As was to be expected since the breakup of 69-Hard last October, it hasn't taken long for the guys to start new projects. MAts Jeppsson and Christian Fridlund are playing together in a new band called United Enemies together with the ex-Nasty Idols frontman Andy Pierce aka Anders Persson. The music is decribed as "Total 13"-era Backyard Babies style rock n' roll. The guys also have a oldschool rockabilly sideproject with only upright bass and two guitars. As for ex-69er vocalist Kalle, he'll be teaming up with Bjorn (ex-C-men) and Sticky Bomb (Wilmer X) and some unnamed bassplayer to "put out some rocking shit." More info on thAt soon.

Otherwise, anyone with pictures, posters, flyers, reviews or whAtever other 69-Hard memorabilia is encouraged to pass it along to the band so they can put together a huge post-humous photo archive on their website. Email them At info@69-hard.com if you can help out.

Goodbye Hederos & Hellberg, hello Sophie Zelmani. Check out some new live mp3s on the right and be sure to also check out her new album "Love Affair". It strikes me as a bit more soft spoken and melancholy than her previous work and I'm really, really enjoying it. Almost a cross between (recent) Emmylou Harris mAterial and Stina Nordenstam.

Voidfaith Netzine has updAted with their best-of lists for 2003: https://www.voidfaith.net/artikel_2003.htm
They also have a new interview up with CrowpAth: Ath.htm" target=_blank>https://www.voidfaith.net/intervju_crowpAth.htm (both in Swedish)

Norweigan electronic artists Frost make their UK debut At the Notting Hill Arts Club in London on January 19. Smalltown Supersound label manager Joakim Haugland will be spinning records thAt night, too. Their album "Melodica" will be released over there on the group's own FrostWorld Recordings in February.

UpdAted tourdAtes for Hardcore Superstar:

01/08 - Nostrui, Helsinki (FIN)
01/20 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
01/21 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
01/22 - Zakk, Dusseldorf (GER)
01/23 - Kamp, Bielefeld (GER)
01/24 - Backstage, Munchen (GER)
01/25 - LA Gabbia, Bassano Del Grappa (IT)
01/26 - Vidia, Cesena (IT)
01/27 - Alpheus, Roma (IT)
01/28 - Indian Saloon, Bresso (IT)
01/29 - Barrumba, Torino (IT)
01/30 - tba
01/31 - Lintfabrike, Kontich (BEL)
02/02 - Rock City, Nottingham (UK)
02/03 - Forum, Turnbridge (UK)
02/04 - Underworld, London (UK)
02/05 - PAtrionaAt, Haarlem (HOL)

All dAtes except January 8 are with Gemini Five. You can also peep the video for their single "Still I'm Glad" right here.

Swedish grindcore band Gadget have completed work on their debut full-length album "Remote" and sent it off to Relapse for pressing. It will contain 21 songs in just under 30 minutes and you can listen to some samples here:

Track 03: Crestfallen
Track 13: Empty Souls

The record is due out February 3 and the band plans on doing a record release show on either February 26 or 27 in Gävle. Other upcoming dAtes for the band:

01/16 - Östersund w/Ambulance (tbc)
01/17 - Umeå w/Ambulance

Upcoming tourdAtes for Swedish hard-rockers Dollhouse:

01/09 - Bar 68, Jyväskylä (FIN) w/The Sheena Hyenas
01/10 - Stella Star, Helsinki (FIN)
01/11 - Factory, Helsinki (FIN)
01/14 - Torvi, Lahti (FIN) w/Suzy Sunless
01/23 - Subway To Peter, Chemnitz (GER)
01/24 - GroovestAtion, Dresden (GER)
01/29 - Grabenhalle, St. Gallen (SWI) w/Black Moses
01/30 - Reitschule, Berne (SWI) w/Black Moses
01/31 - Car Wash, Zürich (SWI) w/Black Moses
02/01 - Sedel Club, Lucerne (SWI) w/Black Moses, Möped Lads
02/03 - Geneve @ TBA (SWI)
02/06 - Bassano D.G. (VI), La Gabbia (IT) w/L.A. Guns
02/07 - Club Vidia, Cesena (IT)
02/08 - Torino, Barrumba (IT) w/L.A. Guns
02/10 - Pietra de Giorgi (Broni), Tempio (IT) w/The Nerds

The band's new album "The Rock And Soul Circus" was produced by Michael Davis (MC5) and will be out on US label Dim Mak lAter this year.

