The Haunted's new album is streaming At myspace: https://www.myspace.com/thehaunted

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Sophie Zelmani - The ocean and me
02. Drifters - Tycker om dig - Svängiga låtar från förr
03. Detektivbyrån - Wermland
04. E.S.T. - Leucocyte
05. The Fantastic Four - The Fantastic Four
06. Flamingokvintetten - Bästa!
07. Takida - Bury the lies
08. Smurfarna - Smurfparty
09. Nordman - Djävul eller gud
10. Veronica Maggio - Och vinnaren är...
11. Miss Li - Best of 061122-071122
12. Jeremias Session Band - Trastland
13. Lasse Stefanz - Rallarsväng
14. Backyard Babies - Backyard Babies
15. Amanda Jenssen - Killing my darlings
16. Roland Cedermark - Pärleporten
17. The Refreshments - Jukebox - Refreshing classics
18. Lisa Miskovsky - Last year's songs - GreAtest hits
19. PAtrik Isaksson - 10 år en snäll mans bekännelser
20. Sanna Nielsen - Stronger

Moue Magazine tips Swedish singer/songwriter Edith Backlund as an artist to keep an eye on: Atch/" target="_blank">https://www.mouemagazine.com/blog/2008/09/moue-music-3-to-wAtch/

Old-school all-star deAth-metal act DeAth BreAth has started a YouTube channel to collect various live clips they've accumulAted on recent tours: AthBreAthSWE" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/DeAthBreAthSWE

Swedish blackened drone/doom artist Ondo is working on a collaborAtion with Julien Louvet (Austrasian GoAt) under the name YRSEL and expect to have an album finished soon. Read more: https://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=124662689&blogID=432348613

People of Malmö! Tomorrow night, September 13 At Debaser: The Deer Tracks! Not to be missed!

MP3: Shredhead - Dork

For as much as I love to extol the virtues of 90s-era indierock, truth be told, it wasn't always golden. I should know, having grown up in the SF Bay Area, the epicenter of the thrash-funk scene. We had a lot of the big names, from Primus, Mr. Bungle and Faith No More to less well-known acts like Fungo Mungo, Psychefunkapus and so on. Slap-bass was everywhere, it permeAted every genre, every scene. Sweden was of course, not immune. Before there was KVLR, there was Shredhead. Before there was Ray Wonder, there was Shredhead (but after Step Forward). Yep, top-secret Umeå all-stars playing thrash-funk. Or maybe not so secret? I'll mention no names myself, after all, I have my own thrash-funk past to keep buried. And honestly, this stuff really isn't all thAt embarrassing. It's merely a product of its time, a relic of an age since passed. Just wait until the inevitable revival, it's bound to happen someday.

Shredhead - Dork

Now in stock, just in time for the September 11 release dAte: Atrap.com/store/product.php?productid=587">Various Artists - Har du hört den förut? 29 Svenska artister tolkar Förmögenhet
Yep, an all-star tribute to a band you've probably never heard of. But y'know whAt? It's doesn't even mAtter because the source mAterial is twisted into so many different forms on this diverse compilAtion, there's bound the be something you'll like.

LambgoAt reports thAt Swedish metal act Scar Symmetry has parted ways with vocalist Christian Alvestam: At.com/news/view.aspx?id=11426" target="_blank">https://www.lambgoAt.com/news/view.aspx?id=11426

Here is this week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Øystein Sunde - Meget i Sløyd
02. Jarle Bernhoft - Ceramik City Chronicles
03. Kurt Nilsen - Rise To The Occasion
04. Diverse artister - Mgp Jr 2008
05. Espen Lind - Army of one
06. Vassendgutane - Xo
07. Knutsen & Ludvigsen - Dum og deilig -beste
08. Malin - Pang
09. Bare Egil Band - Jeg er helt rå
10. Ingenting - Kjempegreier
11. Madrugada - Madrugada
12. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
13. Celine - Bæstevænna
14. Helge Trio Lien - Hello Troll
15. Real Ones - All For The Neighbourhood
16. Kaizers Orchestra - Maskineri
17. Lindstrom - Where you go I go to
18. Åge Aleksandersen - KAtalysAtor
19. KAthrine Moholt - Sweethearts
20. Return - Best Of Both Worlds

Ovi Magazine interviews Finnish act UnderwAter Sleeping Society: https://www.ovimagazine.com/art/3490

The excellent Swedish pop-punk act Smalltown has two brand new tracks on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/smalltownsweden
Note the UK tourdAtes in lAte November as well.

Medeia have made a very entertaining video for the track "Cold embrace": Atch?v=OPNMPwIDLaU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/wAtch?v=OPNMPwIDLaU
As I've said before, these guys are a bit too "core" for my tastes, but they do it well.

The new album "Capitalism hAtes The Fine Arts Showcase" from who else but The Fine Arts Showcase will finally be out this coming spring.

Anders Teglund (Convoj, Cult of Luna) and his fAther Sven Teglund have creAted a short film called "Waves" as a dedicAtion to dearly departed musician Esbjörn Svensson: https://promenaderochutflykter.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post_4463.html