This week's MTV Up North Nordic video chart:

01. The Rasmus - In My Life
02. HIM - The Sacrament
03. Killer - Naughty Boy
04. Outlandish - Guantanamo
05. Kurt Nilsen - She´s So High
06. The Cardigans - You´re The Storm
07. Christian Kjellvander - Homeward Rolling Soldier
08. User - Do You
09. C21 - She Cries
10. Mando Diao - Sheepdog
11. The Lost PAtrol feAt. Lisa Miskovsky - Alright
12. Turbonegro - Fuck The World
13. The Sounds - Rock n´ Roll
14. Kashmir - Surfing The Warm Industry
15. Röyksopp - Sparks
16. Timbuktu - The Botten Is Nådd
17. Elin Sigvardsson - Where To Start
18. Dr. Alban - Work Work
19. Komeda - B.L.O.S.S.O.M
20. Span - Found

Challengers:
01. Paperboys - WhAt U Need
02. Darude - Next To You
03. Mendez - Tequila
04. Dilba - Diamonds And Motorcars
05. Junior Senior - Rythm Bandits

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

Wolverine has finished rerecording their new album "Cold Light Of Monday" for a tentAtive September/October release on Elitist Records. The original tapes of the recording were rendered unusable thanks to "a serious number of mistakes and blunders made by the original sound engineer," hence the complete reworking. They promise thAt the difference between the two versions is "enourmous" and the new one sounds "so much bigger" and "light-years better than it was before." View the cover art here.

The NRK radio program Norgesglasset recently did a feAture on the legendary A-Ha video "Take On Me". Read about it in English At=417" target=_blank>here or check out the article in Norweigan here.

DuplicAte Records, the label of Einar from the excellent band Beyond Dawn (whose new album "Frysh" is highly recommended), sends word thAt they'll be putting out a new 7" from Bomberos (feAt. Maniac from Mayhem on vox) shortly along with a Beyond Dawn remix album feAturing artists such as Bjørn Svin, Eva Casal, Origami Galaktika and Trulz&Robin. The label also plan to team up with US-based Vendlus Records on some future releases such as the debut CD from Especially Like Sloth. Look for a new site soon, too: Ate-records.com/" target=_blanK>www.duplicAte-records.com

QGMR recently spent some time At Studio Gröndahl under the wAtchful eye of engineer Björn Hansell to record some music for an upcoming animAted short film called "Tecken Till Varandra" by "Quiet is Not Loud" cover designer ZÜT. Björn Yttling of Peter, Björn and John helped out with some drums stuff and they also managed to track a few other tunes while they had the time. No word yet on where those will see release, though.

Misconduct is working with Side by Side Records' Marielle Carlsson on a video for the track, uh, "Side by Side". It'll be done sometime in September and will feAture footage shot from various summer festivals the band performed At.

Here's the list of this year's Kerrang award nominees. Kinda makes it hard to believe they used to be a metal mag, don't it? Anyhow, the list of names goes from mediocre to bad to worse with HIM's "Love Metal" being the only Scandinavian representAtion falling under the "Best Album" cAtegory. Um, yeah.

Attaru/jordnara/ecard/" target=_blank>Here's an e-card for FAttaru and their new single "Bättre" from "Jordnära", out September 10 on Virgin.

TV-star Josefine Sundström is making a go At the music biz and working on an album, or so says Aftonbladet (by way of the Metro).

Mando Diao reports thAt their shows in Japan have been going greAt and they even had to stop after three songs because of too much pushing up front. However, not all is rosy for the band as someone in their homepage guestbook threAtened to stAtion a small squad of baseball bAt-armed troops outside their hotel At the Emmaboda festival. Is it retribution or just trying to control who plays the show? Anyhow, the band say they won't cancel, but we'll see whAt happens.

Dennis Lyxzén (ex-Refused, (InternAtional) Noise Conspiracy) is taking solo project Lost PAtrol on the road for a few dAtes up in Norrland, Sweden. Joining him as a backing band will be Andre Sandström (drums; The Nervous Minds, Trisstess, ex DS-13), Robert Pettersson (bass, vox; RegulAtions, Dead Ones), Anders Stenberg (guitar, vox; ex-Bittersweet), and Jonas Lidström (organ, vox; ex-Bittersweet). The dAtes:

08/08 - Café 23, Piteå
08/09 - Unf-lokalen - buskis, Luleå
08/10 - tba, Gällivare
08/11 - Snabelhuset, Boden
08/12 - Hagakollektivet, Umeå

Big news for American fans of Swedish indie rock today from Parasol: in-house label Hidden Agenda has confirmed thAt they have signed The Wannadies and will release their lAtest record "Before and After" on October 21 in the US. But thAt's not all! In conjunction with Sweden's A West Side FabricAtion, Parasol's Jim Kelly will begin his 'four month sermon on the second coming' aka the American import of The Bear Quartet. First up will be "Moby Dick" and its relAted EPs in August, followed by the "Early Years" compilAtion. Then "Personality Crisis", "My War" and EPs in September. October will be "Gay Icon", "Ny Vag" and EPs with the forthcoming "Angry Brigade" crossing the seas in November. After thAt, who knows?

The first set of dAtes for the upcoming King Diamond/Entombed US tour have been announced! Promising "one of their most elaborAte stage performances to dAte", KD will be out in support of the new album "The Puppet Master" which will be out right before the tour kicks off. Entombed's lAtest album "Inferno" doesn't 'officially' come out in the US until next year (see Atrap.com/index.php?story_id=244">08/01 for details), but they'll have copies for sale At shows. Here's whAt I know so far:

10/18 - Key Club, Los Angeles, CA
10/19 - Bang Your Head Festival (The Scene), San Diego, CA
10/20 - The Galaxy, Santa Ana, CA
10/25 – The Fenix, SeAttle, WA
10/28 – Ogden, Denver, CO
10/31 – The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
11/04 – Opera House, Toronto, ONT
11/05 – Club Soda, Montreal, QUE
11/06 - Toads Place, New Haven, CT
11/07 – L'Amour, Brooklyn, NY
11/08 – Downtown, Farmington, NY
11/10 – Obsessions, Randolph, NJ
11/11 – Crocodile Cafe, Allentown, PA
11/13 – Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
11/14 - Jaxx, West Springfield, VA
11/15 - Metropol, Pittsburgh PA
11/17 – Twilight, Tampa, FL
11/18 - Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/22 - White Rabbit, San Antonio, TX

I guess it was bound to happen eventually: there's a tribute album to At the GAtes in the works. While I highly doubt it will be anywhere near as good as the "Slaytanic Slaughter" Slayer tribute (one of the best metal tributes ever IMO), I know I'll probably check it out no mAtter whAt. Anyhow, GodhAte (formerly Throneaeon) are set to enter Studio Underground to record their version of the track "Kingdom Gone". Some samples of the band's other work: Atemedia/Oblivion.mp3" target=_blank>"Oblivion" / Atemedia/In%20LoAthing.mp3" target=_blank>"In LoAthing (For Your God)" / Atemedia/Divine%20Soul.mp3" target=_blank>"Divine Soul"

After reading Ate.php?id=410" target=_blank>this review (from Musique Machine) I must admit I was intrigued. And after seeking out some tunes I was won over: Kaizers Orchestra is pretty darn cool methinks. Besides the oft-mentioned Tom Waits influence, I also am reminded quite a bit of Bob Hund. Download a track from the band on the right and listen for yourself.