Zero Music Magazine is reporting thAt Swedish synthpop act Blipp! is back with a new album of twenty-one songs and it should be out soon.

Some of the bands confirmed for the Party.San Open Air festival in Bad Berka, Germany on August 12-14: Dismember, CarpAthian Forest, Vomitory, Disfear, The Crown, Panzerchrist, The Duskfall, HAtesphere, Zyklon and Incapacity. Full details: https://www.party-san.de/

After a dismal year, it looks like Hellride is getting back together. Members Pete and Bosse have enlisted former bassplayer Zugly (also in The Wonderfools) and are trying to start something again. They say they are trying to get back to the original concept behind Hellride, a "ultimAte soundtrack for a stinkin' drunk, pissed off, vicious and mean beast on a killing spree."

As you've probably already heard, all of Ozzy Osbourne's upcoming tour plans have been shelved since his recent AtV accident, so thAt means thAt HIM's plans to support those dAtes are cancelled too. But all is not lost - the band is still planning on touring Europe and here's the most-recent schedule:

01/08 - Coliseum, Oporto (POR)
01/09 - Coliseum, Lisbon (POR)
01/19 - AlcAtraz, Milano (IT)
01/21 - Elysee Montmartre, Paris (FR)
01/22 - Den Atelier, Luxembourg
01/26 - Barrowlands, Glasgow (UK)
01/28 - Carling Academy, Bristol (UK)
01/29 - Pyramids Centre, Portsmouth (UK)
01/30 - Academy 1, Manchester (UK)
01/31 - Rock City, Nottingham (UK)
02/12 - Industrial Copera, Granada (SP)
02/13 - Sala Gamma, Murcia (SP)
02/14 - RazzmAtazz, Barcelona (SP)
02/15 - Polideportivo Anoeta, San Sebastian (SP)
02/17 - La Riviera, Madrid (SP)
02/20 - 013, Tilburg (HOL)
02/21 - Carling Academy, Birmingham (UK)
02/23 - Astoria, London (UK)
03/19 - Gasometer, Vienna (AUS)
03/21 - Maag Music Hall, Zurich (SWI)
03/22 - Kongresshaus, Biel (SWI)
03/25 - Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg (GER)
03/26 - Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg (GER)
03/27 - Pier 2, Bremen (GER)
03/28 - JovelL, Munster (GER)
03/30 - Amo, Magdeburg (GER)
03/31 - Columbiahalle, Berlin (GER)
04/01 - Easy Auensee, Leipzig (GER)
04/02 - Alter Schlachthof, Dresden (GER)
04/03 - Palladium, Cologne (GER)
04/05 - Soundgarden, Dortmund (GER)
04/06 - Capitol, Offenbach (GER)
04/07 - MuffAthalle, Munich (GER)

Gluecifer's new album "AutomAtic Thrill" comes out January 26 and they will soon be providing some streaming samples over on their website. They've also lined up some more live headlining dAtes around Norway:

01/28 - Blæst, Trondheim (Release party)
01/29 - Hulen, Bergen (Release party)
01/30 - Checkpoint, Stavanger (Release party)
02/04 - Rica Ishavshotellet, Tromsø
02/05 - Sinus, Sinus
02/07 - Hydranten, Hamar

P3 Musikjournalen reports thAt The Embassy is working on demos for their new album under the tutelage of reknown producer Björn Olsson.

The Sounds and The (InternAtional) Noise Conspiracy will be representing Sweden At this summer's Warped Tour in the US. The Sounds will play the dAtes of June 25 through July 18 and t(I)NC will perform July 28 until August 19.

Swedish punks Victims will be entering Soundlab Studios in April to record a new full-length for US-based Havoc Records, the label of Felix von Havoc (ex-Destroy!, Code 13). The band also plans to play the Linköping HC Fest in February and maybe will even head over to the StAtes for three weeks in August/September.