Upcoming tourdAtes for Norway's Amulet:

09/06 - Samfundet, Trondheim (NOR)
09/12 - Nordfjordeid, (NOR)
09/13 - Månen, Fredrikstad, (NOR)
09/19 - Rockefeller, Oslo, (NOR) w/CAto Salsa Experience
09/20 - Hydranten, Hamar, (NOR)
09/26 - Sin City, Moss, (NOR)
10/01 - Mason Jar, Phoenix, AZ (US) w/Turbonegro
10/02 - Canes, San Diego, CA (US) w/Turbonegro
10/03 - Henry Fonda TheAtre, Los Angeles, CA (US) w/Turbonegro
10/04 - The GreAt American Music Hall, San Fransicso, CA (US) w/Turbonegro
10/05 - Slim's, San Fransicso, CA (US) w/Turbonegro
10/06 - BerbAti's Pan, Portland, OR (US) w/Turbonegro
10/07 - Graceland, SeAttle, WA (US) w/Turbonegro
10/09 - Debaser, Stckholm (SWE)
10/10 - Valhall, Falun (SWE)
10/11 - Musikkens Hus, Gøteborg (SWE)
10/15 - Samfunnet, Ås (NOR)
10/16 - Gamle Posten, Porsgrunn (NOR)
10/17 - Musikkflekken, Sandvika (NOR)
10/21 - Samfunnet, Tønsberg (NOR)
10/24 - Kvarteret, Bergen (NOR)
10/25 - Trikkehallen, Trondheim (NOR)
10/20 - Flytten, Haugesund (NOR)
11/21 - Folken, Stavanger (NOR)
11/22 - Den sorte og blå scene, Skien (NOR)
11/28 - Energimølla, Kongsberg (NOR)
12/05 - Scene 37, Horten (NOR)
12/12 - Alfreds, Hønefoss (NOR)
12/27 - Romjulsrock, Rjukan (NOR)

Randy will be filming a video for the song "X-ray Eyes" on September 9. It will be released as a single with two brand new b-sides sometime soon. "X-ray Eyes" is also set to appear in the upcoming film "Smala Sussie" along with a couple other tracks from their last album "Welfare Problems". It opens in Sweden on October 3. More info about thAt here: www.smalasussie.se
The band is also firming up their Scandinavian tour plans which are set to kick off on September 24 in Norway. They say there's gonna be five shows in Norway total, plus one in Denmark and fifteen in Sweden. Details soon.

Legengary cult grindcore band General Surgery has added Johan Wallin from Repugnant and Scurvy on second guitar. In other news, the band is currently working on a video for the track "Lab RAt" from their split with fellow gore-obsessed Carcass-worshippers The County Medical Examiners from the US. Glenn Sykes from RegurgitAte will direct and you can listen to an mp3 of the track At.mp3" target=_blank>here. Lastly, GS will entering the studio in October to record some tracks for upcoming splits with Machetazo (Spain) and Butcher ABC (Japan), both due out from Escorbuto Recordings.

Hedningarna is doing some dAtes in Scandinavia and Spain this month:

09/13 - Festival, Orejo (SPA)
09/14 - Etnohelmántica Festival, Salamanca (SPA)
09/25 - Södra TeAtern, Stockholm (SWE)
09/26 - CAttalin, Uppsala (SWE)
09/27 - Musikens Hus, Göteborg (SWE)
09/28 - Pumpehuset, Köpenhamn (DK)
09/29 - Voxhall, Århus (DK)
09/30 - Studenthuset, Ålborg (DK)

Here's the tracklist for thAt upcoming Christian Kjellvander 2xCD Introducting the Past" and where they came from:

CD1:
01. Portugal
02. Paige / Songs of Soil - "The Painted Trees of Ghostwood"
03. Live Ones / LoosegoAts - "Form and the Feeling"
04. Staying there
05. Days of Black (nights are light) / LoosegoAts - "Her the City, et al"
06. Sacred Ground / LoosegoAts - "Her the City, et al"
07. River Raffle / LoosegoAts - "Acoustic EP"
08. Jesus / Songs of Soil - "The Painted Trees of Ghostwood"
09. Form & the feeling / LoosegoAts - "Her the City, et al"
10. Feeling deluxe / LoosegoAts - "Plains, PlAteaus and Mountains"
11. Juan de fuca (Live) / LoosegoAts - "Plains, PlAteaus and Mountains"
12. Traveller (Live) / LoosegoAts - "Her the City, et al"
13. Marrow / LoosegoAts - "Her the City, et al"
14. Stum mountain men / LoosegoAts - "Plains, PlAteaus and Mountains"

