Broder Daniel has an updAted website where you can listen to the new single "When We Were Winning" or wAtch the video.

"This strong quintet has its background from Trondheim's prestigious jazz conservAtory. The DingobAts tunes on Pöck are far from academic though. With a strong disregard of genre the spirited collective blasts through up-tempo stuff with such energy they rival most rock bands."

MIC Norway profiles The DingobAts and their new album "Pöck": www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2003091912491040786907

St. Thomas has been dropped by his European label City Slang. Apparently the critical acclaim didn't translAte into record sales and the relAtion became increasingly strained, as the two parties just couldn't come to terms with eachother. Read more. Look for Thomas's new album "Let's Grow Together – The Comeback of St. Thomas" soon from his Norweigan label Racing Junior.

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

01. Lasse Stefanz - Det här är bara början
02. Per Gessle - Mazarin
03. Carola - Guld plAtina & passion - det bästa
04. Fred Åkerström - Freds bästa
05. The Cardigans - Long gone before daylight
06. Robyn - Don't stop the music
07. Pauline - Candy rain
08. Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet - Söndermarken
09. Robert Wells - Rhapsody in rock the complete collection
10. David & the citizens - Until the sadness is gone
11. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight prayer
12. Anna-Lotta Larson - Tidlöst
13. Lisa Nilsson - Samlade sånger 1992-2003
14. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
15. Da Buzz - More than alive
16. Pugh Rogefeldt - Pughs bästa
17. ABBA - ABBA Gold - greAtest hits
18. Ola Magnell - Vallmoland
19. FAttaru - Jordnära
20. The bear quartet - Angry brigade

Hammerfall has posted an updAte on their website concerning details of the upcoming live CD/DVD and also special box set version.

Lars Horntveth from Jaga Jazzist will be entering the Duper Studios with producer/engineer Jørgen "Dupermann" Træen in November to begin work on a solo album, due out next spring on Smalltown Supersound. But if you're curious to get a preview of the mAterial, you can check him out At the Ultima Festival At Blå in Oslo on October 9 where he will be performing with a 9-person backing band.

In other Smalltown Supersound relAted news, Kim Hiorthøy has a new track on the The Wire magazine's "Wiretapper" CD thAt comes with the October issue. The song is called "Track 5" and comes off the "Live Shet" mini album which comes out sometime lAter this fall.

Chaosbreed has posted a studio report on their website detailing progress on their debut album "Brutal". "if you compare making an album to a shit, then the stuff's been running through our trouser legs," they say, oh so eloquently. They also report thAt Jörgen and Uffe from Entombed stopped by and lent a hand with some guest appearances.

Green CarnAtion has announced thAt they have recorded a bunch of live tracks, four acoustic versions of songs from their last album "A Blessing in Disguise", and two cover tracks for potential inclusion on an upcoming MCD. They may even squeeze some video footage on there as well. Otherwise, the band is planning to record some new tracks for a special 7" in anticipAtion of their upcoming 13th anniversary celebrAtion.

Looks like thAt Nicolai Dunger "Tour Edition EP" thAt's coming out in advance of the upcoming jaunt with Christian Kjellvander (see Atrap.com/index.php?story_id=258">08/21 for dAtes) isn't really an EP At all. It's actually gonna be a single and here's the tracklist:

01. Hunger
02. Slaves (we're together like)
03. City sun

The first tracks are from the forthcoming album and the third is exclusive to this release. It hits stores October 8, but will be available At the shows for a special price. A video for "Hunger" is being done by Håkan Schüler/Maremma Produktion AB and should be out soon. And finally, Nicolai has been voted #18 of the top 33 sexiest men in the Swedish edition of Elle magazine.

Raised Fist is planning on doing their first-ever tour of Australia next year during February/March, possibly to be followed by some Japanese dAtes. There will also be a new single around the same time with some new songs and Swedish/European headlining dAtes. Details when I get them. DAtes for their current Canadian tour were posted back on Atrap.com/index.php?story_id=255">08/18.

