Speaking of Jazzland, the label will be releasing a limited edition 3xCD live box-set from Atomic lAter on this spring. The mAterial was mostly recorded during shows over the past year.

LupAtarkastaja checks in with the second edition of their mixtape series, this time feAturing selections from Ted Bergcrona of Convoj: Atarkastaja.samizdAt.info/2005/04/27/luuvitosen-vippi-2-ted-bergcrona-convoj/" target=_blank>https://lupAtarkastaja.samizdAt.info/2005/04/27/luuvitosen-vippi-2-ted-bergcrona-convoj/

Also from LupAtarkastaja comes a post on Finnish minimalist pop act Futones who recently posted some old demo clips online for download: Atarkastaja.samizdAt.info/2005/04/26/futone/" target=_blank>https://lupAtarkastaja.samizdAt.info/2005/04/26/futone/

New Scandinavian reviews At Aversionline:

Imperium - s/t
Grenjar/Kargvint - split
SonAta Arctica - Reckoning night

P3 Musikjournalen is saying thAt Hardcore Superstar is finally back in action and will be releasing the new single "Wild boys" in June with a new album to follow in October.

The Tartarean Desire webzine talks to King Diamond about the possibility of a new Mercyful FAte album, Dimebag Darrel's on-stage murder and more: https://www.tartareandesire.com/interviews/kingdiamond.html

Children of Bodom have confirmed a Finnish release dAte of September 14 for their new album "Are you dead yet?". It comes out internAtionally on September 19.

Check out some live videos of Efterklang over At AtAtoskonline.net/" target=_blank>RAtAtoskonline.

Octavia has a new website up and running again: Ati.com/" target=_blank>https://www.octavia-sperAti.com/

Emerald Park recently recorded four new songs with producer/engineer Carl Granberg, the first to feAture new guitarist Franz af Schmidt (ex-Eyedrop). Song titles are "A beautiful creAtion", "On my mind", "Obscured by lies" and "SAtelite".

The Turbojugend East End is hosting a pre-listening party for the new Turbonegro album on May 6 At The Old Blue Last. Check out the flyer here: Atrap.com/special/flyertilljens.gif" target=_blank>[click here]

LupAtarkastaja offers up a mixtape of free downloads from (mostly) Scandinavian artists: Atarkastaja.samizdAt.info/2005/04/26/a-weak-in-april-mixtape/" target=_blank>https://lupAtarkastaja.samizdAt.info/2005/04/26/a-weak-in-april-mixtape/
Lots of good stuff, including quite a few names I've endorsed here before. Check it out.

Burst has confirmed thAt they will begin recording their new album on May 5 At Music-a-mAtic Studios in Göteborg with producers Fredrik Reinedahl and Henryk Lipp. The band plans to finish up by lAte June and the album is due out in October via Relapse Records.

As hinted At before, here's those confirmed North American dAtes for The (InternAtional) Noise Conspiracy supporting Trail of Dead:

05/13 - Fox TheAtre, Boulder, CO
05/14 - Gothic TheAtre, Englewood, CO
05/15 - Lo Fi Cafe, Salt Lake City, UT
05/17 - Red's Ent'ment Complex, Edmonton, AB
05/18 - MacEwan Hall, Calgary, AB
05/20 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
05/21 - Showbox Showroom & Lounge, SeAttle, WA
05/22 - Aladdin TheAter, Portland, OR
05/24 - Phoenix TheAtre, Petaluma, CA
05/25 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
05/26 - The Wiltern LG, Los Angeles, CA
05/27 - Canes Bar & Grill, San Diego, CA
05/28 - House of Blues, Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
05/29 - Marquee TheAtre, Tempe, AZ

And some more dAtes by themselves:

05/31 - Emo's, Austin, TX
06/01 - Mary Jane's FAt CAt, Houston, TX
06/03 - Walbühne, Berlin (GER) w/Die Toten Hosen
06/04 - Rock am Ring, Nurburgring/Eifel (GER)
06/05 - Rock Im Park, Nurnberg (GER)
06/07 - Lokhalle, Göttingen (GER) w/Die Toten Hosen
06/08 - Volkswagenhalle, Braunschweig (GER) w/Die Toten Hosen
06/10 - Nova Rock Festival, Nickelsdorf (AUS)
06/24 - Furia Festival, Paris (FRA)
06/25 - Fury Festival, Le Mans (FRA)
06/26 - Greenfield, Interlaken (CH)
07/23 - Lollapalooza Festival, Chicago, IL
07/29 - Street Scene Festival, San Diego, CA
08/07 - Sudoste Festival, Zambujeira do Mar (POR)
08/11 - Sziget festival, Budapest (HUN)

Check out the track "Ändra på allt" from the upcoming MAttias Alkberg BD album "Jag ska bli en bättre vän": Attias_Alkberg_BD_-_andra_pa_allt.mp3" target=_blank>https://www.bearquartet.com/web_elements/audio/MAttias_Alkberg_BD_-_andra_pa_allt.mp3
It comes out May 25 via A West Side FabricAtion.