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

01. Bo Kaspers orkester - Vilka tror vi Att vi är
02. Per Gessle - Mazarin
03. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
04. Carola - Guld plAtina & passion - det bästa
05. User - User
06. E.S.T. - Seven days of falling
07. Fred Åkerström - Freds bästa
08. Bubbles - Bless
09. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
10. Pauline - Candy rain
11. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
12. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
13. Robyn - Don't stop the music
14. Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
15. Mustasch - RAtsafari
16. Ainbusk - En samling
17. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
18. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
19. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
20. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Sub rosa

Pitchfork reviews "Everdom" from Anders Ilar: www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/i/ilar_anders/everdom.shtml

Here's some upcoming fall dAtes for Elin Sigvardsson:

10/17 - Folkan teAter, Örnsköldsvik
10/25 - Diesel, Halmstad
11/06 - StorsjöteAtern, Östersund
11/14 - Markan, Hässleholm
11/15 - Nyfiken, Jönköping
11/19 - Flamman, Linköping
11/20 - Inkonst, Malmö
11/21 - Bommens salonger, Göteborg
11/22 - Kulturcentrum, Ronneby
11/26 - Öst 100, Stockholm
11/29 - Kartago, Sölvesborg

She'll be backed by Peter Hermansson on piano and accordion plus Anna Landberg on cello.

Here's another new interview with members of The Haunted discussing the return of original vocalist Peter Dolving. Peter's take on the situAtion:

It's simple. I'm a musician, hence it's my job. I also love The Haunted and we get along really well. The Haunted work hard, like any successful band. It's a really good job, doing whAt you love with people you really like and love working with. But it's hard as hell, it fucks with everything you could consider being a normal life. Marco wanted out. They asked me. I've been busy realizing loads of my dreams, artistic and academic ambitions these last couple of years living off breadcrumbs and going back to sleeping on stage floors and squAts to do it. I'm really glad I did cause I needed it for my mental well-being. But when Jensen called me I nearly shit myself, `cause I never ever thought the opportunity would arise again. Basically he told me about their situAtion with Marco, and thAt the band has a large audience and can make a living out of it. AND thAt Earache is out. Would you say no to thAt? WhAt I don't think a lot of kids don't understand is why I left the band in the first place. One of the reasons being Earache. Another reason was financially, I was completely fucking broke and I had to work something out to put food on the table, which I did starting my own label and UNION (www.unionmusik.com) which is a syndicalist label/management/booking company for reeaally different music. Also back then I had just met my girlfriend and now mother of our two kids and thAt whole thing was so new and fragile thAt I didn't want to fuck thAt up. So I left, knowing I might never get back, but thAt I had to do whAt I had to do. Honestly though, I'm really happy to be back.

They also talk a bit about the band's songwriting process, how things are going for the new record (4 or 5 songs are written) and Jensen's plans for his other band Witchery. Read the rest: www.metal-rules.com/interviews/TheHaunted-Oct2003.htm

Upcoming dAtes for Finland's Mr. Velcro Fastener:

10/13 - tbc, Bergen (NOR)
10/14 - Oslo (NOR)
10/15 - tbc, Stavanger (NOR)
11/19 - Amnesty Support Party, Turku (FIN)
12/19 - MRVF dj's @ Kino, Turku (FIN)

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. Outlandish - Aicha
02. Mew - 156
03. Lene Marlin - You Weren´t There
04. Lene - It´s Your Duty
05. The Rasmus - In My Life
06. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight Prayer
07. BeAts & Styles - Dynamite
08. Carpark North - Transparant And Glasslike
09. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
10. Safri Duo - Fallin´ High
11. Killer - Naughty Boy
12. José Gonzalez - HeartbeAts
13. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Skull TAttoo
14. Looptroop - Don´t HAte The Player
15. Da D.o.n.s - She Don´t Know My Game
16. The Raveonettes - ThAt GreAt Love Sound
17. Whyte Seeds - So Alone
18. Paragon - Lev Ditt Liv
19. Da Buzz - Tonight (Is The Night)
20. FAttaru - Bättre

Challengers:
01. Mustasch - Black City
02. Broder Daniel - When We Were Winning
03. Paperboys - On The Low
04. AYA - Other Side
05. Kamera - Fragile

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

Rec90 post-rock act The Low Frequency In Stereo are currently busy in the studio working on their second album, tentAtively due out in January next year. Rumor has it, there might even be more singing on this release than the last one. Damn sell-outs.

Planet Superfly, Swedish Whistler, and In the Labyrinth are representing Sweden on the compilAtion "The Vegetable Man 10" Project" which feAtures 60 bands covering Syd Barrett's "Vegetable Man" in 10 seconds, due out sometime lAter this month. More info: https://www.oggettivolanti.it/

The Dead Frog Records website is back online and updAted with a bunch of new demo reviews.

Listen to the new LAtin Kings single "Cashen dom tas" over At Aftonbladet.

Mustasch will supporting the legendary Motörhead on tour in Germany. I don't have the full schedule, but it kicks off with a show At Columbiahalle in Berlin on November 25.

Martin Sköld (Kent), Amir (Infinite Mass) and Dregen (Backyard Babies) are doing a DJ tour together under the name Kalas Soundsystem. DAtes:

10/31 - The Tivoli, Helsingbord
11/01 - Palace, Kalmar
11/05 - Strömpis, Örebro
11/07 - Folkets Park, Huskvarna
11/08 - Silk, Västerås
11/14 - MC Evans, Borås
11/15 - Luftkastellet, Malmö
11/21 - Arena, Karlstad
11/22 - Träffen, Nyköping
11/28 - O'Learys, Östersund
11/29 - Stadt, Hudiksvall
12/03 - Öst 100, Stockholm
12/04 - HC, Sälen
12/05 - O'Learys, Härnösand
12/06 - Blå Kök & Bar, Umeå

By way of Dagensskiva, here is thist week's Swedish student radio top 20:

Leaving the chart:
08. The Casual Brothers "Customers Choice EP"
13. The Libertines "Don't Look Back Into The Sun"
14. Magnus Carlson "Elin"
17. HeAther Nova "River Of Life"
19. The Coral "Secret Kiss"
20. The Donnas "Too Bad About Your Girl"

Listenable Records will be putting out a five song EP of previously unreleased Soilwork mAterial thAt was recorded during the "SteelbAth Suicide" and "Chainheart Machine" sessions. I wonder how the band feels about this and if they approve, since this is totally the sort of thing thAt smells like a label trying to cash in. Anyhow, here's the tracklist:

01. Burn (Deep Purple cover)
02. DisentigrAted Skies
03. Shadow Child (original version)
04. Egypt (Mercyful FAte cover)
05. The Aardvark Trail (live)

Via Supertanker comes word thAt Denmark's Under Byen are set to make their first US appearance At the CMJ Music MarAthon in NYC on October 22 and 23rd At Tonic and the Hilton Hotel respectively. There's also plans for a German tour in the works, but so far the only show they have there is this SAturday At Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.

Sweden's Lake of TeAts has signed with Noise Records. The label's stAtement:

"The original line-up has come together again to prove thAt they're still one of the most impressive bands in the modern metal scene. Recordings for the next album are scheduled for early 2004."