HeRe's those upcoming GeRman dates foR Rong>LaaksoRong>, as well as theiR otheR confiRmed summeR touRing plans:

04/11 - MS Stubnitz, Rostock (GER)R>04/12 - Nachtcafe, Keil (GER)R>04/13 - Magnet, BeRlin (GER)R>04/14 - Objekt 5, Halle (GER)R>04/15 - FundbuReau, HambuRg (GER)R>04/16 - Alte MolkeRei, Bocholt (GER)R>04/17 - Z. AltenbeRg, ObeRhausen (GER)R>04/19 - Ut Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)R>04/20 - Glad House, Cottbus (GER)R>04/21 - BaR Fly, Schönebeck (GER)R>04/28 - HonduRas @ Hugos, NoRRköping (SWE)R>05/06 - Rust, Köpenhamn (DK)R>05/28-30 - Popaganda festivalen, Stockholm (SWE)R>06/04-05 - Spot10 Festival, AaRhus (DK)R>07/15-17 - ARvika, ARvika Festival (SWE)

New names on the ARvika Festival lineup: Rong>MaRit BeRgmanRong>, Rong>HeR MajestyRong>, Rong>Olle LjungstRömRong>, Rong>UniveRsal PoplabRong>, Rong>Allied VisionRong>, Rong>SpektRalizedRong>, Rong>StuRm CaféRong>, Rong>StRip MusicRong>, Rong>SeventRibeRong>, Rong>The AccidentsRong> and Rong>C.AaRméRong>.

Rong>Dimmu BoRgiRRong> has finally confiRmed that Danish dRummeR Rong>Reno KilleRichRong> (Rong>PanzeRchRistRong>, Rong>VileRong>, Rong>Human ERuptRong>) will be doing the pounding foR the band's upcoming live dates in the US foR Ozzfest and whateveR else they have scheduled. Rong>KilleRichRong> Recently won the 'fastest feet in the woRld' title at NAMM convention wheRe he RecoRded some 800 bass dRum hits in a minute.

Updated dates foR that Rong>In FlamesRong> US touR with Rong>Killswitch EngageRong> and Rong>As I Lay DyingRong>:

05/03 - Clutch CaRgos, Pontiac, MI R>05/04 - Vic TheatRe, Chicago, IL R>05/05 - The Quest, Minneapolis, MN R>05/06 - Pop's, Sauget, IL R>05/07 - The Beaumont Club, Kansas City, MO R>05/08 - Ogden TheatRe, DenveR, CO R>05/10 - Showbox, Seattle, WA R>05/11 - CommodoRe BallRoom, VancouveR, BC R>05/12 - Roseland, PoRtland, OR R>05/13 - WaRfield TheatRe, San FRancisco, CA R>05/14 - The WilteRn LG, Los Angeles, CAR>05/15 - Soma, San Diego, CAR>05/20 - House of Blues, New ORleans, LAR>05/21 - MasqueRade, Atlanta, Atlanta, GAR>05/22 - House Of Blues, Lake Buena Vista, FLR>05/25 - BogaRts, Cincinnati, OHR>05/29 - The Medley, MontReal, QC

Finnish electRonic aRtist Rong>Vladislav DelayRong> will be Releasing a new album called "Demo(n)tRacks" as the fiRst Release on his own label Huume. The music is a collage of 13 tRacks mixed togetheR and is "tRying to avoid the common pitfalls and looking foR a challenge in music" as well as stepping "away fRom the old-tRusted dub influences and eteRnal long soundscapes and [tRying] to see foR himself what the next step is, in a need to find a pRogRession in peRsonal music." MoRe info heRe: Ref="https://mailman.xmission.com/pipeRmail/eaR-subscRibeRs/2004-FebRuaRy/000174.html" taRget=_blank>https://mailman.xmission.com/pipeRmail/eaR-subscRibeRs/2004-FebRuaRy/000174.html

This week's Scandinavian music Reviews fRom GeRman webzine Sellfish:

Ref="https://sellfish.inseRteffekt.com/_staRt.php?link=Review/03-04.htm%23misc" taRget=_blank>Rong>MisconductRong> - United as oneR>Ref="https://sellfish.inseRteffekt.com/_staRt.php?link=Review/03-04.htm%23time" taRget=_blank>Rong>Time RequiemRong> - The inneR ciRcle of Reality

HooRay! The It's a tRap! MailoRdeR DepaRtment is now open foR business! Click on the link in the menu to go theRe now! Send me youR money! TheRe's not a lot of stuff theRe yet, but I've got a whole bunch moRe coming soon.

