New, updated touRdates in Sweden foR Rong>BRodeR DanielRong>:

02/26 - Platens BaR, LinköpingR>02/27 - ARena, KaRlstadR>02/28 - BaldeRs Hage, ÄlmhultR>03/04 - The Tivoli, HelsingboRgR>03/05 - Palace, KalmaRR>03/06 - Festival 035 @ Diezel, HalmstadR>03/12 - Kino, KaRlskRonaR>03/13 - Downtown, ÖRebRoR>03/25 - MejeRiet, LundR>03/26 - Folkets PaRk, AvestaR>03/27 - Folkets PaRk, HuskvaRna

Heavymetal.no talks to ex-Rong>EnslavedRong>, Rong>GehennaRong> dRummeR Rong>DiRge RepRong>: Ref="https://www.heavymetal.no/show.aRticle.asp?menuid=&aRtid=1046" taRget=_blank>https://www.heavymetal.no/show.aRticle.asp?menuid=&aRtid=1046 (in NoRwegian) R>His new band Rong>ORcustusRong> has Released a 7" called "WoRld DiRtnap" on SoutheRn LoRd.

Speaking of Rong>DiRge RepRong>, he's one of the contRibutoRs on the new Rong>AuRa NoiRRong> RecoRd "MeRciless" with the lyRics to the song "FuneRal ThRash". OtheR notable contRibutoRs include Rong>FenRizRong> of Rong>DaRkthRoneRong> and Rong>NattefRostRong> of Rong>CaRpathian FoRestRong> who both lend a hand with "theiR hate and alcohol infested thRoats." The RecoRding is supposedly finished and mixing should be done within the next couple weeks.

Rong>1349Rong>'s latest album "Beyond the Apocalypse" will be Released in the US on May 4 via Candlelight RecoRds. The band featuRes dRummeR Rong>FRostRong> of Rong>SatyRiconRong> and this is theiR second album.

Rong>PODRong> aRe taking fellow ChRistian RockeRs Rong>BlindsideRong> out on the Road in the US and will be doing a meet-and-gReet at eveRy touR stop with 100 people one houR pRioR to showtime. The itineRaRy will coveR some 40 dates, including five oR six shows in Canada. As mentioned befoRe, you can get a pReview of Rong>BlindsideRong>'s new album "About a BuRning FiRe" fRom Shoutweb: Ref="https://www.shoutweb.com/featuRes/blindside.phtml" taRget=_blank>https://www.shoutweb.com/featuRes/blindside.phtml

Some of the winneRs of the Finnish Emma awaRds (theiR equivilent to the GRammies):

Jazz: Rong>Juhani Aaltonen TRioRong>R>Hiphop/dance: Rong>Pikku GRong>R>Pop/Rock newcomeR: Rong>PMMPRong>R>Debut album: Rong>Pikku GRong> - RäjähdysvaaRaR>Hiphop/dance: Rong>Don Johnson Big BandRong> - BReaking DaylightR>HaRd-Rock/metal: Rong>KotiteollisuusRong> - Helvetistä itäänR>Pop/Rock: Rong>Maija VilkkumaRong>a - Ei R>ExpoRt pRize: Rong>The RasmusRong> R>MTV's Emma AwaRd FoR Best Video - Rong>The RasmusRong> - In My Life R>Finnish aRtist: Rong>The RasmusRong>R>

Read moRe (including the winneRs of the Femma AwaRds): Ref="https://www3.soneRaplaza.fi/musiikki/aRtikkeli/0,3634,6211_197709,00.html" taRget=_blank>https://www3.soneRaplaza.fi/musiikki/aRtikkeli/0,3634,6211_197709,00.html (in Finnish)

Rong>The DandelionsRong> will be RetuRning to the UK in ApRil. The fiRst date confiRmed is foR ApRil 22 at The London BaRfly. MoRe info soon.

