Swedish artist Tomas Halberstad has been sitting on a pile of unused electronic instrumentals for awhile now, but no longer -- he's just released the cream of the crop as a full-length album entitled "1989". Stream the whole thing at Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tomas-halberstad/sets/tomas_halberstad_1989/
Honningbarna, the winners of this year's NRK Urørt prize for best unsigned act, will release their debut album "La alarmane gå" on March 25. The first single "Den eldre garde" is out now.
Swedish punks The Bristles pay tribute to Ebba Grön with a free two-track single: https://sirling.blogspot.com/2011/03/pressmeddelande-fran-bristles.html
Danish acts The Attacks and Lars and the Hands of Light will be coming over for SXSW and will both be stopping in NYC along the way: https://blog.crunchy.dk/post/Lars-and-The-Hands-of-Light-and-Thee-Attacks-in-the-US.aspx
Swedish hardcore punks Desperat are back in the studio and have already posted one new track online for preview: https://dbeatrawpunk.blogspot.com/2011/03/dis-vad-ar-det-for-krangel.html
Atlas Losing Grip will be heading out on an extended European tour to support the release of their new album, due out in May via :
03/30 - Logo, Hamburg (GER)
03/31 - tba, Hannover (GER)
04/01 - Roots Club, Mönchengladbach (GER)
04/02 - Ant Attack Festival, Dillingen/Saar (GER)
04/13 - Wild at Heart, Berlin (GER)
04/14 - Zimmer 04, Regensburg (GER)
04/15 - Backstage, München (GER)
04/16 - Overdrive Festival, Kapfenberg (AUS)
04/17 - Arena, Wien (AUS) w/Millencolin
04/18 - Orto Bar, Ljubljana (SLO)
04/19 - Lazzaretto, Bologna (ITA)
04/20 - Palazzo Granaio, Settimo Milanese (Milano) (ITA)
04/21 - tba
04/22 - tba
04/23 - tba
05/12 - Villa, Rotenburg (GER)
05/13 - Volxbad, Flensburg (GER)
05/14 - tba (GER)
05/15 - Panda Bar, Ulm (GER)
05/16 - Kulturcafe, Mainz (GER)
05/17 - tba (BEL)
05/18 - The Frontline, Ghent (BEL)
05/19 - Sojo, Leuven (BEL)
05/20 - Sputnik Cafe, Münster (GER)
05/21 - Das Zentrum, Menden (GER)
05/22 - tba (GER)
I get the feeling that people don't take Faster Katt very seriously and unfortunately, hearing them cover Manowar will probably not change that. Truth be told, Faster Katt are a great band, far better than most folk's false impression of them as a goofy "sideproject" would indicate and, likewise, Manowar is/was also a great band. Yes, the self-proclaimed Kings of Metal are ridiculous and over-the-top, but their early records are a perfect blueprint of True Heavy Metal, especially "Hail to England", the release this song originally appeared on. Make fun of them all you want, it's easy to do, but us fans know the truth. My question however, will the members of Faster Katt be at one of Manowar's upcoming three (!!!) shows at Trädgårn in Göteborg? Will they hold the sign of hammer high? Or will they be wimps and leave the hall? My feeling: they've got the gubbestyrka, they will heed the call.
Check out the rest of the band's latest demo at Bandcamp: https://fasterkatt.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2011
Swedish death metal act Blood Mortized report that they will soon begin work on their new album "The key to a black heart" and will once again be recording at drummer Mattias Borgh's own studio Underworld Recording. The band has also added a new guitarist: Gustaf Myrin, an ex-member of Pathalog and Apes IQ.
Swedish indiepop act Symfoniorkestern pay tribute to summer, something I'm sure many of us are greatly looking forward to as winter drags on. Download the mp3 here: https://www.symfoniorkestern.se/musik/symfoniorkestern_-_sommardepression_11.mp3
Swedish industrial act Agent Side Grinder are teaming up with their genre forefathers Suicide for a split live cassette recorded at a concert in Lausanne, Switzerland last year and released on ASG's own label. The official release date is March 23 and it will be available from the band's website or on tour.
The sound of the new Swedish noiserock underground? They have an album, ask around.
Remember this? Well, it appears that was just the beginning -- apparently David Sandström will be playing live drums for Adam Tensta throughout his upcoming tour and has also contributed songwriting material to Tensta's forthcoming album "Scared of the dark" which comes out on March 14.
The new Twiggy Frostbite single "Written within" is being given away as a free download: https://www.despotz.se/email/twiggy-frostbite_written-within.mp3
Details have been revealed for the new Ulver album "War of the roses", now confirmed for release in April via : https://www.jester-records.com/ulver/ulver.html
Said album is the first in many years to not be released on the band's own and it also stands as the first release since establishing themselves as a formidable live act. Needless to say, this is one of 2011's most anticipated releases.
A new episode of Klubbland is up today featuring Ebbot Lundberg of The Soundtrack of Our Lives performing with Trummor & Orgel. Highlights: a cover of "London dungeon" by The Misfits. Another bonus: a Union Carbide Productions cover. Check it: https://klubbland.se/2011/03/04/24-trummor-orgel-med-ebbot/