Empire Dogs have finished recording their debut album "Oh Lord the Dogs Are Out With a Whole Lot of Love" and will be spending October and November working on mixing and mastering. Look for the first single to hit radio and tv sometime early next year.
Abduktio will be doing a split MCD with The Divisive featuring previously released material. Otherwise, the band plans to record some new material for a 7" later on this fall.
Finland's Callisto reports that they have completed mixing and mastering for their new 7" "Klimenko/Jemina". They expect to finish up with the artwork and send it to be pressed for a tentative release date of November 14 through Kireru Records.
Via Moving Hands comes word that Swedish "electroindustrialnoiseterror" act The Pain Machinery has signed with US-based label BLC Productions. Their first album for them "The venom is going global" is set for a December release.
Passenger, the side project of Anders Fridén from In Flames and Gardenian guitarist Niklas Engelin, will be touring Europe with Lacuna Coil, Moonspell, and Poisonblack beginning Christmas day in Hamburg:
12/25 - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
12/26 - Hof Ter Loo, Antwerpen (BEL)
12/27 - Astoria, London (UK)
12/28 - Tivoli, Utrecht (NL)
12/29 - 013, Tilburg (NL)
12/30 - Live Music Hall, Köln (GER)
12/31 - Z7, Pratteln (CH)
01/02 - Petöfi Hall, Budapest (HUN)
01/03 - Planet Music, Wien (AUS)
01/04 - Löwensaal, Nürnberg (GER)
01/05 - Transylvania, Milano (IT)
01/06 - Elysée Montmartre, Paris (FR)
01/07 - LKA, Stuttgart (GER)
01/08 - Easy Schorre, Halle (GER)
Here's this week's top 10 Nordic video chart from YLE/Morjen:
01. Tjes Boogie - Remember (DK)
02. Technicolour - Fireflies (FIN)
03. Lowe Motor Corporation - Soul of a pagan (FIN)
04. Outlandish - Aicha (DK)
05. Xantom - Miss you (DK)
06. HIM - The Sacrament (FIN)
07. Redrama - Hang it up (FIN)
08. Beats and Styles - Dynamite (FIN)
09. Lodger - Doorsteps (FIN)
10. Rockin Da North - One world (FIN)
Challengers:
01. Magnus Carlson - Jag ber dig (SWE)
02. Maj Karman Kauniit Kuvat - Katutyttöjen laulu (FIN)
03. Í svörtum fötum - Ekkert ao fela (ICE)
Upland has updated his site with some updated discograpny information and a ton of soundclips plus two new web-exclusive full-length mp3s.
Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:
01. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi att vi är
02. Per Gessle - Mazarin
03. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
04. Carola - Guld platina & passion - det bästa
05. User - User
06. E.S.T. - Seven days of falling
07. Fred Åkerström - Freds bästa
08. Bubbles - Bless
09. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
10. Pauline - Candy rain
11. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
12. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
13. Robyn - Don't stop the music
14. Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
15. Mustasch - Ratsafari
16. Ainbusk - En samling
17. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
18. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
19. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
20. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Sub rosa
Pitchfork reviews "Everdom" from Anders Ilar: www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/i/ilar_anders/everdom.shtml
Here's some upcoming fall dates for Elin Sigvardsson:
10/17 - Folkan teater, Örnsköldsvik
10/25 - Diesel, Halmstad
11/06 - Storsjöteatern, Östersund
11/14 - Markan, Hässleholm
11/15 - Nyfiken, Jönköping
11/19 - Flamman, Linköping
11/20 - Inkonst, Malmö
11/21 - Bommens salonger, Göteborg
11/22 - Kulturcentrum, Ronneby
11/26 - Öst 100, Stockholm
11/29 - Kartago, Sölvesborg
She'll be backed by Peter Hermansson on piano and accordion plus Anna Landberg on cello.
Here's another new interview with members of The Haunted discussing the return of original vocalist Peter Dolving. Peter's take on the situation:
It's simple. I'm a musician, hence it's my job. I also love The Haunted and we get along really well. The Haunted work hard, like any successful band. It's a really good job, doing what you love with people you really like and love working with. But it's hard as hell, it fucks with everything you could consider being a normal life. Marco wanted out. They asked me. I've been busy realizing loads of my dreams, artistic and academic ambitions these last couple of years living off breadcrumbs and going back to sleeping on stage floors and squats to do it. I'm really glad I did cause I needed it for my mental well-being. But when Jensen called me I nearly shit myself, `cause I never ever thought the opportunity would arise again. Basically he told me about their situation with Marco, and that the band has a large audience and can make a living out of it. AND that Earache is out. Would you say no to that? What I don't think a lot of kids don't understand is why I left the band in the first place. One of the reasons being Earache. Another reason was financially, I was completely fucking broke and I had to work something out to put food on the table, which I did starting my own label and UNION (www.unionmusik.com) which is a syndicalist label/management/booking company for reeaally different music. Also back then I had just met my girlfriend and now mother of our two kids and that whole thing was so new and fragile that I didn't want to fuck that up. So I left, knowing I might never get back, but that I had to do what I had to do. Honestly though, I'm really happy to be back.
They also talk a bit about the band's songwriting process, how things are going for the new record (4 or 5 songs are written) and Jensen's plans for his other band Witchery. Read the rest: www.metal-rules.com/interviews/TheHaunted-Oct2003.htm
Upcoming dates for Finland's Mr. Velcro Fastener:
10/13 - tbc, Bergen (NOR)
10/14 - Oslo (NOR)
10/15 - tbc, Stavanger (NOR)
11/19 - Amnesty Support Party, Turku (FIN)
12/19 - MRVF dj's @ Kino, Turku (FIN)
This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:
01. Outlandish - Aicha
02. Mew - 156
03. Lene Marlin - You Weren´t There
04. Lene - It´s Your Duty
05. The Rasmus - In My Life
06. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight Prayer
07. Beats & Styles - Dynamite
08. Carpark North - Transparant And Glasslike
09. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
10. Safri Duo - Fallin´ High
11. Killer - Naughty Boy
12. José Gonzalez - Heartbeats
13. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Skull Tattoo
14. Looptroop - Don´t Hate The Player
15. Da D.o.n.s - She Don´t Know My Game
16. The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound
17. Whyte Seeds - So Alone
18. Paragon - Lev Ditt Liv
19. Da Buzz - Tonight (Is The Night)
20. Fattaru - Bättre
Challengers:
01. Mustasch - Black City
02. Broder Daniel - When We Were Winning
03. Paperboys - On The Low
04. AYA - Other Side
05. Kamera - Fragile
Go to the MTVE.com site to watch and vote for your favorite.
Rec90 post-rock act The Low Frequency In Stereo are currently busy in the studio working on their second album, tentatively due out in January next year. Rumor has it, there might even be more singing on this release than the last one. Damn sell-outs.
Planet Superfly, Swedish Whistler, and In the Labyrinth are representing Sweden on the compilation "The Vegetable Man 10" Project" which features 60 bands covering Syd Barrett's "Vegetable Man" in 10 seconds, due out sometime later this month. More info: https://www.oggettivolanti.it/
The Dead Frog Records website is back online and updated with a bunch of new demo reviews.