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Don't forget thAt the big UK-Sweden music conference Access All Areas starts today. Look for reports in NME and on BBC6, as well as the usual Swedish press. Let the hype machines start rolling...

UpdAted European tourdAtes for Swedish hardcore band Misconduct:

03/05 - Leoncavallo, Milano (ITA)
03/06 - TNT, Perugia (ITA)
03/07 - Kulturfabrik, Kofmehl (CH)
03/09 - Hirscheneck, Basel (CH)
03/13 - Café Charbon, Nevers (FR)
03/14 - De Kelk, Bruges (BEL)
03/20 - European Hardcore Party 11 Edt, Maastricht (NL)
03/26 - JUZ, Leisnig (GER)
03/27 - Wild At Heart, Berlin (GER)

Outlandish talks to MTV Europe about their new single and video "Walou": Atures/cms/index.asp?id=1005500000000252&type=1&page=1" target=_blank>click here. The video premieres on Up North tomorrow and a 'making-of' feAture airs on the same program on December 4.

Speaking of Up North, the program is shifting focus a bit more towards Norway instead of Sweden according to this article from NRK. Should we also be doing the same as we search for the ever-elusive 'Next Big Thing'? Lord knows there's plenty of bands over there deserving internAtional Attention. Start placing your bets now. (in Norweigan)

Norweigan singer/songwriter Askil Holm just got a lucky break: the video for his single "Moonlanding" just got playlisted on MTV Japan. As mentioned before, he'll be heading over there around Christmas for a short tour. For an updAted schedule, go here: https://www.apache.no/askil/

Guitarist Jasse Von Hast has left Finnish goth-metal act Charon in order to concentrAte more on his day job.

Notorious black metal legends Mayhem have set March 29 as the release dAte for their forthcoming album "Chimera". As reported before, the record is currently being recorded At mobile studio in the mountains of Norway and is described as being "much more back to basics and much more brutal" than their more recent works.

Filled will be heading over to the Baltics on tour in lAte February/early March next year.

CombAt Rock Industries will release the vinyl version of Nine's lastest album "Killing Angels" on December 5.

Other CRI-relAted news:

Endstand will be touring Japan in January. DAtes:

01/15 - East, Kyoto
01/16 - ZD, Niihama
01/17 - Jitterbug, Tokushima
01/18 - Megahertz, Kitakyushu
01/19 - day off
01/20 - BAttlebox, Kumamoto
01/21 - Kieth Flack, Fukuoka
01/22 - Pepperland, Okayama
01/23 - Huck Finn, Nagoya
01/24 - Red Cloth, Tokyo
01/25 - Faith, Mitsukaido

Check out pics from their recently completed European tour here: https://www.fireinsidemusic.com/touri/

Manifesto Jukebox will be recording a split 7" with Japan's Minority Blues Band for Snuffy Smile Records and will tour over there in mid-April.

Finnish hardcore band Hero Dishonest has a new bassplayer named Leisure Suit Larry who apparently only knows two ways of playing: loud and wrong. They'll be coming over to the US in August and will also be doing a split with Brazil's Mukeka Di RAto for release sometime next year.

Trondheim, Norway's The Lionheart Brothers will be recording a new EP in December for Sally Forth Records. No word on a release dAte yet, but the indierock band has already been confirmed for Norway's nAtional music showcase By:Larm in Bergen this coming February.

New Burning Heart signee Between Us will release their debut MCD "Regrets & Apologies" on January 28, 2004 and will be immediAtely hitting the road in Scandinavia to support and promote. Upcoming dAtes for the band so far:

12/04 - Stockholm @ Kafé 44 (SWE) w/Give Up the Ghost, The Change
01/31 - Tilflykt, Kongsberg (NOR)
02/14 - Valhall, Falun (SWE)
02/19 - Ungdomens Hus, uppsala (SWE)
02/20 - Kungen, Sandviken (SWE)
02/21 - Stallet, Umeå (SWE)
02/22-26 - tba, Finland
02/28 - LKPG HC Fest, Linköping (SWE)

Cult of Luna has finally confirmed their upcoming Scandinavian tourdAtes:

11/25 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE) w/Switchblade
11/26 - Ungdomens hus, Uppsala (SWE) w/Switchblade
11/27 - Subscene, Oslo (NOR)
11/28 - Musikens hus, Gothenburg (SWE)
11/29 - Gislaved (SWE) CANCELLED
11/30 - Tivoli, Helsingborg (SWE) w/Nebula
12/01 - Skylten, Linköping (SWE)

Don't forget - they're touring the UK with Dillinger Escape Plan in December, too:

12/07 - Riot fest, Antwerp (BEL)
12/08 - Concorde 2, Brighton (UK)
12/09 - Academy 2, Birmingham (UK)
12/10 - Hop & Grape, Manchester (UK)
12/11 - Fleece And Firkin, Bristol (UK)
12/12 - CAthouse, Glasgow (UK)
12/13 - Rock city, Nottingham (UK)
12/14 - Meanfiddler (K-fest show), London (UK)

Is there too much misogyny is Norweigan hip-hop? BeAts the heck outta me - whAt do I know? Read today's feAture from NRK. (in Norweigan)

David & the Citizens' next single will be for the song "GraycoAted Morning" from their most recent album "Until the Sadness is Gone". The b-side will be the exclusive track "Christmas Eve" which was recorded At the band's practice space. It doesn't come out until January, but you can check out the video here: Ature3.html" target=_blank>https://www.recycled.se/feAture3.html