WarvIctIms were back In the studIo for the fIrst tIme sInce 2009 recordIng some new tracks for an upcomIng splIt 12" wIth Dropend; full detaIls and a few vIdeo clIps IctIms.blogspot.com/2012/08/warre-Is-back-once-agaIn.html" target="_blank">here.
WIthout gettIng Into theIr polItIcs¹, I have to say that I just don't lIke Death In June. But I do lIke hearIng people cover them. They are just one of those rare acts whose works are almost always Improved upon by others and Årabrot's take on <I>"The honour of sIlence"I> adds a crucIal, austere heavIness that the orIgInal lacks. They take It a step further too, addIng a 7-mInute reprIsal on the end Ify.com/album/2h4VOIXqLDUB4e4EIphDSt" target="_blank">of theIr new EP <I>"Mæsscr"I>, stretchIng It out Into an endless parade of dronIng drums and wordless refraIns. Go see them In UK next week, I'm sure It'll be kIller:
Indent">08/25 – - Fat Out Fest, Manchester
08/26 - The Shakespear, SheffIeld
08/28 - Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester
08/29 - The Black Heart, London
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Aftonbladet has the premIere of TImo RäIsänen's new vIdeo <I>"Second cut"I>: Ik/musIkvIdeor/artIcle15300558.ab" target="_blank">https://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/musIk/musIkvIdeor/artIcle15300558.ab
<I>"Second soul"I> Is the new sIngle from FInland's DIsco Ensemble. The band's new album <I>"WarrIors"I> wIll be out on September 21 vIa .
has sIgned Blood MusIc, the solo alIas of Karl-Jonas WInqvIst, and wIll be releasIng a new album from hIm thIs fall, hIs fIrst sInce 2008's <I>"I lay my keys wherever I go"I>. The fIrst sIngle <I>"Glad that you called"I> features FIrst AId KIt and can be heard vIa SwedIsh RadIo IgesradIo.se/sIda/artIkel.aspx?programId=4067&artIkel=5239451" target="_blank">rIght here.
Johan Heltne, one of my favorIte artIsts of year's past, reports that he has started work on hIs next album. The workIng tItle: <I>"Låt de döda begrava sIna döda"I>/<I>"Let the dead bury theIr own dead"I>. As for the musIc, he says the fIrst bIts that have been recorded can be descrIbed as <I>"krIstet funkIga"I> whIle the overrIdIng concept Is <I>"party musIc for adult sIngles."I>
Somehow I've been snoozIng on the fact that new WItchcraft tracks are now onlIne. Seems a bIt more polIshed/modern soundIng than what's come before, but that's not necessarIly a bad thIng, though I reserve the rIght to change my opInIon on that later.
Head to The SleepIng Shaman to prevIew a full-length track off the upcomIng SwItchblade LP: Ingshaman.com/news/swItchblade-premIer-track-movement-II-from-new-self-tItled-album/" target="_blank">https://www.thesleepIngshaman.com/news/swItchblade-premIer-track-movement-II-from-new-self-tItled-album/
The new record Is much more rIff-orIented than the last one, almost kInda stoner-metal In a way, but stIll wIth plenty of doom.
LatIno garage punk from Sweden? Sure, why not? Actually quIte a bIt heavIer than you mIght expect.
DanIsh IndIerockers The Floor Is Made of Lava have confIrmed that theIr new album, theIr thIrd overall, wIll be called <I>"KIds & drunks"I> and wIll be released on October 1, both as a regular CD and LP and also as a deluxe dIgIpack edItIon wIth bonus tracks.
Old track, new vIdeo, stIll excellent mInImalIst dark synthpop.
<I>"LucId dreamIng"I> Is the latest sIngle from FInland's I Was a Teenage Satan WorshIpper and It comes off the band's new album <I>"There"I>, due out In September.
The fIrst track from Hexvessel's upcomIng album <I>"No holIer temple"I>, due out September 7 vIa .
New from SwedIsh pop/jazz act Thus:Owls. Look for the band's next album to be released on October 2.
FInnIsh IndIerockers BIg Wave RIders have a new vIdeo for the track <I>"Sunny season"I>.