New pics of the Sahara Hotnights now up at Rockfoto.nu: https://rockfoto.nu/visabild.php?intSpelning=91&intBand=151
Aftonbladet reviews the new SH album and provides a few samples: https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,480351,00.html (in Swedish)
The most recent releases from Logh and Last Days of April are now available in the mailorder department. Sure, Bad Taste will get US distro at the end of the summer, but why wait? And why pay import prices? Buy now!
Speaking of e-commerce, KVLR and Isolation Years are both now available for purchase from the Apple I-Tunes store! Huzzah!
Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. The Rasmus - Funeral Song
02. HIM - Solitary Man
03. Kashmir - Aftermath
04. Promoe - These Walls Don´t Lie
05. Paleface - Colgate Soulmate
06. Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue
07. Tungtvann - Slepp Dae Laus
08. Paperback Freud - Kate
09. C21 - All That I Want
10. Beats And Styles - Allstars
11. Bergman Rock - Jim
12. Blue Foundation - End Of The Day
13. Grand Avenue - This Is Not An End
14. Winta - I Want You
15. Amulet - We Are Thunders
16. Infinite Mass - No.1 Swartskalle
17. The Legends - Call It Ours
18. Petter - Fredrik Snortare och Cecilia Synd
19. Tim Christensen - Jump The Gun
20. Alcazar - This Is The World We´re Living
Challengers:
01. Whyte Seeds - Black Key Song
02. Venke Knutson - Scared
03. Thunder Express - Believe In You
04. Cheek - Avaimet Mun Kiesiin
05. Honestly - The Gyminstructor
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
This week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:
01. Nightwish - Nemo (FIN)
02. Finntroll - Trollhammaren (FIN)
03. The Rasmus - Funeral song (FIN)
04. Nina Rochelle - Stockholm kommer förstöra mig (SWE)
05. Labrador - Freeway to Mars (DK)
06. Uniklubi - Rakkautta ja Piikkilankaa (FIN)
07. Eskobar - Bring the action (SWE)
08. Elastinen - Syljen (FIN)
09. Infinite Mass - No 1 svartskalle (SWE)
10. Petter - Fredrik Snortare och Cecilia Synd (SWE)
Challengers:
01. Indica - Scarlett (FIN)
02. Fjärde Världen - Här i vårt kvarter (SWE)
03. Sofia - You know what to do (FIN)
Sweden's The Curtain are going to Canada in June to do some shows, as well as the NXNE in Toronto on June 8. More info about that here: https://www.nxne.com/
Confirmed June dates for The Sounds:
06/06 - Download Festival, Donnington (UK)
06/08 - Roadhouse, Manchester (UK)
06/09 - Islington Academy, London (UK)
06/17 - Megafeztival, Grebbestad (SWE)
New pics of David & the Citizens up at Rockfoto: https://www.rockfoto.nu/visabild.php?intSpelning=90&intBand=45
The Jester Records website says that the new Ulver album will be called "Blood Inside". No exact release date has been announced yet, just that it's due in 2004.
Monkeystrikes and Universal Poplab are playing some of the dates on the Arvika Festival tour. Details: https://www.galaxen.se/
Norwegian industrial metal band Red Harvest has set "Internal Punishment Programs" as the title of their new album, due out in September through Nocturnal Art Productions.
Children of Bodom bassist Henkka Blacksmith talks to Dallas Music Guide about the rise of extreme metal in the US and more: https://dallasmusicguide.com/interviews/ChildrenofBodom.htm
Swedish doom metal band Candlemass have called it quits yet again, seemingly for the last time. Their statement:
"We are truly sorry to inform you that Candlemass have disbanded! This is sad news for us and everybody else that love this fantastic band. There will be no more gigs, no new album, no more doom!
This is it... ..finished..........zero...........nada........out!!!
Despite the tremendous success of the reunion, everything hasn’t been perfect.
Tiny cracks in the façade could be seen during the first round in the summer of 2002 because members of the band do not share the same vision of C-mass, the gigs, an eventual new album, democracy etc, and last year it became clear that the indifferences were too large to overcome.
A demo was recorded but the internal problems overshadowed the fun of playing. The gig at Klubben (Stockholm) nov. 29 came to be the last and final for Candlemass.
The band have tried to save the situation. There have been meetings and discussions, but unfortunately it hasn’t been possible for the five members to agree on how Candlemass could work in the future. The members would have loved to continue but the chemistry is just not there anymore.
The magic is gone........................."
Of course, the music will still live on, especially since GMR Records is compiling a tribute album to the band. Some of the names set to contribute include Opeth, The Hellacopters, The Haunted, Cathedral, Grand Magus, Krux, Satyricon and maybe Timo Rautianinen & Trio Niskalaukaus. It's tentatively set for a spring 2005 release.