As We Fight is back from Antfarm studios and they report that they are done with recording 11 songs for their new album "Black Nails and Bloody Wrists". It will be out soon on Good Life Recordings and you can check out a sample of the song "Catalyst of Terror" either at the band's own website or danishmetal.dk.
Check out the e-card for "Remember the Day" from "Göteborg's queen of soul" Iris: https://www.emi.se/ecard/iris/index.htm
The mighty Switchblade has signed with Deathwish Inc./Icarus in the States. Look for a May 4 release of their most recent self-titled album over here.
PopMatters gives tepid approval to The Sounds: https://popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/sounds-livinginamerica.shtml
MTV Europe is mining the underground with a new show called 'This is Our Music'. Episodes so far have featured Fife and NYC, but I understand that the next show will turn the spotlight on Helsinki and Oslo is listed as a future topic. No doubt this adds to the long-running debate over "staying true" to your roots and your scene vs. "selling out" and making a bid for mainstream acceptance. Read more: https://www.mtve.com/thisisourmusic
Legendary Norwegian black-metallers Mayhem will be heading out across Europe in April with Japan's Defiled. Dates:
04/08 - Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)
04/09 - Musikens Hus, Gothenburg (SWE)
04/10 - Inferno Festival, Oslo (NOR)
04/11 - Klubben, Stockholm (SWE)
04/13 - Tavastia, Helsinki (FIN)
04/14 - Tampere Club, Tampere (FIN)
04/15 - Loop, Oulu (FIN)
04/18 - Park, Warsaw (POL)
04/19 - Halford, Berlin (GER)
04/20 - Abaton Club, Prague (CZR)
04/21 - Mega Club, Katowice (POL)
04/22 - Mega Pub, Budapest (HUN)
04/23 - Rockhouse, Salzburg (AUS)
04/24 - Titanic City, Munich (GER)
04/25 - Bad Bonn, Dudingen (SWI)
04/27 - Metalkova, Ljubljana (SLO)
04/28 - Motion, Zingoeni (BG) (IT)
04/29 - Alpheus, Rome (IT)
04/30 - MAC2, Schio (Vicenza) (IT)
05/01 - Portail Coucou, Salon-de-Provence (FR)
05/02 - K.G.B., Barcelona (SPA)
05/06 - Mean Fiddler, London (UK)
05/07 - Academy2, Birmingham (UK)
05/08 - Rios, Bradford (UK)
05/09 - King Tuts, Glasgow (UK)
05/11 - Muziek-o-droom, Hasselt (BEL)
05/12 - De Kade, Zaadam (NL)
05/13 - Vera, Groningen (NL)
05/14 - Burning Stage Festival @ Tor3, Osnabrück (GER)
05/15 - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
05/16 - Voxhall, Århus (DK)
Intro, Germany's second biggest music mag, loves KVLR: https://www.intro.de/index.php?nav=22&con=/platten/kritiken&einreview=1077625481
And yet another great KVLR review from Germany: https://www.gaesteliste.de/review/show.html?_nr=4186
Download the song "Sown Are The Seeds Of Death" from Sweden's Torchbearer: https://www.metalblade.com/bands/torchbearer/torchbearer-sownaretheseedsofdeath.mp3
The song comes from the band's new album "Yersinia Pestis" due out March 22. It is the first release from the new partnership of Sweden's Cold Records and Metal Blade.
United Enemies, the new band featuring ex-members of 69-Hard, will have the first track on the new "Cock N´Roll 2" compilation. The band is currently in rehearsals and hopes to have some live dates coming up soon.
Swedish punk/crust label and distro Putrid Filth Conspiracy has a new website: https://putridfilth.com/
Morningside Records has confirmed Larsen and Furious Jane's new album "I'm Glad He's Dead" will be mastered by Morten Bue in Copenhagen tomorrow. Look for it in April. Also coming up soon from the label is the debut full length "Aloud" from Jomi Massage. That one comes out March 8.
Tiger Lou will be having a special release show for his great new album "Is My Head Still On?" on March 18 at Debaser in Stockholm and his latest single "Oh Horatio" is the pick-of-the-week over at MTV. Here's his full, updated tour schedule:
02/27 - Gebäude 9, Cologne (solo) w/Cursive
02/28 - Molotow, Hamburg (solo) w/Cursive
02/29 - Marias, Berlin (solo) w/Cursive
03/01 - Cookys, Frankfurt (solo) w/Cursive
03/02 - Gleis 22, Munster (solo) w/Cursive
03/05 - Festival 035 @ Diezel, Halmstad (band)
03/06 - Magasin 15, Trollhättan (band) w/KVLR
03/10 - Bommens Salonger, Göteborg (solo)
03/18 - Debaser, Nighttrain, Stockholm (band)
03/21 - KB, Malmö (solo) w/Jay Farrar
03/22 - Kägelbanan, Stockholm (solo) w/Jay Farrar
03/25 - Umeå Open, Umeå (band)
03/26 - Nöjesfabriken, Karlstad (band)
04/29 - Festivalborg, Örebro (band)
05/06 - KB, Malmö (band)
05/07 - Vinylbaren at Tivoli, Helsingborg (band)
05/13 - Herrgårn, Linköping (band)
05/19 - Smålands Nation, Lund (solo)
05/21 - Pustervik, Göteborg (band)
After being busy with side-projects such as The Ricochets and Forde Fivel, Hello Goodbye is coming back with their new album "Haunted Holiday" on March 8.