Denmark's Mew will be working with famous producer Michael Bienhorn on their next record. Michael's previous credits include Korn, Marilyn Manson, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden and more. Mew will fly out to LA in June to record and the album should be done for a November release.
Ack! Interscope Records will be releasing The Rasmus album "Dead Letters" over here in the US this coming spring.
Kristofer Åström's upcoming acoustic album "Loupita" has been confirmed for a May 26 release. Full tracklist and other details coming soon.
Morten Abel has updated his website with a bunch of new live and backstage pictures: https://www.mortenabel.com/gallery.shtml
Here's this week's top 20 Swedish albums from Aftonbladet:
01. Tomas Ledin - Med vidöppna fönster
02. Weeping Willows - Presence
03. Europe - Med vidöppna fönster
04. Sara Löfgren - Starkare
05. Per Gessle - Mazarin
06. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
07. Lisa Miskovsky - Fallingwater
08. Stefan Andersson - Strangers house
09. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
10. The Mo - Night at the zoo
11. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
12. Mikael Wiehe - Kärlek & politik
13. Carola - Guld platina & passion
14. Patrik Isaksson - Vi som aldrig landat
15. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
16. Svante Thuresson - Bästa
17. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
18. Lars Winnerbäck och hovet - Söndermarken
19. José González - Veneer
20. Evan - The other side
Hell n' Diesel is entering the studio today to record a new three-song promo. The songs they plan on doing are "Ride Away", "Fallen Angel" and "Brand New Eyes".
Erebus Odora, the label of Arcana and Sophia, has a new website: https://www.erebusodora.net/
As mentioned before, Tiger Tunes has been given the opportunity to open for Wir Sind Helden on tour and I can finally pass along those dates:
03/12 - Stadthalle, Göttingen (GER)
03/13 - Stadthalle, Saarburg (GER)
03/14 - Phönixhalle, Mainz (GER)
03/16 - Longhorn LKA, Stuttgart (GER)
03/17 - Reithalle, München (GER)
03/18 - Orpheum, Graz (AUS)
03/19 - Orpheum, Graz (AUS)
03/20 - Bierhübeli, Bern (SWI)
03/21 - Schüür, Luzern (SWI)
Some new pics of The Haunted in the studio: https://www.the-haunted.com/doc/studio_report.htm
Pitchfork reviews the "Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do" EP from Iceland's Sigur Rós: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/sigur-ros/ba-ba-ti-ki-di-do.shtml
Göteborg is playing host to a brand new metal festival on June 19 at Bananpiren called Metaltown. Scheduled to play so far are Scandinavian acts Turbonegro and Mustasch along with Brides of Descruction (feat. Nikki Sixx from Mötley Crüe) and Alice Cooper.
Stupido Records will release the new record "Domesticity" from Finland's Giant Robot on April 15. Tentative tracklist:
01. Get Up (60' 10" N 25' E)
02. Public = Shopping
03. Best Match
04. Boys and Girls
05. What To Do
06. Breaking Bones
07. Domestic Scene
08. Cheap Hotel
09. Death By Water
10. Comfort
11. First Snow
12. Please Be Here
13. Last Snow
The first single will be for the song "Public = Shopping" and should be out sometime later this month. Download "Best Match": https://www.stupido.fi/sounds/giant_robot-best_match.mp3
Evergrey has uploaded a couple zip files containing soundclips from their new album "The Inner Circle":
01. A touch of blessing
02. The essence of conviction
The record comes out April 27 via InsideOut Music.
Check out some pics from the recent Nocturnal Rites video shoot for the song "Awakening": https://www.nocturnalrites.com/awakening/index.htm
Download an mp3 of the song here: https://mp3.centurymedia.com/nocturnalrites_Awakening_newworldmessiah.mp3
Shout Out Louds were recently selected as the 'download of the week' by British music mag NME. Check out what they said: [view article]