The lAtest edition of The Brainwashed Brain includes reviews and samples of the compilAtion "Masters of the Scene: the definitive Abba tribute" and more.

Singer/songwriter Lars Winnerbäck has announced two final concerts on his tour At Linköpings Konserthus on September 13 and 14. Afterwards he says he plans on spending the next while writing and working on mAterial for his next album.

If you remember from way back when (Atrap.com/index.php?story_id=211">06/19 to be exact), I posted about black metaller Illvastar and his alleged corpse desecrAtion charges. Well, dude was handed a one-year sentence starting today. Apparently he had spent thAt evening drinking 192 proof moonshine, smoking hashish so he doesn't remember too much of whAt happened. His other three companions on the night in question received sentences of community service. Read more from here and here.

Check out the video for the new Arch Enemy single "We Will Rise": low / high

The track comes from the band's new album "Anthems Of Rebellion", due out August 26 on Century Media. The video was filmed by the Entity production company which is run by George Bravo (Roachpowder/ex-Skintrade guitarist) and Alex Hellid (Entombed). Previous videos from Entity include work for The Hellacopters, Spiritual Beggars and DeAthstars.

Nasum has posted the entire video footage from their October 9, 2001 show in Osaka, Japan At this locAtion. It's broken into five separAte pieces and is about 405 total mb.

Children of Bodom have brought on Sinergy guitarist Roope LAtvala as a temporary replacement for departing guitarist Alexander "Aku" Kuoppala. His debut was this last sAturday At the band's show in Moscow and he will be continuing on with the group throughout their upcoming scheduled tour engagements.

Konkhra has announced whAt's being billed as "first full-fledged extreme metal Euro tour with (this far) only Danish acts!!!" by taking countrymen IllnAth, Corpus Mortale out on the road with them around Europe. There's still one more act to be added to the bill, but here's the dAtes so far:

10/30 – Kiel (GER)
10/31 - Rostock (GER)
11/01 – Berlin (GER)
11/02 – Stettin (POL)
11/03 – Wroclaw (POL)
11/04 – KAtowice (POL)
11/05 - Uherske Hradiste (CZR)
11/06 – Wien (AUT)
11/07 – Graz (AUT)
11/08 – Zagreb (CRO)
11/09 – Ljubljana (SLO)
11/11 – Mailand (ITA)
11/12 – Turin (ITA)
11/13 – Lyon (FRA)
11/14 – Genf (SWI)
11/15 – Zürich (SWI)
11/16 – Metz (FRA)
11/18 – Zottegem (BEL)
11/19 – Rotterdam (NETH)
11/20 – Eindhoven (NETH)
11/21 – Hengelo (NETH)
11/22 – Wermelskirchen (GER)
12/05 – Copenhagen (DEN)

Konkhra's last album "Reality Check" was released on Code666 Records in May. Check out the video for the song "Warmonger" from here.

The Hives have hinted to NME thAt their new album may be out around February. They apparently played two new songs (???) during this past weekend's V Festival in the UK which NME describes as "sounding exactly the same" as the old stuff, which they note, is not necessarily a bad thing. UPDAtE: I'm seeing reports from elsewhere saying there was one new song and it's called "StAte Control". More details if I can confirm them.

As previously announced, Dark Funeral is heading on a tour of South America. UnfortunAtely, they will not be able to play in every country they had originally intended, but they plan to and reschedule those locAtions on a second tour sometime in the future. The confirmed dAtes:

09/04 – Piramide Shows, Brasilia (BRA)
09/05 - Ginasio CMBH, Belo Horizonte (BRA)
09/06 - Setembro Negro Festival, São Paulo (BRA)
09/07 – Moinho Sao Roque , Curitiba (BRA)
09/08 – TeAtro Providencia, Santiago (CHL)
09/09 – Pub Moe's, Coquimbo (CHL)
09/10 – La Cascada, Antofagasta (CHL)
09/11 – Klandestino "under club", Valparaiso (CHL)
09/12 – Hell Attacks, Cali (COL)
09/13 – TeAtro PAtria, Bogota (COL)
09/14 – Bar El Tunel, Pasto (COL)

Madder Mortem has confirmed the departure of both bassist bassist Paul (Pål Mozart Bjørke) and guitarist Eirik Ulvo Langnes. "Paul wanted to quit in order to be able to concentrAte on his son 100% and also live a more 'normal' life compared to the rAther 'abnormal' Madder lifestyle," reads a post from the band's website, while "with Eirik, we felt thAt it didn't work out like it should musically anymore, and it seemed like he didn't feel as comfortable playing in this band as much as the rest of us." The band already has new members in place, but has yet to announce their names. "We just want to get some photos taken, so thAt you can see their incredibly handsome faces," they say.

In case you don't pay Attention to such things, I added a ton of new sites to the links page yesterday.

Nicolai Dunger finished up the album he's doing with Mercury Rev a few weeks ago. No release dAte yet, but we can probably expect to see it around lAte fall or early next year.

Lots of news today from The Hellacopters! Looks like they're heading to Brazil in September and maybe even to Australia afterwards, probably sometime in October. They're also putting together some new releases, as always. "Cream of the Crap! Vol. 2" is coming together for a January 2004 release and it will contain 22 tracks recorded between 1995 and 2000. They've also recorded "Pack of Lies" for a Nomads tribute and "Eighteen" for an Alice Cooper one. And thAt's not all! They're also doing a split 7" with Adam West from the US.

But the biggest news has to be the release of the "Goodnight Cleveland" tour documentary on DVD on September 29 through Escapi. A region 1 (US) version comes out through Music Video Distributors on November 11. The full details:

·NTSC Region 1 DVD (US) , PAL Region 2 DVD (Europe)
Audio: stereo and mono
·New Analog Transfer
·Running Time main movie: 48 min.
·Total running time: 114min.
·Language: English & Swedish
·Subtitles: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian
·AlternAte Soundtracks (for main movie only): main program, band commentary, and "a feel good alternAte spaghetti-western" version using Morricone Music.
·Bonus MAterial Highlights: "Search & Destroy" (Stooges) feAturing Howlin' Pelle (The Hives), "I Got a Right" (Stooges) feAturing Nicke Borg (Backyard Babies) & Odd (Robots), Vintage home video clip of The Hellacopters second ever gig, Dregen singing "Didn't Stop Us" (only ever performed live one time), plus an hour of outtakes from "Goodnight Cleveland".

Detailed Description:

The Hellacopters: Goodnight Cleveland is a fly on the wall documentary following the Hellacopters on their 2002 tour of America. Informed by the techniques of cinema verité and direct cinema developed in the 1960's by master documentary filmmakers such as the Maysle brothers, the band is allowed the space to do whAt they do without intrusions of any kind from the filmmaker, allowing for glimpses into the magical and mundane moments of everyday life in a hard working action rock band abroad. The Hellacopters: Goodnight Cleveland is a relaxed and open-handed portrait of a band on the road. Essential viewing for anyone pondering a career in the music business, or anyone merely curious.

View the front and back covers.

New pictures At Rockfoto.nu of IsolAtion Years, Whyte Seeds and Her Majesty from Göteborg Kalaset.

NRK has posted the video for "Lucy" from Fenomenal. It feAtures some kinda goofy and neAt computer animAtion, so if thAt sort of thing tickles you, you may wanna check it out.