Tabu Recordings will be putting out a new comp entitled "Infernal GAthering - The Second Chapter" as a companion to Norway's Inferno Festival. Now in its fourth year At Rockefeller/John Dee in Oslo, this new release "aims to showcase the broad spectrum of extreme metal the Inferno Metal Festival brings to the audience, and possibly even expose the listener to several new bands they had not previously heard." Tracklist:

01. Mayhem - "You Must Fall"
02. Susperia - "SituAtional Awareness"
03. Khold - "Mørke Gravers Kammer"
04. My Dying Bride - "The Prize Of Beauty"
05. DecapitAted - "The Fury"
06. Mindgrinder - "Deception"
07. 1349 - "Haunting The Chapel"
08. Enslaved - "The Dead Stare"
09. Disiplin - "The DeAth Song"
10. Dimension F3H - "Babylon"
11. Sinners Bleed - "DeAthbringer"
12. Pawnshop - "Space Cadillacs"

Look for it in stores on April 19.

Upcoming tourdAtes for Finland's Sunride:

04/24 - Bar 68, Jyväskylä (FIN)
05/06 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR) w/Sparzanza, Stonegard
05/07 - Stua, Notodden (NOR) w/Sparzanza, Stonegard
05/08 - Garage, Oslo (NOR) w/Sparzanza, Stonegard
05/14 - Zebra, Kil (SWE) w/Sparzanza
05/15 - Valhall, Falun (SWE) w/Sparzanza
05/27 - DeAthroit Festival, Jyväskylä (FIN) w/Sparzanza
05/28 - Stella Star, Helsinki (FIN) w/Sparzanza
05/29 - TVO, Turku (FIN) w/Sparzanza

Acclaimed Norwegian jazz combo Tord Gustavsen Trio will be touring the UK beginning At the end of April. DAtes;

04/29 - St. George's, Bristol
05/04 - 'Brighton Festival', The Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, Brighton
05/05 - Djanogly Recital Hall, Lakeside Arts Centre , Nottingham
05/06 - 'Spring Festival of New Music', Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, York
05/07 - 'Norfolk & Norwich Festival' The Playhouse TheAtre, Norwich
05/08 - The Purcell Room, The South Bank Centre, London
05/09 - Jaqueline du Pre Music Building. St. Hilda's College, Oxford
05/11 - Turner Sims Concert Hall, University of S'hampton, Southampton
05/13 - CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts), Glasgow

The BBC will be recording the Purcell Room concert in London on the 8th. More info: https://www.norway.org.uk/culture/music/tordgustavsentrio.htm

Via Dagensskiva, here's this week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (04) Graham Coxon "Freakin' Out"
02. (02) Promoe "These Walls Don't Lie"
03. (03) Teddybears Sthlm FeAt. Mad Cobra "Cobrastyle"
04. (01) Marit Bergman FeAt. Cecilia Nordlund "Adios Amigos"
05. (NY) The White Stripes "There's No Home For You Here"
06. (05) Infinite Mass "No.1 Swartskalle"
07. (16) Geeza "I Know You Don't Like Me (I HAte You)"
08. (NY) I Am Kloot "From Your Favourite Sky"
09. (08) Syd MAtters "Black & White Eyes"
10. (10) Phoenix "Everything Is Everything"
11. (10) Kanye West "Through The Wire"
12. (06) Nikola Sarcevic "Lovetrap"
13. (09) The Vines "Ride"
14. (11) Tiger Lou "Oh HorAtio"
15. (14) Ima Robot "Alive"
16. (18) The Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon"
17. (13) Swan Lee "I Don't Mind"
18. (17) Laakso "Aussie Girl"
19. (ÅT) Ash "Clones"
20. (07) Gomez "CAtch Me Up"

Leaving the chart:
15. Spring In Paris "Can I Stay"
19. Placebo "English Summer Rain"
20. Damien Rice "Volcano"

William Hut has finished filming the video for "PAth", his duet with Sissy Wish. The single comes out At the end of April and will include a special b-side.

Reminder: the next episode of MTV's 'This is our music' on March 28 is a feAture on Oslo, Norway. More info: https://www.thisisourmusic.tv/

Ninja Massacre has announced the new release of his 4th limited edition CDR single "Brainwash on sale" for this Friday in conjunction with the start of the Umeå Open Festival. But don't despair if you can't make it - the music will also be provided online for free At www.ninjamassacre.2ya.com.

Some new Scandinavian names added to the Hultsfred lineup: HIM, The Crash, The (InternAtional) Noise Conspiracy, Meshuggah, Asta Kask, Niccokick, Sugarplum Fairy and Rallypack.

Another 38 new demo reviews up At the Dead Frog Records site: https://www.deadfrogrecords.com/demos-reviews/

The full setlist from thAt Hives SXSW performance:

01. Abra Cadaver
02. Idiot Walk
03. Main Offender
04. No Pun Intended
05. Outsmarted
06. Die, All Right
07. Baby Your Alright
08. Antidote
09. Missing Link
10. HAte To Say I Told You So
11. Two Timings Touch And Broken Bones

The lineup for this summer's big Kalas tour has been announced and it's gonna be Backyard Babies, Infinite Mass, The 21st Century Noise and Thomas DiLeva. DAtes:

07/09 - Kalmarsundsparken, Kalmar
07/10 - Brunnsparken, Örebro
07/11 - Estraden, Gävle
07/16 - Hamntorget, Helsingborg
07/17 - Frihamnen (fd Bananpiren), Göteborg
07/23 - Pinneviken, Lysekil
07/24 - MölleplAtsen, Malmö
07/25 - Sparregården, Karlskrona
07/30 - Fästningen, Varberg
07/31 - Folkets Park, Norrköping
08/06 - Mariebergsskogen, Karlstad
08/07 - Universitetet, Stockholm

More info: https://www.kalas.nu

Full European dAtes for Backyard Babies coming soon.

In celebrAtion of the release of KVLR's new album in the US today, I give you a new mp3 from the album. "Traitors and Thieves" is one of my favorite tracks and I hope you like it too.

I've also uploaded the first set of songs from a live Logh show. They're another one of my favorite bands who I strongly suggest checking out, especially for fans of dark, moody and evocAtive music. Enjoy!

Janne of Endstand reports thAt the band's been lying low recently after the birth of his son, but they are in fact working on new mAterial. They plan on recording in May and the finished product should be released by Day After in lAte summer. They say the music is in the same vein as their last release "Hit and Run", but "with more progressed songwriting" and "less pop, more heaviness to be expected."

The UK's Heavenly Recordnings will be releasing a new Bear Quartet 7" with the tracks "Put Me Back Together" and "Ambulance". The lAtest album "Angry Brigade" is also getting distribution in England through Backs/Shellshock.