Danish act Kellermensch will be heading back to the UK in October after recently receiving a 5-star live review from exalted metal mag Kerrang!:
10/22 - Roadhose, Manchester
10/23 - Stereo, Glasgow
10/24 - Cockpit 2, Leeds
10/25 - Rock City, Nottingham
10/26 - Barfly, Cardiff
10/27 - Joiners, Southampton
10/28 - Barfly, London
Finnish rockers Sweatmaster have confirmed that their long-awaited new album "Dig up the knife" will finally be released on August 25 via . Download the new single "Run run" at the band's website: https://www.sweatmaster.net/
Röyksopp have posted the new song "Drug" for streaming: https://royksopp.com/the-drug-release
Said track comes off their upcoming album "Senior".
Flux interviews renown Swedish video director (Miike Snow, The Knife, etc.) and Silverbullit guitarist Andreas Nilsson: https://flux.net/who-is-andreas-nilsson
Off the Radar likes Swedish art-rock act Baron Bane: https://www.offtheradarmusic.com/2010/08/baron-bane.html
Check out Purified in Blood's corny new video for "Under den svarte himmel": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5sHDAuHYcE
Prog Sphere has a new interview with quality Swedish act Gösta Berlings Saga: https://www.prog-sphere.com/2010/08/11/gosta-berlings-saga/
Been awhile since we've heard anything new from Beta Satan, so while this isn't new music, it is a new clip. Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttMELJ0_ajw
Kinda weird to see someone watching YouTube videos inside a YouTube video, but that's modern living I guess. This is the 2nd single from Ludwig Bell's solo debut "Jag har försökt förklara", to be released on August 25 via . Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZLcY0YszRc
The new Säkert! album "Facit" will be released on vinyl with an extra bonus track in addition to the regular CD version. Full tracklist and cover art here: https://razziarecords.se/releases_details.asp?id=929&artist=S%E4kert!
PopMatters profiles obscure Swedish singer/songwriter Foreign Slippers: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/129230-walking-with-foreign-slippers/
Thieves Like UsAs a fan of "Play music" [review here] and 's releases in general, I was very much looking forward to Thieves Like Us' newest offering. But where "Play music" reveled in its dark minimalism, "Again and again" is a mess of repetitive saccharine-sweet simplicity. The record starts off alright with the playful "Never known love", but quickly begins its downward spiral. There are moments of redemption -- the aforementioned "Never known love", "Lover lover", and a few hooks scattered sporadically through the album's tracklist -- but these moments are fleeting and far too few to make much of an impact against the record's overall negative impression. On any other album, "Lover lover" would be an 'okay song'; the fact that it is one of the highlights of "Again and again" speaks to its weaknesses. The record feels and sounds like something a few New Order fans cranked out over a weekend in an apartment studio, most of its hooks wasted on meandering compositions and its best efforts easily overshadowed by other New Order/Justice-inspired acts. It's not a total waste, but, sadly and surprisingly for a band of Thieves Like Us' caliber, it's not far off.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Swedish noiserockers Korova Station (ex-Ellis the Vacuumchild, U.D.D.U.P., etc.) are streaming a whole bunch of new demo tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/korovastation
If you dig heavy Swedish noiserock like I do, you'll be way into this. Recommended!
Necronaut, the solo project of ex-Dismember drummer Fred Estby, has posted the complete guest lineup for his upcoming album: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=414772938&blogId=538096458
For those that aren't so good with names, the list includes members from Entombed, Death Breath, Autopsy, At the Gates, Watain, Graveyard and more.
Norwegian sludgerockers Succuba has finally gotten themselves a new bassist and have also added a second drummer: https://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=39798262&blogId=538098922