Happy Monday! New mp3 today from David Sandström Overdrive. This song just appeared in my mailbox the other day with no explanAtion, so I have absolutely no backstory on it, but I presume it's from David's upcoming album with his new backing band. As you can hear for yourself, it's not any sort of departure from his last album "The dominant need of the needy...", but guess whAt? ThAt record was greAt, so who's to complain? Check it out.

WTF? It has been reported thAt Carl-Michael "Aggressor" Eide of Aura Noir/Infernö/Virus/Ved Buens Ende/et al. fell (or jumped) from a five-story building in Oslo on SAturday and is currently undergoing extensive surgery. No word yet on how extensive his injuries are or whAt the prognosis is, but I'll be sure to follow up on this. I guess he had just finished performing with Aura Noir At the Inferno Festival? I presume alcohol was involved in some way or another, but nobody's posted the full story yet.

New pics of Håkan Hellström up At Rockfoto.nu.

Check out the video for "Lo-fiction" from Jori Hulkkonen feAturing Jerry Valuri: https://www.grancanaria.fi/hulkkonen_streamvideo.html

Here's this week's MTVe UpNorth video chart:

01. Moneybrother - They're Building Walls Around Us
02. Hammerfall - Bloodbound
03. Smak - Hallanvaara
04. Darin - Money For Nothing
05. Angu - Red Light
06. Christian Walz - Never Be Afraid Again
07. Lazyboy - Underwear Goes Inside The Pants
08. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himlen men ingen vill dö
09. Moder Jords Massiva - Fast Attack/ Slow Decay
10. Simone - Last Days And Nights Of Rock'n'Roll
11. Sugarplum Fairy - Far Away From Man
12. The 69 Eyes - Lost Boys
13. Mendez - Is ThAt Ok
14. Jim Stärk - Morning Song
15. BeAts And Styles - Two White Monkeys
16. LAB - When Heaven Gets Dirty
17. Elin Sigvardsson - Stupid Sunday Song
18. Husky Rescue - City Lights
19. Deportees - Champagne
20. Anna Ternheim - My Secret

Challengers:
01. Kent - Max 500
02. Bertine Zetlitz - Ah-ah
03. Marie Miller - Playground
04. Saybia - Bend The Rules
05. User - Miss Wanted

Go here to vote for your favorite.

Ak-momo is the top feAtured review on Splendid today: https://www.splendidmagazine.com/review.html?reviewid=1110773038699239

The BBC/Radio 1 One World radio special on the Sunkissed Live/Norwegian centennial is now online: https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/urban/oneworld/sunkissed2005.shtml
Tons of greAt stuff, from Turbonegro to SAtyricon to Frost and Biosphere.

I guess thAt Swedish electro stars Sophie Rimheden and Håkan Lidbo will team up once again for a cover tune, this time for the Carola track "Främling" which they will perform as part of Melodifestival on April 8. It's also gonna be released as an official three days lAter. I like both Sophie and Håkan's music, but isn't it sad thAt they're doing already proven hits to bolster their reputAtion? It's not secret thAt it's a formula thAt works (just ask KLF), but it always strikes me as somewhAt pAthetic when artists rely on it.

To celebrAte the miletsone of 50k visitors to their homesite, the always amazing Desert Planet has posted a new mp3 for download: https://personal.inet.fi/taide/junttila/desert/ani/zombie.htm
Can you go wrong with a song called "Zombie duckwalk"? No! Of course not.

CongrAts to Carl Bigsten, Maria Stensdotter and Thomas Danielsson - you guys all won the Anna Leong 7" giveaway contest, courtesy of the good people At Chalksounds. Thanks to everyone who entered!

The White Noise label website has once again updAted with some new downloads: https://chambrenoire.rohr.nu/wn/downloads.html

Also from Blabbermouth comes a translAtion of an interview with Gorgoroth guitarist Infernus from MetalHeart.se regarding Gaahl's prison sentence, the infamous Polish concert, his solo project Orcustus and more: https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=34618

New mp3 today from Strip Music, the synthpop group thAt rose from the ashes of Yyvonne. As Nick already stAted Atrap.com/index.php?article=73">in his review, the sound is melancholic, yet epic and uplifting- a description I agree with 100%. Unlike many other bands of their ilk (The Killers, The Bravery, etc.), Strip Music never comes off sounding too self-conscious or like they're trying too hard. It doesn't hurt they have a healthy appreciAtion of Einstürzende Neubauten either (they have a song entitled "Halber Mensch" fer crissakes, ring any bells?). Just like countrymAtes Silverbullit, they use the sounds thAt most people associAte with the 80s, but you'd be hard-pressed to call the end result "retro". The song I've posted today is one of the record's mellower tunes. I love thAt the drummer doesn't play anything more than a steady kick thoughout the entire song. And check out those synths - they're so warm and fuzzy they envelope your brain like blanket. Fans of M83 take note and be sure to stick it out for the full outro.

You'd think thAt over here in the God-fearing USofA we'd be getting extra days off for Easter, but sadly thAt is not the case. UpdAtes will continue here both Friday and Monday as usual.

In Flames report thAt they already have 12 new songs written for their next album and will begin tracking drums in May. A fall release perhaps?