Ex-Gorgoroth drummer Erlend Erichsen talks to Aftenposten about his new black-metal novel "Nasjonalsatanisten" (National Satanist): https://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1123286.ece

Norwegian act Accidents Never Happen (ex-Sheep) will be entering Harrys Gym Studios in Lodalen in November with engineer Bjarne Stensli to record their debut album. It should be ready for release around February/march.

Preview some samples from the upcoming Anja Garbarek album "Briefly shaking" over at her website: m/" target=_blank>https://www.anjagarbarek.com/
The daughter of legendary Norwegian jazz musician Jan Garbarek, Anja's music can probably best be compared to Stina Nordenstam.

I don't listen to a lot of electronic music, so I have to admit that I really don't have much of a vocabulary to discuss it. But I know what I like and I like Folie (aka Stefan Thor) and his new album "Eyepennies". It's a bit more intricate and straightforward than most of the other glitch/click + cut style stuff I like, but still messed up enough to appeal to me. Hey, I like the sound of machines being broken and abused. Folie is also masterful at adding subtle little melodies to his pieces. They aren't necessarily the kinds of tunes that you'll hum along with, but they're nice just the same. Today's mp3 that I'm posting stands out from the rest of the songs on the record because it swings. Obviously it's not like the jazzy big-band stuff that Foetus sometimes does, but it's always good to hear something besides the usual 4/4.

I am pleased to announce that Startracks will now be selling mp3s via itsatrap. Files will be added throughout the day.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives will be releasing a new b-sides/extras comp in December entitled "A present from the past" collecting many of the band's harder-to-find tracks in one place alongside new, unreleased stuff from the "Origin I" sessions. Of course that means that "Origin II" is probably delayed until next fall, but that's not so terrible I think.

Surferosa has revamped their website: https://www.surferosa.no/
I'm not as against this band as I used to be, but man oh man that has to be one of the worst promo photos I've seen in awhile.

Some new UK dates for Norwegian singer/songwriter Robert Post:

10/22 - King Tuts, Glasgow
10/23 - Night and Day, manchester
10/24 - Bar Academy, Birmingham
10/25 - Bush Hall, London

Kristian Anttila's upcoming album "Innan bomberna" has been given the new release date of November 2.

The Chrysler reports they just completed the recording of three new tracks with Henrik von Euler and will be releasing new four-track EP in late October. The songs included will be "Tonight I don't sleep", "Cold war classic", a cover of Bob Dylan's "Changing of the guards" and "First blood" from their latest album "Cold war classic". Don't be confused: the album "Cold war classic" doesn't actually include the song of the same name - it's exclusive to this new release. In other news, the US version of the band's first album "Failures and sparks" is out now on Galaxy Gramophone in a new edition with five bonus tracks. I actually just got a copy in the mail today and can confirm that it looks sweet, but I haven't listened quite yet.

Check out the video for "That girl" from the fun Danish indierock act Gravy: musik.tdconline.dk/servlets/2452306090224Dispatch/19/call?htmltemplate=./pages/article.htm&articleid=72995" target=_blank>[click here]

Finnish noiserockers Fun on tour in Russia:

11/11 - tbc, St. Petersburg
11/12 - tbc, moscow
11/13 - tba (near moscow), Russia

The band will be supporting the release of a new tape which includes the group's first EP, the "Szklarka poreba" LP and a few various comp tracks.

El Perro Del mar will be releasing a new three-song EP entitled "Do the dog" in the near future. Details soon.

Finland's Disco Ensemble will support Hell is for Heroes on tour around Europe:

10/25 - Bikini, Barcelona (SPA)
10/27 - Club Lua, Lisbon (POR)
10/28 - Ritmo y Compas, madrid (SPA)
10/29 - Go Jam, Bergara (SPA)
11/01 - Indian Saloon, milan (ITA)
11/02 - Salzhaus, Winterthur (SWI)
11/03 - Fribourg, Fri-Son (SWI)
11/05 - Vaudeville, Lindau (GER)
11/06 - Alter Stadtbahnhof, Schweinfurt (GER)
11/08 - Kato, Berlin (GER)
11/09 - Underground, Koln (GER)
11/10 - Logo, Hamburg (GER)
11/12 - Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg (SWE)
11/13 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
11/14 - KB, malmo (SWE)
11/15 - Klubben, Stockholm (SWE)

Willowtip has posted the track "The will to burn" from Crowpath of their upcoming album "Son of sulphur": m/media/releases/Crowpath_New.mp3" target=_blank>https://www.willowtip.com/media/releases/Crowpath_New.mp3