Apparently thAt hilarious Yngwie Malmsteen mp3 I posted about a couple days ago is actually kinda old, probably dAting back around 10 years or so. For more info, read this from Blabbermouth.

Logh is gearing up to go back into the studio in January. They expect it to be done and ready for a release this coming spring. On January 27 the band will be releasing both the "Every Time" 12" and "Ghosts" 7". Actually, the 7" is already available directly from the band, but won't be shipped until thAt dAte. For ordering info contact logh@badtasterecords.se.

Look for the video for "Sister Surround" from The Soundtrack of Our Lives on MTV's 120 Minutes.

WhAt are your favorite Swedish artist's listening to? Chili.se has got the scoop. Some of the people feAtured are Maria Andersson (Sahara Hotnights), Magnus Carlsson, Marit Bergman, and Robert Dahlqvist (Hellacopters) among others.

This week's Swedish college radio chart:

Leaving the chart:
(11) Jay Z Ft. Beyoncé "Bonnie And Clyde"
(14) Kent "VinterNoll2"
(18) Wilson Hospital "Call Me A.s.a.p."
(20) Jogi Med ADL"Din Hund"

The LA Times has recognized The Hives as one of the ten most promising bands in the world by including them on their "Freshman" list. Critic Robert Hilburn says the band "Attack the idea thAt rock music has to be humourless in order to be real."

Opeth has finalized the track listing for the upcoming album "DamnAtion". Billed as the 'mellow' counterpart to the recently released "Deliverence", the songs on it are as follows:

1. Windowpane
2. In My Time Of Need
3. DeAth Whispered A Lullaby
4. Closure
5. Hope Leaves
6. To Rid The Disease
7. Ending Credits
8. Weakness

The band is also planning to do extensive touring in the future, with dAtes for America already announced. Europe is rumored for February, but here's whAt we've got so far (w/Lacuna Coil, Paradise Lost, and Tapping the Vein):

Jan. 17 - Montreal, QUE @ Foufounes Electriques
Jan. 18 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Jan. 19 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Jan. 21 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Jan. 22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
Jan. 24 - Toronto, ONT @ Opera House
Jan. 25 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora
Jan. 27 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
Jan. 29 - Boulder, CO @ Fox TheAtre
Jan. 31 - San Francisco, CA @ Slims
Feb. 01 - San Diego, CA @ The Scene
Feb. 02 - Phoenix, AZ @ Mason Jar
Feb. 03 - Los Angeles, CA @ Key Club

BREAKING NEWS: A reformed Union Carbide Productions will be playing the Hultsfred Festival next year. The band broke up many years ago and members went on to form The Soundtrack of Our Lives, but they've decided to come together again in celebrAtion of their upcoming box set release. More news about Hultsfred here. No time has been set yet for the box set's release, but we're hearing thAt an April or May dAte is expected.

Speaking of TSOOL, here's some photos from their recent tour with Oasis. (Text in Swedish)

WAtch a video of The Ark's performance from Faddergalan over At the Arkfreaks website.

Mustasch is in the studio once again. Jakob Hellner (Rammstein, Clawfinger) is producing and it is expected to be out lAte 2003.

The Plan are working on their next album. Ronald Bood is producing once again and it should be out by Autumn next year.

Darkthrone managed to record and mix their new album in 26 hours. ThAt's pretty damn fast! Described by singer/guitarist Nocturno Culto as "spontaneous black metal with spirit", it will be released on Moonfog in February.

The tracklist for the upcoming 2xCD Emperor greAtest hits and rarities collection "ScAttered Ashes - A Decade of Emperial WrAth" has been revealed. Here it is:

Disc One:
01. Curse You All Men
02. The Tongue Of Fire
03. The Majesty Of The Night Sky
04. Cosmic Keys To My CreAtions & Times
05. WrAth Of The Tyrant
06. The Loss & Curse Of Reverence
07. An Elegy Of Icaros
08. I Am The Black Wizards
09. Thus Spake The Nightspirit (live)
10. Ye Entrancemperium
11. In The Wordless Chamber
12. With Strength I Burn
13. Inno A SAtana

Disc Two:
01. A Fine Day To Die
02. Aerie Descent
03. Cromlech
04. Gypsy
05. Funeral Fog
06. I Am
07. Sworn (Ulver remix)
08. Lords Of The Storms
09. My Empire's Doom
10. Moon Over Kara-Shehr
11. Witches SabbAth
12. Ancient Queen
13. In Longing Spirit

Sanctum is scheduled to play the Cornerstone Festival in the US in July. They're also working on booking a west-coast tour to follow. The band is also said to be demoing mAterial for their next album, with the goal of getting started in the studio around February. In relAted news, the Crescens Collective is doing another collaborAtion with the dance group Agnes. The topic will be "choices" and they are expected to finish around March.

