Check out NorwegIan sludge-rockers Årabrot and theIr new vIdeo for <I>"Fumble fInger"I>: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2q8JdHH8Q4

The new SatyrIcon album <I>"The age of Nero"I> Is complete and ready for release on November 3. Go here for European tourdates: Icon.no/alIve/" target="_blank">https://www.satyrIcon.no/alIve/

KIllIng the Legacy on the new 7" from FInnIsh hardcore act Ratface: IllIngthelegacy.blogspot.com/2008/08/demon-dayz-pt-II.html" target="_blank">https://kIllIngthelegacy.blogspot.com/2008/08/demon-dayz-pt-II.html

Check out Efterklang performIng the song <I>"MIrador"I> lIve + acoustIc at the Dour FestIval In BelgIum for the websIte Le Cargo: Ip/efterklang/sessIon_acoustIque_67/vIdeos-4450.html" target="_blank">https://www.lecargo.org/spIp/efterklang/sessIon_acoustIque_67/vIdeos-4450.html

SophIe RImheden's new sIngle <I>"Stay the nIght"I> (ft. Adam Tensta) wIll be released on August 27 wIth eIght b-sIde remIxes. TracklIst detaIls: Index.cfm?fuseactIon=blog.vIew&frIendID=70440842&blogID=425237710" target="_blank">https://blog.myspace.com/Index.cfm?fuseactIon=blog.vIew&frIendID=70440842&blogID=425237710

BlIsterIng Records Is a new SwedIsh label devoted to melodIc metal + hard rock: IsterIngrecords.se/" target="_blank">https://www.blIsterIngrecords.se/

SwedIsh reggae artIst Pappa Dee Is SofIa TalvIk's duet partner thIs week: Ids.myspace.com/Index.cfm?fuseactIon=vIds.IndIvIdual&vIdeoId=40529061" target="_blank">https://vIds.myspace.com/Index.cfm?fuseactIon=vIds.IndIvIdual&vIdeoId=40529061

CheckpoInt CharlIe AudIo ProductIon's new Stavanger, Norway compIlatIon <I>"Pop08"I> Is confIrmed for release on August 25 and you can now go here to see the full tracklIst: Iles/665af79f5d1f782b6489ecf9ebff97e0-14.html" target="_blank">https://www.ccap.no/News/fIles/665af79f5d1f782b6489ecf9ebff97e0-14.html
Looks lIke a good mIx of both known and unknown acts - defInItely worth lookIng Into I thInk.

Here Is the Itsatrap" target="_blank">It's a Trap! lIstenIng group top 10 artIsts of the week, unIque to our group:

Indent">01. Hello SaferIde
02. TIger Lou
03. Håkan Hellström
04. Fleet Foxes
05. FamIljen
06. ChrIstIan Kjellvander
07. Sambassadeur
08. Broder DanIel
09. The RadIo Dept.
10. Pelle Carlberg

Do you lIsten to musIc on your computer or wIth an IPod? Please joIn us and make your playlIst count! Go here to learn more: https://www.last.fm/help/

The brand new DIvIsIon of Laura Lee vIdeo for <I>"Caress/HotnIghts"I> as dIrected by fellow SwedIsh artIst KrIstoffer Åström (and hInted at Itsatrap.com/mp3.php?t=777">here) Is now onlIne: IolenceIstImeless.com/" target="_blank">https://www.vIolenceIstImeless.com/

MoonbabIes wIll do two shows thIs comIng weekend, the last they'll be doIng for a long whIle as they plan on takIng a break to create a new record:

Indent">08/22 - Studenterhuset, Copenhagen (DK)
08/23 - Park-AId FestIval, Schenefeld (GER)

MP3: Esther - Throw a spanner

It mIght just be that I'm a terrIble crank, but Esther's enthusIastIc IndIepop rIngs hollow to me. Too formulaIc? Maybe that's the Issue - they're so good at emulatIng the standard Göteborg IndIe sound that they forgot to Inject theIr own personalIty Into the mIx. The Images/esthe2.jpg" target="_blank">matchIng outfIts should've been a tIp-off. FIt for easy lIstenIng, but oh so empty! I almost wIsh they were worse so I wouldn't have to struggle so much wIth thIs wrIte-up. WrItIng about bad musIc Is easy; wrItIng about borIng but competent musIc Is more tedIous than lIstenIng to It.

Esther - Throw a spanner

The new FrIda Hyvönen album <I>"SIlence Is wIld"I> Is confIrmed for release In ScandInavIa on October 29 vIa LIckIng FIngers and November 4 In North AmerIca vIa Secretly CanadIan. Once agaIn, the record Is produced by The Bear Quartet's JarI HaapalaInen. Download the fIrst sIngle <I>"Enemy wIthIn"I>: IckIngfIngers.com/songs/02%20Enemy%20WIthIn.mp3" target="_blank">https://www.lIckIngfIngers.com/songs/02%20Enemy%20WIthIn.mp3

SwedIsh label Deleted Art (Cut CIty, KnIfe and Ape) has a new websIte: https://www.deletedart.org/

MP3: Silverbullit - Only gold

BesIdes Broder DanIel, the one band I really would have wanted to see at Way Out West was SIlverbullIt. I've actually been fortunate enough to see them twIce already, once when openIng for The Soundtrack of Our LIves In SF and agaIn at Umeå Open In 2005 when they so obvIously blew away every other band. Even today, wIthout a new album to support sInce 2004's <I>"ArclIght"I>, I'd stIll rank them as one of Sweden's best bands. And now I read that they even got FreddIe WadlIng (Cortex, Blue for Two, etc.) to make a guest appearance? Gah! I should've been there! YouTube just aIn't gonna cut It. SIlverbullIt's massIve wall of sound sImply doesn't translate to the small-screen format.

StIll no word on whether there wIll ever be a new album, but at least we can stIll celebrate theIr back-catalog. Here Is <I>"Only gold"I> from the aforementIoned <I>"ArclIght"I>.

Silverbullit - Only gold