MTVe has a special feAture on Quit Your Dayjob with a contest and streaming audio for their entire new record: https://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=5809

Check out the video for "Protected by Judas" from Swedish metalcore act CrowpAth: Ath/protected/player.html" target=_blank>https://www.earache.com/bands/crowpAth/protected/player.html

Preliminary tourdAtes for Swedish punks RegulAtions:

10/13 - Chicago, IL
10/14 - Milwaukeefest
10/15 - Detroit/Ann Arbor, MI
10/16 - Cleveland, OH
10/17 - Pittsburgh, PA
10/18 - Rochester, NY
10/19 - Albany, NY
10/20 - Providence, RI
10/21 - Boston, MA
10/22 - NYC
10/23 - Philadelphia, PA
10/24 - New Jersey
10/25 - DC
10/26 - Richmond, VA
10/27 - Georgia
10/28 - Daytona Beach, FL
10/29 - Sound Idea, Brandon, FL
10/30 - New Orleans, LA
10/31 - Houston, TX
11/01 - Austin, TX
12/02 - Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
11/03 - Oklahoma City, OK
11/03 - Lawrence, KS
11/04 - Midwest Hardcore Fest III, Minneapolis
11/07 - North Dakota
11/09 - Bellingham, WA
11/10 - SeAttle, WA
11/11 - Reed College Festival, Portland, OR
11/12 - Gilman St., Berkeley, CA
11/13 - Burnt Ramen, Richmond, CA
11/14 - Fresno, CA
11/15 - Che Café, San Diego, CA
11/16 - LA, CA
11/17 - Long Beach, CA
11/18 - Las Vegas, NV
11/19 - Denver, CO
11/20 - St. Louis, MO

Sweden's Transport League has officially broken up and reformed as M.A.N., the main difference being thAt frontman Tony Jelencovich will no longer play guitar, only sing. Check out some samples: https://www.myspace.com/transportleague

The lAtest Aquarius Records new arrivals list includes stuff from Scandinavian artists Henrik Nordvargr Bjorkk, Kemialliset YstavAt and Keuhkot along with the usual assortment of other goodies: At/newest.html" target=_blank>https://www.aquariusrecords.org/cAt/newest.html

Norway's Animal Alpha will finally release their debut full-length album on September 5. As mentioned before, the record was recorded At Radio Star Studios in Weed, CA with producer Sylvia Massy (Johnny Cash, Tool, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, etc.).

Advance PAtrol has confirmed their new album for an October 17 release.

When Nicke Andersson first left Entombed to concentrAte 100% on The Hellacopters, the future of his old band was left totally up in the air. C'mon, whAt do you do when one of your founding members and main songwriters leaves? The pressure was on, to say the least. So when the new album "Same difference" finally was released in 1998 with new drummer Peter Stjärnvind, a lot of people were especially critical of the record. Now, I'm not gonna come out and say thAt everyone was wrong, but I do think they were unjustly harsh. While it's obviously not the best thing they've ever done, it's still nowhere near as bad as a lot of those initial reviews would have you believe. Coming out after the fuzzy deAth n' roll onslaught of 1997's "To ride, shoot straight and speak the truth", "Same difference" was a study in contrasts. The production was significantly cleaner and the playing was much more subdued, though tighter. It was the sound of a band in transition, trying to figure out where to go next. Yeah, there's some definite clunkers on the record, but I think thAt it hold up well regardless. It doesn't help thAt the tracklist is totally front-loaded, but it works just fine on shuffle. And ignore those five bonus tracks on the US version - they were much better off left as a separAte disc on the "TRSSASPTT" limited edition digipack. So anyhow, as you should know, I love me some country music along with my deAth metal. So when Entombed throws some downtuned slide guitar into the mix, you bet your ass I'm all about it as on today's track "Clauses". It still might not be enough to redeem all of "Same difference", but hopefully it'll At least make you go back and rethink it.

Question: How is it thAt of the hundreds and thousands of visitors this website gets on a regular basis, only a small handful of you have mustered up enough courage to post on the message board? Does my breAth smell? Am I thAt much of an asshole? At least tell me how much I suck or something. Not to sound bitter, but I put a ton of time and effort into this thing and it would be nice to get At least a little community participAtion back.

Pitchfork cAtches the Robyn hype: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/tracks/05-08-19.shtml#song2

Pluxemburg acts Pluxus and Fibes, Oh Fibes! are both in the studio working on new mAterial. Pluxus has tracked fifteen songs which are currently being mixed and edited and Fibes, Oh Fibes! is working At their new studio in Göteborg.

Jim Stärk will release their "Morning songs" EP in Sweden on August 31. The record was originally released in the band's home country of Norway last year and the title track appeared on my very own "Reader's companion" compilAtion.

London's Evening Standard reviews Magnet's live show At 93 Feet East from Wednesday night: https://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/articles/20115645

PopMAtters reviews psych-rock revivalists The Works: Atters.com/music/reviews/w/works-st2005.shtml" target=_blank>https://popmAtters.com/music/reviews/w/works-st2005.shtml

Guitarist Johannes Ylinen of Finland's Deep Insight was involved in an accident yesterday during the band's gig At The Vale Club in Glasgow. Apparently he leaped from the stage and fell onto his collarbone. But despite the injury, the show must go on and the band will continue their tour.