has picked up Icelandic act Apparat Organ Quartet and will be releasing their sophomore album "Pólýfónía" across Europe this coming September. More here: https://blog.crunchy.dk/post/Apparat-Organ-Quartet-signed-at-Crunchy-Frog.aspx
is Svensk Musik's label of the month for May: https://svenskmusik.org/article/may-hybris/
Grab a new single from Danish rockabilly/garage-punks The Untamed courtesy of : https://www.heptownrecords.com/2011/05/11/new-single-from-untamed-dolores/
will be releasing Finnish cult act Beherit's very first album "At the Devil's Studio 1990", recorded as a duo back in the day and lost for the past 20 years. Full details: https://www.hellsheadbangers.com/beherit/
Håkon Kornstad is the latest artist to take part in Listen to Norway's "Live at the Office" series. Direct link: https://vimeo.com/23632990
In case you didn't read the song notes, in case it wasn't painfully obvious, yes -- "Nowhere in time" is a direct nod to Iron Maiden. Like the band says themselves, "I think this song pushes Victims boundaries about as far as they can go" in terms mixing trad metal moves with the band's signature d-beat attack, but what a mix it is! The rest of the band's new record "A dissident" is killer too and well worth checking out.
There's a new tune from When Saints Go Machine streaming at SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/when-saints-go-machine/on-the-move
Gaffa has confirmed that Silverbullit is indeed working on new music and will be touring: https://gaffa.se/nyhet/49333
"When evil happens" is the new single from Swedish act The Elliots, their first from the upcoming record "Love|Decay" (due out June 10), and also a duet with Camela Leierth. Direct link: https://youtu.be/m1jhMUPWRgs
I can't imagine that I'll ever actually like Medeia's slightly above-average metalcore, but they do consistently deliver great videos. Direct link: https://youtu.be/rTtSCh1AmQM
Even though it's barely relevant to It's a Trap!, I'm stoked to learn that Swedish label will be reissuing Doomstone's 1994 cult classic "For those whom Satan hath joined" on vinyl for the very first time this coming fall. For the unindoctrinated, Doomstone was a project featuring members of Deceased playing what I guess you could call old-school Satanic Heavy Metal. They also boasted one of the best band member aliases of all-time, Cross Turner Upside-Downer.
Tremoro TaranturaI'm not usually a big proponent of drone/noise music delivered via the self-imposed limits of a 7", but since these two cuts both have a heavy rhythmic/cult vibe and go straight for intensity over distance, I think it works. Make that one cut actually, the flip is exactly that: a backwards version of the a-side "Ill grande architheft" redubbed "Tfehtihera ednarg lli" ala Napoleon XIV's classic "They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!" single. Anyhow, much like Tremoro Tarantura's previous material, the music here is primarily constructed of mutant noise looping over steady pounding and devilish mutterings, bound together by uneasy chromatic melodies, but without the slow burn afforded by lengthier formats. It rips right through and then it's over, only to flip, rewind and start all over again. All designed to leave you wanting more, I suppose. I know I do.
- Avi Roig
The debut video from I Break Horses, the new Swedish band featuring Maria Lindén of Blackstrap as first reported about here. Look for their debut album "Hearts" to be released later this year via . Direct link: https://vimeo.com/23403268
There's a new EP out from Trondheim-based artist Bendik on the label: https://www.riotfactory.no/rfac20.php
Highly recommended for fans of dreamy pop -- the samples they have posted on the site are all fantastic.
Via Musik fra Norge comes a heads-up that up-and-coming Bodø-based indie act Ihab are streaming a new track at Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/beyond-records/ihab-ae-m-faer-1
Look for the band's new EP "Marionettedukke" to be released digitally on May 20 via with a physical version to follow on June 4. As Musik fra Norge says, definitely recommended for fans of Kråkesølv.