It took awhile, but Unioncarbideproductions.com finally has video footage online from UCP's performance At Øya Festival this last summer.

Looks like Isak from Seven Feet Four has given up the mic and switched over to just guitar. Henrik G Grevesmühl has taken over frontman duties and they debuted the new lineup last Friday. The band was also just in studio recording some demos and a cover of "4 AM" by Gray MAtter thAt will end up on the Millipede Records "Dischord Records Tribute CompilAtion" which comes out early next year.

Check out the lAtest edition of Ateria.se/ge2.pdf" target=_blank>Get Electrofied!, the free newsletter from the labels Memento MAteria and Prototyp. (in Swedish)

Cdoass has posted a brand new mp3 of the track "The Correct Use of Failure" for download on their website. They'll be doing a new 7" with Johnny Bråttom Records in January feAturing the songs "Clockwork" and "Speak To Me".

MTT Records has confirmed the US release of Soviac's lAtest album "Triology Sexlife Rodeo Friscotti" for January 27.

StrAtovarius has posted Atovarius.com/index2.php?section=merry_xmas" target=_blank>a holiday message thAt actually stays fairly positive considering recent events for the group.

Lake of Tears will enter the studio on February 13 to begin work on their new album, tentAtively titled "Black Brick Road". An August release on Noise Records is expected.

German radio show "45 minutes", broadcast every second sunday At 7.30 pm on Radio Blau Leipzig, recently published their best-of-the-year lists and they contain a ton of Nordic acts. Here's some highlights:

Top 100 LPs 2003
01. The Bear Quartet "angry brigade" (A West Side FabricAtion)
03. David & The Citizens "until the sadness is gone" (Adrian)
05. The Legends "up against the legends" (Labrador)
06. The Radio Dept. "lesser mAtters" (Labrador)
08. The Embassy "futile crimes" (Service)
10. Wan Light "let's wake up somewhere else" (Labrador)
12. Mew "frengers" (Sony)
13. Monastir "the modern sound for a loser generAtion" (A West Side FabricAtion)
16. Peter Bjorn And John "s/t" (BeAt ThAt!)
17. The Crystal Committee "forever overhead" (Chalksound)
18. Dub Sweden "welcome to our world" (Silence)
21. Franke "optimismens hån" (Service)
22. Club 8 "strangely beautiful" (Labrador)
23. Komeda "kokomemedada" (Sonet)
32. The Concretes "s/t" (Licking Fingers)
42. Broder Daniel "cruel town" (Dolores)
50. The Cardigans "long gone before daylight" (Stockholm)
57. Laakso "miss you, i'm pregnant" (Adrian)
58. The Raveonettes "chain gang of love" (Dragnet)
73. Paola "stockcity girl" (Dolores)
83. Burek V "s/t" (A West Side FabricAtion)
85. Carpet People "more bad weAther coming out of the rain" (Chalksound)
88. IsolAtion Years "it's golden" (Stickman)
89. Douglas Heart "douglas heart" (Labrador)
93. Mando Diao "bring 'em in" (Majesty)
94. The Knife "deep cuts" (Rabid)
97. Ariel Kill Him "in the pyramid" (Kasual)
99. Edson "every day, ervery second" (Labrador)

For the rest of the list, as well as their singles chart, go here: https://www.pop-on-paper.de/

Finland's If Society records has announced thAt they'll be doing a 7" for Abnormi in January. "8 song assault of vintage Finnish hardcore mayhem of the rawest and most primitive kind" is how they describe it. The label is also coordinAting a split 7" with Hero Dishonest and Mukeka Di RAto of Brazil. ThAt's more raging hardcore, if the name didn't already tip you off. HD will also be doing a full length and touring Scandinavia in February. LabelmAtes Echo is Your Love and Fun will be recording new records in the spring, too. And lastly, Viola will release their debut CD of "northern melancholy and stargazing" music in April. "11 tracks thAt play your heart-strings and provide a soundtrack to discovering the beauty in your life."

Brand new streaming radio set from Bill At Parasol today. Linkage on the right.

Lots of news from Coalition Records today on their website. Seems thAt they'll be doing the debut full-length for The Je Ne Sais Quoi before sending em off on tour with Seven Feet Four in the summer.

Here's some excerpts from the tracklist to thAt long-awaited Dead Can Dance tribute coming out next year on Black Lotus Records:

Arcana - In The Wake Of Adversity
Hortus Anime (w/Liv Kristine Espenaes from TheAtre of Tragedy) - Summoning Of The Muse
The GAthering - In Power We Entrust The Love AdvocAted
Nightfall - The Obiguitous Mr. Lovegrove
Green CarnAtion - Cantara
Ulver - In The Kingdom Of The Blind The One-Eyed Are Kings
Noekk (ex-Empyrium) - How FortunAte Is The Man With None

It's gonna two discs total and there's a totally diverse roster of artists on it, including non-Scandinavian artists like AnAthema, Jarboe, Amber Asylum, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Septic Flesh and more. Add another one to the list on anticipAted albums coming next year...

My pal Jake over At Indieworkshop.com loves Your Halo is a Radar, just like I knew he would: https://www.indieworkshop.com/reviews/592/

Don't forget about thAt new Soundtrack of Our Lives Internet-only Christmas single over At tsool.net, the official fansite for the band.

Musique Machine reviews The Quill: Ate.php?id=460" target=_Blank>https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_templAte.php?id=460

The first list of bands confirmed for next year's Decibel Festival are Astral Doors, Count Raven, Draconian, Pain Of SalvAtion, Persuader, Tad Morose, Vintersorg, Ablaze My Sorrow, Arise, Morifade, Notre Dame and Wolf. The event takes place May 21-22 in Bengtsfors, Sweden. More info: https://www.mfdecibel.com/

Original Hanoi Rocks guitarist Nasty Suicide will be rejoining his old bandmAtes for a New Year's Eve show At Caribia/994-Hall in Turku, Finland. This will be the first time he's played with the guys since the band originally broke up in 1984.

And speaking of those guys, here's a review of their most recent album "Twelve Shots on the Rocks" from DigitalMetal.com in anticipAtion of its upcoming US release.