Arve Henriksen from Supersilent is playing too gigs at the Jazznojazz Festival in Zürich, Switzerland. One is on October 30 with Christian Wallumrød Quartet and the second is the following day with Swiss singer Suzanne Abbuehl. More info: www.jazznojazz.ch
Upcoming live dates for Finland's 69-Eyes:
07/05 - Ruisrock Festival, Turku (FIN)
07/13 - Tuska Festival, Helsinki (FIN)
07/18 – Tammerfest, Tampere (FIN) w/Amorphis, Poisonblack
07/25 - Summer in the City, Pietarsaari (FIN)
07/26 - Kasino, Kauhajoki (FIN)
08/02 - Sziget Festival, Budapest (HUN) w/The Hellacopters, Sonata Arctica, Clawfinger, Apocalyptica, more
The band also has two releases planned for September including a 'best-of' CD entitled "Framed In Blood - The Very Blessed Of The 69 Eyes" and a live DVD entitled "Helsinki Vampires". Both will be released through Gaga Goodies/EMI.
The complete and final line-up for the Fredericia Hardcore Festival in Fredericia, Denmark August 07/31-08/02:
| Thurs., July 31 Jimmy Justice (DK) I Adapt (ICE) Music Mafia (DK) Children of Fall (SWE) | Fri., August 1 Jairus (UK) Strychnine (US) Rentokiller (SWE) Bridge to Solace (HUN) Leiah (SWE) Heaven Shall Burn (GER) | Sat., August 2 Austin (DK) Crowpath (SWE) Force of Change (GER) Oversized (BEL) PN (BEL) Lack (DK) Burst (SWE) Himsa (US) |
Dissection will return on the full grand scale. What we were in the past is nothing to what we will become! Dissection will return, ravage, conquer, dominate and take what is ours! Burning the scene of today to ashes, Dissection shall celebrate total victory! We will bring Chaos to the world! We shall initiate the darkest epoch in music-history and open the gates to the coming dark aeon! Hail Azerate!!"
Dissection frontman/guitarist Jon Nödtveidt is out of jail and getting the band back together with the help of parolee Bård Faust (ex-Emperor) on drums. They are currently searching for a rhythm guitarist and bass player to round out the line-up and to "complete the constallation for the second coming." Go to their website for audition/application details.
TONO, the Norweigan performing rights society, has decided to reduce the fees it charges for all online music download sales. TONO managing director Cato Strøm:
"These measures have been taken in an effort to help Phonofile which is the sole legal outlet for on-line sales of Norwegian music. We realise that we cannot compete with internet piracy - this more a contribution to a process that will make legal on-line music sales more appealing. We expect Phonofile to reduce their prices accordingly, and for the future we hope that musiconline.no's price level can match Apple's iTunes services which operates at a rate of app. NOK 7 per audio file."
It's kind of a non-item, but this Rolling Stone 'Well Hung at Dawn' Buddyhead ripoff column namedrops up-and-coming Swedish act The Hommos.
Click here for an interview with Magnus Carlson from Digfi.com. They discuss his new solo album and he expresses his opinion on a number of new bands, among other topics. He also reveals that Weeping Willows have 10-11 songs ready for their next record and have already demoed 4-5 of them. Once again, they plan to work with producer Johan Forsman and the material is supposedly a bit more guitar-heavy and uptempo.
Finland's Midnight Sun Recordings has announced its first release "Maestro" by Helsinki-based artist Champagne. The music is a "rolling dance floor tune full of lush atmospheric pads, grooving double bass line, jazz stabs and purely melodic orchestral bliss." Tango takes the b-side with a remix treatment that the label describes as "picking up where Champagne left off - building up with filtered eerie strings, crisp hard rolling style beats , beautiful melodic drive ,and a bassline to make any crowd go wild!" More info: www.midnightsunrecordings.com
Waterdog is heading over to the Baltics on what they are dubbing the "Baltic Summer Battle Tour" before doing a few shows in Eastern Europe in August, along with some festival dates. The itinerary:
07/03 - Depo, Riga, (LAT)
07/04 - Youths Park Festival - Limbazi, (LAT)
07/05 - Club Vidzemnieks, Cesis, (LAT)
07/09 - Saxofons, Riga 21.00
07/09 - Multiklubs, Valmiera 00.30
07/11 - World Clinic - Tallinn, (EST)
07/12 - Radio 1...5-year jubilee!, Jekabpils, (LAT)
07/26 - Helsingborgsfestivalen, Helsingborg (SWE)
08/08 - Vilnius (LIT)
08/09 - Kleipeda (LIT)
08/10 - Kretinga (LIT)
08/13 - Goldap (POL)
08/14 - Olecko (POL)
08/15 - Musicorama Festival, Gizycko (POL)
Dolores has pushed back the release of the new Broder Daniel from August 25 to sometime in September or October. Shocking, ain't it? (thanks Fredrik)
www.scandinavianleather.com cut and pasted news directly from me (see 6/27), even reusing my poor grammar. Good to see that someone out there is paying attention to It's a trap!, but shouldn't they be getting the news before me?
Meshuggah has cancelled their scheduled appearances at the Quart and Arvika festivals because "Mårten [Hagström, guitar] is sick and Tomas [Haake, drums] still needs to rest to be fully healed." More details when I get them.
Wired for Mono has cancelled their upcoming UK dates in July and says they hope to reschudule ASAP. No reason has been given for the cancellation.
Here's the updated tour schedule for the Ricochets:
07/03 - Quart Festival, Kristiandsand (NOR)
07/11 - Arvika Festival, Avrika (SWE)
07/25 - Måne Festival, Fredrikstad (NOR)
07/26 - 71 Graders Nord Festival, Laksekv (NOR)
08/02 - Slottsfjellet, Tønsberg (NOR)
08/05 - Ordlands Musikkfest Uke, Bodø (NOR)
08/06 - Øya Festival Kick Off / Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)
08/09 - Malakoff Festival, Nordfjordeid (NOR)
08/13 - tba, Hamburg (GER) w/X.Lover, Silver
08/14 - Underground, Cologne (GER) w/X.Lover, Silver
08/15 - tba, Berlin (GER) w/X.Lover, Silver
08/16 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE) w/X.Lover, Silver
08/21 - Kroa , Bø (NOR)
08/22 - Bjørnegilde, Oslo (NOR)
08/29 - Ørsta Festival, Ørsta (NOR)