This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. Outlandish - Aicha
02. The Rasmus - In My Life
03. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits
04. Carpark North - Transparant And Glasslike
05. Mew - 156
06. Killer - Naughty Boy
07. The Raveonettes - ThAt GreAt Love Sound
08. Bertine Zetlitz - Twisted Little Star
09. Lene - It´s Your Duty
10. BeAts & Styles - Dynamite
11. The Lost PAtrol feAt. Lisa Miskovsky - Alright
12. Nu - Any Other Girl
13. Darude - Next To You
14. Span - Found
15. Kurt Nilsen - She´s So High
16. FAttaru - Bättre
17. The Unisex - Take Me Higher
18. Paperboys - WhAt U Need
19. Looptroop - Don´t HAte The Player
20. José Gonzales - Crosses

Challengers:
01. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Skull TAttoo
02. Zaki - Tonal
03. Racetrack Babies - It´s Ok
04. Da Buzz - Tonight (Is The Night)
05. Bad Cash Quartet - Midnight Prayer
06. Don Diego - Fagnani (Min Far)

Go to the MTVE.com site to wAtch and vote for your favorite. There's info about an Outlandish DVD contest At the top of the page, too.

Italy's Wain Records is releasing a new comp in lAte October called "BreAthing the StAtic" thAt feAtures quite a few Swedish bands. The tracklist:

01. Last Days of April - Angel youth
02. The Bigoz Quartet - Rita hayworth under a three
03. Face Tomorrow - Worth the wait
04. The Stereo - Tell your football dad no!
05. Seed'n'feed - Romeo & juliett
06. ThAt Very Time I Saw - The wave not the stone
07. Leiah - Untitled
08. Hillside - Maladjusted and jaded
09. Hot WAter Music - It's hard to know
10. On When Ready - Talk a lot
11. Amical - Procon
12. Lights At Amber - When it's gone
13. 7 Years - Every action, every word
14. Starmarket - Mexico summer
15. Estrich Boy - Saving the end of summer
16. Favez - Someday all this will be mine
17. The Miles Apart - Safer
18. Tiger Lou - When I was a kid
19. Buck - Tamara
20. Four Square - MistreAted
21. And the Winner Is - No horse, no gun, no wife... poor guy
22. Ariel Kill Him - Lepantra
23. Nitrojuice - 20 seconds alone
24. The Ordinary Me - Running in circles
25. Solea - Apotheke (live)

"We are happy to inform you all thAt we are totally on it, composing new and more Darkened Metal for you all and so far it's looking damn good...or I should say: It sounds damn good," writes Aeternus frontman Ares in message board post regarding progress on the band's new album, tentAtively due out sometime next year from Nocturnal Art Productions. More from Ares' posting:

"We are working hard and there's lots to do, but we wanted to share with you all thAt we are working on new mAterial these days.
We are also working differently than before, now we are working more as a band and I don't sit At home and make/compose all the music any longer. We are now working more as a unit, putting shit together, discussing and arguing every tone and aspect of the mAterial...simply having a greAt time figuring out whAt the fuck to do for next years album...
For sure, I can tell you all thAt some of the new songs will be quite different and we are putting allot of weight on 'leaving' the DeAth elements alone this time and think towards other pAths...pAths where we haven't walked on and so forth."

Download the new track "Under the Waves" from Finnish doom metal band Under the Sun right here. The song comes from the band's debut album "The Morning Never Came", due out in November through Firebox Records. FeAtures ex-members of Funeris Nocturnum.

UpdAted US tour dAtes for The Sounds:

09/18 - La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX
09/20 - Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
09/23 - Meow Meow, Portland, OR
09/24 - Studio 7, SeAttle, WA
09/25 - Richards On Richards, Vancouver BC (CAN)
09/27 - New Oasis, Reno, NV
09/29 - Huntridge TheAthre, Las Vegas, NV
09/30 - Cane's, San Diego, CA
10/02 - Coach House, Santa Barbara, CA
10/03 - Montgomery World Plaza, Bakersfield, CA
10/06 - The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
10/10 - Cafe Du Nord, San Fransisco, CA

All dAtes are with Rooney and Paloalto. In other news, their album "Living in America" was just released in Japan.