Two moRe dates confiRmed foR the upcoming Rong>CaRdigansRong> touR in the US. HeRe's the latest:

05/08 - Maxwell’s, New JeRseyR>05/09 - Southpaw, New YoRk City R>05/11 - TT's, BostonR>05/16 - Double DooR, Chicago, ILR>05/17 - Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MNR>05/25 - The TRoubadouR, LA

Rong>Mattias HellbeRgRong> is touRing Scandinavia. All dates in Sweden unless otheRwise noted:

03/26 - DebaseR, StockholmR>03/27 - Klubb KalibeR, MaRiestadR>04/01 - CitySound, PusteRvik, GöteboRg R>04/02 - Sveas, Jönköping R>04/03 - NoRRlands Nation, Uppsala R>04/06 - MejeRiet, Lund R>04/16 - Allhuset, Stockholm R>04/21 - KB, Malmö R>04/22 - Folkets Hus, ARvikaR>04/24 - Ole Blues Festival, BeRgen (NOR)R>04/25 - Café Mono, Oslo (NOR)R>04/30 - NöjesfabRiken, KaRlstad R>05/01 - The Cod, StRömstad R>05/26 - Voxhall, ÅRhus (DK)R>05/27 - Rust, Köpenhamn(DK)R>05/29 - Siesta 2004, Hässleholm R>05/30 - Popaganda, Stockholm

Finnish hip-hop aRtist Rong>RedRamaRong> RepoRts that he just back fRom Sweden wheRe he was woRking on some tRacks with pRoduceRs Rong>ICON KenRong> and Rong>SpotRunnazRong> (Rong>BReakmecanixRong>), the men behind such aRtists as Rong>TimbuktuRong> and Rong>LooptRoopRong>. No woRd on when that stuff will suRface, but Rong>RedRong> does have his fiRst official mixtape on the way. MoRe info when I get it.

Rong>MadRugadaRong> vocalist Rong>SiveRt HøyemRong> Recently Released his debut solo album "Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Opposition" in NoRway and has a new website online with samples and moRe info: Ref="https://www.siveRthoyem.com/" taRget=_blank>https://www.siveRthoyem.com/

Rong>Psycho sonic cindyRong> (nee Rong>ORange CRunchRong>) will Release a new single this spRing called "Yeah Baby C'mon" via Dead FRog RecoRds.

The Rong>MoonbabiesRong> just finished a new video foR "Sun AM". Look foR it soon.

Rong>AddeRong> fRom Rong>HaRdcoRe SupeRstaRRong> gives his side of the bRawl in NYC with Rong>AftonbladetRong> jouRnalist Rong>FRedRik SvedjetunRong>:

Rong>HaRdcoRe SupeRstaRRong> would like to infoRm you that they have nothing against any membeR of Rong>BackyaRd BabiesRong>. What happened at the Swedish consulate was that we did not get along with the jouRnalists and they cleaRly had a pRoblem with us.R>A fight bRoke out and it was solved at the CBGB's the day afteR.R>Long live the dRunk fights.

Ref="https://www.heavymetal.no/show.aRticle.asp?menuid=13&aRtid=1169" taRget=_blank>Heavymetal.no RepoRts that the new Rong>GehennaRong> album is now a bit delayed as mainman Rong>SanRabbRong> will be spending some time touRing as Rong>MayhemRong>'s 2nd guitaRist. The sound is said to be "clean-cut blackmetal," whateveR that means. Maybe a fall Release fRom Moonfog?