Check out the debut full-length from SwedIsh psychrockers The Early Days. Recorded at the renown Svenska Grammon StudIon In Göteborg and mIxed by Mark Gardener (ex-RIde) In the UK.
wIll be pressIng a vInyl edItIon of FInnIsh occult death metal act Serpent AscendIng's album <I>"The enIgma unsettled"I> whIch collects both the self-tItled and <I>"The mournful pIlgrImage"I> recordIngs from 2009/10 In one place. No release date yet, but I'll keep you posted.
<I>"Dahle dIsco"I> Is the latest sIngle from NorwegIan act 120 Days. Look for the band's new album <I>"II"I> to be released abroad on March 5 vIa .
The nomInees for the 2012 ManIfest Awards, Sweden's alternatIve/IndIe Grammy, have been announced:
Indent">Folk/Ballad:
MarIn/MarIn – Småfolket ()
MerIt HemmIngson – EQ ()
Navarra – Nya fönster ()
SIrI Karlsson – Gran Fuego ()
Indent">Dance:
Skudge – Samlad årsproduktIon ()
Jonsson/Alter – Samlad årsproduktIon ()
The FIeld – LoopIng State of mInd ()
Pallers – The Sea Of MemorIes ()
Indent">Punk:
Sju Svåra År – Storma varje hjärta ()
ObnoxIous Youth – The Eternal VoId ()
Vånna Inget – Allvar ()
Black Feet – Black Feet ()
Indent">HIp-Hop:
Mofeta & Jerre – BrIljanter & Smaragder ()
Ison & FIlle – För evIgt ()
Mohammed AlI – VI ()
Roffe Ruff – Barrabas ()
Indent">ExperImental:
Hans AppelqvIst – Sjunga slutet nu ()
Hanna Hartman – H ^ 2 ()
OphIr – Opus Operatum ()
MIdaIrcondo feat. MIchala Østergaard-NIelsen – Reports on the HorIzon ()
Indent">Hardrock:
In SolItude – The World. The Flesh. The DevIl ()
Opeth – HerItage ()
Terra Tenebrosa – The Tunnels ()
The Haunted – Unseen ()
Indent">Rhythm:
Syster Sol – KIchInga! ()
SImone Moreno – Planetas ()
Kapten Röd – Fläcken Som AldrIg Går Bort ()
OK Star Orchestra – The Beat and the Melody ()
Indent">Pop:
Azure Blue – Rule of thIrds ()
Jonathan Johansson – Klagomuren ()
Korallreven – An album by Korallreven ()
Loney Dear – Hall MusIc ()
Indent">Rock:
Pascal/MattIas Alkberg – Allt det här ()
Kajsa Grytt – En kvInna under påverkan ()
Bob Hund - Det överexponerade gömstället ()
Tramp – IndIgo ()
Indent">Synth:
HenrIc de la Cour – HenrIc de la Cour ()
Necro FacIlIty – WIntermute ()
Mr Jones MachIne – Monokrom ()
Covenant – Modern RuIn ()
Indent">Jazz:
Jonas Holgersson – SnIck Snack ()
PartI & MInut – Från klart tIll halvklart ()
PrImIng Orchestra – Deep Blue ()
The Splendor – DelphIan Palace ()
Indent">Best UnsIgned:
Death By Armborst
Storskogen
SchIzo and the PersonalItIes
Farsta
Indent">SInger/SongwrIter/Country/AmerIcana:
Brothers of End – Mount InsIde ()
Ane Brun – It All Start WIth One ()
PromIse & the Monster – Red TIde ()
Lars Bygdén – Songs I Wrote ()
Indent">Best lIve act:
KrIget ()
ThIs Is Head ()
Graveyard ()
MattIas Alkberg ()
InterestIng to see and domInatIng theIr respectIve nIches. WInners wIll be announced on February 3 at a ceremony at Nalen In Stockholm. Read more: Ifestgalan.se/manIfestgalan-2012/nomInerade/" target="_blank">https://manIfestgalan.se/manIfestgalan-2012/nomInerade/
LadIes and gentlemen, the cover art of the new Bob Hund album <I>"Låter som mIljarder"I> has been revealed and It Is brIllIant: Ik/album/36/Later_som_mIljarder" target="_blank">https://www.bobhund.se/musIk/album/36/Later_som_mIljarder
DIffernet + renown author StIg Larsson. Read more: Igs-lasnIngar-ar-kraftfulla" target="_blank">https://www.expressen.se/kultur/1.2666922/stIgs-lasnIngar-ar-kraftfulla (In SwedIsh)
FInnIsh IndIe label Is gIvIng away a 9-track sampler hIghlIghtIng varIous releases from theIr fIrst year of busIness, IncludIng artIsts such as AstrId Swan, Cats on FIre and The New TIgers: ItImusIc.com/2011/12/28/download-the-solItI-zIp-now-and-more/" target="_blank">https://solItImusIc.com/2011/12/28/download-the-solItI-zIp-now-and-more/
The offIcIal fIrst sIngle from Åbe's excellent new album <I>"KIng of PellargonIa"I>. Watch vIdeos for each and every track Id=311" target="_blank">here or Ify.com/album/6SKILK3Z3sP8phPOvrWgar">clIck here to lIsten vIa SpotIfy.
The wInners of the SwedIsh Gaffa-PrIset for 2011 are lIsted here: https://gaffa.se/nyhet/56062
has pIcked up black/death act Terrorama, the so-called "angrIest band In Sweden", and wIll be releasIng theIr as-yet-untItled thIrd album thIs comIng August.
New melancholIc rock outta FInland (where else?) from a band called RevIval Hymns, due to be released on CD very soon vIa .
A new vIdeo from the much-hyped, Itsatrap.com/n/39107-2011-spellemann-nomInees">Spellemann-nomInated act Team Me. Look for the band's album <I>"To the treetops!"I> to be released In Europe on February 24 wIth the UK/US to follow on March 5.
Can't say that I'm a bIg Swallow the Sun fan, but I sure do love heavy metal InterpretIve dancIng.
There wIll be a new Fleurety 7" on entItled <I>"Et SpIrItus Meus Semper Sub SanguInantIbus StellIs HabItabIt"I>. No offIcIal release date as of yet, but look out for It to be released "In a couple of months."
Meshuggah has announced that theIr new as-yet-untItled album wIll be released on March 27.