This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
02. Sebastian - Sebastian
03. The Refreshments - 238814
04. Andreas Johnson - Mr johnson, your room is on fire
05. Evergrey - Monday morning apocalypse
06. Magnus Uggla - Ett bedårande barn av sin tid
07. Linda Bengtzing - Ingenting att förlora
08. Christer Sjögren - King creole
09. The Knife - Silent shout
10. The Sounds - Dying to say this to you
11. Petter - P
12. Lotta Engberg - Världens bästa lotta
13. Son of a Plumber - Son of a Plumber
14. Rigmore Gustafsson - On my way to you
15. The Concretes - In colour
16. Ulf Lundell - När jag kysser havet - det bästa 75-84
17. Da Buzz - Last goodbye
18. Ulf Lundell - Venus & jupiter - det bästa 94-05
19. Björn Skifs - Decennier sånger från en annan tid
20. Ulf Lundell - Danielas hus - det bästa 84-93

Aversionline on Head Control System, the new project from Garm of Ulver collaborating with Daniel Cardoso (ex-Sirius, Re:aktor): https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2006/03/best-nu-metal-album-of-all-time.html

Ex-Emperor/Peccatum frontman Ihsahn has posted a couple samples from his debut solo album on his website: https://www.ihsahn.com/
The track "Called by fire" features guest vocals from Garm of Ulver. Sounds a bit like Ulver, too (on that particular track).

Jester Records, the label run by Garm (or whatever name he's currently going by) of Ulver, has scheduled When's new album "Who's laughing now?" and a tba record from Espen Jørgenzen for release this summer.

Head Control System, the new project from Daniel Cardoso (ex-Sirius, Re:aktor) and Kristoffer Garm Rygg (Ulver, ex-Arcturus, Borknagar) that used to be called Sindrome has officially signed with The End Records and will be releasing their debut album "Murder nature" on April 4. Read the full press release: https://www.theendrecords.com/label_new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=237&Itemid=49

Profound Lore has released a special limited vinyl edition of Ulver's latest album "Blood inside". Go to their website for more info: https://profoundlorerecords.com/

Plenty of choice Scandinavian pics on Decibel Magazine's top 40 of 2005 list: https://djmartian.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_djmartian_archive.html#113339939499691172 (Opeth, Meshuggah, Enslaved, Ulver, etc.)

Sindrome, the new band from Ulver mainman Kristoffer G. Rygg (aka Garm) and Daniel Cardoso (ex-Sirius), is now to be known as Head Control System. Listen to four full tracks on their myspace page: https://www.myspace.com/spiralsektor

Apeshit.org interviews Ulver: https://www.apeshit.org/article.php?p=1631&more=1

Decibel Magazine reviews the new Ulver: Ulver_bloo.aspx" target=_blank>https://decibelmagazine.com/0905_Ulver_bloo.aspx

Flagpole reviews David Fridlund and Ulver: https://www.flagpole.com/articles.php?fp=5474

Musique Machine interviews the often-cryptic Garm of Ulver: https://www.musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_template.php?id=66

Aversionline reviews the new Ulver, liking it quite a bit more than most other reviews I've seen: https://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2593/

Dusted reviews the new Ulver album: https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2295

UltimateMetal interviews Krystoffer Rygg aka Garm of Ulver: https://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201876

Musique Machine reviews the new Ulver record: https://www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=645
Personally, I'm not too excited about it. It definitely sounds killer, but the songs just aren't there. If this has come out around the time of the William Blake "Marriage of heaven and hell" album, I might've enjoyed it more, but today it just seems like a step backwards. Still, I can't ever fault Ulver for trying - they are one of the few acts today that's constantly reinventing themselves and experimenting with every new release. There's something to be said for that. UPDATE: Stylus takes it a step further and straight-up pans the album: https://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3122