Impaled Nazarene has finished the recording of their eigth album "All That You Fear", due out late October from Osmose Productions. The album was recorded at Astia studios with producer Anssi Kippo and marks the debut of new guitarist Tuomo Louhio (ex-Antidote).
Soviac will be touring Europe along with Tokyo Sex Destruction in support of their forthcoming album, out September 10 on Chalksounds. No details yet, but the dates set aside are October 10 through October 28.
The Soundtrack of Our Lives finally got themselves an official fanclub - the Mega Society. Go to tsool.tk for more info.
Swedishshowcase.com has lined up a gig for The Hommos on 11/17 at the Depo in Riga, Latvia.
Listen to the new Laakso song "Truck Driver" right here.
Swedish hardcore act Insula has broken up and cancelled their scheduled Augustibuller appearance along with the planned "Deadlock" 7". The band featured members from Nine and Within Reach and released one MCD called "A Blood Red Sky". Some samples of their work: "Cathode Ray Conspiracy" / "Sharing Needles"
Nine has posted a new mp3 from their forthcoming album "Killing Angels". It's called "Euthanasia" and you can download it here. It comes out September 15 on Burning Heart.
Finnish deathmetal supergroup Chaosbreed has set "Brutal" as the title for their yet-to-be-recorded debut album. They plan to enter the legendary Sunlight Studios in September with producer Tomas Skogsberg to record and are reportedly in negotiation with quite a few labels, but nothing's been decided yet. The band also has plans to enter Studio Herzika shortly to record a limited edition split 7" with fellow Finns Rythihäiriö. No word on a release date or label for that one either.
David & the Citizens are done with their new, second full-length album "Until the Sadness is Gone" and will release it September 10 on Adrian Records. The first single "The End" comes out August 28. To listen to the b-side "Ain't No Good News" click here. The full tracklist:
01. The End
02. Gray Coated Mornings
03. Until the Sadness is Gone
04. Never a Bottom
05. New Direction
06. Long Days
07. Sore Feet & Blisters
08. On All American Winds
09. Let's Not Fall Apart
10. Silverjacket Girl
11. As You Fall
Go here for more info and a track-by-track breakdown of the record.
Guitarist Wojtek Lisicki aka Transcendental Protagonist has left power metallers Lost Horizon due to "personal reasons." The band intends to continue as a five-piece and has no plans to replace his position at this time.
The Unisex have finished recording their new album which was produced by James Spencer (The Charlatans, Johnny Marr, Haven, Black Grape). No word on a release date yet, but you can check em out live in Finland later this month:
07/18 - Cotton Club, Pargas (outdoors)
07/19 - Downtown, Turku
The rest of those Hedningarna live tracks are online now. Check 'em out on the right. Once again, highly recommended - especially for people curious about the roots of Scandinavian music.
The Concretes report that the British mag Mojo gave 'em a five out of five score for the new album in a review this month.
Magnus Sveningsson has posted a nice, long tour report from The Cardigans' trip to London.