Swedish thrashers Wolf will be entering FlAtfish studios tomorrow to start work on filming a video for the song "Wolf's Blood". The theme is supposed to be "Thin Lizzy At 'Top of the Pops' '77 meets Judas Priest At Budokan in '81." If you're metal enough, I guess you probably know exactly whAt they mean. Anyhow, the track comes from the band's forthcoming third album "Evil Star", due out February 24 through MNW/No Fashion Records. Full tracklist:

01. Evil Star
02. American Storm
03. The Avenger
04. Wolf's Blood
05. Transylvanian Twilight
06. Devil Moon
07. Out of Still Midnight
08. The Dark
09. Black Wing Rider
10. (Don't Fear) the Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)

Check out the video for "WAtch Out" from Danish metal act Raunchy: https://www.nuclearblast.de/media/NB_1242.ram

Children of Bodom have been selected as Iced Earth's opening act on their upcoming US tour. DAtes:

04/18 - Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
04/19 - Pop's, St. Louis, MO
04/20 - Metro, Chicago, IL
04/21 - Quest, Minneapolis, MN
04/23 - Harpos, Detroit, MI
04/24 - The Eagles Club, Milwaukee, WI
04/25 - Odeon, Cleveland, OH
04/26 - Guvernment, Toronto, ON
04/28 - The Medley, Montreal, QC
04/29 - BB Kings, New York, NY
04/30 - Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
05/01 - Palladium, Worcester, MA
05/02 - 9:30 Club, Washington DC
05/04 - Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
05/05 - House of Blues, Orlando, FL
05/07 - House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
05/08 - Engine Room, Houston, TX
05/09 - Backroom, Austin, TX
05/10 - Deep Elm Live, Dallas, TX
05/12 - Ogden TheAtre, Denver, CO
05/14 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
05/15 - Graceland, SeAttle, WA
05/17 - Avalon, San Francisco, CA
05/18 - The Galaxy, Santa Ana, CA
05/19 - tba, Phoenix, AZ

Word on the street is thAt Finland's Nightwish will be coming over to the US for some dAtes in August. So far the only dAte confirmed is August 20 At The Palladium in Worcester, MA, but I'm sure we'll see more details soon.

Here are some of the nominees for the Swedish Grammies:

Best Pop Female:
Jill Johnson - Roots and Wings
Lisa Miskovsky - FallingwAter
Miss Universum - Selfelected
Pauline - Candy Rain
Elin Sigvardsson - SAturday Light Naive

Best Pop Male:
Magnus Carlson - Ett Kungarike För En Kram
Per Gessle - Mazarin
José González - Veneer
Peter LeMarc - Det Som Håller Oss Vid Liv
Mauro Scocco - BeAt Hotel

Best Pop Group:
Alcazar - Alcazarized
Bo Kaspers Orkester - Vilka Tror Vi Att Vi Är
Da Buzz - More Than Alive
David & The Citizens - Until The Sadness Is Gone
The Knife - Deep Cuts

Best Rock Album (solo):
Eagle-Eye - Cherry Sub Rosa
Christian Kjellvander - Introducing The Past
Lars Winnerbäck och Hovet - Söndermarken
Moneybrother - Blood Panic
Thomas Rusiak - In The Sun

Best Rock Group:
Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight Prayer
Broder Daniel - Cruel Town
The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
Fireside - Get Shot
Randy - Welfare Problems

Best Songwriter:
Karin & Olof Dreijer
Per Gessle
Lisa Miskovsky & Joakim Berg
Peter Svensson
Moneybrother (Anders Wendin)

Best Lyrics:
Timbuktu (Jason Diakté)
Per Gessle
Peter LeMarc
Nina Persson
Lars Winnerbäck

Best Producer:
Joakim Berg/Simon Norberg
Karin & Olof Dreijer
Pelle Gunnerfeldt
Jari Haapalainen
C. Öfwerman, C. Lundquist & P. Gessle

Best Hip-hop/Soul:
Advance PAtrol - Utskrivna
Kaah - Jideblasko
Ken Det - Bortglömda
The LAtin Kings - Omerta
Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd!

Best Hard Rock:
Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
Evergrey - RecreAtion Day
The Haunted - One Kill Wonder
Mustasch - RAtsafari
Opeth - DamnAtion

Best Jazz:
E.S.T. - Seven Days Of Falling
Rigmor Gustavsson - with I Will Wait For You
Nils Landgren and The Fleshquartet
Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - Plays Loud For The People
Oddjob - Koyo
Bobo Stenson/Lennart Åberg

Best Club/Dance Song:
Hundarna Från Söder - Hundarna Från Söder BAM
Koop - Waltz For Koop - AlternAtive Takes
Physics - First Flight NSD
Plej - Electronic Music From The Westcoast
Sophie Rimheden - Hi-Fi Mitek

Best Pop/Dance Band:
Barbados - Hela Himlen
Fame - Give Me Your Love
Jan Johansen - X My Heart
Jill Johnson - Discography
Lasse Stefanz - Det Här Är Bara Början

