Ex-Emperor drummer Bård Faust has officially joined Italian "cyber black-metal" act Aborym. He will be heading to Italy in late April to begin recording with them for their fourth album.

Dagensskiva has started podcasting: m/red.asp?vem=4&text=457" target=_blank>https://www.dagensskiva.com/red.asp?vem=4&text=457
I've been thinking about doing this as well instead of my usual streaming mixes, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Laziness, apathy, sloth, call it what you want. If you're wondering what exactly podcasting is, it's really just a cute buzzword for on-demand radio. There's really nothing to it, but I'm sure m/search?hl=en&q=podcast" target=_blank>Google can help if you want to learn more.

Carpathian Forest on tour in South America:

07/14 - Circo Volador, méxico City (mEX)
07/15 - Café Iguana, monterrey (mEX)
07/16 - La Huerta Del Stic, San Luis Postosi (mEX)
07/17 - tba, Bogota (COL)
07/18 - tba
07/19 - tba, Santiago (CHI)
07/20 - tba, Buenos Aires (ARG)
07/21 - Bar Opinião, Porto Alegre/RS (BRA)
07/22 - Armazém 841, Belo Horizonte/mG (BRA)
07/23 - Ledslay, São Paulo/SP (BRA)
07/24 - Pirâmide Shows, Brasília/DF (BRA)

Racing Ape has posted a short video clip of them recording some demos in their rehearsal space: m/video/racing-drums.wmv" target=_blank>https://www.racingape.com/video/racing-drums.wmv
The band plans to enter a real studio around mid-April to begin recording their next album.

Scandinavianmetal reposts the latest news from Dan Swanö with regards to his health, his band Nightingale and various other projects he's working on: metal.info/news/news_detail.php?id=214" target=_blank>https://www.scandinavianmetal.info/news/news_detail.php?id=214

Check out the video for "Vaudeville" from female-fronted indierock trio Ebon Tale: m.bredband.net/albmat5/vaudevillevideo.mpeg" target=_blank>https://hem.bredband.net/albmat5/vaudevillevideo.mpeg

monkeystrikes debut full-length album "You Hate my Beautiful Love" has been confirmed for release on April 27 via Dust music. The recording was handled by Nathan Larson at Tambourine Studios and features guest appearances from marit Bergman, Nina Persson and David Sandström.

Listen to the new Psycho Sonic Cindy track "Hey hey hey": m/playlist/PSC-HeyHeyHey.mp3" target=_blank>https://www.deadfrogrecords.com/playlist/PSC-HeyHeyHey.mp3
The song comes from the band's latest album "Start it up", out now via Dead Frog Records.

US-based synth label A Different Drum has signed Swedish one-man electropop artist A Blue Ocean Dream. Look for the new album "On the road to wisdom" to be released this summer.

Rockfoto.nu has new live pics from The Ark.

Think Small gives praise to Finland's Starflower: mall.nl/blog.php?id=6#56" target=_blank>https://www.thinksmall.nl/blog.php?id=6#56

mp3 blog mystical Beast talks about the new Raveonettes album and offers up a few tracks: mysticalbeast.blogspot.com/2005/03/raveonettes-have-new-album-due-in.html" target=_blank>https://mysticalbeast.blogspot.com/2005/03/raveonettes-have-new-album-due-in.html

Fluxblog has a track from Swedish pop star Robyn today: my-head-robyn-be-mine-in-this.html" target=_blank>https://www.fluxblog.org/2005/03/echo-in-my-head-robyn-be-mine-in-this.html

Here's this week's mTVe UpNorth video chart:

01. Smak - Hallanvaara
02. moneybrother - They're Building Walls Around Us
03. Christian Walz - Never Be Afraid Again
04. Thomas Dybdahl - A Lovestory
05. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himlen men ingen vill dö
06. Lazyboy - Underwear Goes Inside The Pants
07. Hammerfall - Bloodbound
08. Annie - my Heartbeat
09. Håkan Hellström - En midsommarnattsdröm
10. Husky Rescue - City Lights
11. In Flames - Touch Of Red
12. LAB - When Heaven Gets Dirty
13. The 69 Eyes - Lost Boys
14. The Confusions - Don't Let the World Catch You Crying
15. Darin - money For Nothing
16. Johnny Deluxe - Vi Vil Ha mer
17. The Ark - One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young
18. Pain - Same Old Song
19. moder Jords massiva - Fast Attack/ Slow Decay
20. Gubb - Om Änglar Finns

Challengers:
01. mendez - Is That Ok
02. Deportees - Champagne
03. Sugarplum Fairy - Far Away From man
04. Jim Stärk - morning Song
05. Beats And Styles - Two White monkeys

mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=4753" target=_blank>Go here to vote for your favorite.

Candlelight Records, no doubt looking to cash in on the success of bands like HIm, has signed Norwegian goth-rockers Audrey Horne. The band apparently features members from Enslaved and Gorgoroth and will release their debut Joe Baressi-produced album "No Hay Banda" in the UK this coming may.