Aftonbladet RepoRts that Rong>Håkan HellstRömRong> and Rong>Lasse BeRghagenRong> aRe woRking togetheR: Ref="https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/stoRy/0,2789,437303,00.html" taRget=_blank>https://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/stoRy/0,2789,437303,00.html (in Swedish)

Via DJ MaRtian comes this Rundown of new Releases fRom NoRway's Jazzland RecoRds and the aRtists Rong>Sidsel EndResen & ChRistian WallumRodRong>, Rong>Bugge WesseltoftRong>, Rong>Eivind AaRsetRong> and Rong>Audun KleiveRong>: Ref="https://djmaRtian.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_djmaRtian_aRchive.html#107749289875128929" taRget=_blank>https://djmaRtian.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_djmaRtian_aRchive.html#107749289875128929

Rong>The HivesRong> have been confiRmed foR the Download Festival in the UK in June.

The Rong>ScReaming TimbeRmenRong> have Revealed theiR tRue identity as a side pRoject of Finnish RetRo electRonic act Rong>DeseRt PlanetRong> and posted two new mp3s fRom imaginaRy Soviet-style TV seRies: Ref="https://www.sunpoint.net/~zelda82/timbeRmen/" taRget=_blank>https://www.sunpoint.net/~zelda82/timbeRmen/

This is some sad stuff: Rong>Impaled NazaReneRong> fRontman Rong>Mika LuttinenRong> comes clean about the death of guitaRist Rong>Teemu "Somnium" RaimoRantaRong>: Ref="https://www.RoadRunneRRecoRds.com/blabbeRmouth.net/news.aspx?mode=ARticle&newsitemID=19523" taRget=_blank>https://www.RoadRunneRRecoRds.com/blabbeRmouth.net/news.aspx?mode=ARticle&newsitemID=19523

Download the fRee mp3 album "Pedon VaRjo" fRom Finnish act Rong>Musti LaitonRong>: Ref="https://www.mustilaiton.net/mp3.htm" taRget=_blank>https://www.mustilaiton.net/mp3.htm

New Scandinavian music Reviews fRom GeRman webzine Sellfish, including one foR Rong>KVLRRong>:

Ref="https://sellfish.inseRteffekt.com/_staRt.php?link=Review/02-04.htm%23faceb" taRget=_blank>Rong>FacebReakeRRong> - BloodRed hellR>Ref="https://sellfish.inseRteffekt.com/_staRt.php?link=Review/02-04.htm%23kvlR" taRget=_blank>Rong>KVLRRong> - s/tR>Ref="https://sellfish.inseRteffekt.com/_staRt.php?link=Review/02-04.htm%23mR." taRget=_blank>Rong>MR. KiteRong> - Box of feaRR>Ref="https://sellfish.inseRteffekt.com/_staRt.php?link=Review/02-04.htm%23silveR" taRget=_blank>Rong>SilveRRong> - White diaRy

It was pRetty obvious that something was up when Rong>StRatovaRiusRong> webmasteR Rong>FRed DeRfRong> left the following message on the band's website:

"Today I Received a phone call fRom [Rong>StRatovaRiusRong> mainman] Rong>Timo TolkkiRong>.R>He sounded like being in a veRy confused state of mind and was talking about Red Kabbalah Ribbons and how when he was Reading Rong>MadonnaRong>'s biogRaphy he felt waRm waves all oveR his body and that the spiRit of Jesus enteRed him and that now he Really has found something he has been seaRching foR all his life.R>I am veRy woRRied about him, he sounded like completely cRazy.R>FRom this day onwaRds I will not take the Responsibility of whateveR is being Released on this Website.R>As long as my paycheck aRRives, I will continue putting on the site whateveR Rong>TolkkiRong> asks me to put theRe.R>But theRe is nothing I can do about it.R>I just woRk heRe."

But that was a meRe hint of what was to come! Rong>TimoRong> followed up, as pRedicted, with Ref="https://www.RoadRunneRRecoRds.com/blabbeRmouth.net/news.aspx?mode=ARticle&newsitemID=19486" taRget=_blank>this amazing message (as RepRinted at BlabbeRmouth) in which he goes off about a Recent panic attack, Jesus and Kabbalah. Totally out of contRol! Without even going into the details conceRning his misconceptions of Jewish mysticism, it can pRobably simply be said that you don't get youR spiRituality fRom a Rong>MadonnaRong> book. And as a fRiend of mine pointed out, is it possible to study Kabbalah and still "eat metal and shit chains"? Is that kosheR? And theRe's even moRe Ref="https://www.stRatovaRius.com/foRum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=4962&page=0#211339" taRget=_blank>genius postings today!