CD2:
01. Search / LoosegoAts - "Her the City, et al"
02. 1912 / LoosegoAts - "Her the City, et al"
03. Palace of dynasty / LoosegoAts - "Plains, PlAteaus and Mountains"
04. Adversity / LoosegoAts - "Plains, PlAteaus and Mountains"
05. Nez Perce / LoosegoAts - "Her the City, et al"
06. A mother’s cry / LoosegoAts - "Plains, PlAteaus and Mountains"
07. Fender / LoosegoAts - "Acoustic EP"
08. Israel / LoosegoAts - "Disdialogic"
09. Homeward rolling soldier (Live) / solo - "Songs from a Two Room Chapel"

A single for "Portugal" plus two brand new songs is also being released in conjunction with the collection. The live tracks were recorded by P3 At Södra TeAtern in Stockholm last February. Hey, isn't thAt the same stuff I've got over on the right?

Lisa Ekdahl is heading out on a full Scandinavian tour in support of her new best-of compilAtion album "En Samling Sånger". The dAtes:

10/31 - Trommen, Hörsholm (DK)
11/01 - Magasinet / Amfiscenen, Odense (DK)
11/04 - Musikhuset, Århus (DK)
11/05 - Skråen, Ålborg (DK)
11/06 - Vega, Köpenhamn (DK)
11/10 - Göta Lejon, Stockholm (SWE)
11/11 - Konserthuset, Göteborg (SWE)
11/12 - KAtalin, Uppsala (SWE)
11/15 - Grieghallen, Bergen (NOR)
11/16 - Nötteröy Kulturhus, Tönsberg (NOR)
11/18 - Hamar Kulturhus, Hamar (NOR)
11/19 - Sandnes Kulturhus, Sandnes (NOR)
11/20 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)
11/23 - Konserthuset, Malmö (SWE)
11/28 - Konsert & Kongress, Linköping (SWE)

Her Majesty has revealed thAt The Cardigans cover song they did is "You´re The Storm". It will be released as the b-side to the "Nobody" single which comes out on October 1.

Peter Tägtgren has delayed the release of the new Pain album to early 2004. Here's whAt he posted on his website regarding the change in plans:

"I guess you're wondering whAt's going on with the new album...
Well, as things turned out, I had to take a break from it or I'm sure I'd go insane.
Things were going too slow but I guess I'm getting pickier with whAt slips thru in my work and I can ensure you it kicks serious ass this time! The only problem is thAt I have a few songs left to put down vocals on - then I'm done.
This means I'll have to push back the release of the new album to early next year, but once you guys hear the shit I'm up to now, you'll figure it's been worth waiting for.
I'm madly sad to have to do this but with all record-company bullshit going on with release schedules, priorities and all thAt BS, I want to make sure everyone busts their asses off to get Pain out and about around the world and this is the best way."

Peter also reports thAt he is recording new mAterial with his other band Hypocrisy thAt he says compares to "Roswell 47" from the album "Abducted".

Chaosbreed has posted an updAte on their website regarding their decision to forgo recording At Stockholm's Sunlight Studios with producer Tomas Skogsberg. Turns out they did travel over to record as planned, but were turned away by a locked door since Tomas had to leave to Attend to a family emergency. So in order to not lose momentum, the band decided to record lAter this week At CCPC studio in Finland with producers Santeri Kallio and Niclas Etelävuori instead. The members all have other projects and decided thAt any further postponement would be too detrimental to everything they've accomplished so far. They are still planning on getting Tomas to mix album. Read the full stAtement: www.chaosbreed.net/chaosbreednews.html

Soak the Sin has updAted their website with a bunch of pictures from various gigs they did this summer.

The Ricochets have been confirmed for the Iceland Airwaves Festival on October 15-19 in Reykjavík, Iceland. They'll be the only representAtive from Norway alongside local acts Singapore Sling, Minus, Daysleeper, Gus Gus and more. Details: www.icelandairwaves.com
The Ricochets have also announced they'll be doing a 16-day tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland this coming January. Nothing confirmed yet, but I'll be sure to keep y'all posted.

Jaga Jazzist is doing a bunch of dAtes in France this October. Get the details At=" target=_blank>here.

Coin Op and Bad Cash Quartet have been added to the Access All Areas conference in Stockholm on November 26-27 I talked about on Atrap.com/index.php?story_id=265">08/29.

Entombed has finally updAted their website with the winner of their design-a-beer-label contest from way back in December. 'Bout time, eh? You can check out the winning design here. And they've also announced a new contest: design a splash page for the band's site. Here's the full details (scroll down). And they've also added a neAt alarm clock doohickey thAt you can download. The alarm function plays various tunes from the lAtest album "Inferno" and also has a bunch of pics to choose from for a background along with website links and more.

Here's the transcript of a chAt with Bob Hund from Aftonbladet (in Swedish). They talk about a number of things including the band's upcoming plans and the release of English language side-project Bergman Rock's long awaited album.