DogbreAth Records has signed Livia Gray from Borlange, Sweden. More info to come soon.

KAtAtonia will grace American shores for the second time in their career when they play the Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 6-Pack Weekend festival in Cleveland, Ohio on June 4. Hopefully they'll play some other dAtes while they're At it.

MIC Norway profiles drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and applauds his recent feAture in The Wire: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004011616213758122224

It's been a loooooooong time, but SAtanic Surfers have finally posted an updAted on whAt's going on with the band: Atanic/" target=_blank>https://www.badtasterecords.se/sAtanic/

Swedish black-metal act Dawn recently released a special 2xCD collection of older mAterial containing "Slaughtersun - Crown Of The Triarchy", "Naer Solen Gar Niber For Evogher", "Sorgh Pa Svarte Vingar Flogh" and the rare "The Eternal Forest" EP. Look for it from Century Media.

Voice of a GenerAtion got their new website online: https://www.burningheart.com/voice/

In case you didn't already know, the new Tiger Lou single "Oh HorAtio" is out now and his new full-length has been confirmed for a March 3 release dAte. Upcoming shows around Sweden:

02/21 - Kulturhuset, Jönköping (solo)
03/25 - Herrgårn, Linköping (w/band)
03/26 - Nöjesfabriken, Karlstad (w/band)

Via Tsool.net comes this Soundtrack of Our Lives live show from Eurosonic last week feAturing the new single "Karmageddon" (At around 18:00): https://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/player/audioreal.jsp?audionumber=16057446

UpdAted tourdAtes for Finland's The Rasmus:

01/23 - Garage, London (UK)
01/24 - Rock City, Nottingham (UK)
01/26 - La Boule Noir, Paris (FR)
01/27 - Botanique, Brussels (BEL)
01/28 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)
01/30 - C-side, Milan (IT)
01/31 - Tempio Rock, Reggio Emilia (IT)
02/02 - Den Atelier (LUX)
02/06 - Nasa, Raykjavik (ICE)

Mando Diao reports thAt they are currently demoing new mAterial for their next album, tentAtively due out next fall. They also say thAt plans are in the works for a European tour this spring, as well as maybe the US and Australia to follow. Details to come.

Hanif will have a record release show for their new Dead Frog Records EP "Stich of Happiness" At Bommens Salonger in Göteborg on February 6.

PopMAtters reviews the US release of IsolAtion Years' "Inland Traveller": Atters.com/music/reviews/i/isolAtionyears-inland.shtml" target=_blank>https://popmAtters.com/music/reviews/i/isolAtionyears-inland.shtml

Excerpts from Swedish Radio program P3 Rock's top albums of the year, as voted on by listeners:

05. Entombed - Inferno
06. Turbonegro - Scandinavian LeAther
08. Opeth - DamnAtion
09. Cult of Luna - The Beyond
10. The Haunted - One Kill Wonder
12. Mustasch - RAt Safari
13. Nasum - Helvete
15. Grand Magus - Monument

The full list is here: https://www.sr.se/p3/rock/

Askil Holm is doing a couple dAtes up in Finnmark, the far north of Norway:

01/21 - Smutthullet, Alta
01/22 - Den siste rein, Lakselv
01/23 - Redrum, Hammerfest
01/24 - Alfreds kro, Kautokeino

He'll be backed on this tour by Eirik Engan (drums) and Aleksander Gifstad (bass) from Namsos as his usual band is currently busy with other projects.

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Carola - Guld plAtina & passion - det bästa
02. Per Gessle - Mazarin
03. Sophie Zelmani - Love Affair
04. Jill Johnson - Roots and wings
05. Lisa Miskovsky - FallingwAter
06. Georg Riedel orkester - Barn på nytt
07. José González - Veneer
08. Peter LeMarc - Det som håller oss vid liv
09. Miio - På vårt sätt
10. The LAtin Kings - Omertà
11. Bergman Rock - Bergman Rock
12. Markoolio - I skuggan av mig själv
13. Mauro Scocco - La Dolce Vita
14. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi Att vi är
15. Helen Sjöholm / Anders Widmark - Genom varje andetag
16. The Knife - Deep Cuts
17. Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
18. Björn Rosenström - Var får jag allt ifrån?
19. Christer Sjögren - För kärlekens skull
20. Ulf Lundell - En eld i kväll