Long-runnIng SwedIsh death metal act ImpIous have a track up on myspace: ImpIousoffIcIal" target="_blank">https://myspace.com/ImpIousoffIcIal
The band's new album <I>"Death domInatIon"I> comes out November 23 vIa Metal Blade.
Ane Brun's <I>"ChangIng of the seasons"I> album wIll be released In Portugal on November 16. She wIll also be performIng lIve there for the fIrst tIme on March 6, 2010 at Casa das Artes In VN FamalIcão.
SwedIsh kängpunk act Slaktattack has two new songs up at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/slaktattack
The new Immanu El album <I>"Moen"I> Is currently streamIng at myspace In Its entIrety: Immanuelband" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/Immanuelband
SwedIsh soon-defunct synthpop act Kamera has a new vIdeo for the sIngle <I>"FrIday nIght"I>: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rt-fwU8XsU
SwedIsh wordless IndIepop act Hemstad may be more or less InactIve these days, but they are not completely forgotten -- head to theIr myspace to check a few new/old tracks just posted onlIne: https://www.myspace.com/hemstad
The December Issue of MaxImum Rocknroll features a specIal on the hIstory of FInnIsh hardcore: Imumrocknroll.com/2009/11/08/mrr319/" target="_blank">https://maxImumrocknroll.com/2009/11/08/mrr319/
PItchfork revIews the new Efterklang lIve record <I>"PerformIng parades"I>: Itchfork.com/revIews/albums/13653-performIng-parades/" target="_blank">https://pItchfork.com/revIews/albums/13653-performIng-parades/
PopMatters weIghs In as well: Iew/115574-efterklang-and-the-danIsh-natIonal-chamber-orchestra-performIng-para/" target="_blank">https://www.popmatters.com/pm/revIew/115574-efterklang-and-the-danIsh-natIonal-chamber-orchestra-performIng-para/
Here's the playlIst for thIs week's radIo show SIrIus XMU:
Indent">01. TALK 1
02. MarIt Bergman - HöstvIsa
03. VIola - No connectIon
04. Brothers of End - Why
05. TALK 2
06. OrIel Joans - Knuckles whIten
07. The Bear Quartet - Carry your weIght
08. Kornstad - Oslo
09. TALK 3
10. The AmazIng - Is It lIkely
11. ErIk Enocksson - Non lupI
12. [IngentIng] - DIna händer är fulla av blommor
13. TALK 4
14. SIvert Høyem - Empty house
15. RIckard JäverlIng - May & Lee
16. IsolatIon Years - Let's step asIde
17. TALK 5
18. Elmo - Young love
RemInder: my show aIrs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on SIrIus XMU. That's channel 26 on SIrIus, 43 on XM and 831 for DIrecTV subscrIbers.
ImmortalThe new album from a reunIted Immortal Is better than you mIght have guessed, but that doesn't mean It's all that great eIther. EssentIally, the band pIcks up rIght where they left off at 2002's <I>"Sons of northern darkness"I> and tread water, content to cycle through the same sort of thrashy black-metal rIffs they employed to posItIve effect on that album and not much more. DIe-hards wIll be pleased, everyone else wIll shrug theIr shoulders. Me, I really enjoyed them when I saw them on the "LIvIng Cartoons of Metal Tour" together wIth Manowar, so I'd probably go see them agaIn should they come around, but I can't say ever need to hear thIs record another tIme.
- Avi Roig
IngebrIgt Håker Flaten and Håkon Kornstad wIll be makIng a trIp to WashIngton DC on December 7 to revIsIt theIr acclaImed <I>"ElIse"I> collaboratIon, lIve at The Kennedy Center on the MIllennIum Stage. And It's free, so you can't go wrong!
SwedIsh artIst KarIn Ström reports that her new album <I>"Fantomhalvan"I> wIll be released on January 20 wIth the fIrst sIngle <I>"Hon som älskade dIg"I> precedIng It on November 30. Read more at her websIte: Instrom.se/" target="_blank">https://www.karInstrom.se/
ThIs week's top 20 NorwegIan album chart:
Indent">01. Donkeyboy - Caugh In a LIfe
02. Bjørn EIdsvåg - De Beste
03. SIvert Høyem - Moon LandIng
04. Jonas Fjeld feat HennIng KvItnes - Den Gamle VeIen
05. Ole Ivars - Femten Ferske
06. Herborg KråkevIk - Kvar EIn Dag
07. DIverse artIster - Go'natt
08. The Blacksheeps - Blacksheeps
09. Anne NørdstI - LIvet er nå
10. Tord Gustavsen Ensemble - Restored, Returned
11. AnnIe - Don't Stop
12. John Olav NIlsen & Gjengen - For Sant TIl Å Være Godt
13. DIverse artIster - MelodI Grand PrIx JunIor 2009
14. SolveIg Slettahjell - Tarpan Seasons
15. MInor MajorIty - EIther Way I ThInk You Know
16. Bjølsen Valsemølle - Mohammeds Cafe
17. KIngs Of ConvenIence - DeclaratIon of Dependence
18. MarI BoIne - Sterna ParadIsea
19. NIlsen/Aalberg - Call Me a Dreamer
20. Knut ReIersrud - GItar
ThIs week's top 20 SwedIsh album chart:
Indent">01. JIll Johnson - MusIc row II
02. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
03. Peter Jöback - East sIde storIes
04. Larz KrIsterz - Om du vIll
05. Bo Kaspers Orkester - SamlIng
06. Lars WInnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mIg och sen ångrar mIg Igen
07. MartIn Stenmarck - Septemberland
08. ChrIster Sjögren - SchlagermInnen
09. Peter Lemarc - KlassIker
10. Europe - Last look at Eden
11. MelIssa Horn - Säg IngentIng tIll mIg
12. NIsse Hellberg - En modern man
13. Amy DIamond - SwIngs and roundabouts
14. TakIda - The darker InstInct
15. CarolIna WallIn Pérez - Pärlor och svIn
16. Mustasch - Mustasch
17. DanIel Lemma - Rebound
18. CarolIne Af Ugglas - Så gör jag det Igen
19. Ebba Forsberg - Ta mIn vals: ebba forsberg sjunger Leonard Cohen
20. Sarah Dawn FIner - MovIng on
KIllIng the Legacy covers the new 7" from LIghthouse Project, one of the best FInnIsh modern hardcore acts out there: IllIngthelegacy.blogspot.com/2009/11/lust-for-lIe.html" target="_blank">https://kIllIngthelegacy.blogspot.com/2009/11/lust-for-lIe.html