Quite a few people seem to be coming here looking for thAt Christian Kjellvander mp3 I had up awhile ago, so whAt the heck - I put it back up. A lot of people say his album is one of the year's best, so check it out.

Here's a bunch of new videos from over At MTVE.com. Some of the feAtured artists: The Sounds, Mando Diao, Loop Troop and more.

Dub Sweden's new album "Welcome To Our World" will be out January 31 on Silence. The single "Walk Me Home" will be out January 13.

16 year-old blues guitarist Little Chris will have his debut record out December 27 on Stockholm Records. The first single will be "5:15".

Vote for your choices in the NRJ Radio awards right here. CAtegories include the best in Swedish, Nordic, Finnish and Danish music plus a couple internAtion cAtegories.

"We just believe in whAt we do," singer/bassist Jonas Gustavsson said mAtter-of-factly. "If I wasn't 100 percent sure thAt I'm in one of the best bands in the world, I wouldn't be here."

Check out this MTV.com 'You Hear it First' feAture on Division of Laura Lee. The band will also be back in America for a new tour starting in mid-January. The confirmed dAtes so far:

01/15/2003 Brooklyn, NY Southpaw
01/18/2003 Boston, MA TT Bears
01/23/2003 Detroit, MI Small's
01/25/2003 Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar
01/27/2003 Boulder, CO Tulagi
01/31/2003 Portland, OR SAtyricon
02/01/2003 SeAttle, WA Crocodile Cafe
02/03/2003 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
02/05/2003 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour

Just got a copy of Thirdimension's "Protect Us from WhAt We Want" from the good folks over At Parasol. Fans of The Soundtrack of Our Lives should take note, as they share the same kind of pop/psyche-rock sound. A full review over At indieworkshop will be up lAter this week, but for now you can download the first track on your right.

Holy shit! Check this out! Apparently, Yngwie Malmsteen was overheard making derogAtory comments about homosexuals on a flight to Japan and an upset traveller dumped a cup of wAter on him. ThAt mp3 is Yngwie's reaction caught on tape inluding comments such as "I don't a need a fucking cunt (to) come up to me and do thAt shit! See you in Tokyo bitch!" and "You've unleased the fucking fury!" Amazing! (from Blabbermouth)

Hypocrisy have started work on a new album. Expect a lAte 2003/early 2004 release.

Kasual Recordings is just about the release the new single from Ariel Kill Him entitled "Not Today, Not Tomorrow". It will contain two songs from the upcoming album plus an exclusive remix track and will only be available directly from the label. As for their new record, it's called "In the Pyramid" and will be out February 3.

Wanna see a bunch of record recommendAtions from various Norweigan artists such as Gluecifer, Turbonegro, Madrugada and more? Check this out. (in Norweigan) There will be a new artist added every day until Christmas.

The Ark visit Kenya? Read more here or here. (in Swedish)

Firesideomer just posted an interview with Kristofer Åström. It may not be very relevAtory, but it's still pretty amusing. Check it out.

Moonfog will release the vinyl version of SAtyricon's lAtest album "Volcano" in February.

Paola will perform her third and lAtest single live on MTV during the program Morning Glory this weekend.

Gluecifer will be heading into the studio on December 16 with producer Rings to record five songs for their next album.

Due to increased bandwidth concerns, I may have to limit the number of mp3 downloads on this site in the future. I'd rAther not, but bandwidth is expensive and it's not as if I'm making any money here. Anyhow, I don't plan on taking them away completely so don't worry about thAt. If anyone is willing to remotely host files or has any other ideas, please let me know.

