
Lene Marlin - "Another Day"
Karin Park - "Superworldunknown"
Bertine Zetlitz - "Sweet Injections"

Male pop soloist:
Julian Berntzen - "Waffytown"
Thomas Dybdahl - "Stray Dogs"
Magnet - "On Your Side"

Pop group:
D'Sound - "Doublehearted"
Ephemera - "Air"
Number Seven Deli - "Falkner Street"

Electronica:
Snuten - "Welcome to the Jungle"
Ulver - "Teachings in Silence"
Xploding Plastix - "The Donca Matic Singalongs"

Rock:
Amulet - "Danger! Danger!"
Ricochets - "The Ghost Of Our Love"
Thulsa Doom - "And Then Take You To a Place Where Jars Are"
Turbonegro - "Scandinavian Leather"
We - "Lightyears Ahead"

Blues/Country:
Vidar Busk - "Love Buzz"
Amund Maarud - "Ripped, Stripped and Southern Fried"
Tumbleweed - "Once More, With Feeling"

Metal:
Dimmu Borgir - "Death Cult Armageddon"
Enslaved - "Below the Lights"
Old Man's Child - "In Defiance of Existence"

Hip-Hop:
Diaz - "Velkommen Hjem Andres"
Equicez - "State of Emergency"
Paperboys - "The Great Escape"

Jazz:
Atomic - "Boom Boom"
Toe Brunborg Quartet - "Gravity"
Karin Krog - "Where You At?"
Christian Wallumrød Ensemble - "Sofienberg Variations"
Håvard Wiik - "Postures"

Open class:
Anne-Lise Berntsen/Nils Asheim - "Kom Regn"
Hallvard Bjørgum & Co- "Free Field"
Motorpsycho/Jaga Jazzist Horns - "In the Fishtank"
Niko Valkeapää - "Niko Valkeapää"
When - "Pearl Harvest"

Music video:
Diaz - "Hvem er denne karen"
Folk og Røvere - "Utadæsjælåpplevelse"
Kaizers Orchestra - "Evig Pint"
Thomas Dybdahl - "Cecilia"
Bertine Zetlitz - "Girl Like You"

Best newcomer:
Julian Berntzen - "Whaffy Town"
Equicez - "State of Emergency"
Rebekka Karijord - "Neophyte"
Kurt Nilsen - "I"
Karin Park - "Superworldunknown"

Best song:
Maria Arrendondo - "In Love With An Angel"
David - "Wild At Heart"
Folk og Røvere - "Utadæsjælåpplevelse"
Lene Marlin - "You Weren’t There"
Kurt Nilsen - "She’s So High"

Go here for the rest: http://www.nrk.no/musikk/3399677.html

It's not too dissimilar from the Dagbladet list (see 12/09), but here's the top 21 records of the year from Norway's Aftenposten:

01. Equicez - "State Of Emergency"
02. Magnet - "On Your Side"
03. Thomas Dybdahl - "Stray Dogs"
04. King Midas - "Romeo Turn"
05. Vidar Busk - "Love Buzz"
06. Turbonegro - "Scandinavian Leather"
07. Ephemera - "Air"
08. Rebekka Bakken - "The Art Of How To Fall"
09. Tord Gustavsen Trio - "Changing Places"
10. Supersilent - "6"
11. Enslaved - "Below The Lights"
12. El Corazón - "El Corazón"
13. Karen Jo Fields - "Chase The Blue"
14. St. Thomas - "Hey Harmony"
15. Dimmu Borgir - "Death Cult Armageddon"
16. Bertine Zetlitz - "Sweet Injections"
17. Kaospilot - "Kaospilot"
18. Cloroform - "Hey You Let's Kiss"
19. Kaizers Orchestra - "Evig Pint"
20. Jaa9 & OnklP - "Bondegrammatikk - The Mixtape"
21. Ricochets - "The Ghost Of Our Love"

Dagbladet's top 10 Norweigan albums of the year:

01. Magnet - On Your Side
02. Equicez - State Of The Emergency - Generation Equiz
03. Ephemera - Air
04. King Midas - Romeo Turn
05. Thomas Dybdahl - Stray Dogs
06. Sergeant Petter - It's A Record
07. Atomic - Boom Boom
08. Turbonegro - Scandinavian Leather
09. Vidar Busk - Love Buzz
10. Kaizers Orchestra - Evig Pint

Now the question is whether any of these will hold up to international scrutiny, now that Norway is said to be the "new" Sweden, whatever that means. I'm sure frantic record execs are busy scrounging for someone to place their bets on now that the buzz has been started. I'm not sure any of these guys fit the bill either. Kaizers Orchestra is my own personal favorite of the bunch, but they sing in their native tongue, so you can scratch them from the list. Turbonegro is great, but they have waaaaaaay too many homosexual undertones for middle America. But what do I know? We'll see what happens. Read more: http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2003/12/09/385705.html (in Norweigan)

NRK has posted a pretty dece behind-the-scenes video account of that Black Diamond supergroup Kiss-tribute recording and video shoot: Check it. It's mostly in Norwegian, but where else will you get the chance to see Satyricon and Turbonegro members hanging out like regular dudes without makeup? Oh, and registration is required too, but it's free.

