UpdAted Norweigan tourdAtes for Moder Jords Massiva along with their sideprojects Chrysler and Pavan:

09/24 - ParkteAtret, Oslo (maybe Pavan too, if time)
09/25 - Café Opera, Bergen (Chrysler only)
09/25 - Landmark, Bergen (Pavan only)
09/26 - Kvarteret, Bergen (two shows)
09/28 - Nu Music festival 2003, Stavanger w/Pavan

Bergen's Cushion Kollektivet will also be on hand to "help decorAte the venues, spread good vibes and maybe play some dub records as well." More info on them here: www.cushion.no

Head on over to Atslowgenerals.com/" target=_blank>the website of the FAt Slow Generals to download their new 6-song EP "El bueno El malo". All of the tracks are freely availble, as well as pdf files for the cover art.

Cult of Luna has posted an updAte of their current activities on their website. They just finished up a tour with US metalcore act Poison the Well and, as reported here yesterday, will soon be hitting the UK with Dillinger Escape Plan, JR Ewing and Beecher. They also say thAt they have already started work on writing for their next album and have been playing some of the mAterial live. Recording is scheduled to commence sometime in the beginning of next year.

It took awhile, but Aversionline has finally updAted with a new issue feAturing Ation/int-bfp.html" target=_blank>an interview with Born from Pain out of Holland, around 130 new reviews including Darwin, Darkthrone, Disfear, Enslaved, Fleurety, General Surgery, Imperious, Isengard, Muskel, Skepticism, Ulver and Ved Buens Ende, plus tons more. Check it out.

Mistie is shooting a video for the song "10 Times Guilty" this week. The band will also be appearing At Club Nirvana's one year anniversary party on September 26. Nirvana is a club At Tantogården (Ringvägen 24) in Stockholm and Dregen from Backyard Babies will be DJing the event, too.

Smalltown Supersound reports thAt Monopot has broken up. No reason was given for the band's decision.

Timo Kotipelto of StrAtovarius now has his own website.

Fall tour dAtes for Logh:

09/27 - Kartago, Sölvesborg (SWE)
10/01 - Metropol, Hultsfred (SWE)
10/04 - Sputnikfestivalen, Allhuset, Stockholm (SWE)
10/16 - Palladium, Växjö (SWE)
10/18 - Pub Bastun, Mariehamn, Åland (FIN)
10/24 - Mejeriet, Lund (SWE)
10/25 - Sunset-Mission Festival, Dresden (GER)
10/26 - Cafe Trauma, Marburg (GER)
10/28 - Klüpfel, Nürnberg (GER)
10/30 - Juz Degerloch, Stuttgart (GER)
10/31 - BOA, Luzern (CH)
11/01 - L'Usine, Geneva (CH)
11/04 - Hirscheneck, Basel (CH)
11/05 - Chelsea, Wien (AUS)
11/06 - WorkstAtion, Innsbrück (AUS)
11/11 - Moby Dick, Madrid (ESP)
11/18 - La Guintuette PirAte, Paris (FR)
11/19 - Short Film Festival, Regensburg (GER)
11/20 - Sojo, Leuven (BEL)
11/21 - OCCII, Amsterdam (NL)
11/22 - 013 Popcentre, Tilburg (NL)
11/25 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
11/26 - Cafe Central, Weinheim (GER)
11/28 - Ilse Erika, Leipzig (GER)

"Yellow Eden" has been confirmed as the title for the debut album from electronic pop group Paris, due out October 15. The record will include 12 tracks, both older songs thAt originally appeared on the band's demos along with brand new mAterial.

Sparks of Seven has added a bunch of new streaming audio to their website, including the songs "Move Me On" and "Is This Your Dream" along with a recent P3 Musikjournalen interview. You can also check out the new video for "Move Me On" over there, too. As mentioned here before, Sparks of Seven's debut album, the creAtively titled "Album No. 1", comes out on October 6 through Burning Heart.

The Fashion's debut album "Rock Rock Kiss Kiss Combo" came out yesterday and they revamped their website in celebrAtion. Look for the new video for the single "Let´s Go Dancing" on Danish TV.

Look Left Recordings has announced the release of Granada's new album "Let ThAt Weight Slide Off Your Shoulder" for lAte October. The record was recorded and mixed by MAttias Glavå At a small studio near Göteborg earlier this year and will contain ten songs. Look for the first single "Where Stars Are Made" two weeks before the album.

Following the disintegrAtion of major Swedish distributor MNW, both Border Music and Sound Pollution have swept in like vultures to pick up the pieces. The most recent signees by the groups include One Little Indian for Border and Escapi New Media Group for Sound Pollution.

As reported back on Atrap.com/index.php?story_id=274">9/10, the new Backyard Babies album is called "Stockholm Syndrome" and the first single will be "Minus Celsius". The band now adds thAt they'll be shooting a video for said single today in LA with director Dean Karr (Ozzy Osbourne, Queens of the Stoneage, Godsmack, 3 Doors Down, Cypress Hill, Marilyn Manson, etc). Full tracklist and more details coming soon.

Added a new mp3 from the band Seven Feet Four today. They're another one of those new bands revisiting thAt mid-90s indie/hardcore style and making it sound vital again. I haven't heard any recent news about these guys in awhile, but their album "Departure/Arrival" is well worth tracking down if you're interested in this sort of stuff.