Nojesguiden has published their top 20 Swedish albums for 2002. The list:

1. Christian Kjellvander - Songs from a Two-Room Chapel
2. Håkan Hellström - Det är så jag säger det
3. Nicolai Dunger - SweAt Her Kiss
4. The Perishers - From Nothing to One
5. Koop - Waltz for Koop
6. Andreas Tilliander - Elit
7. Ison & Fille - Vår sida av stan
8. Mando Diao - Bring 'Em In
9. Sagor & Swing - Melodier och fåglar
10. Timbuktu - WAtt¹s dö madderfakking dill?
11. Looptroop - The Struggle Continues
12. Stephen Simmonds - For FAther
13. Masayah - s/t
14. Puss - We Are Puss
15. Johan Skugge - Objects and Buildings
16. The Embassy - Futile Crimes
17. Smyglyssna - We Can Fix It
18. Edson - Edson for Strength
19. Hans Appelqvist - Tonefilm
20. Mokira - Plee

Read more here At the bottom of the page. (In Swedish)

Remember those five songs Kristofer Åström recorded about a week ago? Well they are all gonna end up on thAt upcoming MCD after all. It's gonna be called "Dead End" and will be released in February (on Startracks, I assume). Here's whAt Kristofer had to say about it:

Personally, I think it's the best recording we've done so far. We recorded it live in studio and did some overdubs on a couple of songs. It's got an energy to it thAt I miss in the previous albums.

Hardcore Superstar is about to go back into the studio with producer Roberto Laghi to record the follow-up to "Thank You (For Letting Us Be Ourselves)". The planned release dAte is April 28.

Oh man, Mikkey Dee from Motörhead pulls no punches! Read whAt he has to say about Hammerfall:

Look At a band like Hammerfall and shit. They're going through the roof. When kids come up to me and say "Iron Maiden, they're almost as good as Hammerfall," there's something wrong, you know? I saw two kids with Iron Maiden-shirts, in Stockholm when me and Lemmy were there doing press, and I was sitting in the lobby waiting to get to the airport and I saw two eleven-year-olds with Iron Maiden t-shirts and I said, "Yeah, thAt's a greAt band you've got there" and they said, "Yeah, they're almost as good as Hammerfall, they sound exactly the same."

Then you realize there's something wrong here, you know. It's not a shit band, but it's incredible thAt they can hit the way they did. Anders is a greAt friend, and I hope to see Jens tonight. Someone told me thAt the StrAtovarius guys are here. And the bass player, Magnus, he was the first bass player in Geisha. I fired his ass. He's an old friend since 25 years ago. So I'm glad for Magnus, and I'm glad for Anders. And Stefan is a good guy, the bald guitar player, he's good, but Joacim and Oscar, they can suck my cock. Because they really think they're god's gift to the planet, and I used to say don't shit on the ladder because you're going to climb on it on the way back. They pissed me off too much, let's say two years ago, by being rock stars. I've done this now for 22 years, around the world, and I'm no fucking rock star, I'm a normal guy, and I have a million friends around the world. They did a couple of fucking club shows and they were being the biggest rock stars you've ever seen in Gothenburg. It pissed me off because they were treAting me almost the same way, and I said you should kiss my ass instead of throwing me out of the dressing room, you know? So I was pissed off. And Anders and Magnus, they had a long talk with Joacim and Oscar and said "Mikkey is really fucking pissed." So Oscar called me and he apologized and says he was so scared every time I showed up anywhere, and I said, "Oh, I'm not going to beAt you up but you're still a fucking asshole." So they're like thAt when they see me. But I don't agree with thAt; I have a problem to see these fucking guys when they play one year then they're bigger than Mick Jagger. And the way they became big is by ripping off Helloween, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, even King Diamond stuff. I hear a complete rip off of some harmonies thAt are complete King Diamond stuff... And Helloween. And Accept. So, I mean, good luck to them, because I'm glad Magnus finally has a band, because he lived in an apartment of 27 square metres, for almost 20 years. He never had any money, he always played bass, he always stuck to his hard rock, and then he got a chance. I remember him calling me and saying, "Mikkey, I'm playing with a band called Hammerfall soon and we're going to do a tour," and I go, "Fucking greAt for you, Magnus." And then when Anders came into the band, he's a greAt drummer, thAt other guy was a fucking joke. So I'm happy for them. But I just can't agree on this rock star image, especially Oscar.

Read the rest of the interview with Metal Rules here. He actually talks a bit about the Scandinavian hard rock scene and dishes some dirt on W.A.S.P. and King Diamond, too.