Nominees for Norway's Alarm awards:

Rock:
Turbonegro - Scandinavian Leather
King Midas - Romeo Turn
Ricochets - The Ghost Of Our Love
Amulet - Danger! Danger!
Sgt. Petter - It's A Record

Pop:
Julian Berntzen - Waffy Town
Magnet - On Your Side
Ephemera - Air
Thomas Dybdahl - Stray Dogs
Karen Jo Fields - Chase The Blue

Metal:
Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon
El Caco - Solid Rest
The Cumshots - Norwegian Jesus
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Thulsa Doom - ...And Then Take You To A Place Where Jars Are Kept

Hip-hop/Rap:
Paperboys - The Great Escape
Equicez - State of Emergency - Generation Equiz
Jaa9 & OnklP - Bondegrammatikk - The Mixtape
Spetakkel - Spetakkel
Diaz - Velkommen hjem, Andres

Electronica:
Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band - A Special Album
Pleasure - Pleasure
Xploding Plastix - The Donca Matic Singalongs
Tøyen - Did You Bring
Erlend Øye - Unrest

Jazz:
Atomic - Boom Boom
Supersilent - Supersilent 6
Come Shine - With The Norwegian Radio Orchestra In Concert
Håvard Wiik Trio - Postures
Paal Nilsen-Love / Ken Wandermark - Dual

Song:
Ephemera - Girls Keep Secrets In The Strangest Ways
Equicez - Barnslig
Ricochets - The Ghost Of Our Love
King Midas - Romeo Turn
Turbonegro - Fuck The World

Live:
Turbonegro
Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band
King Midas
Equicez
The International Tussler Society

The Alarm awards aren't quite as respected as the Spellemannprisen, Norway's version of the Grammy, but are considered more of a stepping stone for young artists. Go to the Alarm site to vote for your favorites: http://www.alarmweb.org/2003/

Turbonegro ran amuck with a fire extinguisher at their recent show in Trondheim, Norway causing over 100,000kr/$15k in damage. Read more: http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=204121 (in Norweigan)

That all-star Norweigan Kiss tribute I told you about on 11/10 with members from Satyricon, Amulet, Ralph Myerz, Turbonegro and Faith No More coming together to cover "Black Diamond", will get a release as a single on December 8. A video was filmed for the song at Rikshospiltalet and the full compilation album comes out in January.

"Sell Your Body (to the Night)", the latest single from Turbonegro, is being heavily promoted in the UK with club nights, tour dates and more. Check out this e-card with the full details.

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
02. Redrama - Hang It Up
03. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
04. Outlandish - Aicha
05. Beats & Styles - Dynamite
06. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
07. C21 - One Night In Bangkok
08. Da D.o.n.s - She Don´t Know My Game
09. Turbonegro - Sell Your Body (To The Night)
10. Mew - 156
11. Lene Marlin - You Weren´t There
12. Paperboys - On The Low
13. Negative - The Moment Of Our Love
14. Equicez - Barnslig
15. Erik Faber - Century
16. Fu:el - Next Summer
17. Broder Daniel - When We Were Winning
18. Blackstrap - In Colored Ways
19. The Latin Kings - Cashen Dom Tas
20. The Fashion - Let´s Go Dancing

Challengers:
01. The Knife - Pass This On
02. I´Dees - Brave And Optimistic Girl
03. Christian Kjellvander - Portugal
04. Paperboys - Hey Man
05. Funkstar De Luxe - Saturday

Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
02. Outlandish - Aicha
03. Redrama - Hang It Up
04. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
05. Beats & Styles - Dynamite
06. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
07. Da D.o.n.s - She Don´t Know My Game
08. Mew - 156
09. C21 - One Night In Bangkok
10. Turbonegro - Sell Your Body (To The Night)
11. Lene Marlin - You Weren´t There
12. Paperboys - On The Low
13. Fu:el - Next Summer
14. Equicez - Barnslig
15. Erik Faber - Century
16. Broder Daniel - When We Were Winning
17. The Rasmus - In My Life
18. Lene - It´s Your Duty
19. The Latin Kings - Cashen Dom Tas
20. Kamera - Fragile

Challengers:
01. Negative - The Moment Of Our Love
02. Blackstrap - In Colored Ways
03. Magnus Carlson - Elin
04. The Fashion - Let´s Go Dancing
05. Ingrid Marguerite - Hello

Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.