Finnish indie label is giving away a 9-track sampler highlighting various releases from their first year of business, including artists such as Astrid Swan, Cats on Fire and The New Tigers: music.com/2011/12/28/download-the-soliti-zip-now-and-more/" target="_blank">https://solitimusic.com/2011/12/28/download-the-soliti-zip-now-and-more/
The official first single from Åbe's excellent new album "King of Pellargonia". Watch videos for each and every track here or m/album/6SKiLK3Z3sP8phPOvrWgar">click here to listen via Spotify.
has picked up black/death act Terrorama, the so-called "angriest band in Sweden", and will be releasing their as-yet-untitled third album this coming August.
New melancholic rock outta Finland (where else?) from a band called Revival Hymns, due to be released on CD very soon via .
A new video from the much-hyped, m/n/39107-2011-spellemann-nominees">Spellemann-nominated act Team me. Look for the band's album "To the treetops!" to be released in Europe on February 24 with the UK/US to follow on march 5.
Can't say that I'm a big Swallow the Sun fan, but I sure do love heavy metal interpretive dancing.
There will be a new Fleurety 7" on entitled "Et Spiritus meus Semper Sub Sanguinantibus Stellis Habitabit". No official release date as of yet, but look out for it to be released "in a couple of months."
meshuggah has announced that their new as-yet-untitled album will be released on march 27.
Pitchfork reviews the new Vladislav Delay album "Vantaa": m/reviews/albums/16126-vladislav-delay-vantaa/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16126-vladislav-delay-vantaa/
In related news, here's a review of Sasu Ripatti's other alias Luomo and the album "Plus" from Dusted: magazine.com/reviews/6849" target="_blank">https://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6849
Swedish electronic label has unveiled their Q12012 release schedule:
01/24 - System - Evolution
01/25 - The New Division (US) - Shadows
02/08 - Spark! - Hela din värld
03/21 - Titans - For the long gone
Watch Kristofer Åström perform a song off his forthcoming album "From eagle to sparrow", one of my most anticipated releases of 2011. Official release date: February 24.
Here's a quick preview of the upcoming Thåström live concert movie + doc premiering this weekend on SVT2. I fully expect torrents to be available Sunday morning for us folks outside of Sweden, that is, unless SVT isn't streaming it themselves.
Check out tuba/guitar/electronics duo Invader Ace performing live on video for Kvalität: m/2011/12/invader-ace-walkie-talkie-o/" target="_blank">https://www.kvalitat.com/2011/12/invader-ace-walkie-talkie-o/
A new song from the next Tarantula Waltz album, performed live solo at Solna Kyrka.
You heard it m/n/39082-rising-mausoleum">here first, but now Pitchfork is getting hip to Danish heavies Rising and are also streaming the track "mausoleum": m/reviews/tracks/12924-mausoleum/" target="_blank">https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12924-mausoleum/