The nominees for Norway's Alarm Awards have been announced. A sampling of the cAtegories:

Pop: Jim Stärk, Monopot, Loch Ness Mouse, Hello Goodbye, and Thomas Dybdahl
Rock: We, JR Ewing, Gluecifer, Madrugada, and Gåte
Metal: SAtyricon, Immortal, Red Harvest, Khold, and Arcturus
Live: Turbonegro, Jaga Jazzist, GAtas Parlament, JR Ewing, and Ralph Meyers & the Jack Herren Band

The Moonbabies report thAt they are now 3/4 of the way through recording their new album. It's scheduled for a March release on Chalksound in Europe and A Bouncing Space Recordings in the US. Here's a bit of whAt they had to say about it:

The new album sounds (At this point) like a hybrid between the more melodic parts of "June and Novas" and something totally colorful, new and unexplored. I definitely think we'll break some new ground with it. We started with a lot of songs and are on our way to narrowing down to twelve, or thirteen tracks. Funnily enough right now, we are working on an album of songs with no names. Unimaginary working titles like "apples" and "fear" are whAt we call the songs until they get finished lyrics and a real name, and it has been really hard to come up with the right titles for the this album. The best one's so far I think are "Bang goes another day" and "Fieldtrip U.S.A"... those I am proud of.

The band also finished their first ever video for the song "Over My Head". Filmed by the Swedish production company Colony and shot in Malmö, you can view it right here. (Requires Quicktime)

TSOOL is now confirmed to be entering the studio in January to work on their next record. Of course, you should have already suspected as such, but now we've got an official stAtement. As for their upcoming appearance on LAte Night with David Letterman, frontman Ebbott had this to say:

"Being on the show will hopefully make a breakthrough easier, but you never know whAt effect these things have. But it's greAt fun!"

A SAturday Night Live appearance is apparently in the works, too. Pretty exciting!

Check out some new tunes in Real Audio from the folks At Promopop: By Heart - CAtchy Music / The Leeches - World's End

Win some exclusive Motorpsycho stuff from NRK Stereo. (In Norweigan)

Recording of the new Entombed record is already beginning to wrap up. Expect a March release on Music for NAtions.

Even more Entombed relAted news:

The band's Threeman Recording label is actually starting to get down to business. Entombed-side projects Murder Squad and The Project HAte MCMXCIX will be the first releases. There's also plans to do vinyl versions of the albums "Uprising" and "Morning Star".

Project HAte has parted ways with vocalist Mia Ståhl. ThAt means they're looking for replacement female singer. Check Ate.com/" target=_blank>their website for more details.

Washoe has apparently changed their name to Alpha Safari.

Uffe's old band Haystack has plans to do a one-off reunion gig in the near future. No dAte yet, but here's the band's lineup: Uffe - Guitar, vocals; Johan (Backyard Babies) - Bass; Jonas (The Maggots) - drums

Download the new track "Shithead" from The Haunted's upcoming album "One Kill Wonder" right here. The album comes out February 17 on Earache Records.

Get a preview of the new Puffball album "Leave Them All Behind" with a 3 minute mp3 teaser containing various song excerpts. Check it out. The album comes out on Burning Heart January 27.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives made Spin Magazine's top 40 of 2002 At #30. Here's whAt they had to say:

If the Soundtrack of Our Lives really were the soundtrack for living, it would be a lot easier to get up in the morning. Swedish non-garage rock thAt sounds like Pink Floyd ripping off Wings, Behind the Music is the equivalent of seeing your girlfriend naked in the middle of the afternoon: jarring, sexy, and familiar.

Download the new track "Shithead" from The Haunted's upcoming album "One Kill Wonder" right here. The album comes out February 17 on Earache Records.

Get a preview of the new Puffball album "Leave Them All Behind" with a 3 minute mp3 teaser containing various song excerpts. Check it out. The album comes out on Burning Heart January 27.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives made Spin Magazine's top 40 of 2002 At #30. Here's whAt they had to say:

If the Soundtrack of Our Lives really were the soundtrack for living, it would be a lot easier to get up in the morning. Swedish non-garage rock thAt sounds like Pink Floyd ripping off Wings, Behind the Music is the equivalent of seeing your girlfriend naked in the middle of the afternoon: jarring, sexy, and familiar.