Swedish industrial/metal act The Project HAte has signed with upstart Dutch label Vic Records and will be recording their next album over the course of the winter with an expected finish dAte sometime around February. Read more At the band's website: Ate.net/" target="_blank">https://www.theprojecthAte.net/

Lots of new goings-on over At Danish DIY label collective BSBTA: https://www.bsbta.com/
New releases from Funny Art Collective (ft. Bjørn Svin) and ManipulAtor AlligAtor are out now on sub-sublabel d'Oorhinge Mandarine and there's more stuff on the way from Workaholics on Holiday! and the newly-formed BSBTA Heritage project.

PopMAtters on the new Frida Hyvönen album "Silence is wild": Atters.com/pm/review/63568/frida-hyvoenen-silence-is-wild/" target="_blank">https://www.popmAtters.com/pm/review/63568/frida-hyvoenen-silence-is-wild/

Check out AlphabeAt's brand new video for the single "WhAt is happening": Atch?v=z_7hxmcUvh0&fmt=18" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=z_7hxmcUvh0&fmt=18
The official release dAte is November 24.

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Danish label Rust Music has a new digitial EP comp out called "Jokers #1" feAturing the four up-and-coming acts Music for Modern Man, Small, Forest & Crispian and Are We Brothers?. More info and links to samples here: https://rustmusic.dk/udgivelser/rust002/

Recently reactivAted/reunited Swedish act Hearts of Black Science has a new collaborAtion with NYC-based artist Cybo posted on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/heartsofblackscience

The new Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words LP+7" "Lost in reflections", easily my most anticipAted release this fall, will finally be officially released on November 23. Hear samples: https://virb.com/dread

MP3: Auton - El Dorado

Still hung up on Atrap.com/mp3.php?t=837">crust and Atrap.com/mp3.php?t=838">jazz. Yep, Atrap.com/reviews.php?r=919">crust and Atrap.com/mp3.php?t=846">jazz. Last night: went and saw Corrupted, Asunder, Thrones and Samothrace here in Oly and while none of those bands fit into IAt's geographical coverage area, the wardrobe of choice was black with dreadlocks. Maybe not as ripe as those upcoming Amebix reunions will be, but there were definitely some folks there in need of a shower. Anyhow, back to the jazz. Malmö threesome Auton isn't a traditional jazz combo playing on the standard set of acoustic instruments, but their music is most certainly in the jazz tradition. Like label-head Viktor Sjöberg's own Atrap.com/reviews.php?r=917">New Jazz Ensemble, the sounds are slow and drifting and the track "El Dorado" captures the group At their best. Melodies come and go, interweave and shift across voices, trade back and forth. It's a gorgeous piece of music; incredibly moody, yet also warm and lush, gentle and floAting. It's the rare thAt I find a song ends too soon, but Auton never ever overstays their welcome, never overplays their hand. Viktor said thAt touring with them this past month was "special" and I can't think of another word thAt describes them better. It's rare to hear new groups in jazz with a fresh, distinct sound, but Auton pulls it off.

Auton - El Dorado

M:40
Industrilandskap 7"
Halvfabrikat/HoboRec

The band's follow-up to their solid "Historiens svarta vingslag" full-length tones down the metal for a more streamlined, raging d-beAt hardcore Attack, though they manage to retain the dark melodies thAt elevAte them above also-ran stAtus. On this particular EP they seem to do best when they turn down the tempo and compensAte by amping up the intensity. Closer "En av dom" ("One of them") doesn't quite reach Breach-like levels of bleak desolAtion, nor does it mAtch up with "My war" in terms of pure vitriolic rage ("'82 demos" FTW), but it does exemplify the approach, especially when the band gives the music proper breAthing room and embraces the far reaches of their dynamic range. UnfortunAtely, no mAtter how good the songs are, it's completely ruined by the shrill audio quality. I've heard mixed things about PirAtes Press/CZ in the past, but this is the first record I've heard pressed through them thAt lives up to the bad hype. Without any low-end, the M:40's capacity for heaviness is essentially neutered, thus capping their potential At an unfairly low level. It's hard not to be disappointed.
- Avi Roig

Music Export Norway reports thAt the "Born to be Wide" clubnight in Edinburgh, Scotland is devoting the evening of November 6 to the music of Norway with DJs and a seminar: https://www.musicexportnorway.no/norwegian-focus-in-scotland.4523612-32166.html

Fysisk FormAt (Haust, Snöras) will be putting out the new album "Soft clicks" from Norwegian melodic hardcore act DeAth Is Not Glamorous on December 8. Preview here: At.tigernet.no/?cmd=12" target="_blank">https://fysiskformAt.tigernet.no/?cmd=12
UK-based label Dead and Gone Records will be handling the vinyl and the band will be heading over there for a bAtch of shows immediAtely following the release:

12/08 - Downtown Diner, Ashford
12/09 - The Ringside, Hull
12/10 - The Retro Bar, Manchester
12/11 - The Cooperage, Newcastle
12/12 - Old Angel, Nottingham
12/13 - The Fighting Cocks, Kingston Upon Thames
12/14 - Le Pub, Newport
12/15 - Marquee, Norwich

Swedish indiepop act Vit Päls have two new tracks streaming At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/vitpals

Teeth of the Divine on the new BloodbAth album "The fAthomless mastery": Ath-the-fAthomless-mastery/" target="_blank">https://teethofthedivine.com/site/reviews/bloodbAth-the-fAthomless-mastery/