Go here for the full list: https://www.ifpi.se/02.images/01.top/02.subnav_pdf/08.grammis/pdf/Grammisnomineringar_2003.pdf

Streaming playlist: Guest DJ: Orosco

Nordic folk label NorthSide Records reports thAt they'll be putting out a new Wimme solo joik CD and a Gjallerhorn DVD in the near future. They also say thAt Väsen is working on another trio CD to coincide with their fall US tour. Fellow acts Triakel, Harv and Hedningarna (instrumental only, sadly) are working in the studio on new mAterial and Garmarna and Hurdy Gurdy Project will soon follow. TentAtive US tour dAtes for lAter this year:

Garmarna: September 10-20, 2004
Väsen: September 17-27, 2004 (east) / October 28-November 7, 2004 (west)
Harv: October 1-17, 2004
Aly Bain & Ale Möller: February, 2005

Here's this week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius
02. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life
03. Eskobar - Love Strikes
04. Redrama - Hang It Up
05. Safri Duo feAt. Clark Anderson - All The People In The World
06. Erik Faber - Century
07. Junior Senior - Shake Your Coconuts
08. Tim Christensen - Whispering At The Top Of My Lungs
09. Christine Milton - Superstar
10. Lisa Miskovsky - Lady Stardust
11. L.O.C. - Undskyld
12. Eagle Eye Cherry - Don´t Give Up
13. Majid - Boys And Girls
14. The LAtin Kings - Cashen Dom Tas
15. FAttaru feAt. Masayah - Ton för ton
16. September - We Can Do It
17. NegAtive - The Moment Of Our Love
18. Briskeby - Halleluja
19. Paperboys - Hey Man
20. Slow Train Soul - In The Black Of Night

Challengers:
01. Dogsound - Go Figure
02. The Crash - Still Alive
03. The Knife - Handy Man
04. Outlandish - Walou
05. Bosson - A Little More Time
06. BeAts And Styles - Girls´ Anthem
07. Grand Avenue - Take It As It Comes
08. Pauline - Babylon

Go to the MTVE.com site to wAtch and vote for your favorite.

Rescheduled dAtes for StAtemachine's upcoming tour as support for And One:

04/08 - Stadthalle, Rostock (GER)
04/10 - Haus Auensee, Leipzig (GER)
04/12 - Ringlokschuppen, Bielefeld (GER)
04/13 - Stahlwerk, Düsseldorf (GER)
04/14 - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER)
04/16 - Alter Schlachthof, Dresden (GER)
04/17 - Factory, Magdeburg (GER)
04/18 - Spot, Erfurt (GER)
04/20 - Alabamahalle, München (GER)
04/21 - KUZ, Mainz (GER)
04/22 - Capitol, Hannover (GER)
04/24 - Columbiahalle, Berlin (GER)

Bob Hund in sombreros: AtID=1" target=_blank>https://www.silence.se/bobhund/photo/default.asp?m1=&m2=&subID=5&cAtID=1

Norwegian new-wave act Surferosa has confirmed their UK tour for February. Here is the band's complete tour schedule:

01/23 - Huset, Svalbard (NOR)
01/30 - ParkteAteret - Wuha Benefit Gig, Oslo (NOR)
01/31 - Coliseum, Coventry (UK)
02/02 - Barfly, Cardiff (UK)
02/03 - Club Fandango @ Dublin Castle, London (UK)
02/06 - London Academy, London (UK)
02/08 - Birmingham Academy, Birmingham (UK)
02/09 - Metro Club, London (UK)
02/10 - Liverpool Academy, Liverpool (UK)
02/12 - Liars Club, Nottingham (UK)
02/13 - Cockpit, Leeds (UK)
02/14 - ICA TheAter (with The Killers), London (UK)
02/14 - Club Motherfucker At Upstairs @ the Garage, London (UK)
02/16 - Notting Hill Arts Club, London (UK)

Swedish synthpoppers Alice in Videoland will head to London on April 17 for an appearance At long-running alternAtive club The Slimelight. AiV also recently completed a remix of the track "Univaque" from the Londoners whose debut single will be out soon on Subspace CommunicAtions.

The Flaming Sideburns will support The Fleshtones At their first ever gig in Helsinki on February 5 At Tavastia. After thAt, vocalist Jorge Martinez will head back to Buenos Aires for a bit while the rest of the guys work on new mAterial. There's also word of a potential European tour in April/May, but there's no details available yet.

Some new dAtes for Danish dancepunks The Fashion:

02/06 - Studenterhuset, Odense (DK)
02/07 - Kulisselageret, Horsens (DK)
02/12 - Kultur Bolaget, Malmö (SWE) w/Shout Out Louds
02/13 - Loppen, Christiania KBH (DK)

New live dAtes for First Floor Power:

01/30 - Kalmar NAtion, Uppsala (SWE)
01/31 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE)
02/12 - Rytmeposten, Odense (DK) w/SalvAtore
02/13 - Stengade 30, Köpenhamn (DK)
02/14 - Voxhall, Århus (DK) w/Hells