PopMatters.com reviews Righteous Boy, the solo release of Cardgians bassist Magnus Sveningsson.
Moonfog Records will be holding a 10-year anniversary show on October 2 at Oslo Rockefeller featuring label founders Satyricon. Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone will be joining the band on stage too to perform a special set of "Darkthrone classics," featuring material not heard live since 1996. Recent signees Disiplin and another as-yet-unnamed band will open and Fenriz, Darkthrone's other half, will be spinning the "harshest black metal sounds" between sets. More info: www.moonfog.no
P3 Musikjournalen is confirming plans that Dolores Recordings will release a new Broder Daniel single in September through their single club. As always, take this news with a large grain of salt - I'll only believe it when I see it.
The 2-LP vinyl version of Entombed's latest album "Inferno" will include the bonus track "When Humanity Is Gone". It comes out August 18 on the band's own Threeman Recordings, the same day as they also release vinyl editions for the albums "Uprising" and "Morning Star". As mentioned before, "Inferno" mistakenly got released in the US earlier by Koch before getting pulled due to a contract snafu. Century Media will be doing a proper release in early 2004.
Also from Entombed, here's some pics from their recent South African tour.
Jägermeister chess, eh? Finnish goth metallers HIM recently got together with Chaos Mannheim, a chess club in Mannheim, Germany, for an evening of chess and serious drinking. Go here for more info and to check out pictures from the debacle.
Still seem to be having email trouble today, so if you need to get a hold of me, please use IM or the forum. I suspect that new worm making the rounds is at fault, but hopefully things should be back to normal soon.
Download the video for "Gone, Gone, Gone" from 69-Hard right here.
Black Lotus Records will be putting out a Dead Can Dance tribute album called "The Lotus Eaters" sometime in the near future. Contributors include Trail of Tears, Theatre of Tragedy, Ulver, Green Carnation, and The Gathering along with various others from outside the Nordic scene like Antimatter, Faith and the Muse and maybe Diamanda Galas.
Gåte is just about to begin the last leg of their summer tour which they say will be the last live dates they are planning on for a long time, "perhaps until next spring/summer" they say. In the meantime, the band plans to use the rest of Autumn to work on their next record which should hopefully be out sometime next summer/fall. Those remaining dates for Norway:
08/15 - Målrock, Årdal
08/16 - Raumarock, Åndalsnes
08/19 - Campus Gimlemoen, Kristiansand
08/20 - Høyskolen, Gjøvik
08/21 - Hydranten, Hamar
08/28 - Betong, Oslo
08/29 - Kvarteret, Bergen
08/30 - Meieriet, Sogndal
Word on the street has it that Soundtrack of Our Lives plans on recording about 30 of the 60 songs they have written for consideration on the new album. They've already got about 40 left over from previous sessions I'm told, but it remains to be seen what will happen to em. B-sides for forthcoming singles? The other thing is that they plan on playing a whole bunch of the stuff at their upcoming Slussens gigs to see what works and what doesn't. Bootleggers are no doubt getting excited. The sound of the new stuff is said to be in the vein of "Behind the Music", but they expect the album will be shorter. Maybe a February release? Wait and see.
Totalt Jävla Mörker has twenty-four new songs written that they will be recording next week. When and where it'll come out, they don't know. In other news, drummer Jerker has decided to leave the band. He'll be playing on the new recordings, but anyone interested in taking his place should get in touch. Email info@totaltjavlamorker.com.
Denmark's The Raveonettes will play a free show at London's Virgin Records on Oxford Street on August 27. They'll be hitting the stage at 6pm and giving away signed posters and badges, too. Other UK dates for the band in October/November:
10/23 - Northumbria University
10/24 - Garage, Glasgow
10/25 - Whelans, Dublin
10/26 - Limelight, Belfast
10/28 - Manchester University
10/29 - Norwich Waterfront
10/30 - Birmingham Academy
10/31 - Leadmill, Sheffield
11/02 - Fleece & Firkin, Bristol
11/03 - Concorde 2, Brighton
11/04 - Mean Fiddler, London WC2
Soak the Sin has added a couple new songs for download on their website. Two brand new tracks and a new version of the song "I Said No".
Via Supertanker.tk comes this link for LiveGuiden, a new website guide for live music on Nordic TV and radio. The idea is that people will enter information about events into the calendar so that the information is shared for everyone to use and you won't miss any performances. There's also a comment section so you can maybe even follow-up with people who might've recorded events you've snoozed on. It's only in Danish right now, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out what's up in the 'Oversigt'/'Overview' section. Pretty cool, eh? Now all it needs is more people to participate.
NRK interviews Thomas Seltzer of Turbonegro: www.nrk.no/magasin/musikk/2981238.html (audio and text, in Norweigan)